Ink on Paper: Japanese Monochromatic Prints (2009)

Standing Beauty

Kaigetsudo Anchi · About 1714

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, kakemono-e

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The Evening Bell at Miidera (Mii no banshō), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1837–38

Color woodblock print; ōban

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Bird and Fox

Munakata Shikô · 1958

Woodblock print

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Human Beings

Yamaguchi Gen · 1953

Woodblock print

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Summer Bush Clover (Natsuhagi), from the series Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)

Katsukawa Shunchô · About 1792

Color woodblock print; chūban

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Descending Geese

Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1830

Woodblock print; nagaban, surimono

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The Monkey Bridge in Winter

Utagawa Hiroshige · Mid-19th century

Woodblock print; hashira-e

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A Bat Flying near a Pine Tree

Issho · 19th century

Woodblock print; surimono

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Lingering Snow at Asukayama (Asukayama no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige · 1837–38

Color woodblock print; ōban

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Landscape with Waterfall

Utagawa Hiroshige · 18th century

Woodblock print; hashira-e

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Partial Rosette Segment from a Roof Tile and Peony from a Roof Tile

Hiratsuka Un'ichi · 1930s

Woodblock prints

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The Tanabata Festival, from the series "Amusements of the Five Festival Days (Gosetsu asobi)"

Katsukawa Shunchô · About 1790

Color woodblock print; chūban

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Miyahito of the Ogiya, Whose Assistants Are Tsubaki and Shirabe (Ogiya uchi Miyahito, Tsubaki, Shirabe)

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1793–94

Key block print with mica; ōban

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The Night Visit, from the series "Story of the Cormorant"

Munakata Shikô · About 1938

Woodblock print

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Structural Interior of Tengaimon Gate

Hiratsuka Un'ichi · 1960

Woodblock print

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Proportion I

Maki Haku · 1964

Woodblock print

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Tanabata Dance

Torii Kiyonobu I · Woodblock carved 1698, printed about 1915

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e

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Actor as a Standing Beauty

Torii Kiyomasu I · About 1715

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, kakemono-e

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Ancient People

Yoshida Hodaka · 1956

Woodblock print

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Scene in the Yoshiwara, from the series "Views of Yoshiwara"

Hishikawa Moronobu · About 1680

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, oban

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Wild Geese and Reeds

Utagawa Toyohiro · About 1810

Woodblock print; oban

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Partial Rosette Segment from a Roof Tile and Peony from a Roof Tile

Hiratsuka Un'ichi · 1930s

Woodblock prints

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Autumn Flower and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige · c. 1835

Woodblock print; koban

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The Demon Shutendoji, from the album Yamato Irotake

Okumura Masanobu · 1705–8

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, ōban

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Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)

Utagawa Hiroshige · n.d.

Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet

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Hara: A Line at the Foot of Mt. Fuji (Suso ichimonji), No. 14 from the series "Munakata's Tokaido (Tokaido Munakata hanga)"

Munakata Shikô · 1963; printed 1964

Woodblock print; edition 5/10

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Sea Coast, Futomi

Sasajima Kihei · 1956

Woodblock print

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Girl in Cotton Dress

Hiratsuka Un'ichi · 1942

Woodblock print

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The Bright of Evening

Munakata Shikô · About 1954

Woodblock print

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Badger, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)

Utagawa Hiroshige · n.d.

Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, harimaze

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Seikenji Fuji, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)"

Utagawa Hiroshige · n.d.

Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, harimaze

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Two Actors in a Drama

Torii Kiyomasu I · About 1715

Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, ōban

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Towing a Barge in the Snow, from the album The Silver World

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1790

Woodblock print; oban

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