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Japanese Woodblock Prints

Colorful woodblock prints illustrating scenes from Japanese culture, depicting festive occasions, theater, and traditional attire.

Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komatsuya sōshichi | Library of Congress
Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komatsuya sōshichi | Library of Congress
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Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)". Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1801-1811. Dimensions: Approx. 24 × 18.3 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Bushu senju, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, 1832 or 1833, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25 x 37.1 cm., Print shows the weir at Senju in the province of Musa with two people fishing and a man leading a horse carrying rice seedlings for planting in the distant rice paddies; Mount Fuji in the background. Source for note: pencil inscription on card with item.
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Shutendō JI, BLATT 3..
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Watercolor showing a palace interior scene with figures, architectural elements, and decorative details.
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Ezo Shima Kikan, 3 of a set of three scrolls Ezo Shima Kikan, 3 of a set of three scrolls, ca 1840. Ink on paper, braid silk, 10 7/16 x 193 5/16 in. (26.5 x 491 cm). Asian Art ca 1840
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Rajput prince on lion hunt, anonymous, 1675 - 1699, draughtsman: anonymous, 1675 - 1699, paper, brush, h 234 mm × w 172 mm
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Newly-made wordplays on modernisation: sixteen traditional images with text. Colour woodcut by Matsuki Heikichi, 1883.
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Ancient wall painting of the Thai Hoa Palace Complex, Hoang Thanh Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, Hue, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vietnam, Asia
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Chapter 23; Faithful images of the beautiful prince; Sono Sugata Hikaru No Utsushi-e. Prince Genji, two women and a girl, sitting around big box with toys; In room with room screen on which cranes. Presentation enclosed by brown edge in which Genji emblems.
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The Shanglin Park: Imperial Hunt. Date: 17th century. Origin: China. Period: Ming or Qing dynasty. Ink and color on silk. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
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Scene of Foreigners, 18th-19th century, Unknown Japanese, 13 × 16 5/16 in. (33.02 × 41.43 cm) (image)49 1/8 × 21 13/16 in. (124.78 × 55.4 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century
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Scroll I.. 1501 - 1599. Illustrations, Manuscripts. Spencer Collection
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Panel Illustrating Feminine Virtue: The Art of Cooking or Hospitality () 17th century Lin Yuncai Chinese. Panel Illustrating Feminine Virtue: The Art of Cooking or Hospitality (). Lin Yuncai. China. 17th century. Soapstone, satin, papier-maché. Soapstone
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Practice of Long-handled Sword, 1817, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 7 13/16 x 10 1/2 in. (19.9 x 26.7 cm) (sheet), From a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Mirror of Portraits of All Sovereigns in the World (Sejō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami) April, 1879 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Mirror of Portraits of All Sovereigns in the World (Sejō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami) 55338
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Chinese bookseller. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1800 - 1899. Measurements: h 145 mm × w 222 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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A Chinese pharmacy, engraving from Memoires sur la Chine, by Stanislas d'Escayrac de Lauture, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1139, Volume XLIV, December 24, 1864.
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Decoration designs for court celebrations; after. XIX-the beginning of the 20th century (1846-00-00-1855-00-00);
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Gifts are carried to the palace. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
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'The nine Ancients', 1813, (1924). Creator: Kawamura Bunpo.
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Pages from the New Illustrated Edition of 'Tales of the Water Margin'. Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849). 1805-1835. Books. Double-page book illustration; black and white woodblock print
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Led by Songhur Balkhi and Lulu the Spy, the Ayyars Slit the Throats of Prison Guards and Free Sa'id Farrukh-Nizhad Indian. Led by Songhur Balkhi and Lulu the Spy, the Ayyars Slit the Throats of Prison Guards and Free Sa'id Farrukh-Nizhad, 1557-1572. Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton cloth, sheet: 30 7/8 x 24 1/2 in. (78.4 x 62.2 cm). The oversized manuscript known as the Hamza- Nama was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar (reigned 1556-1605). All of its paintings are on cloth, with Persian text written on paper glued to the reverse. The pages were probably displayed in storytelling performances. The Hamza-Nama is an adventure tale about the first generations of Muslims. This painting is typical of the series, with multiple figures in active stances set within a sumptuously decorated courtyard. The subject is a night raid on a prison, with the heroes killing their captors in order to free their comrades. Asian Art 1557-1572
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Japan: 'Act Seven'. Woodblock print from act seven of the Chushingura by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), c. 1840-1860. Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
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Famous Sites ofChina. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849
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Tale of the Wisteria Robe Tale of the Wisteria Robe, 15th century. Ink on mica-flecked paper, 6 5/8 x 405 1/4 in. (16.8 x 1029.3 cm). Asian Art 15th century
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Calligraphers 1870s Unknown. Calligraphers 264365