PrintsJapanese

Ehon chushingura in 2 volumes

Artists

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

21 x 15.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)

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Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Momoyama period, published circa 1610

Page 4A of a thread-bound woodblock-printed book with paper cover; ink on paper

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Children at Play Making Mischief

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Seated Court Lady, book illustration from ?

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Scene from Kabuki Theatre: Shower of Flames

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Flower

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Wrestler in a Pink Fringed Apron

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The Interior of a Kabuki Theater

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, c. 1799

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Portrait of the Artist Onchi Kōshirō

Sekino Jun'ichirō 関野準一郎, Shōwa period, dated 1956

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Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Susaki (Susaki shiohigari), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kōto meisho)

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Singing by the Plum Garden

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (楊洲周延), 1887 (Meiji 20)

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Wild Boar Meat

Kitao Shigemasa, 1815

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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