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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

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Baien

Mirror and Rouge Cup, ca. 1825-27

Utagawa Hiroshige

Mishima: Morning mist (Mishima asagiri), ca. 1833

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

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Nuizhuang on a snowy night, ca. 1895

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Nuizhuang on a snowy night, ca. 1895

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Scouts near Nuizhuang on a snowy night, ca. 1895

Japanese, Japan Tokyo

Keyblock for print of a famous site, 1903

Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Preliminary sketch from an album of drawings, ca. 1840 -1860

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Karaki Masaemon and Yamamura Heizo, 1840s

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Karaki Masaemon and Yamamura Heizo, 1840's

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Karaki Masaemon and Yamamura Heizo, 1840'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

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

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Kitao Shigemasa

Dragon and Tiger (Ryuko), 1770s

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The fall of the citadel at Jinzhoucheng, 1894

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The fall of the citadel at Jinzhoucheng (Kinshujo rakujo no zu), 1894

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

Niwa Tōkei

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

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The fall of the citadel at Jinzhoucheng, 1894

Keisai Eisen

Bamboo and moon (Tsuki to take), 1820'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

Takenouchi Magohachi, publisher

Mishima: Morning Mist (Mishima asagiri), ca. 1833

Utagawa Hiroshige

Long-tailed Bird and Peach Blossoms (Momo ni onagadori), 1830's

Katsushika Hokusai

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

Yanagawa Shigenobu

A Geisha and Her Guest on a Veranda, probably 1823/1

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese Crane and Wave (Nami ni tanchô), 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

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The fall of the citadel at Jinzhoucheng, 1894

Utagawa Hiroshige

Mishima: Morning mist (Mishima asagiri), ca. 1833

Japanese, Japan Tokyo

A famous place: Ise Shrine?, 1902

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