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Tales of Ise
Tales of Ise
Tales of Ise

Tales of Ise

Artist (born Awa Province, Japan, 1618; died Edo, Japan, 1694)
Datecirca 1680s-1690s
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsImage Overall: 6 11/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17 × 23 cm)
Overall: 10 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (27 × 19 cm)
Mat Overall: 20 1/16 × 16 1/8 in. (51 × 41 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
  • landscape
  • figurative
  • Woodblock print
Object number1971.100.3
DescriptionTwo figures in the center kneeling over a large, open square structure. One tree leans over them.There is a small pond behind the figure on the left and a house or other structure behind the figure on the right. The upper 1/4 of the image is text.
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Not on view
Tales of Ise
Hishikawa Moronobu
1680s-1690s
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Jay Steensma
1991
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Diane Katsiaficas
1985
Sekidere Komachi
Utagawa Sadahide
mid 1840s
Bacchanalian
Herman Frederick Deigendesch
1884
Out of the Depths
Clare Leighton
1952
Evening Glow
Eishosai Choki
late 1790s
By the Arks
Federico Castellon
circa 1941
Sakyo-no-daibu Michimasa
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
early 1840s
Untitled
Michael Lawson
1969
Street Orator's Audience
Jacob Lawrence
1936