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Three Actors

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国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. 19 x W. 21 cm (7 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

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Battle of Okehazama in Bishū, Owari Province (Bishū Okehazama kassen)

Utagawa Toyonobu, Meiji period, dated 1883

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper (with printed signature on leftmost print from the same triptych reading "Ichiyōsai Toyonobu ga")

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ITSUKUSHIMA MEISHO ZUE, Vol. 7

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The Pure Red Shell (Masuho-gai), from the series A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1821

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Street Scene

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

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

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

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Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

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Bookmark of the Heart (Kokoro no shiori), Poems in Memory of a Woman

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Thread-bound book; ink and color on paper

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