PrintsJapanese

Black, Large Broom (Kuro, Ōbōki), from an untitled series of Women Compared with Colors

Artists

Utagawa Sadakage (Gokotei)Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Shikishiban

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Sasakiba, from the series Comparisons of Perfumes

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Taniguchi Shigeru, 1975

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Ushijima: The Musashiya Restaurant (Ushijima, Musashiya), from the series Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo kōmei kaitei zukushi)

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Cherry Blossoms in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara sakura no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kōto meisho)

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Imperial Fleet Firing a Cannon Near Haiyang Island (Kaiyōtō fukin teikoku gunkan happō no zu)

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Hauling the Fish Nets at Dawn in Katase/The Purple Shell (Murasakigai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase), with poems by Tsuki no ya Shitakage and Yomo no Utagaki no Magao

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