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Japanese Woodblock Prints

Colorful prints of actors and beauties from traditional Japanese theater, highlighting clothing styles and cultural motifs.

Nakamura shikan III als ushiwakamaru, c. 1837 print Rechter Blad Van DIPTIEK. Nakamura Shikan III als Ushiwakamaru, in Het Stuk "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki", Naka Theater, September 1837. paper color woodcut actor (on the stage). blanket
Nakamura shikan III als ushiwakamaru, c. 1837 print Rechter Blad Van DIPTIEK. Nakamura Shikan III als Ushiwakamaru, in Het Stuk "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki", Naka Theater, September 1837. paper color woodcut actor (on the stage). blanket
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Young Woman Returning a Kite to a Young Man. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 5 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 9 June 1892) one of the last great masters of the classical Japanese colour woodcut, here the work Sumiyoshi Full Moon
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Golden Pheasant (Kinkeicho). Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1715-1730. Dimensions: 32.2 x 15.5 cm (12 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.). Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Flower Day, Japan, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes 1890 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Holidays" series (N88), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1890 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes. The series depicts citizens from various countries in traditional dress celebrating local holidays. Each card verso contains the title of the series, a description of the particular holiday and its history, as well as an ad for W. Duke, Sons & Co. Tobacco producers Goodwin & Co. also published this series with brand advertising for Old Judge and Dog's Head Cigarettes.. Flower Day, Japan, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1890. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)
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Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 1895 Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Japan. 1895. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints
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Portrait of Oribe Yahei Kanamaru 1852 Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese. Portrait of Oribe Yahei Kanamaru 55725
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A Young Woman with a Black Hood Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. A Young Woman with a Black Hood 56039
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The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho
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Honchô Gishinden, Utagawa Kunimasu, 1848 print Jitsukawa ENZABURô I ALS KOMAZAWA Jirôzaemon (Alias Asojirô) in Het ToneLSTUK SHôutsushi Asagao Banashi ', Wakadayû THEATER, 5/1848. paper portrait of actor, actress
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Yamauba breast feeding Kintaro.
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A Lady Reading a Letter; AnotHer Making Her Toilet Before a Mirror Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. A Lady Reading a Letter; AnotHer Making Her Toilet Before a Mirror. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Japan. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints
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Golden Pheasant and Pine Shoots in Snow. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (36.8 x 16.5 cm). Date: ca. 1835. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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China, Yunnan, Tuanshan. Painting on a door in Tuanshan village, built in the Qing Dynasty.
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China: Zhuge Liang (CE 181-234), Chancellor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history (CE 220-280). Detail of a Yuan Dynasty portrait by Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322)
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A Court Lady Viewing Cherry Blossoms Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). A Court Lady Viewing Cherry Blossoms, ca. 1822. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (21.3 x 18.4 cm). Asian Art ca. 1822
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Chinese Actor and Two Sketches of a Woman's Head, 1912. Emil Orlik (Czech, 1870-1932). Black crayon and watercolor, with gouache (main figure); black crayon (partially erased, left head); black crayon (right head); sheet: 26.7 x 18.7 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.).
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The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin (Shi-ju-shichi-shi), also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Aki vendetta, or the Genroku Aki incident (Genroku aki jiken) took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century. One noted Japanese scholar described the tale as the country's 'national legend'. It recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushidi. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Ki zuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for two years to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves ordered to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. With much embellishment, this true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that all good peopl
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Portrait of Huang Jianyuan (1844-1911) Landscape by Ding Shangyong Chinese Portrait by Unidentified artist undated, late nineteenth century A gentleman in a robe of blue silk gazes out at the viewer, a yellow chrysanthemum clutched delicately in his left hand. In the foreground, a plant of blossoming chrysanthemum clusters next to a gnarled rock, while in the background more flowers grow at the base of a parasol tree, which arcs gently above the scholar, framing him in the center of the picture. The subject is Huang Jianyuan (1844-1911), a late Qing scholar-official. The painter of the portrait itself did not sign the work; the inscription is by Huangs friend Ding Shangyong (active late 19th century), a scholar-official and painter who added the landscape background. The deep shading of the face likely reflects the portrait painters knowledge of photography, which was introduced to China in the 1860s. View more. Portrait of Huang Jianyuan (1844-1911). Landscape by Ding Shangyong (Chi
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Nue. Tsukioka Kōgyō (Japan, 1869-1927). Japan, 1898. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print
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Sano Crossing at Miwagasaki (Miwagasaki Sano no watari) 1760-1769 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e . Suzuki Harunobu
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Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: An Italian hits the Kop van Jut (5 May 1912). Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: 1912 - 5-May-1912. Measurements: h 459 mm × w 307 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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'Order to Go To the West'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 34x54 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 9 June 1892) one of the last great masters of the classical Japanese colour woodcut, here the work The Moon of Yamaki Mansion
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America (Amerika). Utagawa Hiroshige III; Japanese, 1843-1894. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Chelishchev, Pavel Fyodorovich (1898-1957) Private Collection 1922 40x32,2 Gouache on cardboard
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Hayakawa Ayunosuke Series: One of the Eight Hundred Heroes of the Water Margin of Our Country (Honcho Suikoden goketsu happyakunin no hitori). about 1831. Oban vertical.
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Kohada Koheiji, from the series One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari) 1826-1836 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsushika Hokusai
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'Dignaga'. China, 19th century. Dimensions: 65x48 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Falconer, second half 18th century, Unknown Japanese, 23 3/16 x 8 15/16in. (58.9 x 22.7cm), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century
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Puck - December 1907, 1907 book Number 23, part two of the magazine Puck, published in Tokyo; Eight magazines, numbered: 1, front page with image of alternative Christ and Mary; 2-16, cartoons and text in Japanese and occasionally English. paper printing
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Portrait of Kan'u, 1816, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 8 1/16 x 5 3/16 in. (20.5 x 13.2 cm) (sheet), From a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Japan: Portrait of Hosokawa Takakuni (1484 - 1531), silk painting by Kano Motonobu (1476 - 1559), dated 1543. Torin-in Temple, Kyoto
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Emperor Liu Ban, Chinese official, 256-195 BC, who established Han Dynasty, from Album of portraits of 86 Chinese emperors, with Chinese historical notes, 18th century
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Portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichiro (1843-). Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban tat-e; 14 x 9 1/4 in. (35.6 x 23.5 cm). Date: October 1885. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Poem by Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1768-1780. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Portrait of Takahashi Oden. Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847-1915). Japan, 1879, 7th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print
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Traditional Chinese Painting, Lucky Patterns, Lantern Festival
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The figures represented here are French people between 1550 and 1600.They are, from left to right: Top Box: Admiral d'Amboise, Anne of Britanny (died 1514), huntsman, bodyguard, nobleman, citizen, lady of th e court, man of learning, judge; Bottom Box: Francis I (died 1547), Eleanor of Austria, Queen Cllaudia (died 1524); Francis I (1547). This illustration dates to 1882.
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Postcard sent by Egon Schiele to Edith and Adele Harms around January 15, 1915, executed in black ink on paper, showing personal writing and correspondence.
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Darayisung (Darayisun) Khan (1520 - 1557), was the Mongol Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia. Darayisung Khan was the eldest son of Bodi Alagh Khan whom he succeeded as khan. During his rule, Altan Khan became stronger and more disrespectful of the power of the Great Khan and Darayisung Khan was unable to achieve victory in their conflicts. However Altan Khan forced Darayisung Kudeng Khan to flee eastward. Four years later in 1551 Darayisung made a compromise with Altan accepting Altan's leadership in exchange for giving the title 'Gegeen Khan' to him. As a result, Darayisung Khan was forced to relocate his imperial court to the east near Manchuria, and the power of the Great Khan began to decline.
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Sima Guang was born in 1019 in present-day Yuncheng, Shanxi to a wealthy family, and obtained early success as a scholar and officer. When he was barely twenty, he passed the Imperial examination with the highest rank of jinshi ('metropolitan graduate), and spent the next several years in official positions. In 1064, Sima presented to Emperor Yingzong of Song a book of five volumes, the Liniantu or 'Chart of Successive Years'. It chronologically summarized events in Chinese history from 403 BCE to 959 CE, and was something like a prospectus for sponsorship of his ambitious project in historiography. These dates were chosen because 403 BCE was the beginning of the Warring States period, when the ancient State of Jin was subdivided, which eventually led to the establishment of the Qin Dynasty; and because 959 CE was the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period and the beginning of the Song Dynasty. In 1066, he presented a more detailed 8-volume Tongzhi or 'Comprehensive Records'
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A Japanese kuge (nobleman). Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835 - 1919)