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Archival Replicas: Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints

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Archival Replicas: Under the Skin: Tattoos in Japanese Prints

This selection of prints explores the social background, iconography, and visual splendor of mid-19th-century Japanese tattoos, an art that flourished in the last days of the rule of the samurai and that has continued into modern times.

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Group shot: 00.921-2, 00.955
Plum: Actors Arashi Kichisaburô III as Tôken Gonbei, Comparable to Yang Zhi (Yôshi ni hisu) (R); Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Danshichi Kurobei, Comparable to Ruan Xiaoer (Genshôji hisu) (C); and Iwai Kumesaburô III as Yakko no Koman, Comparable to Little Sanniang [=Hu Sanniang] (Kosanjô ni hisu) (L), from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Tôsei suikoden)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1859 (Ansei 6), 8th month
Perspective Print of the Diving Woman Retrieving the Jewel from the Dragon Palace
Perspective Print of the Diving Woman Retrieving the Jewel from the Dragon Palace
Okumura Masanobu
1740s
Group shot: 11.15472, 11.15475, 11.42432
Pine: Actors Ichikawa Ichizô III as Nozarashi Gosuke, Comparable to Shi Jin the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin ni hisu) (R); Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tôbei, Comparable to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshô Rochishin ni hisu) (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Ude no Kisaburô, Comparable to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyôja Bushô ni hisu) (L), from the series A Modern Shuihuzhuan (Tôsei suikoden)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1858 (Ansei 5), 7th month
Actor Ôtani Tomoemon V as Danshichi, from an untitled series of actor portraits
Actor Ôtani Tomoemon V as Danshichi, from an untitled series of actor portraits
Toyohara Kunichika
1869 (Meiji 2), 7th month
Sawarabi: In China, Wu Song the Ascetic (Morokoshi, Gyôja Bushô), from the series Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan nazorae Genji)
Sawarabi: In China, Wu Song the Ascetic (Morokoshi, Gyôja Bushô), from the series Japanese and Chinese Comparisons for the Chapters of Genji (Wakan nazorae Genji)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month
Dragon and Tiger (Ryûko), from the series Pictures of Birds and Beasts (Kinjû zue)
Dragon and Tiger (Ryûko), from the series Pictures of Birds and Beasts (Kinjû zue)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1837 (Tenpô 8)
Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya
Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya
Keisai Eisen
1830s
Oniwakamaru and the Giant Carp
Oniwakamaru and the Giant Carp
Totoya Hokkei
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)
Group shot: 11.21461-3
A Shuihuzhuan of Beautiful and Brave Women (Kayûjo Suikoden): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V, Onoe Kikugorô V, Sawamura Tosshô II (R), Ôtani Tomoemon V, Sawamura Tanosuke III, Iwai Shijaku II, Nakamura Shikan IV (C), Kawarazaki Gonnosuke VII, Bandô Mitsugorô VI, and Ichikawa Kuzô III (L)
Toyohara Kunichika
1869 (Meiji 2), 6th month
Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshô Rochishin)
Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshô Rochishin)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
early 1830s
The Imitation Kisen (Gisu Kisen): Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Oniazami Seishichi, from the series Selected Underworld Characters for the Six Poetic Immortals (Mitate shiranami rokkasen)
The Imitation Kisen (Gisu Kisen): Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Oniazami Seishichi, from the series Selected Underworld Characters for the Six Poetic Immortals (Mitate shiranami rokkasen)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 4th month
Shuihuzhuan Heroes in Hell (Suikoden jigoku meguri)
Shuihuzhuan Heroes in Hell (Suikoden jigoku meguri)
Toyohara Kunichika
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 3rd month