PrintsJapanese19th century

Cat and Toy Butterfly, from the series A Series of Thirty-Six Creatures (Sanjūrokkin tsuzuki)

circa 1825

Artists

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

shikishiban: H. 21.9 cm x W. 18.6 cm (8 5/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Russian Couple (Oroshiajin), from an untitled series of foreigners with their flags, published by Izumiya Ichibei

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, tenth month of 1861

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Children Playing (Kodomo asobi)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

View of the Honjo Lumber Yard

Utagawa Kuninao, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Okazaki, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1806

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Ikaiei fukin Tōshū-fu kō[?] gekisen no zu

Utagawa Kokunimasa, Meiji period, dated 1894

Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

TOKAIDO GOJU-SAN-TSUGI

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

First Division Approaching Fengtian (Daiichigun Hōten-fu shingeki no zu)

Ogata Gekkō, Meiji period, dated 1894

Right panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

TOKAIDO (MARUSEI), MARIKO, STATION NO 21

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Vessels Departing from California, America (Amerikashū Karuharunoyakō shuppan no zu)

Utagawa Sadahide, Late Edo period, third month of 1862

Left sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Gountei Sadahide ga"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

BIRD AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Peacock and Peony, from the series Seven Bird-and-Flower Prints for the Fuyōren of Kanuma in Shimotsuke Province (Yamagawa Shimotsuke Kanuma Fuyō-ren kachō shichi-ban tsuzuki no uchi)

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1810

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Arranging Flowers (Ikebana), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (楊洲周延), Meiji period, datable to September 1, 1900

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

19th centuryJapanese