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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

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Woman Holding a Box

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

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

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Book of Moral Lessons for Women (Joshiki-shū)

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa 1660

Three illustrated books; thread-bound, ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Nō DANCER

Onishi Chinnen, 18th-19th century

Ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

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Actor Onoe Matsusuke as Kanshojō

Katsukawa Shunkō, Edo period, circa 1791

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Triptych: Narihira Ason shokan ryaku

Hosoda Eishō (Chōkōsai)

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

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Okuko Hikozaemon Protects the Tokugawa Shogun from the Spear of Goro Matabei Mototsugu, from the series "The Siege of Osaka" (Osaka Gunki no Uchi)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, Meiji period, datable to 1884

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

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"HINAZURU OF CHOJIYA UCHI"

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Ink on paper

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Ebisu and Woman Fishing

Kitao Shigemasa, Edo period, mid-late 18th century

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

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Actor Otani Tokuji as the Servant Sodesuke from the Play "Hana-Ayame Bunroku Soga" (Miyako-za)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature (effaced) reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets in Eastern Brocade (Nishiki hyakunin isshu Azuma ori)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 1775 (An'ei 4)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

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Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Perspective View (Uki-e) of Sadakuro Killing Yeichibei, from the Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura)

Utagawa Toyoharu 歌川豊春, Edo period, circa late 18th to early 19th century

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

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