PrintsJapanese19th century

Courtesans Matsushima of the Matsubaya and Yashio of the Ogiya

early to mid 19th century

Artists

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

One print of woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

vertical ōban: H. 36.8 × W. 25.4 cm (14 1/2 × 10 in.)

Related Artworks

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Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, 1888

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

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Prints

Appearance of Hōeizan (Hōeizan shutsugen): Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 1

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

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Prints

WHITE COCK ON TORII

Hakuyu, Late Edo period, 1825

Ink on paper

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Prints

Archery at Sanjūsangendō

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagasurimono" format(?); ink and color on paper

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Prints

Triptych: Evening Snow at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no yosetsu) - Actors and Courtesans Getting on a Boat

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

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Prints

Suruga Street (Suruga-chō), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1856 (Ansei 3), 9th month

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

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Prints

Yanagiya Tea House Crossing the Sumida River at Hashiba

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

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

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Prints

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th and Iwai Kumesaburō 2nd in Hagoromo

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1815-1830

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

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Prints

Shimbashi Railway Station with Train Time Table

Utagawa Sadahide, Late Edo period, eighth month of 1872

Center sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Session of the National Diet

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1890 (Meiji 23)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

View of the Pleasure Quarters of Yokohama (Yokohama kuruwa no zu)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, 1860 (Man'en 1), 6th month

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

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Prints

Street Scene

Shōsai Ikkei 昇斎一景, Early Meiji period, late 19th century

Left sheet from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese