PrintsJapanese

Omi no Hagi, Number Two, from the series The Six Crystal Rivers (Roku Tamagawa)

Artists

Utagawa Sadakage (Gokotei)Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 19.9 x W. 18.3 cm (7 13/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Wide View of Both Banks of the Sumida River, Edo

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1804

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "nagasurimono" format(?); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakyōrōjin Hokusai utsusu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Pleasure Barge with Laborers on Roof

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma-asobi), a re-issue of the [colorless] "Azuma asobi" of 1799

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1802

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Stripes, E 7

Inaba Haruo, c. 1970s

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, 1784

Detached Preface from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Nichiren Calming the Sea on the Way to Exile in Sado, from the series Biography of Saint Nichiren (Nichiren shonin goichidaiki)

Katsushika Hokui 葛飾北為, c. 1830-1840

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Woman Arranging Plum Branch

Kajita Hanko, Meiji period, dated 1900

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th-20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Sumō Wrestling Tournament (Kanzin ōsumō torikumi no zu)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, 1858

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Man Behind Sliding Door Pulling the Kimono of a Woman on Verandah

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Suzuki Harunobu ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, c. 1820-1825

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Butterfly (Poem No. 8) [posthumous edition circa 1960]

Onchi Kōshirō 恩地孝四郎, Shōwa period, dated 1960

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese