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Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Act Six from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Roku danme)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, circa 1843-1845

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fuji with a Rocket (Rōen [noroshi] no Fuji): Half of 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

Attendants Returning from a Temple Visit, one sheet of a pentaptych

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Woman Standing by Lacquer Tray with Sake/ Willow Island (Yanagishima), from the Series for the Yanagi Group (Yanagi bantsuzuki), with poems by Ryūkokutei Sennen and Sennentei

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period,

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Preparing for a Musical Entertainment

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

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

Japanese

Prints

Printed Life of Kōbō Daishi (Kōya Taishi gyōjō zue), Vol. 2

Unknown Artist, Momoyama period, 16th-17th century

Set of nine printed handscrolls (one missing); ink on paper

16th-17th centuryJapanese

Prints

from the series Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Book of Professions with Kyōka (Kyōka Yamato jinbutsu), 4th of 7 Volumes

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, 1857

Seven thread-bound books; ink and color on paper

Maples at Kaianji Temple (Kaianji kōyō) Print from Key Block, from Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print from key block ("nagasurimono" format); ink on thin paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Hundred Poets

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

Love that Meets Each Night (Yo-goto ni au koi) from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1793-1794

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

18th centuryJapanese