PrintsJapanese

Yellow (Ki), from the series The Five Colours (Goshiki no uchi)

Artists

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 20.9 x W. 18.1 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Chinese Warrior (Ryūhō) Killing a Dragon

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Nansotoka Hokkei ga"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Environs of the Mitsukoshi Department Store, from the series One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)

Fujimori Shizuo, Shōwa period, dated 1931

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Itahana, Station 15 from the series "Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō" (Kisokaidō rokujūkyūtsugi no uchi)

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉, Edo period, circa late 1830s

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Great Victory for the Japanese Army at P'yōng Yang (Nichigun Heijō taisho no zu)

Ogata Gekkō, Meiji period, dated 1894

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Yamashita Kinsaku AS JINGO KOGO

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

Japanese

Prints

Warrior Carrying Court Lady and Warrior with Torch/ Tale of Ise (Ise monogatari), from the series Ten Romances for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren monogatari jūban), with poems by Kanenoya Arizumi and an associate

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1819

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

View of Tokyo(?)

Utagawa Kuniteru, Early Meiji period, late 19th century

First sheet from right from a woodblock-printed "ōban" heptaptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Stencil for Illustrated Don Quixote (Ehon Don Kihōte)

Serizawa Keisuke, Shōwa period, published in 1936

Paper stencils

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Arashi Rikan 3rd (One of Three Kabuki Actors)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, circa 1855-1860

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Matsuwaka and Bandō Hikosaburō II as Mumewaka

Torii Kiyohiro 鳥居清廣, 1756 (Hôreki 6), 3rd month

Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

View of the Honjo Lumber Yard

Utagawa Kuninao, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "naga-ban" format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

PATTERNS OF THE GREEN HOUSES,"HANAZUMA OF HYOGOYA UCHI"

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

Ink on paper

Japanese