PrintsJapanese

Eight Immortal Comic Poets (Kyōka hassen)

Artists

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Ink on paper

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Yoshitsune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province (Washū Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1833

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Picture of Sumō at Yokohama (Yokohama sumō no zu)

Utagawa Shigetoshi, 1861, 2nd month

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

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Three Festivals in the Year of the Earth-Sheep

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1799

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "chūban" format; Ink and light color on paper

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Sōgo at the Ferry Landing—An Authentic View

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1884 (Meiji 17)

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

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Woodblock print; ink on paper, with printed signature reading "Makoto 1957"

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Sekino Jun'ichirō 関野準一郎, Shōwa period, dated 1947

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Ichijōsei from the series Ten Characters from the Water Margin (Suikō jūban)

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Woodblock print (surimono): ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

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

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

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Futsunushi no Mikoto, from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, c. 1821

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

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Momoyogusa (Flowers of a Hundred Worlds), vol. 3

Kamisaka Sekka 神坂雪佳, 1909 (vol. 1) - 1910 (vols. 2 and 3)

Woodblock-printed book; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

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Illustrated Guide to Kyoto (Kyō-suzume)

Asai Ryōi, Early Edo period, 1665

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

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