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Artists

Kitao ShigemasaArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono": ink, colors, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 21.9 x W. 18.1 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

Related Artworks

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No. 11 and No. 12, from the series Primary Education: Manners for Women, Explained in Pictures (Shōgaku joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, c. 1882

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

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Court Lady and Young Noble (Ono no Komachi & Ariwara no Narihira?)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1766-1768

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

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Oh How Cold! (ō tsumetai), from the series "Propitious Products of Mountains and Seas" (Sankai medetai zue)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, 1852

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Edo hogaku meisho zue

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Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Fifth panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" pentaptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

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Fuji in a Good Harvest (Hōsaku no Fuji): Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 1

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 9

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1819 (Bunsei 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

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Nagato Province, Shimonoseki (Nagato, Shimonoseki), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujūyoshū meisho zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, 1856 (Ansei 3, 3rd month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Hiroshige hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Spirit of the Heron (Shirasagi no sei)

Taniguchi Kōkyō, Taishō period, circa 1918

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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The Drum Bridge at Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin taikobashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1834

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Bag of Historical Treasures and People of Japan and China (Ehon shahō-bukuro), 4th of 10 Volumes

Tachibana Morikuni, Mid Edo period, dated 1770

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

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The First Letter of the Year

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

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

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