PrintsJapanese19th century

Chinese Woman Examining Spider Web in Box

Edo period, circa 1820

Artists

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono): 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

shikishiban: H. 21.6 × W. 18.7 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)

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Stone Bridge over the Aji River at Mount Tenpō, Osaka

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One Large and Four Small Butterflies with text beginning "Wakashiba no...", from the series An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies for the Kasumi Group (Kasumi-ren gunchō gafu), poems by Sangyokutei Utoku and associates

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Attacking Pyongyang: The Japanese Army Forged through the Enemy Stronghold (Heijō Kōgeki waga gun tekiruio nuku)

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Warriors Illustrated: China and Japan (Wakan ehon sakigake)

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Ghost of Sogo's Wife (Sogo no tsuma no tamashii)

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Mandarin Ducks

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First Writing of the New Year (Kakizome), with poems by Okuraan Reiko, Shuchōdō Butsuryō and Yomo no Utagaki no Magao

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Actor Iwai Shijaku as Toragaishi in a Soga Brothers play

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Railway Line at Takanawa (Takanawa tetsudō no zu)

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Surprise Attack at Night at Kumasaka (Kumasaka yau chi no zu)

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

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