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Artists

Kitao MasayoshiArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink and color

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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First Volume of Hokusai's Sketches (Hokusai gafu shohen)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Chrysanthemums at Court

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (楊洲周延), Meiji period, 1890

Left sheet from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Views of Kyoto (Karaku saiken zu), 15 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Fuji in a Window (Sōchū no Fuji): Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Poet Henjō Sōjō (High Priest Henjō, 816-890) from page 11B of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 11B of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Kurō Hōgan Yoshitsune (Minamoto no Yoshitsune), from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color, mica, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Women Picnicing by the Tama River/The Short-Necked Clam Shell (Asarigai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, datable to 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Summer Evening at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the series...

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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The Coast of Noboto (Noboto ura), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading: "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

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Jo and Uba, from the Kōrin gafu (Kōrin Picture Album)

Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中, 1802

Woodblock-printed book (28 detached leaves); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Book of Transom Designs in Three Volumes

Ranma Zushiki, Mid Edo period, 1734

Thread-bound, printed books; ink on paper in indigo paper cover, brown slip case

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō and Iwai Hanshirō

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese