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Bunkaku's contemporaries

A few works by Bunkaku, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

8 works · hang 748 ·

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With their contemporaries

  1. Screen (six-panel)
    A Puppet-show: The Story of The Potted TreesBunkaku, early 18th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. The Monkey Bridge, by Katsushika Taito II, early 1830s
    The Monkey BridgeKatsushika Taito II, early 1830sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Their contemporaries

  1. A Girl Writing a Letter, by Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century
    A Girl Writing a LetterSuzuki Harunobu, 18th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month, by Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1736–44
    Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First MonthOkumura Masanobu, ca. 1736–44Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.
    Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Osada no Tarô in The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith (Ima o sakari suehiro Genji)Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1768Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Their contemporaries, second

  1. A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.
    Picture of Men and Women from Many Countries (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1861Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō, by Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1824
    Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō MyōōUtagawa Kunisada, ca. 1824Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Chushingura: Act I (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty), by Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s
    Chushingura: Act I (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art