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THE SEVEN LUCKY GODS

Artists

Hosoda Eishō (Chōkōsai)Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Daimyo's Son Viewing the Sumida River

Utagawa Kuninaga 歌川國長

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

Japanese

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Gathering Rape Seed (Natane tsume)

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1790-1799

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

18th centuryJapanese

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One Large and Four Small Butterflies with text beginning "Wakashiba no...", from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren gunchō gafu), poems by Sangyokutei Utoku and associates

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa late Bunka Era (1804-1818)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Port of London England (Igirisu Rondon no kaikō), from the series Complete Enumeration of Scenic Places in Foreign Nations (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

Utagawa Yoshitomi, Late Edo period, second month of 1862

Left sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yoshitora ga"

19th centuryJapanese

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Pictures of Otohime Riding Dragon and Pines at Sunset, from the series Ten Designs for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren jūban tsuzuki)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, early 1820s

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color, mica, metallic pigment and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Eizō and Matsuomaru

Sekino Jun'ichirō 関野準一郎, Shōwa period, dated 1953

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Yoshiwara Benkei, (Number 11) from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)

Okumura Masanobu, Edo period, circa 1705-1706

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yamato eshi Okumura Masanobu zu"

18th centuryJapanese

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Kegon Waterfall, Nikkō

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1931

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Nineteen Cherries and One

Hamaguchi Yōzō, Shōwa period, dated 1965

Mezzotint; ink and color on paper with signature reading "Hamaguchi"

20th centuryJapanese

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Roof and Tree

Tanaka Ryōhei, Shōwa period,

Woodblock print; ink on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Actor Onoe Matsusuke 1st as Baramon no Kichi in the play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the first month of 1780

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, 1780 (1st month)

Right half of an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" diptych(?); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

Japanese

Prints

Illustrated Study of Japanese Things (Ehon Yamato hiji), vol. 9

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1742 (Kanpō 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

18th centuryJapanese