PrintsJapanese18th century

Actor Onoe Matsusuke as a Priest(?)

Edo period, circa 1780s

Artists

Katsukawa ShunkōArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 29.6 cm x W. 13.9 cm (11 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

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Three Festivals in the Year of the Earth-Sheep

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

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Sequel to Thicket of Ancient and Modern Paintings (Kokon gasō kōhen), Volume 3

Sō Shiseki 宋紫石, 1771

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Actors Ichikawa Raizō and Arashi Sansho

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Woman Stepping on Kneeling Samurai to Gather Cherry Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, Edo period, 1779

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

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Tachibana Morikuni, 1745 (Enkyō 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and on paper

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