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SAMURAI AND MONKEY

Artists

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉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

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Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island (Sashū Tsukahara setchū), from the series Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest (Kōsō goichidai ryakuzu)

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi hitsu"

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Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vol. 10

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Washing the Manuscript, from the series Refined Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Fūryū bijin nana Komachi: Soshi arai Komachi)

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Hagiwara Hideo, Shōwa period, dated 1965?

Woodblock print; ink on paper with signature reading "Hideo Hagiwara"

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Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono; ink and color on paper

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Tamagawa River in Hagi (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the series Six Tama Rivers (Roku Tamagawa no uchi)

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

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Illustrated Book of Japanese Armor by Arai Hakuseki (Honchō gunkikō zu)

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Visit of the Emperor to the Nijō Castle, Procession in the Kan'ei Era (Kan'ei gyōkō-ki)

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First of a set of three (hand-colored) woodblock-printed handscrolls; ink and colors on mica-coated paper

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Descending Geese at Katada (Katada rakugan), from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)

Murai Fusatane, 1854, 9th month

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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