PrintsJapanese

Box of Kimono Silks

Artists

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

paper: H. 20.9 x W. 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)

Related Artworks

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No. 28, Mitsuke: Ferry Boats and the Tenryū River (Tenryūgawa, funawatashi), from the series The Tōkaidō Road , The Fifty-three Stations (Tōkaidō, Gojūsan tsugi no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, c. 1850-51

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Illustrated Book of Professions with Kyōka (Kyōka Yamato jinbutsu) in 7 Volumes

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, 1857

Seven thread-bound books; ink and color on paper

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

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Lower Meguro (Shimo-Meguro), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"

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Geese over Water, from the Kōrin gafu (Kōrin Picture Album)

Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中, 1802

Woodblock-printed book (28 detached leaves); ink and color on paper

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Courtesan and Dog

Hanabusa Shigenobu, 1770

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

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The courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato of the Yotsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, 1784

Detached illustration from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink, color and gauffrage on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei), Vol. 3

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

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book in "hanshi-bon" format; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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The Temple Entrance, from the series Eight Views of the Asakusa Temple (Asakusa Kinryūzan hakkei)

Torii Kiyonaga

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Fuji the Day After Snow (Yuki no ashita Fuji): 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

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Procession of a Ryūkyūan Ambassador

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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Tayasu Gate of Kudan (Kudan Tayasumon?), from the series Eight Views Around the Moat (Horibata hakkei)

Hiratsuka Un'ichi 平塚運一, Shōwa period, circa 1930-1931?

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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