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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō as Sukeroku

Artists

Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) 歌川豊重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

A Comparison of Beauties of the Green Houses: A Mirror of Their Lovely Forms (Seirō bijin awase sugata kagami) Volume One

Kitao Shigemasa, Edo period, published 1776

Volume One of an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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BEGONIA BLOSSOMS AND A DRAGONFLY

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Rokujō Hōgan Tameyoshi, 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

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Ōe no Takachika (Chomonjū), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Utsunoya Makikata

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

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

19th centuryJapanese

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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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Fuji from Musashi Plain (Musashino no Fuji): 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

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Triptych: America (Amerikakoku), published by Shimizuya Naojirō

Utagawa Yoshitomi, Late Edo period, sixth month of 1867

Yokohama woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yoshitora ga"

19th centuryJapanese

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Actors ōtani Hiroji and Bandō Sanpachi as Wresters

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Edo period,

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Actors Sawamura Gennosuke and Segawa Michinosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Eight Immortal Comic Poets (Kyōka hassen)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

Japanese

Prints

Rain Sound IV

Kawamura Sayaka 川村紗耶佳, c. 2020

Woodblock print; ink, color, and metallic foils on paper

21st centuryJapanese

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Courtesan Changing and Old Woman (Inn Keeper) Taking out Umbrella/ Money Tree (Kane no naru ki), Extra (Yokyō) from the series Treasure Match (Takara awase), with poems by Jinsentei (Shinsentei) Hakushō, Kirakuan Yumezuki and Shinryūen Harukaze

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