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

Edo street scene, 18th century. A shop girl sits in front of an archery range holding a bow. A tea shop girl stands on a bench with a candle. A woman and edemame seller with baby pass by. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book of the Modern Forms and Figures, Tokyo, 1916. Reprint of the original from 1802.

Picking Clams. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 5/8 x 30 5/8 in. (39.7 x 77.8 cm). Date: ca. 1791.In the late eighteenth century, ukiyo-e printmakers began to create works consisting of three attached oban ("large format") sheets of paper. Toyokuni took advantage of this layout to place figures in panoramic landscapes. In this triptych, he arranged a group of three figures in the foreground of each sheet and used Western perspective (uki-e) to draw our eyes to the seascape in the distance. At the center, beauties in stunning garments stand in graceful poses like actors on stage, flanking a handsome young man. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Man with swords, and man with a lantern, 1681, (1924). Creator: Hishikawa Moronobu.

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1865, Pictures of the Great SumoFestival, ca.1852-53, Polychrome woodblock print; triptych, sheet: 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.6 × 24.8cm), Japan, Japanese, Edo period(1615-1868), Works on Paper -Prints

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

With some 2000 religious sites - 1600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines, as well as palaces, gardens and architecture, Kyoto is one of the best preserved and most culturally distinguished cities in Japan. Among the most famous temples are Kiyomizu-dera, a magnificent wooden temple supported by pillars off the slope of a mountain; Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion; Ginkaku-ji, the Temple of the Silver Pavilion; and Ryoan-ji, famous for its rock garden. The Heian Jingu is a Shinto shrine, built in 1895, celebrating the Imperial family and commemorating the first and last emperors to reside in Kyoto. Three special sites have connections to the imperial family: the Kyoto Gyoen area including the Kyoto Imperial Palace and Sento Imperial Palace, homes of the Emperors of Japan for many centuries; Katsura Imperial Villa, one of the nation's finest architectural treasures; and Shugaku-in Imperial Villa, one of its best Japanese gardens. The 'Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto

Tee recovery: an overview. .

Chinese bookseller, Anonymous, 1800 - 1899 drawing Three men around a table with an open book on it. On the right two men. paper. deck paint. ink snipping / brush / pen book-shop, bookseller. Chinese

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

One Hundred Boys. Artist: Kano Eino (Japanese, 1631-1697). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (each screen): 44 7/8 x 111 in. (114 x 282 cm). Date: 17th century.The signatures and red intaglio seals appearing at the left- and rightmost corners of these brilliantly painted small-format screens read, respectively, "painted by Kano Nuidonosuke Eino" and "Sansei." The character "San" (mountain) of the "Sansei" seal refers to Eino's father, Sansetsu (ca. 1589-1651), whom he succeeded as the third head of the Kyoto-based branch of the preeminent Kano family workshop. Unarguably the most important family of painters in Japanese history, the House of Kano served as official painters to the imperial and military elite for over four centuries. In addition to excelling in the family style, Eino is widely known as the author of History of Painting in This Realm (Honcho gashi), the first major history of painting written in Japan. His text, based on drafts by his father, was heavily influenced by Ch

Children at Play in a Garden 19th century China. Children at Play in a Garden 63784

Tartar Officer with Blond Lady Unidentified artist. Tartar Officer with Blond Lady 51684

Woman Carried by a Porter Across a River and a Palanquin in the Distance, central sheet of the triptych Illustration of Two-Way Traffic on the Oi River. Date: third month 1853. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Ogura imitation of the one hundred poems. Fox couple tadanobu, in human form, entertain themselves in the snow. Vossen stood in Japanese stories known as transmission exchangers. Scene from a Kabukite team. Poem by sangi masatsune.

Erotic representation with smoking utensils and trolley, Kiyonobu (I), Torii, c. 1690 Woman, with flower in her hand, looks at a child, while a man is about to do love with her. In the foreground a tray with smoking utensils, in the background a folding screen. paper

The Fan StoreEijudo. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1865

Kyōsais Pictures of One Hundred Demons 1890 (first edition published posthumously in 1889) Kawanabe Kyōsai Japanese. Kyōsais Pictures of One Hundred Demons. Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831-1889). Japan. 1890 (first edition published posthumously in 1889). Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Illustrated Books

Chapter 34; Faithful images of the beautiful prince; Sono Sugata Hikaru No Utsushi-e. Three women in a room on the first floor, looking at man on horseback driving along a stone wall. Presentation enclosed by brown edge in which Genji emblems.

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Morita Kanya VIII. Toshusai Sharaku ; Japanese, active 1794-95. Date: 1794. Dimensions: 24.5 x 31.1 cm. Ink and color on paper. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A Civilized Daruma. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1882, May. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Two Pilgrims Gazing at a Tree Festooned with Prayers. Artist: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 7 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (19.1 × 25.7 cm)Mat: 15 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. (38.7 × 57.8 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Picture Book of the Eternal Pines ca. 1767 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Picture Book of the Eternal Pines. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Japan. ca. 1767. Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Comparisons between beauties and flowers; Bijin Hana Kurabe. Album with the complete print series 'Bijin Hana Kurabe'; Light brown brocade cover with tendrils pattern; In the mid top blank title strip; Deck leaf with pattern of landscape with conifers in gold and silver; 13 sheets: Table of contents; 24 prints on which women during different activities, the first prest 'flower arranging during New Year'; Colophon. Stored in red chitsu (folding box).

Tsuchiyama, 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

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

Illustration of Noh Dance Scene. Artist: Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869-1927). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 20 1/16 in. (36.8 x 51 cm). Date: ca. 1910. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake, also known as the Great Ansei Earthquake, was one of the major disasters of the late-Edo period. The earthquake occurred at 22:00 local time on 11 November. It had an epicenter close to Edo (now Tokyo), causing considerable damage in the Kanto region from the shaking and subsequent fires, with a death toll of about 7,000 people. The earthquake also triggered a tsunami. Within days, a new type of color woodblock print known as namazu-e (lit. 'catfish pictures') became popular among the residents of the shaken city. These prints featured depictions of mythical giant catfish (namazu) who, according to popular legend, caused earthquakes and related tsunami by thrashing about in their underground lairs. In addition to providing humor and social commentary, many prints claimed to offer protection as talismans from future earthquakes. The popularity of namazu-e exploded, and as many as four hundred different types became available. The phenomenon ended two mont

Puppet show, kakemono (hanging scroll), by Torii Kiyomasu I (active 1697-1722), Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 17th-18th century.

Three compositions presenting September, January and July, from the series: Twelve months rare, famous paintings

Trial Scene from The Story of the Judge Aoto Fujitsuna, 1849, 1st month, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 14 × 29 3/16 in. (35.6 × 74.1 cm) (vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play 'Aoto banashi' 砥調, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the 1st month of 1849.

A man playing go (a board game)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1798 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He is associated with the Utagawa school.

Oda Nobunaga (June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the rule of the shogun in the late 16th century, a rule that ended only with the opening of Japan to the Western world in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His work was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holdings in Owari Province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japanese daimyo before his death in 1582. His successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a loyal Oda supporter, would eventually become the first man to conquer all of Japan and the first ruler of all Japan since the Ōnin War.

Album Leaf Painting: Scholar and Bamboo Album Leaf Painting: Scholar and Bamboo, 18th century. Album leaf, ink on silk, Image: 10 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (27 x 32.4 cm). Asian Art 18th century

Reading a Letter in Front of a Screen, from an untitled series of 12 prints 1705-1715 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Torii Kiyonobu I

Composite print of three scenes: Ships sailing round a South American island; Orchid from Borneo; Three Frenchmen riding horses in a steeplechase. Anonymous Japanese print 1850-1900.

The Mukōjima embankment: a street vendor sells articles to caricatures of contemporary figures under the cherry blossom; on the river, boats carrying Japanese students convey Western ideas. Colour woodcut by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1883.

Fuchū. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858). Japan, circa 1847-1852. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Grinding: an overview. .

Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu) 1695, fourth month Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese. Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu) 57559

Ten Kings of Hell. Artist: Jin Chushi (Chinese, active late 12th century). Culture: China. Dimensions: Image: 51 x 19 1/2 in. (129.5 x 49.5 cm)Overall with knobs: 80 x 27 1/2 in. (203.2 x 69.9 cm). Date: before 1195.This is one from a set of scrolls (30.76.290-.294) illustrating the theme of the Ten Kings of Hell, which developed during the second half of the Tang dynasty (618-907). The theme transforms the Indian Buddhist view of judgment after death into a typically Chinese bureaucratic process. Before being permitted to transmigrate into the next life, a soul is tried by a different king each week for seven weeks; it is sent to the eighth king on the hundredth day, to the ninth after a year, and to the tenth the third year after death. Here, each scroll shows a king--assisted by a scribe and other officials--examining and passing sentence on the souls of the dead; in the foreground demons punish the wicked.Most extant Song and Yuan dynasty Buddhist paintings were preserved in Jap

(Three Naked Men Fighting Over a Hanging Scroll on a Beach), 1847-1852, Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Publisher: Sanoya Kihei, Japanese, 1798 - 1861, 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.5 × 24.5 cm) (image, vertical ōban) each sheet, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Travelers in a storm, Shibata Zeshin, 1880 - 1890 print Two men and a boy in rain and strong wind hold their hats and coats; In the background a thatched hut. Japan paper color woodcut / nishiki-e storm. rain

Colored woodcut depicting a warlike scene and contrafacture associated with the Roman pope, including figures, armor, weaponry, and composition.

'We Celebrate Painted Lanterns Feast Day In the First Moon on the Fifteenth Day'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 109x60 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Ukiyo-e (literally 'pictures of the floating world') is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan. The story of the blind men and an elephant originated in Indian subcontinent from where it has widely diffused. It has been used to illustrate a range of truths and fallacies. At various times it has provided insight into the relativism, opaqueness or inexpressible nature of truth, the behaviour of experts in fields where there is a deficit or inaccessibility of information, the need for communication, and respect for different perspectives. In various versions of the tale, a group of blind men (or men in the dark) touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one feels a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then compare notes and lear

'Theatrical Story'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 107x63 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Ezo Shima Kikan, 3 of a set of three scrolls Ezo Shima Kikan, 3 of a set of three scrolls, ca 1840. Ink on paper, braid silk, 10 7/16 x 193 5/16 in. (26.5 x 491 cm). Asian Art ca 1840

'Ruse with an Empty City'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 64x35 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Ladies Sewing (Kijo saih no zu) September 3rd, 1887 Adachi Gink Japanese The sewing machine is the featured attraction in this print of upper-class women making and ironing men’s clothing. Sewing machines were a novelty in Japan in the 1870s, but by the mid-1880s, when wearing Western dress was enforced for many government employees, seamstresses and tailors used treadle machines in preference to the old-style hand machine. Chikanobu’s ornamented machine is similar to Singer’s New Family Machine, which was produced from 1865 to around 1883.. Ladies Sewing (Kijo saih no zu). Adachi Gink (Japanese, active 1874-97). Japan. September 3rd, 1887. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

'During the New Year Celebrating Everybody are Playing Cards'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 62x35 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Kami-yui = Dressing the hair, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753?-1806), (Artist), Date Created: ca. 1793-ca.1804.

Luohan Laundering. Origin: China. Ink and color on silk. Date: 1178. Period: Southern Song dynasty. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Eguchi and Love's Fishing Boat (Koi no tsuribune Eguchi), no. 4 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1711-1740. Dimensions: 27.2 x 38.6 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Widow Fuku Giving Birth on the Way to Court for Arraignment for Theft. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1875, April. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

A Box at the Kabuki Theater, from the illustrated book "Guide to the Actors' Dressing Rooms (Yakusha gakuya tsu)". Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1799. Dimensions: 19.5 x 24.1 cm (left sheet); 16.4 x 22.4 cm (right sheet). Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Shunga album. Comparison of young women in the current year, Anonymous, 1830 - 1850 Incomplete Shunga series, recently bound as a leporelloalbum; red cover; 7 magazines with twelve erotic prints, on which Courtisanes of different ages companies make love with a customer. The ages of the women correspond with the numbering of the prints: 13 to 23 and 25. Save in black Chitsu (fold -out box). paper. copper powder color woodcut

Examining the Hanging Picture ca. 1650 Unidentified artist. Examining the Hanging Picture 40428

Act X: Gihei, Proving His Loyalty, Defies the Rōnin to Move Him; Gihei Writing a Letter of Divorce before His Father-in-Law. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, circa 1835. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Tokyo, Sanoya Kihei, Japan, Sadahide, Utagawa, American trading house in Yokohama, Left sheet of the triptych., print, prints, Japan (collection), height mm, width mm, Japanese, 1807 - 1873, print maker, printmaker, 1861-09 - 1861-09, paper, woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

'Six Episodes of Filial Piety'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 62x35 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1790-1801. Dimensions: 38.3 x 75.2 cm (15 1/16 x 29 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Our Army Crushes the Manchu Army at Asan. Date/Period: Meiji Period, dated 1894. Print. Tryptich woodblock print, ink and colors on paper Tryptich woodblock print, ink and colors on paper. Height: 14.75 mm (0.58 in); Width: 29 mm (1.14 in). Author: YOSHU CHIKANOBU.

Theatre school, by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), woodcut, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th century.

An American Mercantile Building in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shokan no zu). Utagawa Sadahide; Japanese, 1807-1873. Date: 1861. Dimensions: 37.0 x 75.7 cm. Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

PlayfulDemons. Artist: Kawanabe Ky?sai, Japanese, 1831-1889

The Shihon choshoku yamai no soshi ('Diseases and Deformities', 本著色病草) is a late Heian (12th century) hand scroll (emakimono) consisting of colour paintings on paper that has, at some time, been cut into ten separate sections. They are preserved in the Kyoto National Museum and are listed as a National Treasure of Japan.

