Bottom panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed vertical "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Osetsu Toyohara Kunichika"

19th centuryJapanese

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Triptych: Foreigners Enjoying Children's Kabuki at the Gankirō Tea House (Yokohama Gankirō kodomo te odori no zu), published by Maruya Jimpachi

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, first month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Society for the Picturing of Famous Places on the Kiso Road (Kisoji meisho zukai ichikan)

Nishimura Chûwa

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

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Port of London England (Igirisu Rondon no kaikō), from the series Complete Enumeration of Scenic Places in Foreign Nations (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, 1862 (Bunkyū 2)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Woman of New York (Something I)

Ikeda Masuo, Shōwa period, dated 1966

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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WHITE RAIN ON NIPPON BRIDGE, from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Beauties of All Times (Ehon tokiwaga-gusa), 3rd of 3 Volumes

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, Mid Edo period, dated 1755

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Housecleaning (Susuhaki)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1797-1799

Center panel from an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

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Finding Moronao in the Storage/ Act 11 (Jūichi dan me), from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon chūshingura)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th as Warrior with Riding Crop

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, probably 1834 (Year of the Horse)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Two Court Ladies with Musical Instruments, from the series Three Classical Arts of the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, early 1820s

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

Japanese