Introduction

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

The Art of Printmaking in Japan

December 31, 1999 - March 19, 2000

Selected Objects

Utagawa Hiroshige

Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori), 1830's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Nightingale, plum and moon, 1840's-1850's

Utagawa Hiroshige

nishiki-e; kacho-e; print; diptych, 1840's-1850's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Mandarin ducks and chrysanthemums, 1840's-1850's

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Niwa Tōkei

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

Katsushika Hokusai

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

Utagawa Hiroshige

Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori), 1830's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Bonito; Bodhidharma; plum, ca. 1850's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Plum, ca. 1850's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Bonito, ca. 1850's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Bodhidharma, ca. 1850's

Keisai Eisen

Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take), 1820's

Kitao Shigemasa

Dragon and Tiger (Ryuko), 1770s

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

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

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

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