PrintsJapanese19th century

SWALLOWS AND IRIS

19th century

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Procession of a Ryūkyūan Ambassador

Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛, c.1832

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Fuji under the Moon (Gekka no Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF YEDO, "KASUMIGASEKI SETCHU"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Shuten-dōji at Mount Ōe (Ōeyama Shuten-dōji)

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, 1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Dutch Couple (Oranda), published by Fujiokaya Keijirō

Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾, Late Edo period, first month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Three Great Warriors of Shuhan (Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei) looking at a handscroll, with a poem by Kūmanya Utagaki no Maeda

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1821

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Purple Inkstone of the Ming Dynasty (Minchō shiken) Vol. 1; after “Living Garden of Ming-dynasty Painting” (Minchō Seidō Gaen) originally published by Ooka Shumboku (1680-1763) in 1746

Hishiya Magobei, 19th century

Woodblock-printed, thread-bound volume (first of a set of three); ink and colors on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

TOKAIDO GOJU-SAN-TSUGI

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Dancing Girl and Violets

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Rinsai"

19th centuryJapanese

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Images of Famous Actors (Meiyū no omokage)

Utagawa Hirosada, Late Edo period, 1st half of the 19th century

Accordion-folded book; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Fuji and Ascending Dragon (Tōryū no Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Pink Octopus and Three Dancing Women from the series Glorious Amusements of the Brothel Niwaka Festival (Seiro Niwaka zensei asobi)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1800-1806

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

19th centuryJapanese