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THE SIX FAMOUS POETS, "KISEN HOSHI"

19th century

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Station 17 -- Satta Pass, Yui (Yui, Satta-mine), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan-tsugi no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Late Edo period, circa 1855

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

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

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, Meiji period, circa late 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

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Pictures of Geisha and Peacock, from the series Ten Designs for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren jūban tsuzuki), with a poem by Asanoya Naonari

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, c. 1822-1823

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

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Foreigners: Chinese (Daishinjin), Korean (Chōsenjin), Dutch (Orandajin), Ryūkyūan (Ryūkyūjin), and Russian (Oroshiyajin)

Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, ca. 1840

Nagasaki woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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IRIS AND WAGTAIL

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

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Bow-shaped Crescent Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijū hakkei no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, c. 1832

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Armor (for the Role of Katō Kiyomasa) on a Chest Belonging to Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th, from the series Scenes Backstage (Gakuga niban tsuzuku)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Motome ni oji Hokkei utsusu"

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An Englishman and an American Watching Lion Dancers, published by Kiya Sōjirō

Utagawa Yoshitomi, Late Edo period, third month of 1861

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

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WISTERIA AT KAMEIDO TEMPLE GROUNDS, from the series Famous Places of the Eastern Capital (Tōto meisho)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink and color on paper

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Yang Guifei (Yōkihi) Viewing Cherry Blossoms from Verandah, from the series Cherry Trees for the Katsushika Circle, with poems by Shunrūtei Chikauo (Kaneuo) and Hakumōsha Kazumori (Banshu, Manshu)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1823

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

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Foreign Brick Building on the Yokohama Waterfront (Yokohama kaigan gaikokukan rengadukuri no zu)

Takeda Ikumaru 武田幾丸, Early Meiji period, late 19th century

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

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Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shiofukigai), from the series A Set of Shells (Kaizukushi)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, 1821

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

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