Japanese Courtesans and Poetry

Elegant portrayals of courtesans and young women engaged in poetic exchanges, showcasing traditional Japanese culture and attire.

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Beautiful A beautiful oiran and kaburo on at a chrysanthemums exhibition Katsukawa, Shunkyo (FL. Early 19 C.)

Young Man Reading over a Young Womans Shoulder, Suzuki Harunobu, 1765 - 1770 print Girl sitting on the stairs of veranda, reading a letter while a boy stands over her shoulder behind her shoulder. A poem in a cloud -shaped cartouche along the top of the print. Japan paper color woodcut adolescent, young woman, maiden. youth, adolescent. reading

Koshikibu no Naishi (999-1025), from "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm). Date: ca. 1768.Immortalized in the "Hyakunin Isshu" is the poetic exchange envision here between the lady-in-waiting Koshikibu and the courtier Fujiwara Sadayori. Both had been summoned to a poetry contest. Here, Koshikibu responds to his teasing suggestion that she needs help from her absent mother, the famous poetess Izumi Shikubu, with brilliant repartee. Her response takes the form of an impromptu poem that includes a triple pun on the famous scenic places Oeyama, Ikuno, and Ama no hashidate:Oeyama ikuo michi mo to kerebamada fumi mo mizu Ama no hashidate.Both Mount Oe and the road to Ikuno are far away.I've never been there,nor has word come from Ama no hashidate. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Courtesan Followed by a Girl Attendant Carrying a Doll 1723-1792 Ippitsusai Bunchō Japanese. A Courtesan Followed by a Girl Attendant Carrying a Doll 57099

Omi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa), c. 1804. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper; overall: 39.6 x 27 cm (15 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.).

Number four: The gate decorations of Togaeri from the Matsubaya, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1827 Togaeri, a high -ranking Courtisane from the Matsubaya house, walks with two maids (Kamuro) along the New Year's decorations in Nakanochô, the main street of the Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarter of Edo (current Tokyo). The 'gate decorations' refer to the traditional New Year's decorations, shown in the background: bamboo and pine branches with fern leaves. With two poems. This is the fourth leaf (VRNL) of a five -part, on which high -ranking Courtisanes (Oiran) from the various houses from the Yoshiwara are depicted. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

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Scene at the Ishido Mansion (Ishido yakata no dan), from the series "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1785. Dimensions: 25.4 x 19.2 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Hour of the Horse (Uma no koku), from the series Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki) 1789-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Beautiful oiran playing musical instruments KITAGAWA, UTAMARO (1753 1806)

Two Women Covering their Heads with a Kimono, right sheet of the triptych Wood: The Ivy, from the series Visual Parody of the Five Elements. Date: 1851. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI.

Two Ladies, Each with a Portion of a Lacquered Mirror 1790s Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Utamaro selectively used reflection to reinforce narrative and to emphasize themes. In this print, a standing woman holds up a mirror to a seated woman. Ironically, Utamaro chose to show the standing woman's reflection in the lacquered back of the mirror rather than the seated woman's in the mirror itself. The image involves a dual relationship: two women hold halves of the same object and perform a similar action. Their mimicking of each other duplicates the role of the mirror, which Utamaro placed between them as a communicative device.. Two Ladies, Each with a Portion of a Lacquered Mirror 54864

Totsuka, from the series Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji) 1780-1790 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban

Three oirans at the a cage with a bird, picture from the album: Mirror of images of beautiful women from the Green Houses /Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1788. Dimensions: 36.3 × 24.6 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Act Eight Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers) 1774-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsukawa Shunsho

The Day of Starting (Kotohajime), from the series "The Fashionable Five Days of Starting (Furyu go kotohajime)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1768-1780. Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.1 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women with Salt Pails; The Noda Tama River in Mutsu Province, from an untitled series of the Six Tama Rivers, late 1780s. Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.).

Wisteria: the courtesan Nokaze from Southern Matsuzakaya. Minami no kata Matsuzakaya uchi Nokaze, Fuji (title on object) Beauties from the flowing world, poems on flowers Ukiyo bijin, hana ni yoseru (series title on object), Courtesan, standing by bed behind a screen with a painting of tree with blossom, looking at sitting kamuro with shamisen in right hand, in the background a basket hanging on the wall with blooming blue rain. Poem in cloud-shaped cartouche along entire top., Suzuki Harunobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1767 - 1771, paper, colour woodcut, h 286 mm × w 212 mm

Bijin-e: courtesan on a walk on the Cherry Blossom Festival. Utagawa, Kuniyasu I (1794-1832), graphic artist

Downing geese at the Koto Bruggen, Suzuki Harunobu, 1764 - 1769 print Two girls, reading the one in songbook while the other is preparing to play, sitting in room with Koto (Japanese string instrument); Through the open wall view on the veranda with flowering branches. Japan paper color woodcut adolescent, young woman, maiden. string instruments (plucked). plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Parody of the Tale of Young Man Lu: Courtesan Dreaming. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm). Date: 18th century.Harunobu's courtesan--most likely dreaming of the moment when she leaves her childhood home to begin a happy marriage--will shortly waken to be confronted once again with the reality surrounding her. To distinguish the corporeal from the noncorporeal, Harunobu renders the characters inside the dream bubble in gray and leaves the rest of the background unprinted. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lovers Parting in the Morning. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kenkaya Gorouemon and Segawa Kikunojo I as Osen in the play "Hatsugoyomi Akinai Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1732. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1732. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Waiting love, katsukawa shunchō, 1790 - 1795 print Two women, whispering together at a sliding door, behind which a third woman is sitting in bed. The poem in the square cartouche at the top right, refers to the difficulty of long waiting. Tokyo paper color woodcut one lover waiting for the other. adult woman. bedroom

A girl writing a poem upon a fan, accompanied by two women observing her. Created by Idzumiya, a Japanese artist active in the late 18th century. The artwork is a woodcut dated 1807, measuring 15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

A Mirror on a Stand Suggesting the Autumnal Moon (Kyodai no shugetsu), from the series Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei) 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Torii Kiyonaga

An Outing in Spring, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku azuma no nishiki) 1778-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban diptych . Torii Kiyonaga

Three Geishas of Tachibana Street in Their Room 1784 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Three Geishas of Tachibana Street in Their Room 57090

Girl Playing a Prank on a Young Man who is Napping 1764-1774 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

Two women during a summer evening; A collection of humorous poems; Haifu Yanagidaru. Woman with burning lucifer, killing mosquito net insects; A second woman, with impeller, lying next to smokeware on the veranda. English translation of poem top left: A wife commits murder within the enclosure of a mosquito net.

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 3/8 in. × 10 in. (36.5 × 25.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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

The Country Samurai Sachuta and Odan. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1854. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: 17.4 x 27.2 cm (6 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from an unidentified theatrical picture-book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen) 1809-1822 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kikukawa Eizan

Michiyuki no emboEvening Glow on a Traveling Drama Chinese watching a Kabuki play. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm). Date: 1st month, 1861. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Viewing the Moon. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 8 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Fukagawa Courtesan and a Maid atNight. Artist: Keisai Eisen, Japanese, 1790-1848

Wishes, 1801 print Boy with two dogs playing between woman with a large red bowl in the right hand and woman standing in the doorway of the house, with yellow nameplate indicating the gidayu singer Tokiwazu Moji. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut dog. child. adult woman (+ two persons)

Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 28.7 x 21.6 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Two men and a kneeIIng woman on the seashore, from the series: Seisho Shichi Iroha Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

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.

Evening Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei) 1809-1822 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kikukawa Eizan

The actor Sawamura Tosshō as Karukaya-Dōshin and Iwai Shishimatsu as his son ishido-Maru. Donation Gerhard Schack

Beauties Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock. Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japan, 1769-1825). circa 1805. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Hodogaya; The 53 stations through two brushes; Sohitsu Gojusan Tsugi. Woman standing at litter, looking at boy in travel clothes; Against a cartouche in which a landscape with travelers and the Fuji mountain. Foreground designed by kunisada, landscape in cartouche by Hiroshige.

Ebisu, 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.

Lovers Interrupted, sheet 18 from the series Poems of the Husband and Wife Mane'emon (Haikai meoto Mane'emon) 1765-1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e . Isoda Koryusai

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Ueno 1775-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych . Katsukawa Shunchô

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase)". Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1801. Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 10 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Oak Tree, chapter 36 from the series Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Playing Cards. Date: tenth month 1857. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kunisada II.

