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A Woman Brushing Her Teeth

Artists

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎Artist

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. 20.9 x W. 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

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View of the Nakanochō Niwaka Festival from the corner of Inamoto-rō in the New Yoshiwara (Shinyoshiwara kakugai Inamoto-rō yori Nakanochō Niwaka ichiran no zu)

Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾, 1869, 8th month

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Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya on an Outing (Ōgiya Hanaōgi yosoyuki), center sheet of a triptych

Hosoda Eishō (Chōkōsai), 20th century

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Diptych: Festival (Women in Boat by Bridge)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

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The courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato of the Yotsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, 1784

Detached illustration from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink, color and gauffrage on paper

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One Hundred Beauties of the Yoshiwara Poems by the Gokawa Murasaki Club (Gokawa Murasaki ren hyaku ban no uchi), with poems by Yusuiro Kawafune and an associate

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1825-1830

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INCOMING BOATS AT TSUKUDA

Ink on paper

Yoshida Tōshi 吉田遠志, Shōwa period, circa 1957

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Woman Dressing/ It is Favorable to Don New Clothes (Kisohajime yoshi), from the Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki), with poems by Ryūsuitei Sodezumi (from Sendai) and Senryūtei (from Sendai)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, circa 1824

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

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Triptych: Miraculous Battle Scene

Shunka

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

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Woman Walking on a Windy Day

Torii Kiyonaga, Edo period, circa 1780

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

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Chōan Killing His Younger Brother at Fuda-no-Tsuji

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, 1886

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

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Courtesan with a Pet (Dog?)

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1769

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

17th-19th centuryJapanese