Edo Period Courtisans and Scenes

This collection features traditional Ukiyo-e prints depicting elegant courtisans, intimate moments, and serene domestic scenes, characterized by soft colors and intricate details.

Chûbon no zu = Picture of the middle class, 1793 - 1804, Publisher, Wakasaya Yoichi, Woodcuts, 1 print; 36.3 x 25.3 cm (ôban)

Japan, Harunobu, Suzuki, Two Waitresses at the Eirakuya Teahouse in Gion, Kyoto, Two women, one with sake kettle in right hand, the other standing in open room, talking to each other near white paper lantern bearing the name and location of the teahouse., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 286 mm, width 222 mm, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, print maker, printmaker, 1765 - 1770, third quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut

Portrait of Sawamura Sojuro III and Segawa Kikunojo III, The actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the role of city dweller, with right hand on sword, and Segawa Kikunojo III in female role, with money bag in right hand, Sawamura Sojuro III, Segawa Kikunojo III, Toyokuni (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1794 - 1798, paper, colour woodcut, h 372 mm × w 255 mm

Cotton-goods Lane, Odenma-cho (Odenma-cho momendana), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 1858 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Night View of Sanya Canal, Matsuchi Hill from the series One Hundred Famous Views ofEdo. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858

A Fan Peddler Passing Beneath a Balcony. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1781-1791. Dimensions: 38.1 x 25.9 cm (top sheet), 38.5 x 26.2 cm (bottom sheet). Color woodblock prints; vertical oban diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Erotic representation, c. 1680 - c. 1698 print A free pair, sitting on a blanket with stripe and window patterns. blanket. man and woman cohabiting

MotHer Carrying Her Baby Girl to the Miya Mairi. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm). Date: ca. 1784. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Day in Winter; Two Ladies and a Child in a Garden. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm); W. 7 9/16 in. (19.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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

Ichikawa Eibizo (Former Name: Danjuro V) in the Role of Iwafuji 1793 Katsukawa Shun'ei 川春英 Japanese. Ichikawa Eibizo (Former Name: Danjuro V) in the Role of Iwafuji 56983

Love couple at sewing box; Tsui No Hinagata. Man and woman companies the love between a room screen with iris painting and an opened sewing box.

Album of twenty-four paintings. Date: 17th century. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Ink, color, and gold on paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Ichikawa Danjuro V and His Family. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 10 in. (38.7 x 25.4 cm). Date: 1782.Kiyonaga depicts Danjuro V and his family visiting a shrine. Danjuro's son Ebizo, the future Danjuro VI, is carried on the shoulder of Ichikawa Masugoro, Danjuro's pupil. The characteristic Danjuro family crest of three nested squares (mimasu) is scattered over the son's kimono and, combined with the character go (five), is superimposed on the ground pattern of Masugoro's kimono. The father wears a formal black jacket with another Danjuro family crest depicting a carp rising in a waterfall. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Three strolling women, left sheet of the triptych Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno in the Eastern Capital near Kiyomizu Hall. Date: 1849-1852. Dimensions: 33.8 cm x 25.2 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE.

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.

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: L. (page) 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm); W. (page) 9 1/4 in. (23.4 cm). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The fan salesman. .

An Actor in the Role of Katanaya Hanshichi, right sheet of a diptych. Date: fifth month 1855. Dimensions: 36 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Girl Attendant on Bridge and Two Women on a Boat, right sheet of a triptych. Date: c. 1865. Dimensions: 36.4 cm x 23.9 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: ONBEKEND.

Acteur ALS Jongeman, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1852 print An Ichikawa actor depicted against a blue background; At the top left a cartouche with a face on the Houtwerven of Fukagawa, in addition to a cartouche in which a still life with a table, tray and crockery. The actor is a design by Kunisada, the Cartouches of Hiroshige. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut portrait of actor, actress. bridge

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

Two Court Ladies Admiring Cherry Blossoms 1820-1868 Japan. Color woodblock print; surimono, vertical shikishiban diptych . Yashima Gakutei

Hour of the Rat, Utamaro, Kitagawa, 1795

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

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III (right) as Ochiyo, and Bando Mitsugoro I (left) as the Greengrocer Hambei, in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 31.6 x 14.5 cm (12 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Lady Playing aFlute. Artist, traditionally attributed: Zhou Wenju

Hanami zuki, Cherry blossom viewing month., Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815, artist, between 1785 and 1789, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.4 x 15.9 cm., Print shows two women and a child outside a building with cherry trees in blossom.

