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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 3h
The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19309
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 12h
The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I (right), Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (center), and Sanogowa Senzo (left), from the triptych "Negura sanpukutsui", Torii Kiyonobu II, 1743–1753 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban triptych, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19306
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban triptych, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame II as Hotoke Gozen in the play "Onna Monji Heike Monogatari," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1748, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19295
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth Month, 1747, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19286
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
November, William Nelson Gardiner, 1788 Place: Ireland Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19285
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
October, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1793 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19281
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
September, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1793 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19280
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
August, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1793 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19277
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scenes from Russian Folk Life, Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovskii, 1835–1870 Place: Russia Medium: Color lithograph on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19276
A work made of color lithograph on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
July, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1789 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19273
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
June, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1789 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19271
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
May, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1793 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19268
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Actors Takinaka Hidematsu I and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1740–1750 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19263
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
March, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1793 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19262
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
February, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1793 Place: Italy Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19259
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
January, William Nelson Gardiner, 1788 Place: Ireland Medium: Color stipple engraving on paper www.artic.edu/artworks/19256
A work made of color stipple engraving on paper.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1745 (?), Torii Kiyonobu II, 1740–1750 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19253
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coach Changing Horses, Thomas Rowlandson, 1827 Place: England Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board www.artic.edu/artworks/19252
A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1740–1750 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19250
A work made of color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II, Torii Kiyonobu II, 1723–1733 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19237
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans, Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792–1802 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblcok print; aiban www.artic.edu/artworks/19236
A work made of color woodblcok print; aiban.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cameo Portrait of Andrew Jackson, 1825–1875 Place: Italy Medium: Ivory and hardstone www.artic.edu/artworks/19234
A work made of ivory and hardstone.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Susaki, from the series "New Perspective Pictures (Shin uki-e)", Shotei Hokuju, 1810–1819 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print www.artic.edu/artworks/19233
A work made of color woodblock print.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Fujiwara no Kanemichi in the play "Otomo no Matori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1726, Tsunekawa Shigenobu, 1726 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19232
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue, Eishosai Choki, 1789–1799 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; oban www.artic.edu/artworks/19230
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oshichi Carrying a Blossoming Cherry Branch, Okumura Toshinobu, 1722–1735 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19229
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Misayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe), Chokosai Eisho, 1790–1800 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; oban www.artic.edu/artworks/19227
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pair of Shoes, 1740–1769 Place: England Medium: Leather, silk, damask weave; brocaded www.artic.edu/artworks/19225
A work made of leather, silk, damask weave; brocaded.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hanamurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen), Chôbunsai Eishi, 1789–1800 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; oban www.artic.edu/artworks/19224
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Actor Yamashita Kosasaburo, Katsukawa Terushige, 1715–1725 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19223
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen), Chôbunsai Eishi, 1789–1800 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; oban www.artic.edu/artworks/19221
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye, Hanekawa Wagen, 1722–1732 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19220
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Actors Ichimura Takenojo IV and Ogino Isaburo I as firewood peddlers in the play "Niwatori Oshu Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1726, Hanekawa Wagen, 1726 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19218
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nakamura Sukegoro I holding a sword, Torii Kiyoshige, 1752–1762 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; o-hosoban, benizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19217
A work made of color woodblock print; o-hosoban, benizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara, Okumura Masanobu, 1686–1764 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, beni-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19216
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, beni-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Border, 1701–1800 Place: England www.artic.edu/artworks/19215
A work.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Flower Wagon, Hanegawa Chincho, 1725–1735 Place: Japan Medium: Color woodblock print; hosoban www.artic.edu/artworks/19214
A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Actor Iwai Sagenta I, Torii Kiyonobu I, 1696–1706 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19213
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Actor Sanjo Kantaro holding a pipe, Torii Kiyonobu I, 1715–1725 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19212
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.
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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, 1851–53, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Class: Paintings Medium: Oil on canvas www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYJoséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYJoséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Standing Courtesan, Okumura Masanobu, 1710–1719 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, sumizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19189
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, sumizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Flask, Artist unknown, 1860–1875 Place: Pittsburgh Medium: Glass www.artic.edu/artworks/19188
A work made of glass.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An Elegant Lady, Okumura Masanobu, 1710–1720 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19186
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; vertical o-oban, tan-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Flask, Artist unknown, 1840–1860 Place: United States Medium: Glass www.artic.edu/artworks/19184
A work made of glass.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Treasure Ship, Furuyama Moromasa, 1707–1717 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal o-oban, sumizuri-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19183
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal o-oban, sumizuri-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Flask, Artist unknown, 1860–1875 Place: United States Medium: Glass www.artic.edu/artworks/19181
A work made of glass.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cooling Off on a Summer Evening, Okumura Masanobu, 1710–1715 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, ōban, yoko-e www.artic.edu/artworks/19179
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, ōban, yoko-e.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Flask, A. & D. H. Chambers (firm), 1860–1884 Place: Pittsburgh Medium: Glass www.artic.edu/artworks/19178
A work made of glass.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Flask, William Frank and Sons, 1870–1876 Place: Pittsburgh Medium: Glass www.artic.edu/artworks/19174
A work made of glass.
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ARTICsky 🏛️ @articsky.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Actor Takii Hannosuke as an effeminate youth, Torii Kiyonobu I, 1702–1712 Place: Japan Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical ōban www.artic.edu/artworks/19172
A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical ōban.
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