Meiji period, 1897
37 x 22.5 cm (14 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Set of three thread-bound woodblock-printed volumes now bound into a single book; ink on paper
19th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseLeft half of an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "yatsugiriban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "nagasurimono" format: ink, color and mica on paper
19th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
19th centuryJapaneseWoodblock-printed book (28 detached leaves); ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Hokkei ga"
19th centuryJapaneseLeft panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "koban"-format triptych; ink, color and embossing on paper
19th centuryJapaneseSeven thread-bound books; ink and color on paper
19th centuryJapanese