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ITSUKUSHIMA MEISHO ZUE, Vol. 7

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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One Hundred Designs by Ogata Kōrin (Kōrin hyakuzu) in 2 volumes

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一, Meiji period, dated 1897

Two books; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Naoji

Natori Shunsen, Taishō period, circa 1925?

Woodblock print; ink, color and mica on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Maid Dressing a Courtesan's Hair, from the series Five in a Set for Weddings

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

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

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Ikaruga-dera in Early Autumn

Hiratsuka Un'ichi 平塚運一, Shōwa period, dated 1942

Woodblock print; ink on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Album of Bird and Flower Paintings by Seitei (Seitei kachō gafu)

Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Illustrated Book of Japanese Armor by Arai Hakuseki (Honchō gunkikō zu)

Hachiya Hironari (Keiga), Mid Edo period, 1740

Thread-bound, folded books (four); ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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No. 11, from the series Primary Education: Manners for Women, Explained in Pictures (Shōgaku joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, c. 1882

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Boaters Watching a Fight

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広

Third of seven ukiyo-e book pages from a continuous woodblock-printed composition; ink and color on paper

Japanese

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Courtier Visiting Lover with text beginning "He hid by the brushwood fence and looked in expectantly..." (Machikaki shibagaki no moto ni tachikakurete mitareba...), from the series The Changelings (Torikaeba monogatari), with poem by Warakuen Harumitsu

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa early 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

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No. 31, Arai: The Checkpoint (Gosekisho), from the series The Tōkaidō Road, The Fifty-three Stations (Tōkaidō, Gojūsan tsugi no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, c. 1850-51

Japanese

Prints

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira Ason: Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 8th as Seigen, from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1852 (Kaei 5, 10th month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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No. 7 (Dai nana), from the series Eight Scenic Places in Henan Province, China (Kanan hasshō)

Bunsei

Ink on paper

Japanese