↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
EXPLORE / TRADITIONS
Japanese art and printmaking
A collection pathway for comparing materials, dates and places. The objects here are a small sample of a much wider and internally varied history.
DATES IN THIS SAMPLE
1680–1955
Object dates, not the boundaries of a tradition.
LOOKING PROMPT
Compare the objects below. Which materials and visual choices recur? Which differences resist a single label?
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↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1833
Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō
Utagawa Hiroshige
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1793
The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women
Kitagawa Utamaro
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1830
A Low Tide Pentaptych
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1790s
Cherry Blossoms in the Wind
Utagawa Toyokuni
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s
Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
Katsushika Hokusai
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1835–36
Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse
Katsushika Hokusai
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1857
The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1857
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1798
Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties
Kitagawa Utamaro
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1796–97
Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)
Kitagawa Utamaro
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1854
Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s
Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1793–97
Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi
Utagawa Toyokuni
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1700s–early 1800s
Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama
Utagawa Toyokuni
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1700
Plum Tree
Ogata Kōrin
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1715–30 or after
Chrysanthemums by a Stream
Possibly by Ogata Kōrin
↗Japan · c. 1915–1955
Mother and Child
Koshiro Onchi