Introduction

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

The Art of Printmaking in Japan
December 31, 1999 - March 19, 2000

Selected Objects

Utagawa Hiroshige

Preparatory drawings: Titmouse on plum branch; Mandarin ducks under snow-laden bamboo, 1840's

Baien

Mirror and Rouge Cup, ca. 1825-27

Utagawa Kunimasa

The scene of the steamship sinking off the coast of Kii Province: the actors Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Kyoshi Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

Utagawa Kunimasa

The scene of the steamship sinking off the coast of Kii Province: the actors Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Kyoshi Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Niuzhuang on a Snowy Night (Gyūsō fukin setsuya no sekkō), ca. 1895

Utagawa Kunimasa

The scene of the steamship sinking off the coast of Kii Province: the actors Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Kyoshi Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

Toyohara Kunichika

The sinking of the steamship off Kii Province: The actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

Toyohara Kunichika

The sinking of the steamship off Kii Province: The actors Ichikawa Danjurō IX as Kondō Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

Niwa Tōkei

Nandina berries and wild roses in snow (Setchu nanten to yamabuki), 1810's

Toyohara Kunichika

The sinking of the steamship off Kii Province: The actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

Katsushika Hokusai

Cockerels, chicks and spiderworts (Tsuyukusa ni niwatori), mid 1830's

Utagawa Kunimasa

The scene of the steamship sinking off the coast of Kii Province: the actors Ichikawa DanjuroIX as Kyoshi Kondo Tatsuo and Ichikawa Sadanji as Mikura Tomizo, 1887

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