PrintsJapanese18th century

Actors Nakamura Nakazō 1st and Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th

18th century

Artists

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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ACTOR HOLDING A FAN

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Illustrated Views of Kyoto (Karaku saiken zu)

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Cock Fight, with a poem by Rakuzantei Ranchō

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1795-1798

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Two Women and Young Child under Willow

Torii Kiyonaga, Edo period, circa 1781

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Kiyonaga ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Two Women Admiring Plum Blossoms

Harutsugu (Haruji), Mid Edo period, circa mid 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Mother and Son with Sannō Festival Toy Cart Representing Yoshitsune and Benkei Fighting on Gojo Bridge

Okumura Masanobu, Edo period, circa 1750

Ukiyo-e woodblock print ("benizuri-e") in large "ōban" format: ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Hōgetsudō Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Animal Tale (Kedamono zukushi)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, circa 11th month of 1790

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in horizontal "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Katsumiyagawa Shunshō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Yoshiwara Benkei, (Number 11) from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)

Okumura Masanobu, Edo period, circa 1705-1706

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yamato eshi Okumura Masanobu zu"

18th centuryJapanese

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Priest Saigyō Travelling on Horseback

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa from the play "Otokoyama Oedo no Ishizue - Shinobu Koi Suzume no Irodoki" (Kiri-za)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Edo period, 1794 (11th month of Kansei 6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Sharaku ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Children at Play Admiring Flower Arrangements

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広, Edo period, 1782-1828

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Toyohiro ga"

17th-19th centuryJapanese

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Woman Dancing Sanbasō

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1767-1768 (Meiwa 4-5)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese