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Ryuryukyo Shinsai

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Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (柳々居辰斎) was a Japanese artist and surimono artist who flourished between 1799 and 1823. He was a student of Hokusai.

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Fish and shells

1821 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.3 × 18.8 cm (8 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

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Jewel of the Full Tide (Manju), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)"

1820 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

20.8 × 18.5 cm (8 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.)

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Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

1820 · Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishiban hexaptych, surimono

22.2 × 19.6 cm (8 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

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Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

1820 · Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishiban hexaptych, surimono

21.1 × 18.8 cm (8 5/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

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The Jewel Taker (Tamatori), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)"

1820 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

20.2 × 17.9 cm (8 × 7 1/16 in.)

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Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

1820 · Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishiban hexaptych, surimono

21.4 × 18.8 cm (8 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

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Minamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

1820 · Color woodblock print; sheet from shikishiban hexaptych, surimono

21 × 18.4 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

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Lacscape and woman from Ohara, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

1820 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of shikishiban hexaptych, surimono

21.1 × 18.9 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Blue Shell (Aogai), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)" (c. 1820)

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The Jewel Taker (Tamatori), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)" (1820)

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Empress Komyo (Komyoko), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)" (c. 1820)

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Lacscape and woman from Ohara, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens (c. 1825)

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Palace interior and beach, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens (c. 1825)

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Seiobo (Queen Mother of the West) and tortoise, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens (c. 1825)

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Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens (c. 1825)

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