The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 17 (1982)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 17

"Early Collectors of Japanese Prints and The Metropolitan Museum of Art"

Meech-Pekarik, Julia

1982

26 pages

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Julia Meech

Met Art in Publication

The Writer Santō Kyōden (a.k.a. Kitao Masanobu), Chōkyōsai Eiri 鳥橋斎栄里 Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — The Writer Santō Kyōden (a.k.a. Kitao Masanobu)
Chōkyōsai Eiri 鳥橋斎栄里
ca. 1795

Bamboo Market at Capital Bridge, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Bamboo Market at Capital Bridge
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857

Brushes and Paper Ornaments, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan — Brushes and Paper Ornaments
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
19th century

Hat, Deer-Horn and Plum Branch, Representing Jurōjin, the God of Life, Totoya Hokkei Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan — Hat, Deer-Horn and Plum Branch, Representing Jurōjin, the God of Life
Totoya Hokkei
19th century

Wine-pot and Cup for the New Year Ceremony, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan — Wine-pot and Cup for the New Year Ceremony
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
19th century

Bathtime (Gyōzui), Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Bathtime (Gyōzui)
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1801

Bora Fish with Camellia, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish), Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Bora Fish with Camellia, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1830s

The Ameya, Robert Frederick Blum American, Oil on canvas, American — The Ameya
Robert Frederick Blum
by 1893

The Red Bridge, Julian Alden Weir American, Oil on canvas, American — The Red Bridge
Julian Alden Weir
1895

Twilight Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Twilight Moon at Ryōgoku Bridge
Utagawa Hiroshige

Maiko Beach, Harima Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Maiko Beach, Harima Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1853

Arnold Genthe

1920s

Rapids at Naruto, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan — Rapids at Naruto
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857

Ono no Komachi: Number Two (Sono ni), from the series Stylish Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū yatsushi rokkasen), Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Ono no Komachi: Number Two (Sono ni), from the series Stylish Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū yatsushi rokkasen)
Chōbunsai Eishi
1790s

Kabuki Actor, Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kabuki Actor
Torii Kiyonobu I
ca. 1708

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka Disguised in the Play Ōshukubai Koi no Hatsune, Tōshūsai Sharaku Japanese, Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper, Japan — Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka Disguised in the Play Ōshukubai Koi no Hatsune
Tōshūsai Sharaku
1794

An American Drawn from Life, Utagawa Yoshitomi, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — An American Drawn from Life
Utagawa Yoshitomi
1861 (2nd month)

Inland Sea, Japan

Arnold Genthe

1908

The Bath, Mary Cassatt American, Drypoint, soft-ground etching and aquatint, printed in color from two plates; seventeenth state of seventeen (Mathews & Shapiro) — The Bath
Mary Cassatt
1890–91