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Calligraphy
Calligraphy
KEIUN
Date: 14th century
Medium: Ink
Object number: 1988.005.0020
Summer Grasses
Summer Grasses
SOSETSU, Kitagawa
Date: mid 17th Century
Medium: Ink wash and colour on hanging paper scroll
Object number: 1988.005.0018
Autumn Grasses
Autumn Grasses
SOSETSU, Kitagawa
Date: mid 17th Century
Medium: Ink wash
Object number: 1988.005.0019
Falconers
Falconers
UTAMARO, Kitagawa
Date: c. 1780
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1994.007.0052
Waiting to Cross a Stream
Waiting to Cross a Stream
QING DYNASTY workshop painting possibly inspired by Zhao Gan (active 10th century)
Date: late 18th-early 19th Century
Medium: Hanging scroll of ink calligraphy and woodblock print on paper mounted on silk with wood dowels
Object number: 1988.005.0021
Left side panel from the triptych Dragon
Left side panel from the triptych Dragon
SHUNTEI, Katsukawa
Date: c. 1815 - 1820
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1997.002.0002
The Centipede Attacks a Princess, the central panel from the triptych The warrior Fujiwara Hidesato Battling the Giant Centipede
The Centipede Attacks a Princess, the central panel from the triptych The warrior Fujiwara Hidesato Battling the Giant Centipede
SHUNTEI, Katsukawa
Date: c. 1815-1820
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1997.002.0007
Two rival actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Kato Masakiyo and Arashi Kichisaburo II as Koretaka Shinno
Two rival actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Kato Masakiyo and Arashi Kichisaburo II as Koretaka Shinno
HOKUSHU
Date: c. 1820 - 1821
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1994.007.0054
Portrait of the actor Sawamura Tossho II as Asano, from the play Chushingura
Portrait of the actor Sawamura Tossho II as Asano, from the play Chushingura
KUNISADA, Tsunoda (or TOYOKUNI III)
Date: mid 19th Century
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1994.007.0049
Nakamura Utaemon as Fox Spirit
Nakamura Utaemon as Fox Spirit
KUNISADA, Tsunoda (or TOYOKUNI III)
Date: c. 1820
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1997.002.0001
Kameido Tenjin taiko-bashi
Kameido Tenjin taiko-bashi
HOKUSAI, Katsushika
Date: 1827-1830
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1991.006.0008
Hua Rong, the Little Li Guang (Shoriko Kaei) Shooting a Wild Goose, from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
Hua Rong, the Little Li Guang (Shoriko Kaei) Shooting a Wild Goose, from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: c. 1827
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0015
Gyôja Bushô, from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the [Popular] Shuihuzhuan ([Tsûzoku] Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
Gyôja Bushô, from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the [Popular] Shuihuzhuan ([Tsûzoku] Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: c. 1827
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0017
Gongsun Sheng, the Dragon in the Clouds (Nyûunryû Kôsonshô), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
Gongsun Sheng, the Dragon in the Clouds (Nyûunryû Kôsonshô), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: 1827-1830
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0013
Ruan Xiaowu, the Short-lived Second Son (Tanmeijirô Genshôgo), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
Ruan Xiaowu, the Short-lived Second Son (Tanmeijirô Genshôgo), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: c. 1827
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0014
Ichikawa Danjuro and Iwai Hanshiro with third actor (triptych)
Ichikawa Danjuro and Iwai Hanshiro with third actor (triptych)
TOYOKUNI II (Toyoshige)
Date: c. 1830s
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1994.007.0061
Shoki (vertical diptych)
Shoki (vertical diptych)
TOYOKUNI II (Toyoshige)
Date: c. 1830
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1997.002.0005
Asakusa Kinryuzan toshi no uchi / Crowd at the Year-end market at Kinryuzan, Asakusa
Asakusa Kinryuzan toshi no uchi / Crowd at the Year-end market at Kinryuzan, Asakusa
HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (Ando)
Date: c. 1835
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1994.007.0018
Scene from the production of the play Sakaya: Arashi Rikan as Hanshichi, Iwai Shijaku as Courtesan Sankatsu (diptych)
Scene from the production of the play Sakaya: Arashi Rikan as Hanshichi, Iwai Shijaku as Courtesan Sankatsu (diptych)
KUNIHIRO, Utagawa
Date: c. 1830
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1994.007.0060
The Night Attack by the 47 Ronin
The Night Attack by the 47 Ronin
SADAHIDE, Utagawa
Date: c. 1830 - 1840
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0028
Saginoike Heikuro, from the series Eight Hundred Heroes of the Japanese Shuihuzhuan
Saginoike Heikuro, from the series Eight Hundred Heroes of the Japanese Shuihuzhuan
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: c. 1834-1835
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0016
Nihonbashi Bridge
Nihonbashi Bridge
HIROSHIGE, Utagawa (Ando)
Date: 1840-1842
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1991.006.0002
No. 13, Yazama Jujiro Motooki Blowing a Signal Whistle, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi den / The 47 Ronin)
No. 13, Yazama Jujiro Motooki Blowing a Signal Whistle, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi den / The 47 Ronin)
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: c. 1847 - 1848
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0019
No. 20, Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka in a Straw Rain Coat, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi den / The 47 Ronin)
No. 20, Tokuda Sadaemon Yukitaka in a Straw Rain Coat, from the series Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai (Seichû gishi den / The 47 Ronin)
KUNIYOSHI, Utagawa
Date: c. 1847 - 1848
Medium: Woodblock on paper
Object number: 1996.001.0022