Late Edo period, published 1820
Thread-bound woodblock-printed book in "ōbon" format; ink and color on paper with printed signatures reading "Kawamura Bumpō" (preface) and "Bumpō Yūmō"; with impressed, gourd-shaped, red, relief seal reading "Nanzanju"; and with dyed and embossed paper covers
26.1 x 17 x 1.4 cm (10 1/4 x 6 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
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18th-19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
19th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
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19th centuryJapaneseCenter panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapaneseCenter panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapaneseSecond panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "shikishi-ban" surimono-format pentaptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
19th centuryJapanese