Visitors to the Hachiman shrine 1798-1809 Japan. Color woodblock print . Katsushika Hokusai

'Two Stories of Liao Zhai'. China, City of Yanlyutsin, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 56x34 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Women Inside a Mosquito Net During a Thunderstorm, from the illustrated book Picture Book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana), vol 1 1801 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Kitagawa Utamaro

Viewing Cherry Blossoms from a Teahouse on Asuka Hill 1784-1795 Japan. Woodblock prints; 2 right sheets of oban triptych, keyblock and color impressions . Chôbunsai Eishi

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A holiday group in the countryside during summer. A signpost indicates proximity to the village of Oshikama, Idzumiya (Japanese, active late 18th century). Created in 1788, this work is a woodcut and is part of a triptych, with an image size of 15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV as Fuwa Banzaemon, Nakamura Fukusuke IV as the Maid, and Kataoka Gado III as Nagoya Sanzaburo 1885 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Toyohara Kunichika

Zomer Tafereel, toyokuni (II), Utagawa, 1785-1790 print Six Courtisanes and a young man, hanging over the balustrade, in the room of tea house with a view over the bay where people, beating on large drums, push a shinto sanctuary through the water. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.. courtesan, hetaera. gulf, bay

Love couple in which the man lies on the woman. Due to a small opening in the welvenend clothing, you can see how the couple, Yoshitsune and Shizuka, connected. Behind them a blue impeller against a red fond.

The Actors Onoe Tamizo I as Nishikigi ( ) or Otae ( ) (right), Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Heidayu Kunitae ( ) (center), and Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oyuki ( ) (left), in the Play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori ( ), Performed at the Morita Theater ( ) in the Eleventh Month, 1778 ( ) 1773-1783 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban; triptych . Katsukawa Shunsho

Summer: Women Bathing at the Daishōrō. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1883. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock print

Bando Mitsugoro no satsuma nokami tadanori, The actor Bando Mitsugoro in the role of Satsumanokami Tadanori., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, between 1818 and 1830, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.1 x 24.8 cm., Print shows the actor Bando Mitsugoro riding a horse.

France, from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga). Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 x 9 5/8 in. (35.6 x 24.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Dawn Moon and Tumbling Snow, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

The valiant women of Kagoshima, 1877, Woodcuts, Color; bound as booklet, Paper / Sheet 14 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (35.7 x 24 cm)

Visitors to Enoshima 1784-1794 Japan. Color woodblock prints; oban triptych . Torii Kiyonaga

Kameyama, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan tsugi), also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido) 1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Shibusen, The 'tanned fan', Anonymous, 1850 - 1860 print Half bare love couple, intertwined. While the coitus is not interrupted, the man gives himself a cup of tea. The woman satisfies herself. A fan behind them. paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse. cup of tea. fan

People of the five nations - Dutch (Gokakoku jinbutsu zue - Orandakoku), Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

Illustration of English People (Igirisujin no zu) 1861 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Yoshitoyo

Three Seated Ladies with Lanterns, Tea Pot, Candle Holder and Stringed Instrument Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Three Seated Ladies with Lanterns, Tea Pot, Candle Holder and Stringed Instrument, 18th century. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 x 14 15/16 in. (25.4 x 38 cm). Asian Art 18th century

Moon at High Tide, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Courtesan in Night Attire Standing on a Verandah Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Courtesan in Night Attire Standing on a Verandah, ca. 1767. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (27.3 x 21.0 cm). A young womans slumping posture indicates that she is dejected. On the paper screen behind her are the faint shadows of musicians, indicating that she has left a party to be alone. Knowing Harunobus tendency to hide literary references in his designs, scholars have suggested that this image refers to a well-known Japanese story about a beloved mirror, a female outcaste, and a cursed bell, which are represented by the stone basin full of reflective water, the lonely beauty, and the dipper (which is shaped like a mallet used to strike a bell). The story tells of the woe that comes to people who are greedy or overly attached to worldly things. Asian Art ca. 1767

Garyōbai Plum in Kameido, December 1895, Ogata Gekkō; Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi, Japanese, 1859-1920, 13 3/4 × 27 5/8 in. (35 × 70.1 cm) (image, vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Holiday for Kaminari, the Thunder God (Kaminari no Yasumi) Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Holiday for Kaminari, the Thunder God (Kaminari no Yasumi), ca. 1768. Woodblock color print, 27 1/4 x 4 13/16 in. (69.2 x 12.2 cm). This three-sheet composition illustrates the structure and lively atmosphere of a typical Kabuki theater in the late Edo period. The audience sat on three levels and enjoyed snacks and socializing during the daylong performances. Actors often made dramatic entrances along a walkway like the one seen at the left. The artist Utagawa Toyokuni designed this triptych so the central page could be swapped out to show different productions on the stage; at least two other versions of the center page exist. This version shows the theaters first performance of the 1793 season, a play called Gozen gakari sumo Soga, which featured the first large-scale onstage sword fight. Choreographed sword sparring, called tachimawari, would become a standard element of Kabuki theate

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in His Dressing Room. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 38.5 x 26.2cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Zinkography by Fernand Fau depicting the 14th exhibition in a living room setting with 100 artworks, using five colors, 1895.

Geisha and her loved one, 1799 print Man in purple-blue Kimono helps a geisha on top of him. On the left, in the background, a green rolled up blanket and the bottom of a lantern. Tenth of thirteen prints from the album Negai No Itoguchi (also translated with: The Prelude to Desire). paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse

Courtesan with attendants building a snow dog, Haninobu, 1724-1770, Woodblock print.

Torii Kiyonaga (居清長?, 1752 - June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and painter of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art-name (gō). Although not biologically related to the Torii family, he became head of the group after the death of his adoptive father and teacher Torii Kiyomitsu. The master Kiyomitsu died in 1785; since his son died young, and Kiyotsune, Kiyonaga's senior, was a less promising artist, Kiyonaga was the obvious choice to succeed Kiyomitsu to leadership of the Torii school. However, he delayed this for two years, likely devoting time to his bijinga and realizing the immense responsibility that would fall on his shoulders once he took over the school. Thus, in 1787, he began organizing the production of kabuki signboards and the like, which the school held a near monopoly on. He also began to train Kiyomitsu's grandson, Torii Kiyomine, who was to succeed him. Kiyonaga is considered o

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 1895 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 55830

Print. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (21 x 56.2 cm). Date: ca. 1801. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanocho, c. 1790. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Triptych: color woodblock print; overall: 37.8 x 25.8 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/16 in.). The Nakanocho was the main street in the famous Yoshiwara pleasure district, a walled enclosure that housed as many as 4,000 courtesans during its height. In the early evening, elaborately dressed courtesans, accompanied by attendants, promenaded on the main thoroughfare, as in this scene. On the left side of the street, an unaccompanied courtesan holding a long, slender pipe lounges on a porch and converses with another courtesan. At the right, a pair of courtesans attract the attention of two men, one presumably a samurai who wears a hooded cloak and hides his face behind a fan. The open buildings with shop curtains hanging from their eaves are teahouses, establishments where men could arrange appointments with courtesans in the more prestigious brothels.

