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

19th centuryJapanese

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Battle of Taikozan Oki: Victory for the Japanese Navy Offshore (Nishin sensō Taikozan Oki Nikkan senshō no zu)

Ogata Gekkō, Meiji period,

Center panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Illustration of the Landing and Advance to Weihaiwei

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1895 (Meiji 28)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and colors on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Sudden Shower at Nihombashi Bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

19th centuryJapanese

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Triptych: Evening Snow at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no yosetsu) - Actors and Courtesans Getting on a Boat

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Orchids, with poem by Ichijian Kigyoku

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, either 1804 (Spring of the Year of the Rat) or 1812

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Album of 35 prints from the series Matches for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokku sen)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1856-57

Accordion-folded album of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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The Monkey Bridge

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗, early 19th century

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Daimyo Procession Crossing Bridge in Snowy Landscape

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

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Peacock in a Maple Tree

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, 1830

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Diptych: Female Elephant from Central India (Tenjiku kudari daijōzō no zu), published by Otakuya Takichi

Ikkōsai Yoshimori 一光斎芳盛, Late Edo period, fourth month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban diptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese