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BOOK OF KESA

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Illustrated Guide to Kyoto (Kyō-suzume)

Asai Ryōi, Early Edo period, 1665

Woodblock-printed book; thread-bound, ink and slight color on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Iwai Hanshirō 5th, from an untitled series of actors on the theme of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1825

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "koban"-format triptych; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura Nakazō 1st as Matano no Gorō in the play Hana-zumō Genji Hiiki, performed at the Nakamura Theater from the eleventh month of 1775

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, 1775 (11th month)

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

On the Way to Paradise

Yoshida Tōshi 吉田遠志, Shōwa period, circa 1966

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Act Seven from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Shichi danme)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, circa 1843-1845

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

An Unidentified Actor

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, late 18th century

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

Japanese

Prints

Back View of Fuji from the Minobu River (Minobu-gawa ura Fuji), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading: "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Awazu, from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)

Itō Shinsui, 1917

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Trees in the Wind No. 3

Sasajima Kihei 笹島喜平, Shōwa period, dated 1962

Woodblock print; ink on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

THE SIX POETS,"KISEN HOSHI"

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之

Ink on paper

Japanese

Prints

Woman Washing her Hair

Hashiguchi Goyō 橋口五葉, 1920 (Taisho 9), 7th month

Unmatted modern Japanese woodblock print; ink and mica on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Kaminari Shōkurō

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

Ink on paper

Japanese