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Artists

Utagawa Kunitora 歌川国虎Artist

Classification

Prints

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Act Seven from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Shichi danme)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period, late 18th to early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor in the play Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the second month of 1780

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, 1780 (2nd month)

One panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" pentaptych; ink and color on paper

Ink on paper; drypoint

21st centuryJapanese

Prints

Sparrows, Basket and Pine Cone, from the series A Collection of Thirty-Six Birds and Animals (Sanjūroku tori zukushi)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, circa 1825

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Cherry Blossom Time at Naka-no-chō in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Naka-no-chō sakura toki), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese

Prints

Open Garden at Fukagawa Hachiman Shrine (Fukagawa Hachiman yamabiraki), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese

Prints

Summer Fuji in Inage-ryō (Inage-ryō natsu no Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrations of Marine Life (Gyokai ryakugashiki)

Kitao Masayoshi, Late Edo period,

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Standing Woman with Wrapped Box

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山

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

Japanese

Prints

Four Women Buying Combs from a Vendor, with announcement for a New Year's performance from Yoshimura Kokichi

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "yokonagaban"; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Koganei in Musashi Province (Musashi Koganei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjūrokkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1858, 4th month

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

A Picture of a Newly Imported Great Elephant from Central India (Chū tenjiku hakurai daizō no zu), published by Enshūya Hikobei

Utagawa Yoshitoyo, Late Edo period, second month of 1863

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese