Category Archives: Asia

Hokusai Katsushika

“Dragonfly and Bellflower”

Hokusai Katsushika | "Dragonfly and Bellflower"
(Japanese, 1760–1849) color woodblock print, ink & color on paper, Edo period, c. 1820′s

Posted in Asia, Printmaking

Yoshizawa Setsuan

“Leaf from Album Depicting Birds, Flowers, Landscapes, and Flower Pots”

Yoshizawa Setsuan | "Leaf from Album Depicting Birds, Flowers, Landscapes, and Flower Pots"
(Japanese, 1809-1889) ink & colors on silk and paper, Edo-Meiji period, 1876

Posted in Asia, Brush & Ink

Andō Hiroshige

“Night Snow, Kambara” (from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido)

Andō Hiroshige | "Night Snow, Kambara" (from the series 'The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido')
(Japanese, 1797–1858) color woodblock print; ink and color on paper, c. 1831-44

Posted in Asia, Landscapes, Printmaking

Andō Hiroshige

“Hakone” (from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido)

Andō Hiroshige | "Hakone"
(Japanese, 1797–1858) color woodblock print; ink and color on paper, c. 1833-34

Posted in Asia, Landscapes, Printmaking

Hokusai Katsushika

“Mongaku in his Ascetic Life”

Hokusai Katsushika | "Mongaku in his Ascetic Life"
(Japanese, 1760–1849) woodblock print on paper, c. 1830′s

Posted in Asia, Mythology, Printmaking

Gong Xian

“Ink Landscapes with Poems”

Gong Xian | "Ink Landscapes with Poems"
(Chinese, 1619–1689) brush & ink on paper, Qing dynasty, 1688

Posted in Asia, Brush & Ink, Landscapes

Gong Xian

“Ink Landscapes with Poems”

Gong Xian | "Ink Landscapes with Poems"
(Chinese, 1619–1689) brush & ink on paper, Qing dynasty, 1688

Posted in Asia, Brush & Ink, Landscapes

Hokusai Katsushika

“The Great Wave at Kanagawa” (from a Series of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji)

Hokusai | The Great Wave at Kanagawa
(Japanese, 1760–1849) woodblock print; ink and color on paper, c. 1832

Posted in Asia, Landscapes, Printmaking