PrintsJapanese18th century

Cat with Peonies and Butterflies

18th century

Artists

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

hashira-e: H. 69.8 × W. 11.7 cm (27 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)

Related Artworks

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Sequel to Thicket of Ancient and Modern Paintings (Kokon gasō kōhen), Volume 5

Sō Shiseki 宋紫石, 1771

Woodblock-printed book (volume 5 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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No. 6, from the series Silkworm Cultivation (Kaiko yashinai gusa)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, c. 1772

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Year of the Horse from The Twelve Zodiac Signs Represented by Children (Fūryū kodomo junishi)

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Koryūsai ga"

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Calendar Print (Egoyomi) of Mouse Drinking Sake

Rantokusai Shundō, Edo period, late 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Book of Various Birds (Momochidori)Illustrated Book of Various Birds (Momochidori), 2nd of 2 Volumes

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1790

Two folded books; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichikawa Yaozō

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Courtesan Agemaki of the Matsuganeya (Matsuganeya uchi Agemaki), published by Eijudō

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1778-1779

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Arashi Ryūzō Holding an Umbrella (with Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd Holding a Sword)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, 18th-19th century

Left half of an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Women Imitating the Procession of a Korean Ambassador

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1797-1798

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, second sheet from left of a heptaptych

18th centuryJapanese

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Stream Crossing at Night

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 18th-19th century

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

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A Flower of the Ōgiya (Ōgiya uchi Hana) [= the courtesan Hanaōgi], from the series Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Tōji zensei bijin zoroe)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1794 (Kansei 6)

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

18th centuryJapanese

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Visiting the Myoken Shrine

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