PrintsJapanese19th century

Views of The Twenty Four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshikō zue)

1819 (Bunsei 2)

Artists

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

closed: 22.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Ōkura Uma no kami Yorifusa (Taiheikdan), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Shunmintei Tanenari

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

Prints

WHITE RAIN ON NIPPON BRIDGE, from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Inari Bridge and Minato Shrine, Teppōzu (Teppōzu Inaribashi Minato Jinja), Number 77 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1857 (2nd month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Segawa Kikunojō 3RD

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, 1800

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Carp in a Swirl of Water

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, circa early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ferry Boat and Capital Birds on the Sumida River/The Capital Shell (Miyakogai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, datable to 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Plum Blossoms and Lacquered Letter Box with text beginning "Shiranu yō mo nakari tsuran kō nado shō soko shaken[?] mono o...", from the series The Changelings (Torikaeba monogatari), with poems by Tangoan Tsumifusa and associates

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa early 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Crouching Lamplighter-Monk with Straw Hat

Keiri, Edo period, circa 1820

Left panel of a "shikishiban"-format ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" diptych; ink, color and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Kōichi ga"

19th centuryJapanese