PrintsJapanese

A Mother Representing Yebisu, from the series Representations of the 7 Lucky Gods, by the Hanagasa Poetry Club

Artists

Katsukawa ShunteiArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono"; ink, color, 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. 20.5 x W. 17.7 cm (8 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

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Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vol. 5

Nakamura Tekisai, 1789 (Kansei 1)

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

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Ono no Takamura (Buntoku jitsuroku), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poems by Yodonoya _sago and Sodenoya Soekichi

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

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Triptych: Transit of an American Steam Locomotive (Amerika koku jōkisha ōrai), published by Maruya Jimpachi

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, tenth month of 1861

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

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Illustrated Narratives of the War of Han and Chu (Ehon Kanso gundan), vol. 5

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Female Elephant from Central India (Tenjiku kudari daijōzō no zu), published by Otakuya Takichi

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

Left sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban diptych; ink and color on paper

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VOLUME FOUR OF SIX FROM BOOK OF 100 FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

Unknown Artist, Meiji period, dated 1902

Ink on paper

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

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

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Ink on paper

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Clamdigging at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari), Waterfall River at Ōji (Ōji Taki-no-kawa), and Suijin Wood and the Shrine at Massaki (Suijin mori Massaki yashiro), from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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