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The Secret Letter

Artists

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 12.1 x W. 19.1 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

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SIX BOOKS OF 100 FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

Unknown Artist, Meiji period, dated 1902

Ink on paper

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Kachō shashin zui (Album of birds and flowers) (vol.1)

Kitao Shigemasa, 1805-1827

Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

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Actors as Modern Versions of the Five Women (Tōsei gonin onna)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1858 (Ansei 5), 6th month

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

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National Treasures (Kokka yohō): Ise Shrine

Unknown Artist, Meiji period, dated 1880

Printed book; ink on paper

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"Kaigun shoko to seishin no senryaku toron suru zu"

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

Right panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

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Morning Cherry Blossoms in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara asazakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

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Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

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Iwato, from the series Classical Dances

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Two West Side Wrestlers, Mikuniyama Hyodayu and Edogasaki Genji

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period,

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

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Foreigners from the Five Nations enjoying a banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, circa 1861

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

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Minamoto no Yoritomo Hunting at the Foot of Mount Fuji (left half of a diptych)

Torii Kiyonaga, Mid Edo period, 1785

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