Fragile Beauty: Historic Japanese Graphic Art

Fragile Beauty: Historic Japanese Graphic Art
Katsushika Hokusai
Sōshū Shichiri-ga-hama (Shichiri-ga-hama [beach] in Suruga Province) 1830-1833
Mackelvie Trust Collection
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Exhibition Details

Commonly known as ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world), these distinctive colour woodblock prints are among the most popular of all Japanese works of art. The carefully composed images reveal the fleeting beauty and refined pleasures of Japanese society in the last century of the Edo Period (1603–1868) when that country was largely closed to the outside world.

Comprising six themes from the repertoire of Japanese graphic artists, this exhibition explores images of tranquil landscapes and fierce battles, skillful actors and renowned beauties. From the natural world to the contrived splendour of the Yoshiwara pleasure-district, each print reveals an aspect of the culture of a lost world. 

Date
Curated by
Matthew Norman
Location
Mezzanine level
Cost
Free entry

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Production date
circa 1834
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
234 x 350 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
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Production date
1850-1851
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
183 x 256 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
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Andō Hiroshige

Production date
1833-1834
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
256 x 377 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M85
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Production date
1857
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
349 x 234 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
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Andō Hiroshige

Production date
1857
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
332 x 254 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
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Kakuchû shinonome (Dawn inside the Yoshiwara)
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Andō Hiroshige

Production date
1857
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
361 x 245 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M91
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Swallows and Iris Blossoms
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Andō Hiroshige

Production date
1853
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
334 x 110 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M93
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Sparrow and Wisteria
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Andō Hiroshige

Production date
19th century
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
338 x 75 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M97
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Mountain Gorge in Winter
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Andō Hiroshige

Production date
1832
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
723 x 243 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M149
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A Samurai Awaiting the Arrival of a Courtesan
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Ippōsai Kuniyasu

Production date
early 19th century
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
213 x 185 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M70
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A Courtesan
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Katsukawa Shunsen

Production date
circa 1781-1801
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
750 x 248 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M152
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A Courtesan about to Compose A New Year's Poem on a Fan
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Katsukawa Shuntei

Production date
circa 1816
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
193 x 173 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M59
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A Courtesan Hanging a Scroll Showing a Tiger
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Katsukawa Shuntei

Production date
1818
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
202 x 188 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M67
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Katsushika Hokusai

Production date
1827-1830
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
260 x 382 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M38
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Sōshū Shichiri-ga-hama (Shichiri-ga-hama [beach] in Suruga Province)
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Katsushika Hokusai

Production date
1830-1833
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
244 x 372 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M39
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Umewaka
Umewaka

Keisai Eisen

Production date
1815-1842
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
369 x 251 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M115
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Nakamanji-rō Yatsuhashi (Courtesan Yatsuhashi of the Nakamanji-rō House)
Nakamanji-rō Yatsuhashi (Courtesan Yatsuhashi of the Nakamanji-rō House)

Keisai Eisen

Production date
1815-1842
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
380 x 266 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M116
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Production date
1815-1842
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
383 x 260 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M121
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Keisai Eisen

Production date
1815-1842
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
368 x 264 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M128
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Keisai Eisen

Production date
circa 1845
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
342 x 228 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M129
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Keisai Eisen

Production date
1830-1840
Medium
woodcut
Size (h x w)
380 x 249 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Dennis R Nathan, 1972
Accession no
1972/18/3
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Akasaka Kiribatake uchû yûkei (Night Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake)
Akasaka Kiribatake uchû yûkei (Night Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake)

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Production date
1859
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
351 x 240 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M75
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Peacock and Peony Flowers
Peacock and Peony Flowers

Totoya Hokkei

Production date
19th century
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
212 x 187 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M65
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Ryûhô hakuja o kiru (Liu Bang Kills the White Serpent)
Ryûhô hakuja o kiru (Liu Bang Kills the White Serpent)

Totoya Hokkei

Production date
1832
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
211 x 186 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M66
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Vases, Trays and Materials for Flower Arrangement; the Flower Shell
Vases, Trays and Materials for Flower Arrangement; the Flower Shell

Unknown artist Katsushika Hokusai

Production date
Post 1821
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
218 x 182 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M23
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Tiger in Bamboo
Tiger in Bamboo

Kumashiro Yuhi

Production date
circa 1770
Medium
ink
Size (h x w)
1600 x 800 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L2013/5/1
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The Actor Sawamura Gennosuke II
The Actor Sawamura Gennosuke II

Utagawa Kunimori II

Production date
1817-1831
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
356 x 244 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M166
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Woman Trimming Her Nails
Woman Trimming Her Nails

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
1843-1845
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
708 x 249 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M43
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Miuraya Agemaki (Courtesan Agemaki of the Miuraya House)
Miuraya Agemaki (Courtesan Agemaki of the Miuraya House)

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
1855
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
363 x 252 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M64
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Woman from a Samurai Household on a Visit to a Shrine
Woman from a Samurai Household on a Visit to a Shrine

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
early 1830s
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
207 x 185 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M71
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Shin-Yoshiwara Edo-chō san chōme Kado-Tamaya uchi Koimurasaki (Courtesan Koimurasaki of the Corner Tamaya House of Edo-chō in Shin-Yoshiwara)
Shin-Yoshiwara Edo-chō san chōme Kado-Tamaya uchi Koimurasaki (Courtesan Koimura...

