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Borrowing Water

Artists

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 13.9 x W. 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)

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Fuji on New Year's Day (Gantan no Fuji): Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 1

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)

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Triptych: Yoshitsune as a Boy (Onzōshi Ushiwakamaru)

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

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

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Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Act Seven from the Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Shichi danme) with a Cat

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, late 18th century

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Garden in Autumn

Saitō Kiyoshi 斉藤清, Shōwa period, dated 1961

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Portrait of Sphinx: Etching 6 of 6

Ikeda Masuo, Shōwa period, dated 1970

6th of a set of six etchings: ink on paper

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Glaukos, from the portfolio Greek Mythology

Hagiwara Hideo 萩原英雄, 1965

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WARRIOR IN ARMOR

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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Two Girls Looking at a Monkey

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川重信, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

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Actors

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 19th century

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

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GIRL HOLDING BASKET OF HERBS

Katsukawa Shunkō

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AZUMA TOGO

Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆斎文調, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Rice Plant (Ine) and Butterbur (Fukinodai), from the series An Array of Plants for the Kasumi Circle (Kasumi-ren sōmoku awase)

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, c. 1804-1815

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