PrintsJapanese19th century

Puppeteer Holding a Puppet on a Go Board

1820s

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎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: 20.9 x 18.7 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)

Related Artworks

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

Girl Holding Battledore and Shuttlecock and Kneeling Woman by Buckets/ Yamakawa Dance (Yamakawa odori), from the series Three Dances Upclose (Sanyō (?) jin), with poems by Kahontei (Hanamoto?) Nemaru and Naniwatei Soyokaze

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "kokonotsu-giri ban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

THE DEATH OF PRINCE SUZUKA

Torii Kiyonobu, Late Edo period, 1815

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; 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

Flower Arrangements

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Yōrō kōshi (Jikkunshō), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poems by Chiyonoya Matsufuru and Umenoya Tsuruko

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Session of the National Diet

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1890 (Meiji 23)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Erotic Book: Embon futamigata (Last Volume)

Kitagawa Utamaro II, Late Edo period, early 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Rough Sketch of the Lighthouse of Chōshi Harbor in Shimōsa (Sōshū Chōshikō tōdai ryakuzu)

Yōsai Kuniteru II 曜斎国輝, Meiji period, late 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fan and Jardiniere

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800-1808

Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Three Rats, from the Kōrin gafu (Kōrin Picture Album)

Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中, 1802

Woodblock-printed book (28 detached leaves); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Teasing the Baby with a Winter Cherry (Hōzuki), from an untitled series of everyday scenes

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1799-1800 (Kansei 11-12)

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese