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Oriental Woodblock Prints

Colorful woodblock prints and traditional artworks from East Asia, featuring natural landscapes, cultural narratives, and festive themes.

Komatsubiki, Picking young pines., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, between 1804 and 1807, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 12.9 x 18.2 cm., Print shows a woman and a young boy gathering pine boughs.
Komatsubiki, Picking young pines., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, between 1804 and 1807, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 12.9 x 18.2 cm., Print shows a woman and a young boy gathering pine boughs.
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DE PLEISTERPLAATS Mariko, Katsushika Hokusai, After 1804 print Three travelers, eating in a restaurant in Mariko. They are served by two women. In the cartouche at the top right it says that the distance to the next stopping place, Okabe, is two miles. Japan paper color woodcut inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. nutrition, nourishment
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Enjoying a meal on board a boat. Origin: China. Date: 16th-17th century. Period: Ming dynasty. Fan mounted as album leaf; ink and color on silk. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
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David and Abigail. Draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen. Dating: 1677 - 1755. Measurements: h 208 mm × w 163 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Wooded Mountains at Dusk. Artist: Kuncan (Chinese, 1612-1673). Culture: China. Dimensions: Image: 49 1/2 x 24 in. (125.7 x 61 cm)Overall with mounting: 101 1/4 x 31 5/8 in. (257.2 x 80.3 cm)Overall with knobs: 101 1/4 x 34 3/4 in. (257.2 x 88.3 cm). Date: dated 1666.Born on the Buddha's birthday, Kuncan took Buddhist monastic vows at age twenty-six and became an ardent Chan (Zen) follower. After the establishment of the Qing dynasty, he lived in Nanjing, where his friends included poet-painters who considered themselves loyal "leftover subjects" of the vanquished Ming dynasty. In 1659 he visited Yellow Mountain in southern Anhui Province and, inspired by the beauty of the site, decided to devote himself to painting. For Kuncan, painting was a path to the self, and he brought to his art the importance of selfhood espoused by later Chan practitioners.Kuncan's landscapes, painted in the densely textured style of the Yuan master Wang Meng (ca. 1308-1385), are often accompanied by inscr
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Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), Utamaro, Kitagawa, Finch and woodpecker in pine tree, Grosbeak and woodpecker, top right - stamped, First and second page of Utamaro's bird book., page, prints, images, Japan (collection), height 251 mm, width 187 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, 1794 - 1798, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, color woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher
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Tea kettle on the stove by Hokuju, Shotei (1763-1824) / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam / c. 1800 / Japan / Colour woodcut / Still Life / 14x18 / The Oriental Arts
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Ogura imitation of the one hundred poems. The masked spirit of the lion, with wild red wig, dancing along a bridge railing. Scene from a Kabukite team. Poem by front mailg emperor juntoku.
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Books and Scholar's Accoutrements , 19th century. Ink and light color on paper, Image: 24 x 14 3/4 in. (61 x 37.5 cm). Asian Art 19th century
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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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The moon on Musashi Plain (Musashino no tsuki)from the series 'One hundred aspects of the moon (Tsuki no hyakushi)' I/1892. Date/Period: 1892. Print. Nishiki-e, oban ,colour woodcut on paper. Height: 33.30 mm (1.31 in); Width: 22.60 mm (0.88 in). Author: Yoshitoshi.
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. Bust portrait of a woman in wrinkled kimono, a cup and saucer in the right hand, the left hand at a hairpin. Poster of the line block, with a print of the Kento with the bottom left.
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Birds and Narcissus. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm); W. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Tile with decorative motifs and inscription; the beginning of the 20th century (1900-00-00-1910-00-00);Jabłoński, Witold (1901-1957) - collection, Chinese (culture), gift (provenance), inscriptions, graphic prints, Chinese art
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Lobster, Hamayumi (Ceremonial Miniature Bow) with Arrows and Fans 18th-19th century Kubo Shunman Japanese. Lobster, Hamayumi (Ceremonial Miniature Bow) with Arrows and Fans 53987
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Plum Blossoms Yomo no Utagaki Magao Japanese. Plum Blossoms 55094 Artist: Yomo no Utagaki Magao, Japanese, 17531829, Plum Blossoms, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 7 9/16 x 2 3/8 in. (19.2 x 6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP2180)
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Vrouw met theekopje, Katsushika Hokusai, 1815 - 1820 Boste portrait of a woman in wrinkled Kimono, a cup and saucer in the right hand, the left hand at a hair pen. Print of the line block, with a print of the Kento on the bottom left. Japan paper Boste portrait of a woman in wrinkled Kimono, a cup and saucer in the right hand, the left hand at a hair pen. Print of the line block, with a print of the Kento on the bottom left. Japan paper
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Summer left from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons, 1620s, Attributed to Kano Sanraku, Japanese, 1559 - 1635, 39 x 37 x 3 1/2 in. (99.06 x 93.98 x 8.89 cm), Ink, light color, and gold on paper, Japan, 17th century, These sliding door panels are part of a group of sixteen, which originally formed the four sides of a small reception chamber at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in northwest Kyoto. The paintings show the process of rice cultivation across four seasons. A person seated in the room would have seen the scene unfold from north, beginning with winter and moving clockwise. Spring, the second in order, would have been on the eastern side.
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An Autumn Gift 1760-1849 Japan. Color woodblock print; surimono . Katsushika Hokusai
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Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto) 1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Kitagawa Utamaro
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Utagawa Kunisada IV; Wakasaya Yoichi / 'Ilustración de la novela de Tamegawa Shunsui Jidai kagami (La era del espejo)', 1865, Japanese School, Paper, 176 mm x 117 mm, G05694. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Small portrait of Lu Zhu playing the flute. Gai, Qi (1774-1829), painter
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Calligraphy Hanging scroll, ink on paper, Image: 38 9/16 x 20 11/16 in. (98 x 52.5 cm). Asian Art
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Two Court Ladies Watching a Butterfly Two Court Ladies Watching a Butterfly, 19th century. Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, no mounting: 37 x 12 1/4 in. (94 x 31.1 cm). Asian Art 19th century
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Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise, 1608, Yoshida, Soan, -1632, 1608, Kyoto
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Emperor Wu, Chou Dynasty, 1050-256 BC, China
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Piece 10th century Japan. Piece 71002
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Ogata Gekkō (形月耕, 1859-1920) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print artist of the ukiyo-e genre. Gekkō's work was originally closely based upon that of Kikuchi Yōsai. He was inspired by Hokusai, creating a series of one hundred prints of Mount Fuji. He also developed his own style, with significant stylistic elements borrowed from nihonga painting.
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Sketchbook with manuscript notes Félix Bracquemond, Bracquemond, Félix, 1833-1914, pencil, pen, ink, and watercolor, ca. 1868-ca. 1874, Drawings and watercolors of forests and vegetation in Balleroy, Calvados; preliminary designs for prints
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Endpiece to Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yinan). Artist: Zhang Yunkuan, 1866-1932
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Incense Boxes with a Wrapping Cloth. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 19.1 cm). Date: 1808.Two incense containers are depicted on this privately commissioned, high-quality New Year's print (surimono): one is fan shaped, carved in red lacquer, and depicts plum blossom motifs; the other, a tiered incense holder, is decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay in the Somada style. The incense boxes are placed on a wrapping cloth that represents spring through the association with plum blossoms, and reflects the content of the poem appearing at the top of the print. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Crow on a Branch. Artist: Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831-1889). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (36.2 x 27.3 cm). Date: ca. 1887. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Transmitting the Spirit and Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai's Garden of Pictures, vol. 1 complete, 1843, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 9 × 6 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.8 cm) (hanshibon), Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Blacked-naped oriole on hibiscus. Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1834-1836. Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; chutanzaku. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Sutra Cover. China. Date: 1590-1599. Dimensions: 35.1 × 12.1 cm (13 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)Repeat: 5.2 × 5.3 cm (2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.). Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave self-patterned by areas of weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill weave; label: silk, plain weave; painted with ink; over paper. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Minah Bird on a Loquat Branch. Artist: Unidentified Artist; Formerly attributed to Wu Bing (Chinese, active 1190-1194). Culture: China. Dimensions: 12.25 x 12.25 in. (31.1 x 31.1 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
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Reproduction of a painting by Piotr Stachlewicz `Grudzień` December from the series 'Boży Rok' Year of God with an image of St. Nicholas. Anczyc, Władysław Ludwik i Spółka (Kraków ; drukarnia ; 1875-1948), printing house, Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków ; wydawnictwo ; 1905-1939), publisher
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United States of North America: 1860 commodore Perry arrives in Uraga, Soshu Province; Japanese diptych print shows Perry's steamship in bottom right panel; map of the coast of Soshu in left panel; various Japanese coats of arms in upper half of both panels.
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Hawk, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu). Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1809-1819. Dimensions: 33.8 x 22 cm. Color woodblock print (album sheet). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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The Goddess Kwannon on a Dragon Kawanabe Kyosai (Japanese, 1831-1889). The Goddess Kwannon on a Dragon, 1888. Woodblock color print, 25 x 9 5/8 in. (63.5 x 24.5 cm). Asian Art 1888
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Hanging Tobacco Set 19th century Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Hanging Tobacco Set 54015 Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai, Japanese, active ca. 17991823, Hanging Tobacco Set, 19th century, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, 7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in. (19.4 x 27.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP2246)
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Chrysanthemums by a Stream, c. 1715-30 or later. Possibly by Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658-1716). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gilded paper; overall: 163.2 x 369.9 cm (64 1/4 x 145 5/8 in.). These screens recall a painting style so closely identified with Ogata Krin (1658-1716) that it is called Rinpa, or “Rin School,” after the ideograph “rin” in his name. The highly stylized background accentuates floral groupings that have been groomed so as to appear utterly artificial, like the synthetic arrangements available today. Krin's genius derived in large measure from natural phenomena painstakingly observed and then manipulated to create compositions of startling refinement and sparkling isolation. This process may have grown out of Krin's early immersion in the family textile business, a medium that encourages such dramatic distillations of form: the stream's gold-crested waves bring to mind traditional kimono robe designs of Krin's era. Works with the signatur
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China: Dancing and Singing (Peasants Returning from Work). Hanging scroll painting by Ma Yuan (1160-1225), late 12th - early 13th century. Ma Yuan (1160-1225) was a Chinese painter hailing from the Song Dynasty, born into a family of painters from Qiantang (now Hangzhou). Like his forebears, he became a court painter, serving under Emperors Guangzong and Ningzong. He was held in high esteem and favour by his patrons at court. Alongside Xia Gui, Ma formed the so-called Ma-Xia school of painting, which were considered some of the finest paintings from that period, and his works, especially his landscape scrolls, inspired Chinese and Japanese artists.
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Gaikokujin yūkō no zu - Amerika nyonin | Library of Congress
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At the Conference. Dated: c. 1919. Dimensions: overall: 45 x 57.4 cm (17 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.). Medium: brush and brown ink and black crayon on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JEAN LOUIS FORAIN.
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Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, gauze weave with supplementary patterning wefts; label silk, plain weave; painted with ink; glued over paper .
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Scroll illustrating the parts of different types of Japanese armor 18th century Japanese. Scroll illustrating the parts of different types of Japanese armor. Japanese. 18th century. Miscellaneous
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Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1 4 satin interlacings; label silk, plain weave; painted with ink; glued over paper .
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Kôrin Ogata (Copy de) / 'Mujer recostada', 20th century, Japanese School, Paper, 386 mm x 153 mm, G05688. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Paper making with a mould, Chinese woodblock print, 19th century
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Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Hachiman), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 18.3 x 9.3 cm (7 3/16 x 3 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Plum Blossoms ca. 1823 Painting by Matsumura Keibun The blossoming of plum trees in the early springa symbol of resilience against winter’s oppressive coldhas long been a favorite subject for ink paintings by East Asian artists. Matsumura Keibun, one of the foremost painters of the Kyoto-based Shijō school, adhered to conventions from Chinese painting manuals for suggesting a sense of depth through the rendering of intertwined tree branches. The variegated grays against an expansive blank background create a boldly graphic composition, while the animated strokes of the new shoots impart dynamism. Keibun was well versed in Ming (1368-1644)- and Qing (1644-1912)-dynasty art theory, and had close ties to sinologists in Kyoto intellectual circles. Among these literati was Rai San’yō, the author and calligrapher of the Chinese poem on the theme of “Plum Blossoms Reflected in Water,” which is brushed on the reverse of this freestanding single screen.. Plum Blossoms 667297
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Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave with patterning wefts; wrapped over cardboard and partially backed with paper; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink .
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Medallion 19th century China. Medallion. China. 19th century. Silk, metallic thread; on silk. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Textiles-Embroidered
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A Snowy Day 1901 United States. Color woodcut on paper . Helen Hyde
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Illustrated book 1893 Japan. Illustrated book. Japan. 1893. Ink on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Illustrated Books
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Album of Genre Paintings Album of Genre Paintings, ca. 1871. Ink and color on paper, Each leaf, approx.: 8 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (20.6 x 20 cm). Asian Art ca. 1871
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Leaping Carp, 1368-1644. Liu Jie (Chinese, c. 1447-1520s). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; image: 140.5 x 83.7 cm (55 5/16 x 32 15/16 in.); overall: 226 x 101.2 cm (89 x 39 13/16 in.); with knobs: 226 x 109.5 cm (89 x 43 1/8 in.).
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Shanghai advertising poster, c1930s. Artist: Unknown
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Socialist realism is a style of realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other socialist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism.