PrintsJapanese

Tiger Carrying Armor

Artists

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 20.4 x W. 27.8 cm (8 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

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Flower Arrangement Exhibit in Pavillion by River

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Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

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Poet Yamabe no Akahito (?-736) from page 11A of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 11A of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

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Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 18th-19th century

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

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Black Tea Caddy (Kuro natsume), from the series Five Colors of Tea Utensils (Chaki goshiki shose), with poems by Shinryuen and associates

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1817-1819

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

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Young Woman (Komurasaki?) as a Komusō

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, 1770 (Meiwa 7)

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Motoyama, Station 33 from the series "Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō" (Kisokaidō rokujūkyūtsugi no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, circa 1839

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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon 12th (One of Three Kabuki Actors)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, circa 1847-1852

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Three printed handscrolls; ink on paper, with guide lines in gold and red punctuation dots

12th-14th centuryJapanese

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Children at Play: Tennō Festival (Kodomo asobi Tennō matsuri)

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, 19th century

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

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Ink on paper

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