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
1830-1840
Medium
woodcut
Size (h x w)
381 x 259 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Dennis R Nathan, 1972
Accession no
1972/18/4
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Nagato no kuni Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ôg assen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu (In the Great Battle Between the Minamoto and the Taira in Akama Bay in Nagato Province, the Taira Clan Is Utterly Destroyed)
Nagato no kuni Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ôg assen Heike ichimon kotogotoku hor...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
circa 1845
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
367 x 271 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M135
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Nagato no kuni Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ôg assen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu (In the Great Battle Between the Minamoto and the Taira in Akama Bay in Nagato Province, the Taira Clan Is Utterly Destroyed)
Nagato no kuni Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ôg assen Heike ichimon kotogotoku hor...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
circa 1845
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
367 x 271 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M137
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Nagato no kuni Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ôg assen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu (In the Great Battle Between the Minamoto and the Taira in Akama Bay in Nagato Province, the Taira Clan Is Utterly Destroyed)
Nagato no kuni Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ôg assen Heike ichimon kotogotoku hor...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
circa 1845
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
367 x 271 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M136
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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kō no Moronō (top), under attack by Onoe Kikugoro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kō no Moronō (top), under attack by Onoe Kikugoro III as...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
1847
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
374 x 256 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M154
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Onoe Kikugoro III as Oboshi Yuronosuke and Nakamura Utaemon IV in an unidentified role
Onoe Kikugoro III as Oboshi Yuronosuke and Nakamura Utaemon IV in an unidentifie...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
1847
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
374 x 256 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M155
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Sangokushi Chohan hashi no zu (The Three Kingdoms: Chohan Bridge)
Sangokushi Chohan hashi no zu (The Three Kingdoms: Chohan Bridge)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
1852
Medium
woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
375 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/9
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Sangokushi Chohan hashi no zu (The Three Kingdoms: Chohan Bridge)
Sangokushi Chohan hashi no zu (The Three Kingdoms: Chohan Bridge)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
1852
Medium
woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
370 x 256 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/10
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Sangokushi Chohan hashi no zu (The Three Kingdoms: Chohan Bridge)
Sangokushi Chohan hashi no zu (The Three Kingdoms: Chohan Bridge)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
1852
Medium
woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
370 x 256 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/8
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Shrike on a Branch of a Flowering Plant
Shrike on a Branch of a Flowering Plant

Utagawa Toyohiro

Production date
circa 1810
Medium
woodcut, in black and grey
Size (h x w)
348 x 74 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M106
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Okamotoya uchi Toyo'oka Tamino Miyono (The Courtesan Toyo'oka of the Okamotoya House)
Okamotoya uchi Toyo'oka Tamino Miyono (The Courtesan Toyo'oka of the Okamotoya H...

Utagawa Toyoshige II

Production date
1815-1835
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
373 x 255 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M99
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Falcon on a Pine Branch, Rising Sun Above
Falcon on a Pine Branch, Rising Sun Above

Utagawa Toyoshige II

Production date
1790-1804
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
722 x 246 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M151
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Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)
Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)

Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date
1843-1846
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
368 x 271 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M138
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Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)
Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)

Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date
1843-1846
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
368 x 271 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M139
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Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)
Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)

Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date
1843-1846
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
368 x 271 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M140
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Eiyū-zoroi (A Gathering of Heroes)
Eiyū-zoroi (A Gathering of Heroes)

Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date
1860
Medium
ink
Size (h x w)
346 x 714 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1971
Accession no
1971/20/2
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A Courtesan with a Roll of Papers in Her Obi
A Courtesan with a Roll of Papers in Her Obi

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Production date
1830
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
187 x 137 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M69
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Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Oboshi Yuranosuke, and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Oboshi Rikiya Yoshikane
Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Oboshi Yuranosuke, and Iwai Kumesaburo III as Obo...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Production date
1847
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
372 x 256 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M156
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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Kanpei, and Nakamura Gantarō as Sagisaka Bannai
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
1862
Medium
woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
370 x 253 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/16
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Tiger in Bamboo
Tiger in Bamboo

Kumashiro Yuhi

Production date
circa 1770
Medium
ink
Size (h x w)
1600 x 800 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
Accession no
L2013/5/2
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Takanawa tsuki no yūbe (Moonlit Evening at Takanawa)
Takanawa tsuki no yūbe (Moonlit Evening at Takanawa)

Andō Hiroshige

Production date
circa 1847
Medium
woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
232 x 357 mm
Credit line
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Accession no
M89
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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Kanpei, and Nakamura Gantarō as Sagisaka Bannai
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
1786-1865
Medium
woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
371 x 254 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/15
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Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Kanpei, and Nakamura Gantarō as Sagisaka Bannai
Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date
1786-1865
Medium
woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique
Size (h x w)
369 x 253 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939
Accession no
1939/4/14