PrintsJapanese

A Ferry Boat on the Sumida River

Artists

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 20.4 x W. 18 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Related Artworks

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Wu Daozi Painting Zhong Kui (the Demon Queller) in Red Ink/ Wu Daozi (Go), from the series Four Companions of Writing Chamber (Bunbō shiyū), with poems by Kurokao(?) Ryūjuen Chiyonari (from Mino), Funazono Suiki(?), Ryūjuen Tōki, and Ryū no ya (from Biyō)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, 1823

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

Offset on paper

Two Women Collecting Pine Shoots for New Year

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1765-1766 (Meiwa 2-3)

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Sacrifice of the Three Trees

Toshu

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Japanese

Prints

Composition No. 3 Mannequin

Onchi Kōshirō, 1949

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper with signature reading "K. Onchi" and with printed signature reading "onzi"

20th centuryJapanese

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TOKAIDO GOJU-SAN-TSUGI

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Triptych: Scene from the play "Imoseyama"

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

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

Japanese

Prints

Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō), Vol. 9

Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, 1281-1292

10 volumes in book format; ink on paper (and with annotations in ink)

13th centuryJapanese

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Fuji from Snake-Crossing Swamp (Jaoinuma no Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poet Mibu no Tadami from page 18A of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 18A of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Men and women in front of a building, one sheet of a multi-sheet print

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

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Porcelain Cups

Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真, 19th century

Woodblock-printed surimono; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese