PrintsJapanese19th century

White Herons and Iris

Late Edo period, 1830

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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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Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 12

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1834

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

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Gyōsai's Discourses on Painting (Gyōsai gadan), vol. 4

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, 1887 (Meiji 20)

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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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Writing Materials, Pot of Adonis (Fukujusō) and Screen

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Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1825

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Procession of Women Carrying Palanquin

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Nanking in China (Dai Min Nankin fushibō), from the series Bankoku meishō jinkyō no uchi

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Center sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yoshitora ga"

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True View of the Foreign Buildings along the Kaigandōri Seen from the Yokohama Wharves (Yokohama hatoba yori kaigandōri ijinkan no shinzu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III 三代目歌川広重, c. 1875

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Sergeant Kawasaki Crosses the River Daidōkō Alone (Kawasaki gunsō tanshin Daidōkō o wataru)

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

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

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Port of London England (Igirisu Rondon no kaikō), from the series Complete Enumeration of Scenic Places in Foreign Nations (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi), published by Yamadaya Shōjirō

Utagawa Yoshitora 歌川芳虎, 1862 (Bunkyū 2)

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

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