Classic Japanese Woodblock Prints

Woodblock prints depicting scenes from Japanese theater, nature, and traditional life, showcasing serene landscapes and cultural narratives in vivid colors.

Mishima in morning mist Mishima asagiri (title on object) The 53 stations of the Tokaido (series title) Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (series title on object), Travelers in a sedan chair and riding a horse early in the village of Mishima, in the background the outlines of a torii (gateway to a Shinto shrine)., Hiroshige (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), 1828 - 1835, paper, colour woodcut, h 232 mm × w 366 mm

In Wakasy Palace, scene from the 2nd act of the drama: Treasury of fideIIty /Chishingura HIROSHIGE, Ichiryusai (1797 1858)

Entertainment Quarter Scenes. Japan, mid-17th century. Books; albums. Album of paintings; ink and color on paper

Mishima in morning mist Mishima asagiri (title on object) The 53 stations of the Tokaido (series title) Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (series title on object), Travelers in a sedan chair and riding a horse early in the village of Mishima, in the background the outlines of a torii (gateway to a Shinto shrine)., Hiroshige (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), 1828 - 1835, paper, colour woodcut, h 232 mm × w 366 mm

ABE NO NANGURAMA Kijkend naar De Maan, Katsushika Hokusai, 1833 - 1837 print The poet Abe No Nakamaro on a mountain top in China overlooking the sea, in which the reflection of the moon. In addition to the poet and in the foreground different followers. Poem in square cartouche at the top right. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut writer, poet, author. mountains. sea

Judgement scene from Chushingury Kuniteru, Utagawa (1808 1876)

The Cherry Blossom Scenery in Shin'yoshiwara, central sheet of a triptych. Date: c. 1815. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI.

The Aoyagi Restaurant in Ryogoku (Ryogoku, Aoyagi), from the series Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo komei kaitei zukushi) 1833-1845 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Fishmarket, 1824, Woodcuts, Color; surimono; Paper / Sheet 8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (21 x 18.5 cm)

The Night Attack, Part 4: The Retreat (Youchi yon, hikitori), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1829-1844. Dimensions: 24.8 x 37 cm (9 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Group of five women in the falIIng snow Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Kuwana, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road early 20th century Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Kuwana, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road 55690

Japan: 'Yoshida on the Tokaido'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji’ by Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 - 10 May 1849), 1830.

Act VII, c. 1806, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 10 1/4 × 15 in. (26.1 × 38.1 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, While pretending to lead a life of debauchery, Yuranosuke plans to avenge the untimely death of Lord Enya, his master. He enlists the aid of Kaoyo, his master's widow. In act 7, a letter containing details of the plot sent to him from Kaoyo is inadvertently read by a prostitute named Okaru. Realizing that Okaru could spoil the plan, Yuranosuke resigns himself to killing her. Okaru's brother, Heiemon, who is also a former retainer of Enya, recognizes his sister's indiscretion and decides to do the terrible deed himself out of love for her. Okaru, on the other hand, tries to kill herself to save her brother from such a deed. All these actions are stopped when Yuranosuke discovers a spy hiding under the floor. Showing the three main characters, Yuranosuke on the veranda, Okaru and Heiemon in

First Boat / Sensual Rider Jobatu Ride Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

SIXTY NINE STAGES OF THE KISO ROAD /KISOKUJUKYU TSUGI NO UCHI Eisen, Keisai (1790 1848), HIROSHIGE, Ichiryusai (1797 1858)

Yodanme, Act four of the Chushingura., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, between 1815 and 1818, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 18.5 x 25.8 cm., Print shows three actors, two possibly represent royal envoys who are to deliver the message that Enya Hangan (Asano Naganori) is to committ seppuku, ritual suicide, the third man is possibly Hangan brandishing a short sword or dagger with which to disembowl himself.

Samurai in a sedan chair, courtesans and tradesmen walking in Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's journey to the east 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e . Suzuki Harunobu

The Ancient Custom of Attacking the Concubine. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858). Japan, 1852, 8th month. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

The Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of Daionji (Daionji mae, Tagawaya), from the series "Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo komei kaitei zukushi)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1833-1845. Dimensions: 22.2 x 34.9 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ikeno Mata (Horai-ya). Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm). Date: ca. 1840. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The eighth deed, Kuniteru, 1851 - 1853 print Three women and luggage carriers on a coastal road with pine trees; Mount Fuji in the background. print maker: Japanpublisher: TokyoTokyoTokyo paper color woodcut water course (+ landscape with figures, staffage). walking, hiking (recreation) Fuji

A Banquet at the Koshida Palace. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1886, March. Prints; woodblocks. Diptych; color woodblock print

Scenes three and four from the favourite kabuki play, 'The treasury of loyal retainers'. Colour woodcut by Yoshitoshi, 1880s.

Evening tranquiIIty at the Ryogoku Bridge in Edo /Edo Ryogoku yusuzumi, from the series: Three representative evenings of three main streets /Santo mitate sanseki

Tokugawa Ietsuga Playing at Archery. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1875, July. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Kunisada, B, C, work, Garden pavilion, 1849, colored woodcut, graphics

Battle between two men in front of the palace porch, from the series: Paintings illustrating the history of our country /Honcho nenreki zue

Two Women and a Boy on Boardwalk, 1800s, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 7 5/16 × 20 1/16 in. (18.5 × 51 cm) (image, sheet, ebangire), Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Suzuki Harunobu (1724 July 7, 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties (bijin, bijin-ga). Like many artists of his day, Harunobu also produced a number of shunga, or erotic images. During his lifetime and shortly afterwards, many artists imitated his style. A few, such as Harushige, even boasted of their ability to forge the work of the great master. Much about Harunobu's life is unknown.

Kusunoki Masashige I Słomiane kukłłłły / kusunoki masahide wara no ningyō No tsukuri () Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Lord Mashiba Subjugates Korea. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 5/1862. Prints; woodblocks. Diptych (two right panels from a triptych); color woodblock print

Night Attack on The Moronao / ChūShingura Castle: YO UCHI NO ZU Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Sangatsu, The third month, Anonymous, 1835 - 1845 print Under a flowering cherry tree, with a river in the background, a woman has removed a sitting man. The well -fiddling and bulging kimonos leave an opening so that the penetration is visible. paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse. the twelve months of the year represented by concepts other than personifications, human activities, landscapes, or still lifes of flowers and/or fruits

Returning Sails from Yabase. Utagawa Kunisada II (Japan, 1823-1880). Japan, circa 1847-1852. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych of color woodblock prints

The curious arriving to watch, painter from the Tosa school, from a traditional literature novel, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th century.

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Urabe no Suetake; Onoe Matsusuke as Usui Sadamitsu; Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna, 1781. Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese). Color woodblock print; overall: 31 x 14.5 cm (12 3/16 x 5 11/16 in.).

Act II: Wakasanosuke Watching Honzō Wipe His Sword after Cutting a Pine Branch; Konami Receiving Rikiya with Refreshment.. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, circa 1835. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The Carriage-pulling Scene (Kurumabiki no dan), from the series "Sugawara's Secrets (Sugawara denju)". Utagawa Sadahide; Japanese, 1807-1873. Date: 1825-1849. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Preparations for the Lantaarn Festival, 1804 Pages 28 and 29 of part one of Utamaro`s book: Events in the pleasure houses during the year. Or paper color woodcut

Scroll 1. Scene 8. 1500 - 1525. text. Illustrations. Spencer Collection

Woodblock Print, Miya (Atsuta Jiuji Temple Fete), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi); Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858); Japan; woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi); 23.7 x 36.4 cm (9 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1852. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Scenes from the life of the Ming Huang Emperor and Yang Guifei (one of a pair with F1901.21). Date: late 16th-early 17th century. Origin: Japan. Period: Momoyama period. Ink, color and gold on paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Fujieda Changing Porters and Horses (Fujieda, jinba tsugitate), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the Hoeido Tokaido 1828-1839 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Act 3 (Sandanme), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1829-1844. Dimensions: 23.3 x 35.4 cm (9 3/16 x 13 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Japan: Scenes from the Nakamura Kabuki Theatre, one from a pair of six-panel byobu folding screens; ink and color on gold-leafed paper, Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694), c. 1670-1680

Fight in the snow, Shunbaisai Hokuei, 1833 - 1834 print Actor with raised sword, fighting with three men in the snow; A lake in the background. paper. color woodcut snow. fighting. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

No 37, from the series That Purple Image in Magic Lantern Shows (Sono sugata yukari no utsushie) 1842-1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The view of the Zoshigaya district, from the series: Series of the famous inn in Edo a collection of humorous poems / Edo Komei Kai Tei Zukushi. Kyoku Awase HIROSHIGE, Ichiryusai (1797 1858)

Ōtsu, 1863, 6th lunar month, Utagawa Hiroshige II; Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirō, Japanese, 1826 - 1869, 13 × 8 13/16 in. (33 × 22.4 cm) (image, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

'Happy Omen - that You Want, You will Get: Five Happiness Come to You at Home'. China, City of Yanlyutsin, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 108x61 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Doguya jinza hokaibo bokon shimobe gunsuke, Actors in the roles of Doguya Jinza, Hokaibo Bokon, and Shimobe Gunsuke., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, between 1848 and 1854, 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36 x 24.2 cm (left panel), 35.8 x 23.9 cm (center panel), 36 x 24.4 cm (right panel), Print shows three actors, two with swords and one who appears to be an evil spirit.

Funa-Benkei, from the series Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue) 1893-1903 Japan. Color woodblock print . Tsukioka Kôgyo

Cherry blossoms along Sumida River. (Sumida tsutsumi hanami no zu) by Hiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858) / Private Collection / Between 1848 and 1854 / Japan / Colour woodcut / Landscape / 24,4x37 / The Oriental Arts

Illustration of the Commanders who Pacified Western Japan, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cups (Saigoku chinbu shoshō tenpai o tamau no zu) July, 1877 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Illustration of the Commanders who Pacified Western Japan, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cups (Saigoku chinbu shoshō tenpai o tamau no zu) 55323

Senju in Musashi Province (Bushū Senju), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) ca. 1830-32 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. Senju in Musashi Province (Bushū Senju), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) 55231

Picture of Minamoto no Yoritomo's Hunt on the Slopes of Mount Fuji, mid 1840s. Utagawa Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828-1887). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 74.3 cm (14 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.).

Edo, Utamaro, Kitagawa, Procession of People in a Room Looking In, Pages 26 and 27 of Part One of Utamaro's Book: Events in the Summer Houses During the Year., page, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), height 224 mm, width 158 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1804 - 1804, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut

A Banquet in a Joroya ca. 1680 Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese This party at a teahouse is at its height. The guest room is embellished with painted sliding panels and a flower arrangement. A pile of bedding is seen in the adjacent room.. A Banquet in a Joroya 37255

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese: 原国周; 30 June 1835 - 1 July 1900) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of ukiyo-e actor-prints, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time. A drinker and womanizer, Kunichika also portrayed women deemed beautiful (bijinga), contemporary social life, and a few landscapes and historical scenes. He worked successfully in the Edo period, and carried those traditions into the Meiji period. To his contemporaries and now to some modern art historians, this has been seen as a significant achievement during a transitional period of great social and political change in Japan's history.

FuchuNo 20, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tokaido 1842-1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Roninowie Przed Grobem ENYI / CHūSHINGURA YONJSHICHI JIN () Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Musical Party, late 17th century, Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese, c. 1618 - 1694, 11 1/2 × 18 13/16 in. (29.21 × 47.78 cm) (image), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 17th century, Five fashionable prostitute and a male figure playing the shamisen gather before a folding screen painted with an autumnal scene of a red sun and white chrysanthemums. One of the elegant prostitutes also plays a shamisen, while two others read books. Red and white Chinese characters on the garment of the prostitute at right read 'flower' and 'cherry blossoms,' age-old symbols of the ephemerality of beauty and youth. Two small red seals on the far right of the folding screen within the painting identify the artist as the early ukiyo-e master Hishikawa Moronobu.

The Maiko Kodayu and Imamurasaki in Costume, central sheet of the triptych The Performance of 'Long Life of the Pine Tree, in Modern Style'. Date: third month 1870. Dimensions: 36 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kunisada II.

A Boating Party under Azuma Bridge ca. 1785 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese Avoiding the hot summer sun by escaping into the shade, boats anchor under Azuma Bridge on the Sumida River, near Asuka. This famous site is clearly identified by actual landscape elements, such as the upper crossbars of the gate of the famous Mimeguri shrine on the shores of the Mukōjima district, seen in the background through the trusswork of the bridge.Torii Kiyonaga, the leading pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu (ca. 1735-1785), the master of the Torii school of Kabuki actor portraits, was an excellent designer of prints of elegant beauties as well as of actor portraits.. A Boating Party under Azuma Bridge 45257

fine arts, Hiroshige Utagawa (1797 - 1858), thunderstorm at Shono, woodcut, circa 1832/1834, private collection,

Pictures of the Great SumoFestival. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1865

Three Actors on Stage: Kumagai Naozane 1858 Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Three Actors on Stage: Kumagai Naozane 55915

Court ladies producing silk under the supervision of the empress; their tasks include preparing eggs, chopping mulberry leaves, feeding caterpillars and unwinding cocoons. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki II, 1883.

Street scene showing samurai and tradesmen on the road to the pleasure quarters at Daimon-zaka. Yoshiwara dote. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

Series of twelve Koban Shunga with prostitutes in the role of acrobatic firefighters, c. 1830 - c. 1835 print Series of twelve Koban prints with twelve half -naked women who do acrobatic tours on a ladder. The twelve numbered magazines placed in one six of them form a parody of similar representations of firefighters who do neck -breaking stunts. The inscriptions on the buckets on the second lower print left refer to the Nakanocho street in the Yoshiwara District - the prostitution district of Edo. This includes the large water barrel that stood at the gate of the Yoshiwara; The gate is on the right. The twelve prints may be a calendar with references to the short and long months. paper

Kakegawa, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, 1804., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 11.3 x 16.5 cm., Print shows two women rolling up carpets.

Shokunin zukushi-e, craftsmen at work, fan makers, detail from a screen, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, Edo period, 17th century.

New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara Katsushika Hokusai Japanese ca. 1804

Illustration of Capture of Bako castle on Taiwan Islands. Date/Period: Meiji Period, dated 1895. Print. Tryptich woodblock print, ink and colors on paper Tryptich woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Height: 14.50 mm (0.57 in); Width: 29 mm (1.14 in). Author: Utagawa Kunimasa V.

One of Fifteen Triptychs of Famous Battlescenes Various artists/makers 19th century

'Fairy Magu is a Happy Omen'. China, City of Yanlyutsin, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 100,5x61 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Kasumigaseki, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho) 1834-1847 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Japan: Sazai Hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan’. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji’ by Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 - 10 May 1849), 1830. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’ is an ukiyo-e’ series of woodcut prints by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. The series depicts Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of places and distances. It actually consists of 46 prints created between 1826 and 1833. The first 36 were included in the original publication and, due to their popularity, 10 more were added.

Sadakuro Threatening to Kill Yoichibei ca. 1840 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Sadakuro Threatening to Kill Yoichibei 55551

Skirmish. Bird's eye view Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

View of Surugacho (Surugacho no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho) 1827-1843 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese hand coloured woodcut. Image shows a scene from the 'Tale of Genji', created by Murasaki Shikibu, dated 1852.

Procession of a Daimyo. Hishikawa Moronobu; Japanese, ()-1694. Date: 1676-1689. Dimensions: 27.2 x 38.3 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; oban yoko-e, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Kameyama and Seki; A trip on the Tokaido with Yaji; Tokaidochu Kurige No Yuji Uma. Two images in the chuban format, printed up each other on one sheet. Upstairs: Kameyama station, the forty-five resting place along the Tokaido; Two men admitted on the street by two women and travelers. Below: Seki station, the sixth-fierce resting place along the Tokaido; Two men robbed through rain and wind.

Reproduction: Wakiya Jirô Yoshisuke from the allied ward, from the triptych "Nitta Yoshisada offers a divine dragon from the sword on the platform of Inamuragasaki" (Nitta Yoshisada Inamuragasaki Hôken)

No. 19, Karuizawa, c. 1835-1838, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 8 11/16 × 13 3/4 in. (22 × 35 cm) (image, horizontal ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Act 10 (Judanme), from the series The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) 1829-1844 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Group of nine sumo wrestlers Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge ca. 1800 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese In this ambitious group of prints, beautiful women appear in two stage areas as both performers and audience. At the top, women and children pause from their stroll to take in the view of boating parties on the river.The six panels of this hexaptych (with JP1685) were meant to be viewed singly or as a set. The individual compositions are masterfully united by the gazes that traverse the borders of the prints. Seen separately, each panel depicts a group of fashionably dressed spectators. When the panels are seen together, the observers become the observed.. Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge 37344

A Sage Fallen Asleep Over His Books. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 7 5/16 in. (20.8 x 18.6 cm). Date: ca. 1820. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Peacocks and Bamboo, late 1500s. Attributed to Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Japanese, 1539-1613). One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper; image: 160.5 x 362 cm (63 3/16 x 142 1/2 in.). The immense heraldic birds on display in these byøbu reflect the Momoyama era's spirit of newly gained self-confidence and an affinity for grand expressive statements in painting, architecture, the textile and ceramic arts, as well as garden design. While that period preceded the arrival of prosperity, it clearly marked an extra---ordinary moment in Japanese cultural history, one frequently compared with the twelfth century of the Heian period. Through the extensive use of gold-foil backgrounds rather than the somber palette of carefully orchestrated ink tones evident in Muromachi byøbu, patrons colla-borated with artists as well as craftsmen in fostering a decidedly new look in much of Japanese painting. Here for instance there is no imaginary vista suggesting China's vast waterwa

Women Landing from a Pleasure Boat Drawn Up to the Shore at Mukojima on Sumida RIver, Edo ca. 1785 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Women Landing from a Pleasure Boat Drawn Up to the Shore at Mukojima on Sumida RIver, Edo 56764

Roninowie in Front of the Gate of The Moronao / ChūShingura Castle: YO UCHI NO ZU Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Cooling off by the RyogokuBridge. Artist: Kikugawa Eizan, Japanese, 1787-1867

Collecting fish and mussels after the seaan outflow of the sea

The Practical Jokers Yajirobei and Kitahachi. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm). Date: ca. 1840. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fuchu, board 20 from the series: Fifty three stages of the Tokaido road , the third version of the so called Reisho Tokaido

The Port of London England 2nd month, 1862 Utagawa Yoshitora Japanese. The Port of London England 73495

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