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Artists

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Vertical ōban diptych

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Fuji in the Evening Sun at Shimadagahana (Shimadagahana sekiyō Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

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SNOW, MOON AND FLOWERS, MAPLES ON THE TAKI RIVER

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ITSUKUSHIMA MEISHO ZUE, Vol. 8

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Stencil for Illustrated Don Quixote (Ehon Don Kihōte)

Serizawa Keisuke, Shōwa period, published in 1936

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Carp Climbing a Waterfall

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, circa early 19th century

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

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Hagiwara Hideo 萩原英雄, Shōwa period, dated 1965?

Woodblock print; ink on paper with signature reading "Hideo Hagiwara"

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Man with a Lantern, from the series A Set of Seven (Nanaban no uchi)

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Child Playing with a Rooster and Drum

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Mid Edo period, circa 1773

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Koryūsai ga"

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Prints

Stencil for Illustrated Don Quixote (Ehon Don Kihōte)

Serizawa Keisuke, Shōwa period, published in 1936

Paper stencils

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FIGURE IN ELABORATE COURT ROBES AND 3 CRAVE FIGURE S ABOVE TOPE OF PINE TREES

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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CROW AND HERON: ACTORS ICHIKAWA YAOZO 2ND AND SEGAWA KIKUNOJO 2ND AS TWO YOUNG LOVERS

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

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Courtesan Akashi of the Tamaya, kamuro Uraji and Shimano, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seirō nana Komachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1796

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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