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Artists

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.7 cm x W. 38.8 cm (8 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.)

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Society for the Picturing of Famous Places on the Kiso Road (Kisoji meisho zukai ichikan)

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Pictures of Girl Meditating and Plum Tree through Window, from the series Ten Designs for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren jūban tsuzuki)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1820

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Yura no Suke at the Tea House, Ichiriki/ Act 7 (Nana dan me), from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadenon chūshingura)

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Marionette Theater Scene

Utagawa Kunisada III 歌川国貞, Meiji period, 1890

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Actor Otani Tokuji AS A MAID SERVANT

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Great Illustrated Encyclopedia, Revised and Enlarged (Sōbo tōsho kinmō zui taisei), vols. 2-10

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At the Foot of Fuji (Fuji no fumoto): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

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