Japanese Courtesan Prints

Intricate woodblock prints portraying courtesans in traditional Japanese settings, highlighting elegance, clothing styles, and cultural practices.

Party in the Komeikan Theehuis, Torii Kiyonaga, 1788 - 1792 print Group Courtisanes, standing and sitting, looking at dancing actor with umbrella and mask for face, assisted by man on a porch and musician sitting next to sliding door, to the entertainment of the young man on the far right, in light green kimono and chopstick by mouth. Left and middle leaf of a triptych. Tokyo paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. actor (on the stage). musician at work

Courtesans of the Ogiya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 1 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

Print. Artist: Torii Kiyonobu (Japanese, 1664-1729). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (27.3 x 36.8 cm). Date: 1703. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fuji no uraba, from the series A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji) 1784-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Chôbunsai Eishi

Three women to celebrate the first tosozake of theyear. Artist: Hishikawa S?ri III, Japanese, active ca. 1797-1813

Party in the Komeikan Theehuis, Torii Kiyonaga, 1788 - 1792 print Group Courtisanes, standing and sitting, looking at dancing actor with umbrella and mask for face, assisted by man on a porch and musician sitting next to sliding door, to the entertainment of the young man on the far right, in light green kimono and chopstick by mouth. Left and middle leaf of a triptych. Tokyo paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. actor (on the stage). musician at work

Bedroom Scene ca. 1739 Okumura Masanobu Japanese. Bedroom Scene 56490

The Keizer Nintoku, a story from the chronicles of Japan, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821 The young Prince Nintoku (313-399) and his brother sit by a balcony in the palace. The book The Chronicles of Japan (Nihongi or Nihonshoki) was compiled in the 8th century and one of the earliest history stories in Japan. The poem refers to the older brother who has to climb the throne, it praises "the smell of the plum blossom that accepts to open it first. Japan paper color woodcut trees: pine

The obedient son of Kamakura, an example from the collection of sand and pebbles, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821 Two noblemen in Hofacht greet each other. The open doors show a second departure in which two sitting noblemen. The collection of sand and pebbles (Shasekishû) is an anthology of 134 humorous Buddhist stories, compiled between 1279 and 1283 by the monk Mujû (1226-1312). With one poem. Japan paper color woodcut

Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 21.6 x 30.4 cm (8 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Courtesans of the Kagemanjiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women and a Man in the Country; Some pageant(). Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: A: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.21 cm); W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)B: H. 14 11/16 in. (37.31 cm); W. 9 9/16 in. (24. 31 cm)C: H. 14 11/16 in. (37.31 cm); W. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Visual Parody of Zhou Maoshu (later edition), after 1765, Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, 7 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (19.7 × 27.4 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, Originally a calendar print for 1765 with the seal Kyosen. This is the second state and the characters representing the year and the months have been removed as has the Kyosen seal.

Cherries at Night at New Shimabara 19th century Utagawa Yoshitora Japanese. Cherries at Night at New Shimabara. Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Japan. 19th century. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise) ca. 1798 Chōkōsai Eishō Japanese. The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise) 56676

Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama Chinese watching a Kabuki play 1st month, 1861 Utagawa Yoshitora Japanese. Evening Glow on a Traveling Drama Chinese watching a Kabuki play 73473

The first birth; Hatuzan; The rats wedding; Nezumi No Yomeiri. A woman feeds a baby, a maid grinds a knife, and a little boy with a black boiler. With three poems.

Inventories of the boys, from the series: Fashionable parody of kabuki dramas /Furyu Mitate Kyogen Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Narumi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido). Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 25.4 x 18.1 cm (10 x 7 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Pages from the illustrated book Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran) 1801-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Katsushika Hokusai

Lady in waiting on the background of a window overlooking a pond, from the series: Genji monogatari Katsushika hokuga

The toilet of an oiran interrupted by the intrusion of a street singer wearing a black robe and a basket hat., 1805, Woodcuts, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Four courtesans of various houses, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 3 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

Parody of the Yugao Chapter of the Tale of Genji 1790-1802 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Chokosai Eisho

Right View of a Garden with Three Female Figures. Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799-1823). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 x 7 1/4 in. (20.3 x 18.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rest in a green house, from the album: A collection of autographs of the famous courtesans / yoshwar Keisei Shin Bijin Awase Jihitsu Kagami. Seiro MeiKun jihitsu shu Masanobu, Kitao (1761 1816)

Viewing votive paintings 1795-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

Japan, Urashio, Waka no, Akikata, Keimeitei, Hokuba, Teisai, Japanese actor with mask, A masked bugaku dancer with a sword and a spear. The symbol of the Asagusagawa poetry club is incorporated into his clothing. The print is an almanac for the members of the club with instructions on what to do or not to do on certain days, depending on year of birth. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 125 mm, width 253 mm, Japanese, 1771 - 1844, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1810, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet

Kamakura no KoshiThe Filial Son at Kamakura, From the Book: Sasekishu. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (21 x 18.7 cm). Date: ca. 1835. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Four courtesans of various houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Two women and a man holding a kimono Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Taira no Kiyomori (right), and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Tokiwa Gozen (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 17.4 x 27.7 cm (6 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Original Perspective Picture of the Fashionable Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Furyu shichi fukujin uki-e kongen). Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1740-1749. Dimensions: 29.7 x 44.5 cm (11 3/4 x 17 1/2 in.). Hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, beni-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

THE BEAUTIFUL OFUJI from YANAGI YA /SUMIRENA, YOJIYA MUSUME, FROM THE SERIES: ELEGANT BEAUTIES COMPARED TO FLOWERS /UKIYO BIJIN HANA Harunobu, Suzuki (1724 1770)

Ukiyonosuke Meets Ofuji and Osen at Ryushinzan Shrine, No. 1 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1, c. 1768-1770, Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, 8 5/16 × 11 9/16 in. (21.11 × 29.37 cm) (sheet, horizontal chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper with embossing, Japan, 18th century, Ukiyonosuke in his original size encounters the famous beauties, Osen of the Kagaya teahouse who is representing the Ryushin shrine, and Ofuji of the Yanagi-ya who represents the Kinryuzan shrine. They offer him the magic shrinking potion in response to his prayers for greater wisdom.

Zōjōji in Shiba. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858). 1854, 4th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Court Lady with Branch of Plum, Teisai Hokuba, c. 1810 - c. 1820 print A lady's lady holds a plum blossom branch. A girl kneels in front of her, a young servant can be seen behind her. With four poems. Japanese paper (handmade paper) color woodcut adult woman (+ three persons). maid ~ house personnel. plants; vegetation

Two blind men being robbed of their sake pot at an inn; above, in a roundel, a kite-flying scene. Coloured woodcut by Shigekiyo, Yoshitora and Kyōsai, ca. 1870 ().

Erotic illustration /Shunga Katsukawa, shunsho (1726 1792)

Kabuki Scene at Kumagai's Camp, from the play The Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani (Ichinotani futaba gunki). Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban tate-e; triptych, each: 15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (38.4 x 25.7 cm). Date: 1811.This triptych is a rare example from Kunisada's early career. It features the scene of Kumagai's camp from the Kabuki play The Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani, which was first performed in 1811. The three actors are arranged one to a sheet, and the artist has captured them striking exaggerated poses (mie) in front of a large, blossoming plum tree. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The actor Ichikawa Danzo in the role of the courtesan Ahoy Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

The ninth instrument, Kuniteru, Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), Kinugasa Fusajiro, 1851 - 1853

Picnic Party at Hagidera. Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1780-1800. Dimensions: 34.4 x 75.2 cm (overall). Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Actors Arashi Otohachi I as Fukakusa no Shosho, Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Ariwara no Yukihira, and Nakamura Matsue I as Murasame in the play "Kisoe Uta Sakae Komachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1762. Tomikawa Fusanobu; Japanese, active c. 1750-80. Date: 1762. Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban yoko-e, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Tomikawa Fusanobu (Ginsetsu).

Scene in a Joroya ca. 1690 Furuyama Moroshige Japanese. Scene in a Joroya 37259

Soga no taimen, Scene from a Soga play., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, between 1848 and 1854, 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.1 x 25.3 cm (left panel), 36 x 24.7 cm (center panel), 36.1 x 23.8 cm (right panel), Print shows actors portraying the official Kudo Suketsune, a warrior, the two Soga brothers, and a woman in a Soga kabuki play.

Yujo reclining and reading a musical score. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Date: 1615-1868. Full color on silk. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 17.2 x 27.4 cm (6 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Gogatsu no bu, The fifth month., Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, 1791 or 1792, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22 x 15.5 cm., Print shows three men wrestling at a brothel.

Visitors to the Inari Shrine at Ōji, 1800s, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 7 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (19 × 52 cm) (image, sheet, ebangire), Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Stories of a Fortunate Rat 1827 Akatsuki no Kanenari Japanese. Stories of a Fortunate Rat. Akatsuki no Kanenari (Japanese, 1793-1861). Japan. 1827. Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints. Torii Kiyonobu I; Japanese, 1664-1729. Date: 1706-1716. Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Kabuki theatre scene. Kabuki, a highly stylised Japanese dance-drama. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Japanese artist and printmaker. Coloured woodblock print.

Above left, a tiger () restrained with a collar and a cloth over its head; left, a man on crutches steps over a sleeping man; centre, a man fans a stove on which a kettle is placed, watched by a man (right) kneeling by a cabinet (); above right, an old woman sharpens () a knife. Coloured woodcut by Hokusai, 1834.

Four boys playing at a bed with peonies, Torii Kiyonaga, 1781 - 1785 print Japan paper color woodcut / nishiki-e youth, adolescent. children's games and plays. plants and herbs: peony

Women Washing Clothes. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1783-1793. Dimensions: 38.7 x 25.8 cm (right sheet), 39.0 x 25.7 cm (center sheet), 38.1 x 25.4 cm (left sheet). Color woodblock print; oban, triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Set of Three Hanging Scrolls, Day Dream Plays (Kakemono sampukutsui utsusu no asobi) 1750-1756 Japan. Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e . Nishimura Shigenaga

Flirtation under the Cherry Tree 1679-1703 Japan. Woodblock print; o-oban, sumizuri-e . Sugimura Jihei

The Treasure Ship. Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1773-1783. Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Hodogaya Station 4. Two Warriors and a Woman in a Tent /Hodogaya, from the series: Fifty Three Parallels for the Tôkaidô Road /Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) about to be executed at Yuigahama, from the series Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue) 1838-1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

A Picture of the Viewing in the Pleasure Quarters, 1810s. Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787-1867). Color woodblock print; overall: 37.2 x 26.4 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.).

Young Samurai on Horseback 1764-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

The Bride Changing Clothes (Iro-naoshi), the fifth sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 11 in. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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

Carrying a Lantern Decorated with the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho shiki no hana mando) from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1780. Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.7 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Four boys watchinglooking at illustrations in books and talking (Children funFun for the children of four masters /Kodomo asobi shi no)

Parody of courtly insect hunt. Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1786-1797. Dimensions: 39 x 73.5 cm. Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

A man intending to be a great ax Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki) 1793-1803 Japan. Color woodblock prints; oban triptych . Kitagawa Utamaro

Shinagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)". Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1801-1811. Dimensions: Approx. 24 × 18.3 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Camellia Flowers (left); People Watching a Cockfight (right) ca. 1820 Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Camellia Flowers (left); People Watching a Cockfight (right) 54347

The Moon reflected in the rice fields of Shinano, Kunisada (II), Utagawa, 1861 print Prince Genji and a lady, while the full moon reflects in the rice fields. Part of a triptych. paper color woodcut

Man feasting in a cave, surrounded by women Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

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A Young Sanemori (Yaro Sanemori), no 10 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays 1711-1740 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

Two actors, Ishikawa Komazo III and Ishikawa Monnosuke II, with swords, on the background of a stream, board 20 pasted onto a makimono: Selection of a hundred painters from the Ukiyo e school from Edo /Toto ukiyo e hiakkasen; part 5 TOYOMARU, UTAGAWA (FL.1785 1797)

Shinobu Sôta and Umwakamaru with the poem of Sosei Hôshi, No. 21 from the series "imitation of the collection from Ogura - one poem from a hundred poets" (Ogura Nazorae hyakunin ISshu)Dembiński, Stanisław (1891-1940) - collection, decorative boards according to the anthology of a hundred poets, cycle, ume wakamaru, utagawa, gift (provenance), Japanese (culture), slaves, oban, Japanese art

On the Yoshida Highway. Attributed to Sugimura Jihei; Japanese, active c. 1681-98. Date: 1681-1691. Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical o-oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Narihira's Journey to the East. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/8 x 30 in. (38.4 x 76.2 cm). Date: ca. 1797.The ninth chapter of The Tales of Ise is the most famous of the work and one of the mast frequently illustrated passages in Japanese literature. Narihira has lost all will to continue his worldly life in the capital and, in a disconsolate mood, leaves home with one or two close friends in search of a peaceful existence in the eastern provinces.Illustrators most often represented the moment during this Azuma kudari, or journey to the east, when the dispirited travelers pass the foot of Mount Fuji. Supposedly, this is the subject of the two triptychs here, but the two Edo artists had no qualms about abandoning the themes of loneliness and disillusionment that color the description of the journey in The Tales of Ise. In these mitate, or contemporary parodies of classical subjects, the small, gloomy group of travelers be

The Ceremonial Sake (Konrei sakazuki), the fourth sheet of the series Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma) 1764-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e . Suzuki Harunobu

Hasebe Nobutsura with a poem MIBI NO TADAMIE, No. 41 from the series "IMACTIVE of the collection from Ogura - one poem from a hundred poets" (Ogura Nazora Hyakunin Isshu)Dembiński, Stanisław (1891-1940)-collection, Hasebe Nobutsura, decorative boards according to the anthology of a hundred poets, cycle, takamura, gift (provenance), oban, Japanese art, ukiyo-e

Nidanme, Act two of the Chushingura., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, between 1815 and 1818, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 18.4 x 25.8 cm., Print shows Rikiya, with sword and fan, standing next to Konami, kneeling on the floor, offering him a cup of tea.

Received Back Into Moon Palace, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Couple on a footbridge among irises Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Theatre Scene, Utagawa Kunisada, (1786-1864/Japanese)

Nakatomi Kamatari and Prince Ōe Killing the Usurper Iruka. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1879, April. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Tea-house scene: a man on a balcony points towards China. Woodcut by Utamaro, ca. 1780.

The First Month ca. 1767 Ishikawa Toyomasa Japanese. The First Month 54506

Women Boarding a Pleasure Boat 1780-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban diptych . Katsukawa Shunchô

Kishibe no hagi, Bushclover on the riverbank., Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-approximately 1830, artist, 181-, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 15.4 x 38.5 cm., Print shows three women and two children playing on the banks of a river or lake.

A Woman Nomori (Onna Nomori), no 11 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays 1711-1740 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

Mitsuuji Pleasuring by the Ōi River. Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japan, 1833-1904). Japan, 1861, 11th month. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

Boating on the Sumida River, mid 1790s. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 24.2 cm (15 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.).

Three Beauties, 17th century, Unknown Japanese, 9 3/4 × 11 3/8 in. (24.77 × 28.89 cm) (image)40 1/2 × 16 1/16 in. (102.87 × 40.8 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on paper, Japan, 17th century

. The Courtisane Suminoto sitting in front of mirror brushing her teeth, while her Shinzo (Course in training) combs her hair and watches her Kamuro (youngest help from a courtesan).

Shiki no Nagame Maru-ni-I no Toshi, Toshi actor, scene from The Four Seasons, 1839, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), print, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, Edo period, 19th century.

Japan, Chikae, Sanshôtei no, Shinsai, Ryûryûkyo, Kasen awase, A comparison game of poems, Itayagai, The chopping block shell, verso - stamped, A woman chops vegetables on a chopping block. She is sitting on a veranda. Behind her, in the doorway, a woman is watching. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 137 mm, width 187 mm, Japanese, 1764 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1809 - 1809, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet

From two parts consisting of print, representing: left the summer with Iris and Malus and the winter on the right with Narcis and Prunus (New Year's Square), Anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1725 print China paper color woodcut

Flower arranging. Children playing and two flower arranging women in a room adjacent to a garden with flowering chrysanthemums. A third woman hangs a plate on which the name 'Hokusôan' is written. Top left and upside down under the entire performance, poems by different poets. This surimono is probably published on the occasion of the appointment of the poet Hokusôan as a Jurilid in the poet company, or because of changing his name. The surimono is folded over half horizontally over the center, so that the poems form the rear of the performance.

Rider and a group of figures on the background of flowering trees Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

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