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Ehon mitsuwagusa, vol. 1

Artists

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信Artist

Classification

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Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 4

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1816

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

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Female Elephant from Central India (Tenjiku kudari daijōzō no zu), published by Otakuya Takichi

Ikkōsai Yoshimori 一光斎芳盛, Late Edo period, fourth month of 1861

Right sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban diptych; ink and color on paper

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Ehon Matsu no Shirabe (Picturebook: Music of the Pines)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

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Hasebe sanshi (Shoku Nihongi), from the series Twenty-Four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren honchō nijūshikō), with poem by Harunoya Naritake

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1821-1822

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th as the Great Thief Onoemon, with poems by Bunkeisha Shiomichi, Bunkyosha Hazemaru and Bunraisha Matsunami

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa early 19th century

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Courtesans Writing on Gaku as Offerings to the Temple Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hōshoku-gaku no zu)

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

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

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Actor Sawamura Gennosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

20th centuryJapanese

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The Fall of Fenghuangcheng, later called Our Elite Forces Capturing the Pescadores Islands in Taiwan

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1894 (Meiji 27)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; 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"

19th centuryJapanese

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Woman Dressing/ It is Favorable to Don New Clothes (Kisohajime yoshi), from the Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki), with poems by Ryūsuitei Sodezumi (from Sendai) and Senryūtei (from Sendai)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, circa 1824

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

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Poetry Slips

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, 1794 (Kansei 6)

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

19th centuryJapanese

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Actor Ichikawa Komazō (1st of Series of Five Actors)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

First panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" pentaptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

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