PrintsJapanese19th century

Hand Mirror and Hair Ornaments/The Color Shell (Irogai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Edo period, datable to 1821

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color, metallic pigments, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.8 cm x W. 18.1 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/8 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Actor Isai Kumesaburō (One of Three Kabuki Actors)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, circa 1820-1825

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Contemporary Famous Happenings (Kinsei kisekikō), Vol. 5, with designs by Kita Busei (1776-1856)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Late Edo period, dated 1804 (1st Year of the Bunka Era)

Fifth of a set of 5 ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in The Subscription List (Kanjinchō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, Meiji period, datable to 1890

Left panel from a woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Beautiful American Woman (Amerika bijo), from the series Views of Famous Places of Yokohama in Bushu (Bushu Yokohama meishō no zu), published by Inshūya Hikobei

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, Late Edo period, twelfth month of 1860

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Kakura Udaemon

Utagawa Hirosada, Late Edo period, circa 1845-1850

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

Captain Matsuzaki Crossing Anjō Reveals His Great Bravery (Anjō o watari Daigekisen Matsuzaki Taii yūmō)

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Umezō 1st (paired with ōtani Hiroji 3rd)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, 18th-19th century

Left half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kawasaki, from the 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Procession of Women Carrying Palanquin

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広, 19th century

Third of eight(?) ukiyo-e book pages from a continuous woodblock-printed composition; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kusunoki Tatewaki Masatsura from the Record of the Great Peace (Kusunoki Masatsura: Taiheiki), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Takenoya Torazumi

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

Triptych: Village of Cherry Blossoms, from the series Esteemed Towns and Villages (Tōsei furaku tsū)

Miyagawa Shuntei, Meiji period, 1897

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese