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readmarkclippastecollage · 2 years ago
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Saw this tag come up as an option, and absolutely had to know more.
# courtesan riding a carp and reading a letter
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Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao]), Nishimura Shigenaga, 1730, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 12 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19411/
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mia-japanese-korean · 3 years ago
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Parinirvana of Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1720s, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art
brass flakes Size: 17 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (45.1 × 26.9 cm) (image, kakemono-e) Medium: Woodblock print (tan-e); ink and limited color on paper, with hand-applied color
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/22665/
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KINKO, Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century, Harvard Art Museums: Prints
The Chinese Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel Medium: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/207792
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1740, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 31.9 × 15.2 cm (12 9/16 × 6 in.) Medium: Woodblock print; hosoban, sumizuri-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6824/
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aic-asian · 4 years ago
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Eagle and Monkey, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1720, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 11 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19791/
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aic-asian · 4 years ago
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Mandarin Ducks, from the series "Kashinsai", Nishimura Shigenaga, 1720, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 11 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19804/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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The Portrait of Actors at the Ogura Cottage, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1697, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 29.5 x 16.2 cm Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19415/
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mia-japanese-korean · 3 years ago
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Right: In the Style of an Actor, Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1730, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art
right panel of triptych Size: 13 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (34 x 15.9 cm) (image, sheet) Medium: Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8818/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu), No. 6 from the series "Eight Views of Omi", Nishimura Shigenaga, 1711, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson Size: 33.3 x 15.9 cm (13 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.) Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/28291/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko [Chinese: Qin Gao]), Nishimura Shigenaga, 1730, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 12 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19411/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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The Sumiyoshi Dance, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1697, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 13 x 6 1/8 in. Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19431/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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The Portrait of Actors at the Ogura Cottage, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1697, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 29.5 x 16.2 cm Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19415/
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mia-japanese-korean · 3 years ago
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Evening Bell at Miidera Temple, Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1730, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art
sunago-zuri Size: 13 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (33.4 × 15.6 cm) (image, sheet, vertical hosoban) Medium: Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8819/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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Evening Glow at Seta (Seta no sekisho), No. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Omi", Nishimura Shigenaga, 1711, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 13 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/88890/
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aic-asian · 3 years ago
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Oiso no Tora and Shosho Playing Instruments, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1746, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 31.5 x 4.9 cm Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/86396/
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aic-asian · 4 years ago
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Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon, Nishimura Shigenaga, 1740, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art
Clarence Buckingham Collection Size: 31.9 × 15.2 cm (12 9/16 × 6 in.) Medium: Woodblock print; hosoban, sumizuri-e
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6824/
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