Hana no En, from Fashionable Disguised Genji (Furyu Yatsushi Genji) Eishi Chobunsai (Japanese, 1756-1829). Hana no En, from Fashionable Disguised Genji (Furyu Yatsushi Genji), ca. 1790. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 10 13/16 in. (39.0 x 25.9 cm). Asian Art ca. 1790

Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Flower-draped Carts (Hanasashiguruma), 1909-10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866-1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). This print from a set of three woodblock printed albums displays the graphic design prowess of Kamisaka Sekka. The images were first distributed one by one to subscribers to the series but later were reissued in bound form, like this book, for mass consumers. Each print features a vignette taken from nature or Japanese literature. Many of the scenes have a long history in Japan, originating in the 900s or 1000s and having been interpreted by all manner of artists since that time. Sekkas selections hew closely to precedents from the Rinpa style originated by painter Tawaraya S?tatsu (c. 1570-c. 1640) and calligrapher Honami K?etsu (1558-1637).

fine arts, Hanurobu, Suzuki, (circa 1724 - 1770), graphics, ""girl after bath on veranda"", 18th century, colour woodcut, private collection, Washington,

A Lady in Bed 18th century Unidentified artist. A Lady in Bed 48913

Actors in confrontation before steps. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Two breton women and a man on a boat; Le Return Du Pardon; Breton women; Bretonneries. Three boats sail on the river.

Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Entrance to a Palace. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, circa 1876. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): John Heathcoat (1783-1861) ca. 1870 Unidentified artist. Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): John Heathcoat (1783-1861) 73620

Women at the public baths, 1868, by Hiroka-Ya-Kosuke (1833-1904), woodcut, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th century.

Torii Kiyonaga ( , 1752 - June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and painter of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art-name (go). Although not biologically related to the Torii family, he became head of the group after the death of his adoptive father and teacher Torii Kiyomitsu. The master Kiyomitsu died in 1785; since his son died young, and Kiyotsune, Kiyonaga's senior, was a less promising artist, Kiyonaga was the obvious choice to succeed Kiyomitsu to leadership of the Torii school. However, he delayed this for two years, likely devoting time to his bijinga (portraits of beautiful women) and realizing the immense responsibility that would fall on his shoulders once he took over the school. Thus, in 1787, he began organizing the production of kabuki signboards and the like, which the school held a near monopoly on. He also began to train Kiyomitsu's grandson, Torii Kiyomine, who was to

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: The Year-end Fair at Asakusa. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1854, intercalary 7th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

AmerikajinAn American Family. Artist: Ipposai Yoshifuji (Japanese, 1828-1887). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: 2nd, 1861. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Ipposai Yoshifuji.

Katsushika Hokusai (October 31, 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Sanjuroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s. Hokusai created the 'Thirty-Six Views' both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusais fame both in Japan and overseas.

FuransujinFrench Couple. Artist: Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active ca. 1850-1870). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: 4th month, 1861. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Evening Glow at Motomura Two Englishmen looking at the sunset 1st month, 1861 Utagawa Yoshitora Japanese. Evening Glow at Motomura Two Englishmen looking at the sunset. Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Japan. 1st month, 1861. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Americans on an Outing (Amerikajin yuko no zu). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1860. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Pearl Gibbo, Cotton Cloth, c 1939 Cotton Cloth

The Bath. Dated: 1890-1891. Dimensions: plate: 32.07 × 24.77 cm (12 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.). Medium: color drypoint, softground etching, and aquatint. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mary Cassatt.

Russian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu). Utagawa Yoshitoyo; Japanese, 1830-1866. Date: 1860. Dimensions: 34.9 x 23.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

USA / Japan: 'A Windy Ride'. Woodblock print by Helen Hyde (1868-1919), 1913. Helen Hyde (April 6, 1868 - May 13, 1919) was an American engraver and etcher. Born in Lima, New York, she became well known for her colour etching process, as well as her woodblock prints of Japanese children and women.

Japan Mail Steamship Co. (NYK) poster featuring a young kimono-clad woman.

Lovers embracing under a tree at sundown. Man in pelotari fashion, and woman in dress of organdina, on the isle of Torquate. Les Amants de Torquate. Les amants de Torquate: Lamant est vêtu un peu a la facon dun pelotari (dame!), lamante habille dorgandina, qui va bien à la jeunesse et a la saison printaniere regnant continuellement a Torquate, ile fortunee. Plate 34, Vol. 1.5, 1921. Handcoloured pochoir lithograph by Charles Martin from Lucien Vogels Le Bon Genre: 100 Plates fromGazettedu Bon Ton, Brentanos, Paris, 1922.

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