The second of a pair of thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books in "hanshi-bon" format; ink on paper with signature reading "Gakyōrōjin Manji hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

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SMALL SERIES OF THE 53 STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO, "CHIRIU", STATION NO. 40

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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School for Spooks (Bakebake gakkō), No. 3 from the series Drawings for Pleasure by Kyōsai (Kyōsai rakuga, dai san gō)

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎, 1874 (Meiji 7)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Moon Viewing at Shinagawa

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Late Edo period, circa 1850-1859

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Yūgiri and Izaemon, from the series Tailored Journeys of Couple's Crests (Hiyoku mon michiyuki shitate)

Kitagawa Utamaro II, early 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Nitta Yoshisada Throwing Sword into the Sea (Inamura ga Saki ni Yoshisada wadatsumi e hakase sasage tamō), from the series Chronicles of Kamakura (Kamakura shi), with poems by Tawara Mitsumori and Chobotei no Kojin

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1813

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Saji Fishing in a Bowl, from the series Immortals in the Moon (Ressen Asakusagawa gessen zu), with poems by Kochodo Choho and Koedo Mankin

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, early 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Hino no Kumawakamaru from the Record of the Great Peace (Hino no Kumawakamaru: Taiheiki), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Triptych: View of the Interior of the Gankirō Tea House in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankirō no zu), published by Daikokuya Kinnosuke

Utagawa Hiroshige II, Late Edo period, fourth month of 1860

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Courtesan as Gama (Liu Haichan), from the series Courtesans Viewed as the Immortals of Ressenden, One of Seven (Keisei mitate Ressenden, shichiban no uchi)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1824

Woodblock print (surimono); ink, color, embossing, and metallic pigments on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Minamoto Yorimitsu and His Retainers Defeat the Earth Spider

Utagawa Kuninaga 歌川國長, c. 1804-1818 (Bunka 1-15)

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

19th centuryJapanese