PrintsJapanese

Triptych: Courtesans Writing on Gaku as Offerings to the Temple Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hōshoku-gaku no zu)

Artists

Kitagawa TsukimaroArtist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

38.1 x 75.4 cm (15 x 29 11/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Illustrated Views of Kyoto (Karaku saiken zu)

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei), Volumes 1 & 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834-1835 (Tempō 5-6)

Woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Portrait of Sphinx: Etching 4 of 6

Ikeda Masuo, Shōwa period, dated 1970

4th of a set of six etchings: ink on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Paper Snake

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳

Ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Goddess Konohana Sakuyahime (Konohana Sakuyahime no mikoto), detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei), vol. 1

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1834 (Tenpō 5)

Woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Float for the Hagoromo Dance

Torii Kiyonaga, Mid to Late Edo period, late 18th to early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print with ink and colors on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Satirical Poems About Famous Scenic Views in Edo (Kyōka Edo meisho zue), Vol. 9

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

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Female Amusements of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosetsu asobi)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1800-1806

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format: ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Satirical Poems About Famous Scenic Views in Edo (Kyōka Edo meisho zue), 14 volumes (in 13 bindings)

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

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Man and Woman on Mat in Landscape

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF YEDO, "SEKIYA NO SATO"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese