PrintsJapanese19th century

Embroidering a Tiger

19th century

Artists

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Pictures of Geisha and Peacock, from the series Ten Designs for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren jūban tsuzuki), with a poem by Asanoya Naonari

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, c. 1822-1823

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Contemporary Famous Happenings (Kinsei kisekikō) in 5 volumes, with designs by Kita Busei (1776-1856)

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

Set of 5 ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fuji at Aoyama (Aoyama no Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Painting, from the series Comparisons of the Artistic Pride of Precious Children (Gei jiman kodakara awase), One of Seven Lucky Treasures (shichifuku no uchi)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, 1806 (Bunka 3), 6th month

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Otowaya and Two Geisha at New Year's, with poem by Ryufutei Shirubei no Hanagaki

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1815-1830

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

THREE DRAGONS IN WAVES AND CLOUDS

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Itsukushima rokugatsu sairei otomobune

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, 18th-19th century

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as Umeomaru

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1830

Panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "shikishi-ban"-format surimono triptych; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Bride with Sake Cup/ Sujin, from the series Eight Drinking Immortals (Inchu Hassen), with poem by Yamabe no MIchitaka

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "jūni-giri ban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ikaiei fukin Tōshū-fu kō[?] gekisen no zu

Utagawa Kokunimasa, Meiji period, dated 1894

Center panel from a woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Rules for the Department of Young Ladies (Shōgaku Joreishiki zukai)

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Yaozō, Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikujirō

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period,

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese