PrintsJapanese18th century

Mustard Seed Garden Compendium (Kaishien gaden) based on Chinese Original of 1701, 2nd of 6 Volumes

Mid Edo period, 1748

Classification

Prints

Medium

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 28.5 x W. 18.2 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Two Women Admiring Plum Blossoms

Harutsugu (Haruji), Mid Edo period, circa mid 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Man and Woman Playing Sugoroku

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1890s?

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura Denkūrō 2nd as a Samurai Ready to Fight

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, dated to 1775

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; in "hosoban" format (left half of a diptych); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Matsumoto Koshirō 4th AS SOGA NO TURO

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Picture Book of Seasoned Grass (Ehon chiyomi-gusa): Beauties with Waka, 2nd of 3 Volumes

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, Mid Edo period, 1755

Thread-bound books (three); ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Mustard Seed Garden Compendium (Kaishien gaden) based on Chinese Original of 1701, 6th of 6 Volumes

Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 1748

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Wheeled Writing Table (Fuguruma), Books and Plum Branches in Porcelain Vase, with poem by Yomo no Magao (Shikatsube no Magao)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1795

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke (Ichikawa Danjūrō 2nd) and Nakamura Takesaburō as an Oiran

Torii Kiyonobu, Edo period, circa 1715

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print (adjacent book pages?); ink, color and metal filings on paper, with printed signature reading "Torii Kiyonobu hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Bag of Historical Treasures and People of Japan and China (Ehon shahō-bukuro), 4th of 10 Volumes

Tachibana Morikuni, Mid Edo period, dated 1770

Thread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kintarō Beating a Drum Followed by Four Young Oni Carrying Standards of the Four Directions

Torii Kiyonaga, Late Edo period, dated 1805

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format"; ink and color on paper, and with printed signature reading "Kiyonaga ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Yoshiwara Benkei, (Number 11) from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)

Okumura Masanobu, Edo period, circa 1705-1706

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Yamato eshi Okumura Masanobu zu"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Matsumoto Kōshirō 4th as Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon and Nakayama Tomisaburō as Umegawa from the play "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi - Yomo no Nishiki Kokyo no Tabiji" (Kiri-za)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Edo period, 1794 (8th month of Kansei 6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"

18th centuryJapanese