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WHITE CRESENT MOON AND PLUM BLOSSOMS

Artists

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Shōgi Chess Board, Chess Pieces and Spring Flowers in Blue-and-White Porcelain Pot/ Chess Pieces (Shōgi koma), from the series A Selection of Horses (Umazukushi), with poems by Shunshōtei Utsukushima and Shūchōdō Monoyana

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1822

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

Courtesan and Youth by a Window, from the Series: Mitate of the Six Tama Rivers of Edo (Edo mitate roku Tamagawa)

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Minamoto Yorimitsu and His Retainers Defeat the Earth Spider

Utagawa Kuninaga 歌川國長, c. 1804-1818 (Bunka 1-15)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Moon Viewing

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉, c. 1820s

Woodblock print; ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fuji and Foreign Embassy (Raichō no Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Picture of a Mounted Russian (Oroshiajin no zu)

Ikkōsai Yoshimori 一光斎芳盛, Late Edo period, second month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Face

Kawano Kaoru, Shōwa period,

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fūryū Yatsushi Genji: Asagao

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, Late Edo period, circa 1790

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Picture Book of Seasoned Grass: Waka by Famous Poets (Ehon yachiyo-gusa) in 3 Volumes

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, dated 1768

Set of three thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Woman with Partially Unwrapped Box

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞

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

Japanese

Prints

Evening Snow at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no yosetsu) - Actors and Courtesans Getting on a Boat

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, 19th century

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese