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Type/Technique

Woodcuts

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  • Martyrdom of Saint Regina. Woodcut.
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
  • Four hunters on horseback with hounds, setting off for the hunt; a village in the background. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.
  • A Chinese talisman of a warrior with sword. Colour woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A view from Shiba Atago-yama: a shrine with a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu.
  • Samson carries the gates of Gaza out of the city. Woodcut.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Corbinian and Saint Sigismund. Woodcut by L. Beck.
  • Saint Augustine of Hippo (?). Woodcut.
  • A shearman removing the nap from rough woven cloth, watched by another man from a window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A lute-maker testing one of the lutes in his workshop: other musical instruments are hanging on the walls, and there are tools on and around the workbench. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.
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    • Pictures
    • Online

    Men and women in a communal bath house. Woodcut by Yoshitora, 1860.

    Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870. | Date: 1860] | Reference: 565597i
    • Pictures

    Fifty-three stages along the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. Colour woodcut, late 1860s.

    | Date: [late between 1860 and 1869] | Reference: 37504i
    • Pictures

    Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

    Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. | Date: 1857 | Reference: 37306i
    • Pictures

    Chinese boys tug at cords that appear to be attached to chess pieces. Colour woodcut, 1870s.

    | Date: [between 1870 and 1879] | Reference: 37789i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A brewer pouring beer into a barrel; behind, the operations of brewing. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34958i
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