PrintsJapanese19th century

Heavenly Figure Riding Dragon/ Dragon (Tatsu), from the series Twelve Zodiac Animals (Jūnishi)

Edo period, circa 1820

Artists

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Paper: H. 20.2 cm x W. 17.7 cm (7 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Courtesan as Kinkō (Qin Gao), from the series Courtesans Viewed as the Immortals of Ressenden, One of Seven (Keisei mitate Ressenden, shichiban no uchi)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, c. 1824

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

American (Amerikajin), from the series Pictures of Barbarians from Foreign Lands (Bankoku jimbutsu zu), published by Ebiya Rinnosuke

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, Late Edo period, first month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

At the Foot of Fuji (Fuji no fumoto): Half of detatched 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

Prints

Poem by Sanjō-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1835-6

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Sōgo at the Ferry Landing—An Authentic View

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1884 (Meiji 17)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

SMALL SERIES OF THE 53 STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 6th ("The Sixth of the Line")

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, early 1830s

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Washing the Manuscript, from the series Refined Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Fūryū bijin nana Komachi: Soshi arai Komachi)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山, circa 1804

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

MANZAI DANCERS

Hokyo Koitsu, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Woman Carried Across Water in Palanquin (Harugeshiki musume dochu)

Utagawa Kuninao, 19th century

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Enoshima in Sagami Province (Sōshū Enoshima no zu)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, c. 1847-1852

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poetess Koshikibu

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, Late Edo period, late 18th century-early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Eishi zu"

19th centuryJapanese