Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper (with printed signature on leftmost print from the same triptych reading "Ichiyōsai Toyonobu ga")

19th centuryJapanese

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The Pure Red Shell (Masuho-gai), from the series A Matching Game with the Genroku Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1821

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Diptych: Kabuki Actors

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" diptych(?); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Snow Viewing at Imado

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, circa 1850-1859

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Kohada Koheiji Konoshiro Tomobei kataki uchi maboroshi sōshi (Ghost Story of Konoshiro Tomobei), draft and printed edition

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Edo period, 1812 and 1845

Pair of books: draft and printed edition; ink and light color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Rabbit Pounding Rice in a Mortar

Hokugen, Late Edo period, 1855

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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A WHITE TURTLE AT SHINOBA LAKE

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

TOKAIDO GOJU-SAN-TSUGI

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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SMALL SERIES OF THE 53 STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO, "GOYU", STATION NO. 36

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Nitta Yoshisada Throwing Sword into the Sea (Inamura ga Saki ni Yoshisada wadatsumi e hakase sasage tamō), from the series Chronicles of Kamakura (Kamakura shi), with poems by Tawara Mitsumori and Chobotei no Kojin

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1813

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

19th centuryJapanese