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Courtesan

Artists

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗Artist

Classification

Prints

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Fuji on the Swell (Uneri 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

19th centuryJapanese

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Mount Fuji from Edo, Sumida River

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Ink on paper

Japanese

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Actor Bandō Hikosaburō AS NUREGAMI CHOGOGO

Torii Kiyonobu, Edo period,

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and metal filings on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Actor Iwai Shijaku, from an untitled series of actors on the theme of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1825

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "koban"-format triptych; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Kabuki Actor Nakamura Ganjirō as Kamiya Jihei

Yoshikawa Kanpō, Taishō period, circa 1922

Woodblock print; ink, color and mica on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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TWO BIRDS IN A BLOSSOMING TREE (PICTURES OF BIRDS AND FLOWERS, "UME NI UGUISU NI U SODORI-OBAN)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Taira no Koremochi, from the series Twenty-Four Generals for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika nijūshishō)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Two Women Making Rice Candy at New Years/The Board Roof Shell (Itayagai), from the series Shell-Matching Game with Genroku Poets (Genroku kasen kai-awase)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, datable to 1821

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigments on paper, with printed signature reading "Getchi Rōjin I-itsu hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

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Insect on a Banana Leaf

Kōno Bairei 幸野楳嶺, 19th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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NEW FASHIONS,"SHINATERU OF OKAMOTOYA UCHI"

Hosoda Eishō (Chōkōsai)

Ink and color on paper

Japanese

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Hakutaku (Bai Ze)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, mid-late 18th century

Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Triptych: Sergeant Kawasaki Crosses the River Daidōkō Alone (Kawasaki gunsō tanshin Daidōkō o wataru)

Mizuno Toshikata, Meiji period, dated 1894

Incomplete woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese