Elegant Courtesans in Japanese Art

Japanese woodblock prints depict elegant courtesans in traditional attire, showcasing intricate patterns and soft colors, along with intimate moments and cultural themes.

Three women and a boy among lanterns, Through an open window with four lanterns, a view of a room with two women, standing, talking to a seated third woman, in the background a boy, pointing to the side., Kitao Masanobu (attributed to), Japan, 1780 - 1785, paper, colour woodcut, h 387 mm × w 262 mm

Fog during beautiful weather in Shakkyō, from the series: Eight elegant views from Nagauta /Furyu nagauta hakkei; title music: Sekkyo no seoran Eizan, Kikugawa (1787 1867)

Portrait of the Courtesan Nioteru of the Ogiya, with Her Two Attendants Namiji and Aō-mi ca. 1785 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Portrait of the Courtesan Nioteru of the Ogiya, with Her Two Attendants Namiji and Aō-mi 55613

Wisteria: The Courtisane Nokaze from the southern Matsuzakaya., Suzuki Harunobu, 1767 - 1771 print Courtisane, standing by bed behind which a shelter with painting of tree with blossom, looking at sitting Kamuro with Shamisen in the right hand; In the background a basket hanging on the wall with flowering blue rain. Poem in cloud -shaped cartouche along the entire top. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. string instruments (plucked). trees (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Yu Kinro (Chinese Yu Qianlou), from the series Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko) 1765-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

Three women and a boy among lanterns, Through an open window with four lanterns, a view of a room with two women, standing, talking to a seated third woman, in the background a boy, pointing to the side., Kitao Masanobu (attributed to), Japan, 1780 - 1785, paper, colour woodcut, h 387 mm × w 262 mm

Young Lady Looking through Door at Her Kamuro (Little Servant) who is Asleep on the Floor Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Young Lady Looking through Door at Her Kamuro (Little Servant) who is Asleep on the Floor 55800

Moso (Chinese: Meng Zong), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Japan: A Meiji Period woodblock print depicting two women relaxing; the inset shows the Ushijima Shrine at Mukojima. Main painting done by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912); inset by his student, Nobuhiro, 1894

Daikokuten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 11 × 8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Eighth Month (Chushu), from the series Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen) 1763-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58063

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku II as Mutsuhana (right), Bando Mitsugoro I as Kashiwagi no Emon (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Akamatsu Mushanosuke (left), in the Play Fuki Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara (Rethatched Roof: The Moon also Shines Over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District), Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1766-1777. Dimensions: 17 x 27.2 cm (6 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actors Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae and Ichikawa Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1747. Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

Courtisane Shinohara from the Tsuruya house and the Koya River, c. 1815 print Courtisane in Kimono with stylized water and flower patterns, looking aside to black kimono hung aside on which motif of river, running through green mountain landscape. paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

Act Eight: Bridal Journey, from the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)". Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1774-1785. Dimensions: 25.8 x 18.7 cm (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725-1770, The Beginning ofLove, ca.1768, Polychrome woodblock print, sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 in. (27.9 × 21cm), Japan, Japanese, Edo period(1615-1868), Works on Paper -Prints

Woodblock Print, The actor Yae Misazo; Print Maker: Utagawa Kunisada; Japan; woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi); 1955-111-99

Numazu: The Courtesan Kashiku of the Tsuru house, from the series A Tokaido Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-Three Pairings in the Yoshiwara. Date: 1821-1823. Dimensions: 38.4 cm x 26.4 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Keisai Eisen.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in an Unidentified Role. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 29.1 x 14.3 cm (11 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Uma no Naishi, from the series "Modern Versions of Famous Japanese Beauties (Wakoku bijin Yatsushishu). Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 26.2 x 18.8 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Evening Rain at Nihonzutsumi (Nihonzutsumi no yau), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1774. Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.7 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A Courtesan and Her Attendant at the Riverside Teahouse Iseya 1763-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

The Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Kshir IV ca. 1783 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese This is an offstage glimpse at the superstar Matsumoto Kshir IV (1737-1802), who became a pupil of Danjr IV in 1757 and took the name of Kshir IV in 1772. He is relaxed, smoking a pipe and appreciating tea utensils, in the company of two women. The family crest of the hereditary name of Kshir, four flowers arranged in the shape of a diamond, appears on his kimono.. The Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Kshir IV. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Japan. ca. 1783. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Courtesans and Attendants, 1753-1806. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 31.8 x 22.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.).

Two Women, Japanese Prints

Morning of Iris, from the series "Five Festivals in the Pleasure Quarters (Hanakuruwa gosechi no asobi)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 32.3 x 22.9 cm. Color woodblock print; aiban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

STEEN, KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI, After Rakuseian, C. 1823 print A young woman makes a miniature sand landscape of mountain Fuji on a lacquered tray. Behind her a painting of a man under a tree near a rock. Miniature landscapes (Bonseki) were usually made of sand and stone. With three poems. Japan paper color woodcut adolescent, young woman, maiden. mountains - HH - ideal landscapes. clay and sand, etc. ~ building material

Women Chasing Crickets on an Autumn Moor, early 1790s. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.). In the waning days of summer, autumn insects begin to sing, heralding the approach of autumn. The two courtesans and their servant chase crickets among flowering bush clover, one of the flowers of autumn. In the background ancient courtiers enjoy the same pastime. Note the plovers, or chidori, on the kimono of the woman on the left. These are shorebirds that migrate through Japan during the autumn and spring. Chidori in flight have been a favored theme of art and poetry for more than a thousand years in Japan.

Women and an Infant Boy in a Public Bath House. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each sheet: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1799.Here, Toyokuni, Utagawa Kunisada's master, elegantly portrays a scene of everyday life at a public bathhouse. After their baths, the women relax and turn their attention to the toddler at the center. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin rokkasen) 1789-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

Ebisu, 1801 - 1825, Woodcuts

Ono no Komachi Washing the Book 1761-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Hanasaki of the Daimonjiya. Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829; Publisher: Iwato-Ya; Japanese, unknown. Date: 1788-1798. Dimensions: 38.1 x 25.4 cm (15 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

A Woman Playing with a Young Boy. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 3/5 x 9 29/32 in. (37.1 x 25.2 cm). Date: ca. 1804. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Benzaiten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 28.0 × 20.9 cm (11 × 8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 3/8 × 8 3/4 in. (34 × 22.2 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Young Monk, Courtesan, and Attendant atLattice Window. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 27.8 x 20.7 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Getting Ready; Applying Make-up, Japanese Prints

Enjoying Plum Blossom Viewing in the Spring Haze, Lady Murasaki no Ue, right sheet of a triptych. Date: tenth month 1858. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians 1792-1802 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Print Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58223

Wakamurasaki, Leaf 5 from the series: Genji Clouds together with Ukiyo-e. Donation Gerhard Schack

Two Tori-oi, or Itinerant Women Musicians of the Eta Class Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Two Tori-oi, or Itinerant Women Musicians of the Eta Class 54876

Ohatsu 1842-1853 Japan. Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (right 1901.116) . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Choosing an OBI, Suzuki Harunobu, 1765 - 1770 print Woman, standing in Kimono with pattern of snowy bamboo, looking at Obi which is shown her by a woman sitting next to a house screen on which image of two cranes. In the background a face on veranda and water basin. Japan paper color woodcut fashion, clothing. screen, folding screen. shore-birds and wading-birds: crane

Eizan, Kikugawa, work, Girl and suitcase, from the series Eight Beauties of My Own, (1000 - 2000), color woodcut, graphics, leaf width 23.4 cm, leaf height 36.6 cm, image width 23.4 cm, image height 36.6 cm

Three Women after a Bath, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki) 1778-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Wakamurasaki no hanashi, Tale of the courtesan Wakamurasaki., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, 1860., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 36.8 x 24.8 cm.

Prince Genji standing on a veranda, left sheet of the triptych Spring Colors: Lion Dance at a Mansion. Date: twelfth month 1861. Dimensions: 36 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kuniaki II.

A Lady from a Samurai Household with Three Attendants, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fūzoku Azuma no nishiki) ca. 1820 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. A Lady from a Samurai Household with Three Attendants, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fūzoku Azuma no nishiki) 56751

. Suzuki Harunobu

Leaves of the Sakaki, from the series Selection ofPerfumes. Artist: Yanagawa Shigenobu II, Japanese, active ca. 1820-60

Snake, from the series Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi) 1765-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

The First Visit of the Cuckoo. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play Whirlpools of Awa (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series Bamboo Nodes in Puppet Theater Designs (Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi) 1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58015

Chapter 36: Yokobue, from the series Fifty-four Chapters of Genji Ogata Gekko (Japanese, 1859-1920). , 1894. Color woodblock print on paper, 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm). Asian Art 1894

Young Lovers under a Drooping Willow, Their Hands Clasped, Their Heads Bent 1754 Torii Kiyohiro Japanese. Young Lovers under a Drooping Willow, Their Hands Clasped, Their Heads Bent 56604

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I. Utagawa School; Japanese, 19th century. Date: 1855. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Cascading Water. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1878, December. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Geisha arranging her coiffure, surimono. Katsushika, Hokusai (1760-1849), graphic artist

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1785. Dimensions: 37.4 x 25.9 cm (14 3/4 10 3/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Scene from a Shosa Act ca. 1788 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Scene from a Shosa Act 56760

Three Women on a Bridge. Artist: Katsukawa Shuncho (Japanese, active ca. 1783-95). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (36.8 × 24.8 cm). Date: ca. 1785. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Evening Glow at Matsusaki (Matsusaki no sekisho), from the series Eight Fashionabe Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei) 1771-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai

Interior View. Artist: Katsukawa Shuncho (Japanese, active ca. 1783-95). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 3/8 × 10 3/16 in. (39.1 × 25.9 cm). Date: ca. 1788. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Two Girls on the Veranda Looking at the Moon Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Two Girls on the Veranda Looking at the Moon, 18th century. Color woodblock print on paper, 11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in. (28.8 x 21.8 cm). Asian Art 18th century

"Ru": Northern Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)". Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1778. Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.9 cm (8 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Hour of the Dog, Japanese Prints - Utamaro

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III (right), in His Dressing Room in Conversation with the Actor Segawa Kikunojo III (left). Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1775-1788. Dimensions: 36 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Hitachi in Part Two of the Play Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi (Wada's Carousal The Last Drink With a Set of Three Cups), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Ninth Day of the Second Month, 1771 1766-1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Ippitsusai Buncho

Maple Leaf Viewing Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Maple Leaf Viewing, ca. 1769. Color woodblock print on paper., 11 x 8 3/16 in. (28 x 20.8 cm). Suzuki Harunobu was one of the first masters of the full-color print. He specialized in depicting slim, fashionable young people and often added sly literary references. This image shows a trio of people standing in front of a waterfall, which is quite faded but still visible as a backdrop of vertical gray lines. The young man wields a fan decorated with a verse that quotes (roughly) from a classical Chinese poem, Gazing at the Waterfall of Mount Lushan,” by Li Bai, giving the scene a tinge of irony: whereas the contemplative poem tells of being enthralled by the beauty of nature, the young people depicted ignore such lofty concerns in favor of their flirtations. Asian Art ca. 1769

Kunisada, work, Actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of the servant Okabei, c. 1830, color woodcut: color woodcut, graphics

Courtesan Burning Mosquitoes as Her Guest Arrives 1767-1778 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Shiba Kokan

Resting at the Water ford on the Rokugo River /Rokugo Wa TASHI, from The Series: Description of Unusual Places on the Kaido Road (TOKAIDO) /KAIDO meibutsu shi

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793-97. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.). Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. Hinazura looks at a caged bird, symbolizing the play The Parrot, in which Komachi responds to a poem sent to her by the Emperor Yozei with a poem with just one syllable changed.

Prostitution, brothel in Sanya, the print shows two courtesans standing, one leaning against a railing, looking to the right, the other with a scroll in her hand, reading, 1794, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

Clear Weather After a Storm of Towels, from the series Eight Parlour Views. Date: 1843-1845. Dimensions: 34.6 cm x 22.9 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Shunsho.

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo Nodes in Puppet Theater Designs (Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi)". Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1806. Dimensions: 38.3 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

Three women viewing cherry blossom on a riverbank. colour woodcuts, oban, triptychs, works on paper

Hitomachi Courtisane from the Tsutaya house with its Kamuro Sanae and Matsuyo; Edocho Nichome Tsutaya Uchi Hitomachi Sanae Matsuyo; Important persons from the Lusthuizen; Seiro Sato Menuki. Courtisane with black Obi on which pattern of red and white leaves, followed by its Shinzo (Courtisane in training); In the background two Shinzo (youngest help from a courtesane) with headwear of white flowers.

Returning Sails at Ryogoku River (Ryogoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Parodies by Contemporary Beauties (Tosei mitate bijin hakkei)". Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1767-1800. Dimensions: 36.6 x 25.8 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1771-1786. Dimensions: 26 x 18.4 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Black, 1844 print Calligraphy woman and child. The child, with a tied apron, looks up to the woman, while he helps her hold the brush, on the ink stone. paper color woodcut mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group). education, science and learning

Prosperity in the mountains along the Sumida River, 1856 print Woman with bundle of paper in right hand and child with a letter in the left hand, sitting on a veranda, under cherry blossom branches, on a river in which two ducks. paper color woodcut mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group). river. paper (writing material)

Ono no Komachi. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japan, 1756-1829). mid-1790s. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Courtesan Standing on a Veranda, early 1790s. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.6 x 25 cm (14 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.).

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Osaku () in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 31.4 x 14.9 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

KneeIIng woman and a man with a lantern Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Koto (Kin), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments 1767-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; o-oban . Utagawa Toyoharu

Poem by Chunagon Asatada, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Rustic Genji and Three Women on a Veranda, right sheet of triptych The Color Purple: Sightseeing at Low Tide. Date: 1870s. Dimensions: 36 cm x 23.2 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: ONBEKEND.

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Courtesans Hired for the New Years Holidays - Takigawa of the Ogiya. Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1789-1799. Dimensions: 37.4 x 25.4 cm (14 11/16 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Courtesans of the Chojiya and their attendants playing kemari. Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1786-1798. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II in an Unidentified Role. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1779. Dimensions: 31 x 14.8 cm (12 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; possibly left sheet of diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Iba no Juzo (). Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 31.4 x 14.2 cm (12 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Iwai Kumesaburo III ALS TAMAMO NO MAE, 1862 print The actor Iwai Kumesaburo III in the role of Tamamo No Mae, looking from behind a big yellow fan with the image of pine and bamboo, which is held in the right hand; Rectangular cartouche with flowering grass at the top right. paper color woodcut actor (on the stage)

Chinese Poetry, from the series Three Classical Arts for the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki) 1820-1824 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Yashima Gakutei

Western Clothing from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi-Yōfuku) 1889 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese Dressed in sophisticated French fashions, no doubt acquired in the newly modernized shopping district of Ginza, these two ladies and young girl seem ready for a stroll in the garden behind them. On the table is a European teapot with matching cup and saucer. In the garden is a fountain with vertical water spray, a feature recently introduced to Japanese landscape gardening. Chikanobu often focused on new women's fashion in his prints.. Western Clothing from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi-Yōfuku) 55185

Print. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (27.3 x 20 cm). Date: ca. 1762. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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