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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Travelers on a Hill Looking Down at the Thousand Pine Beach (Senbon matsubara)/ Hara, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1810

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira Ason: Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th as Seigen, from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1852 (Kaei 5, 10th month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Iriyamagatato noboru kitaguchi: Yoshiwara...

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Surrender of Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Northern (Chinese) Fleet at the Fall of Weihaiwei (Ikaiei kanraku hokuyōkantai teitoku teijoshō kofukuzu)

Migita Toshihide, Meiji period, dated 1895

Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 7

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1814-1878

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Turtles and Sake Cup

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1827-1829

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Great Victory for the Japanese Army at P'yōng Yang (Nichigun Heijō taisho no zu)

Ogata Gekkō, Meiji period, dated 1894

Woodblock printed "ōban"-sized triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as Soga no Gorō and Bandō Mitsugorō 3rd as Asahina no Saburō in the Armor-Pulling Scene (Kusazuribiki)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, 1827 (Bunsei 10)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

HYDRANGEA FLOWERS AND KINGFISHER

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fireworks at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku hanabi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1858, 8th month

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese