PrintsJapanese19th century

Tanabata, The Seventh Month (Fumizuki no Tanabata)

19th century

Artists

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; 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

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View of Tokyo(?)

Utagawa Kuniteru, Early Meiji period, late 19th century

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Standing Actor

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Recycling Paper/The Fulling Block Shell (Kinutagai), from the series "Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets" (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

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View of the Pleasure Quarters of Yokohama (Yokohama kuruwa no zu)

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Military Maneuvers

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Illustrated Book on Anuual Events in the Gay Quarters (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) Volume Two

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, published in 1804

Volume Two of an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book in two [blue-and-white-covered] volumes; ink and color on paper

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