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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

Dimensions

paper: H. 21.2 x W. 19 cm (8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

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Triptych: Sergeant Kawasaki Crosses the River Daidōkō Alone (Kawasaki gunsō tanshin Daidōkō o wataru)

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

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New Year Festivities at the House of Spring Colors (Shunshoku-ya kata no kotobuki)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, circa 1847–1852 (Kōka 4 – An'ei 5)

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A Mother Representing Yebisu, from the series Representations of the 7 Lucky Gods, by the Hanagasa Poetry Club

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Tile Fish (Amadai), White Horsehead (Ishimochi) and Horseradish (Wasabi), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uo-zukushi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

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The Float for the Hagoromo Dance

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Ema Votive Tablets with Designs of Sanbaso Dancer, Cranes, Chrysanthemum Boy, Minogame Turtle, and the Couple Jo and Uba of Takasago

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Ten Disciples of Confucius (Koman jūtetsu), from the series Poems of Ten Famous Numbers for the Edo Poetry Club (Katsushikaren meisū jūban)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1822

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The Lake at Chūzen-ji in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Chūzen-ji kosui), from the series One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Court Lady Serving Sake to Otomo no Yakamochi (717?-785), with poems by Bunkeisha Shiomichi, Bungaen Yukimaru and Bunbunsha

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa early 19th century

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Actor Nakamura TOSSHO AS A WOMAN IN A GREY FURISODE READING AN UNROLLED SCROLL

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

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

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Onnagata Ichikawa Shōchō 2nd as Oman, from the series Twelve Actor Prints (Jūni yakusha-e)

Yamamura Toyonari, Taishō period, dated 1920

Woodblock print; ink, color and mica on paper

20th centuryJapanese