PrintsJapanese

Actor Sakata Hangorō AS A WRESTLER

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

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 31.3 cm x W. 14.7 cm (12 5/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th in the Role of a Villain (Niki Danjō?)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1830-1835 (early Tempō era)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Cherry Blossom Dance

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vols. 2-10

Nakamura Tekisai, 1789 (Kansei 1)

Woodblock-printed book (set of nine); ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Actor Otani Tokuji AS AMAKAWAYA GIHEI

Katsukawa Shunkō

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

Japanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 2nd Dancing in the Aragoto Style

Torii Kiyomasu, 1720

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in large (irregular diptych?) format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō), Vol. 6

Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, 1512

Handscroll; ink on paper with guide lines in gold

16th centuryJapanese

Prints

Letters of Returning Geese (Kigan no fumi), volumes 1-3 from The Stone Monument of Ishibumi (Tsubo no Ishibumi)

Ishikawa Ryûsen, c. 1698

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

True View of the Foreign Buildings along the Kaigandōri Seen from the Yokohama Wharves (Yokohama hatoba yori kaigandōri ijinkan no shinzu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III 三代目歌川広重, c. 1875

Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

No. 21, from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, c. 1847-1852 (Kōka 4- An'ei 5)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

An Illustrated Encyclopedia (Kinmō zui)

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, dated 1668

Twelfth of a set of fourteen thread-bound woodblock-printed volumes; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as Goemon in Pillar-Grasping (Hashira-maki) Pose

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1830-1835 (early to mid Tenpō era)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese