PrintsJapanese19th century

Ox Fair, Takanawa (Takanawa Ushimachi), Number 81 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Edo period, dated 1857 (4th month)

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 35.2 cm x W. 24.8 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Triptych: Transit of an American Steam Locomotive (Amerika koku jōkisha ōrai), published by Maruya Jimpachi

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, tenth month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakan-ji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1830-31

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd Holding a Sword (with Arashi Ryūzō Holding an Umbrella)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, 18th-19th century

Right half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge (Mama no momiji Tekona no yashiro Tsugihashi), Number 94 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1857 (1st month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Contemporary Famous Happenings (Kinsei kisekikō), Vol. 4, with designs by Kita Busei (1776-1856)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Late Edo period, dated 1804 (1st Year of the Bunka Era)

Fourth of a set of 5 ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Act Eight from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Hachi danme)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, 19th century

Two-thirds of an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Abalone (Awabi), Halfbeak (Sayori) and Peach (Momo), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uozukushi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Sama no Kami Yoshitomo (Minamoto no Yoshitomo), from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Hilltop View, Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima Tenjin sakaue chōbō), Number 117 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1856 (4th month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Wasuregai, Baikagai and Sakuragai Shells, from the series A Set of Shells (Kaizukushi)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, light color, metallic pigment and mica on paper with printed signature reading "Motome ni ōji Hokkei utsusu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Horikiri Iris Garden (Horikiri no hanashōbu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month

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

19th centuryJapanese