PrintsJapanese18th century

Three Boys Looking at an Oritehon (Folding Calligraphy Copybook)

18th century

Artists

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信Artist

Urokogataya MagobeiPublisher

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Detached Afterword from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper with printed signature reading "Kitao Rissai Masanobu" and seal reading "Soseki" as well as publisher's name and address reading "Kōshōdō Tsutaya Jūzaburō"

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Actor ōtani Hiroji 3rd as a White Fox disguised as Ukishima Daihachi from the play Shinsadame Sōma no Mombi performed at the Ichimura Theater from the seventh month of 1770

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

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Actor Iwai Hanshirō 2nd AS A WOMAN HOLDING A PIPE BY A VERANDAH

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