Short biographies from the Kyushu War., 1877. Woodcuts, Color; bound in booklet., Paper. Sheet 14 3/4 x 6 9/16 in. (37.5 x 16.7 cm)

Group of Three Chinese Men on a Cliff by the Sea. Artist: Kuwagata Keisai (Japanese, 1764-1824). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 x 14 7/8 in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm). Date: 1789. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Actors Bandō Hikosaburō V as Oda Harunaga (R), Sawamura Tosshō II as Mori Ranmaru (C), and Kataoka Gadō as Koretō Mitsuhide (L), 1862, 8th lunar month, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei; Carver: Katada Chōjirō, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (37.15 × 25.08 cm) (image, sheet, each sheet; vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play Tokiwa ima yakko ukejō 皞握虎券, performed at the Nakamura Theatre in the 8th month of 1862.

Japan: Flowery Monk Lu Zhishen or Kaosho Roshishin, one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin', half-naked and tattooed, standing on a fallen Nio figure amid smashed railings. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1863), 1827-1830. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu, known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese.

Guards Subdue the Prisoner Yoshizō after His Attempted Jailbreak. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1875, April. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Courtesan Plying Shojo with Sake, no 4 from a series of 12 prints 1703-1713 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764). Fukurokuju Uses His Head, from an untitled series of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 18th century. Woodblock print with some hand-applied color on paper, 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (26.7 x 38.7 cm). Asian Art 18th century

New Year Picture of The Herdboy (right one of a pair) early 20th century Unidentified artist(s). New Year Picture of The Herdboy (right one of a pair). Unidentified artist(s) , early 20th century. China. early 20th century. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Republic period (191249). Prints

Scroll 2, scene 39. 1650 - 1699. Illustrations, Manuscripts. Spencer Collection

The Quick Pictorial Dictionary part I, 1817 and II, 1819 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. The Quick Pictorial Dictionary. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Japan. part I, 1817 and II, 1819. Woodblock printed books; ink on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

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

Book "Japanese Topsy Turdy" ("Japa Ski Wash") with colorful illustrations; Patton, Emily, Sophia (1831-1912); 1895 (1895-00-00-1895-00-00);

Men sweeping the needles. Yui, from the series: Fifty three stops on the Tokaido highway /Tokaido gojusan tsugi Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Brine

Plate 6 (Examining the Newly Spun Cocoons), from the series "Kaiko Yashinai-gusa". Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Azumabashi o wataru ichikawa omezo to sawamura gennosuke, Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke crossing Azuma Bridge., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, between 1804 and 1810, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 25.6 cm., Print shows the actors Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke walking across the Azuma Bridge, with two porters nearby.

A Japanese wrestling position. Woodcut by a Japanese artist.

The Earth Spider Slain by Brave Samurai Watanabe no Tauna (center image) 1726-1792 Japan. Color woodblock print . Katsukawa Shunsho

Love pair, 1825 - 1835 print A couple has skilled love. The man drinks strength to continue for a while. paper color woodcut after the intercourse

'Fortune-Telling about the Happy Road'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 61x35 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Double-page Illustration from Vol 1 of Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki) 1771 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Suzuki Harunobu

Native Thai mural decipt Thai culture

Festival Scenes, 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper; image: 51.1 x 208.9 cm (20 1/8 x 82 1/4 in.).

Foreign mercantile house in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin sho_kan no zu) #1, Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

Chinese woodcut: Orthopedic technique to treat prolapsed disk

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 1897 Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men). Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Japan. 1897. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae). Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1858. Dimensions: 35.2 x 73.7 cm (13 7/8 x 29 in.). Color woodblock print; part of triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Anonymous watercolor depicting the collection of silk cocks placed in baskets, emphasizing figures and arrangement.

The Spanish Steps, 1898-99. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). Color monotype; image: 29.7 x 19 cm (11 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Belying its modest size, The Spanish Steps is Prendergasts supreme achievement among his Italian monotypes. Executed during the artists first trip to Italy, he selected a classic Roman tourist site, theatrical with its sweeping curves, and depicted three dozen red-robed Catholic seminarians flowing down the carefully delineated monumental staircase.

SUMO WORSTELAARS, UTAGAWA YOSHIKAZU, 1852 print Leaf, divided into 64 boxes, in which 62 Sumo wrestlers, against a red, blue, yellow or green background and left and right above, a referee. print maker: Japanpublisher: TokyoTokyoTokyo paper color woodcut wrestling (sport). standing figure

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