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Wagtail and Azalea

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

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Descending Geese at Susaki (Susaki no rakugan) from the series Eight Views of the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarter (Yatsushi Shinagawa hakkei)

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1765-1780

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Koryū ga"

18th centuryJapanese

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Actor Onoe Matsusuke

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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

Japanese

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Act Three from the series Record of the Loyal Retainers (Chūyū gishin roku)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1847-48

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Enjoying the Cool of the Evening by the Ryōgoku Bridge

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Young Man Setting Out (Shōnen kō), from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyō)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1833

Ink on paper

Japanese

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The Picnic Under the Willow Tree

Tawaraya Sōri 俵屋宗理

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

Japanese

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Printed Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) in 8 volumes

Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, 1512

Handscroll; ink on paper with guide lines in gold

16th centuryJapanese

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Courtesan and Kamuro with Wheeled Writing Table (Fuguruma), Number Six, Right (Rokuban migi, kurumao) from the series A Contest of Fowls (Tori-awase)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1825 (Year of the Rooster)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Actors on Both Sides of the Lead (Yakusha konotegashiwa)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 1803

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

Japanese

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Newly Arrived Camel Drawn from Life

Utagawa Yoshitoyo, fifth month of 1863

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Courtesan Seated with a Sake Cup/ Edo, from the series History of the Three Kingdoms, Courtesans in Peach Banquet (Sangokushi Tōen yakko), with poems by Fukunairō Mamenari and Fukkaian Namiyoshi

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period,

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Illustrated Study of Japanese Things (Ehon Yamato hiji), vol. 6

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1742 (Kanpō 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

18th centuryJapanese