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WRITING DESK, RUG AND DOLLS

Artists

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Poem 69-8

Maki Haku, Shōwa period, 1969

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20th centuryJapanese

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Poet Taira no Kanemori (?-990) from page 9B of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 9B of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Printed Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (J: Dai-hannya-kyō; S: MahIaprajnâpâramitâ-sūtra)

Unknown Artist, Nambokuchō period, 1383

Folding book; ink on paper with silver guidelines and border

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Still Life of Konbu Seaweed(?) and Nandina (Nanten) Wrapped in Bamboo Leaves, with various poems

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, dated 1812 (Bunka 9)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "yotsugiri-ban" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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LESSONS IN WOMENS CONDUCT

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ink on paper

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Actor Nakamura Denkūrō 2nd as a Samurai Ready to Fight

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, dated to 1775

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; in "hosoban" format (left half of a diptych); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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The Six States of Woman (Six Courtesans Representing Six Poets)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1798

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

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Yamatoya (Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV as Kikusui), from the series Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, dated 1794

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

18th centuryJapanese

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MANDARIN DUCKS AND SNOW-LADEN BAMBOO

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Warriors Kumagai Naozane and Taira Atsumori at Ichinotani

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

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe (Kiseru no kemuri o fuku onna), from the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiognomy (Fujō ninsō juppon)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1792-1793

Ukiyo-e woodblock-print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Sokan Utamaro koga"

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Courtesans Matsushima of the Matsubaya and Yashio of the Ogiya

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山, early to mid 19th century

One print of woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese