PrintsJapanese18th century

Zegai, from a series of Play Bills of Kumazaka

Edo period, circa early 18th century

Artists

Torii KiyomasuArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 17.5 cm x W. 12.2 cm (6 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Hanabito of the Ōgiya, with kamuro Momiji and Sakura from the series New Year Fashions as Fresh as Young Leaves (Wakana hatsu ishō)

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, c. 1795-96

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Segawa Kikujirō AS A FEMALE SHITTEI

Katsukawa Shunjō, Edo period,

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Bride with Sake Cup/ Sujin, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals (Inchu Hassen), with poem by Yamabe no MIchitaka

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Girls Spooling Thread

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

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors SANJO KANTARO AND Sawamura Sōjūrō

Okumura Toshinobu 奥村利信, Mid Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink, color and metal filings on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

New Year at a Samurai Mansion, detached page from the book Picture Book of Comic Poems for the Young Ebisu (Ehon waka Ebisu)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, 1789

Detached page from woodblock-printed book; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Perspective Picture, Scene Nine of Chūshingura (Uki-e Chūshingura kyūdanme)

Katsukawa Shunsen, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor ōtani Hiroji wielding a Lantern

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ancient Poems (Waka) and Ebisu (One of Seven Lucky Gods): Events of New Year's Day with Kyōka (Waka Ebisu)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Mid Edo period, 1789

Folded book; ink, color and gold on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Encounter Beneath Cherry Tree

Torii Kiyonaga, Mid Edo period, dated 1785

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Sakata Hangorō [right] and Nakajima Mihozō [left]

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura NOSHIO

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese