One of seven folding books; printed in ink on dyed paper with red dots of punctuation and selected readings in "kana" (Japanese syllabary) added in ink

13th centuryJapanese

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Shōkoku Kiyomori (Taira no Kiyomori), from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd in Pre-Performance Celebration for the play Soga Monogatari at the Morita Theater from the second month of 1773

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Edo period, 1773 (2nd month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Ippitsusai Bunchō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Illustrated Essays in Idleness (Ehon tsurezuregusa), 2 of 3 volumes

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

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Open Garden at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine (Fukagawa Hachiman yamabiraki), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese

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Onnagata in Black Looking to Lower Left

Yamamura Toyonari, Taishō period, circa 1920-1922

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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WOMAN

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Ink on paper

Japanese

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Moon Over Matsushima

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1933

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Still Life with Fans and Calligraphy Accoutrements

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1819

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Borrowing Water

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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