PrintsJapanese

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in Shibaraku Attire

Artists

Katsukawa ShunteiArtist

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. 21 x W. 18.8 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)

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ACTOR MIDZUKE TATSUNOSUKE AS THE LADY KIYOKAKU NUREGAMI NO HOMAN

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Stencil for Illustrated Don Quixote (Ehon Don Kihōte)

Serizawa Keisuke, Shōwa period, published in 1936

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Two Girls Spooling Thread

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

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Poet Ono no Tōfu with Umbrella Beneath Willow Tree

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Gio and Gijo, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)

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Myriad Birds: A Kyōka Competition (Momo chidori kyōka awase)

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th as Moriya no Daijin disguised as Rokujūrokubu in the play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai, performed at the Morita Theater from the seventh month of 1773

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WRITING DESK, RUG AND DOLLS

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Illustrated Views of Kyoto (Karaku saiken zu)

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