PrintsJapanese19th century

ACTOR

19th century

Artists

Utagawa KunitsuguArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Gio and Gijo, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, circa 1841-1842 (Tenpō 12-13)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Tenman Bridge in Settsu Province (Sesshū Tenmanbashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1834

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poem by Kisen Hōshi, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, circa 1840-1842 (Tenpō 11-13)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Amida Waterfall

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Nambyō Ryōji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, circa 1847-1852

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Men Dining at a Restaurant/ Minakuchi, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1810

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Seki Sanjurō (One of Three Kabuki Actors)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, circa 1820-1825

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Satirical Poems About Famous Scenic Views in Edo (Kyōka Edo meisho zue), Vols. 5 and 6 (in one binding)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, dated 1856 (Ansei 3, 5th month)

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th and Iwai Kumesaburō 2nd in Hagoromo

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1815-1830

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Seki Sanjūrō, Ichikawa Ichizō, and Onoe Matsusuke

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, c. 1812

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke), from the series "Beauties of the Yoshiwara" (Seirō bijin awase)

Eishōsai Chōki, Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1780-1805

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, colors and black lacquer on paper, with printed signature reading "Chōki ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Chinese Couple (Seikoku Nankin), published by Izumiya Ichibei

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, second month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese