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Artists

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Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 37.7 x W. 50.9 cm (14 13/16 x 20 1/16 in.)

Related Artworks

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FAMOUS PLACES AND PRODUCTS OF YAMASHIRO "A COURTESAN ABOUT TO WRITE A POEM"

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

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

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Chapter Six (Roku dan) represented by Hat and Fan, from the series Tales of Ise for the Asakura Group (Asakusa-gawa Ise monogatari), with poems by Amihiko and associates

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa 1813-1817

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

19th centuryJapanese

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BAMBOO AND SWALLOW

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō), the chapter Kudoku-bon.

Unknown Artist, 14th-16th century

Handscroll; ink on paper with guide lines in gold

14th-16th centuryJapanese

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Wanting to Get a Discount (Makete moraitai)/Veranda Planks from Ōsumi Province (Ōsumi kureita), from the series Auspicious Desires on Land and Sea (Sankai medetai zue)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, 1852

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryūzan), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1856 (Ansei 3), 7th month

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Fuji in a Window (Sōchū no Fuji): Detached page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Beauties of All Times (Ehon tokiwaga-gusa), 2nd of 3 Volumes

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, Mid Edo period, dated 1755

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Suidō Bridge and Surugadai (Suidōbashi Surugadai), Number 48 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1857 (5th month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Contemporary Famous Happenings (Kinsei kisekikō), Vol. 1, with designs by Kita Busei (1776-1856)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Late Edo period, dated 1804 (1st Year of the Bunka Era)

First of a set of 5 ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Diamond

Katayama Toshihiro, Shōwa period, dated 1970

Silkscreen; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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Poet Sosei Hōshi (Priest Sosei) from page 3A of the printed book of "Thirty-Six Immortal Poets" (Sanjūrokkasen), Kōetsu edition

Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 3A of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

17th centuryJapanese