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi noryo), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei) 1800-1833 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kikukawa Eizan

Kya in the province of Ki-I and Noda in the province of Mutsu from Six Jewel Rivers. Artist: Kubo Shunman, Japanese, 1757-1820

Young Girl and Servant Drying Japanese Fine Noodles Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Young Girl and Servant Drying Japanese Fine Noodles, ca. 1766. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 in. (26.8 x 20.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1766

Poem by Chosui, from the series Five Fashionable Colors of Ink (Furyu goshiki-zumi) 1763-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

First Meeting (Miai), from the series Twelve Stages of Matrimony (Konrei juni shiki) 1770-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; koban . Torii Kiyonaga

Play plume ball, Suzuki Harunobu, 1765 - 1770 print Young man and girl, both with battle wood in the right hand, looking up to the plume ball above the fence behind which a tree with blossom is visible. Japan paper color woodcut youth, adolescent. adolescent, young woman, maiden. 'jeu de volant', badminton

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Mitsuito of the Hyogoya. 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.

Celebrating Spring (Kabuki Actors Disguised as a Street Crowd). Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1797-1861). circa 1850-1851. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Woman, a girl and a drinking man KITAGAWA, TSUKIMARO (KIKUMARO) (FL.1789 1830)

Courtisane, seen from the back, sitting in front of dressing table with songbook, the haircut made by standing woman, against a cartouche with face on Edo Bay and roofs of teahouses in the foreground. The women are a design of Kunisada, the landscape of Hiroshige, Shinagawa, The 53 stations by two brushes (series title) Sohitsu gojusan tsugi (series title on object)., print maker: Kunisada (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), print maker: Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), Yokogawa Takejiro, (mentioned on object), Japan, 1854, paper, colour woodcut, h 351 mm × w 239 mm

Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 2 1776 Japan . Kitao Shigemasa

Young Couple Enjoying the Cool of Evening. Shiba Kokan (Suzuki Harushige); Japanese, 1747-1818. Date: 1766-1777. Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.1 cm (10 3/4 x 8 5/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

Lady in Court Dress on Veranda with Flowering Plum Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850). Lady in Court Dress on Veranda with Flowering Plum, ca. 1820. Color woodblock print on paper, 8 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (21 x 16.8 cm). Asian Art ca. 1820

Double Pillow 1789-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban (left sheet of a triptych) . Kitagawa Utamaro

First Meeting (Miai), from the series "Twelve Stages of Matrimony (Konrei juni shiki)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: 21.7 x 15.7 cm. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Futamigaura Beach at the New Years Sunrise. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806

Two actors. Two actors; Nakamura Denkuro II in roll, standing, looking at his actor portrait on a print, which is held by Matsumoto Koshiro IV, sitting.

Disconsolate Lovers. Artist: Momokawa Shiko II (Japanese, active ca. 1797-1810). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm). Date: ca. 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman Reading A Letter by Oil Lamp. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm). Date: 1790s.Utamaro portrays a woman who is concentrating intensely on a letter. Her entire body leans forward, and she firmly grasps the letter, holding it close to her face. The mosquito net works as a device that keeps the woman away from the light, increasing her anxiety and desire to move closer to it. The light from the lantern spreads out in a triangle, highlighting the woman's intense expression and creating a dramatic effect. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Bush Clover (Hagi) ca. 1766 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Bush clover (hagi), a popular autumnal symbol, is associated with melancholy and unrequited love. A young woman plucks a branch from the purple-flowering bush. Her black kimono with a tie-dyed paulownia design and obi with a pattern of octagons and squares (shokkō) are covered with a peach-colored outer garment (katsugi). The folds of this garment and the gently curving branches of the hagi bush share the pensive mood. Her maid, holding the katsugi up out of the wet grass, turns away, discreetly avoiding her mistress's pain, a movement that increases the sense of the woman's isolation. A waka poem by the thirteenth-century poet Fujiwara Kinmori appears in the cloud-shaped cartouche above and reads:Bush CloverMy heart is withered, even dew on the branches of bush clover is futile in the autumn evening.. The Bush Clover (Hagi) 51995

Evening Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei) 1809-1822 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kikukawa Eizan

Painting (Ga), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments. Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1767-1780. Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 14 in. Color woodblock print; o-oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Brine Maidens of Suma, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki) 1778-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi). Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829; Publisher: Izumi-Ya Ichibei; Japanese, 19th century. Date: 1783-1793. Dimensions: 38.4 x 25.7 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Western Clothing from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fuzoku, fukuzukushi-Yofuku). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban 12 15/16 x 8 15/16 in. (32.9 x 22.7 cm). Date: 1889.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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu.

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (34.9 × 24.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei) 1761-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Yamashita Hana Playing with a Kitten Kitao Masanobu (Japanese, 1761-1816). Yamashita Hana Playing with a Kitten, ca. 1783. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (37.5 x 24.8 cm). Asian Art ca. 1783

Japan, Omiya Yohei (Shoeido), Utamaro (II), Kitagawa, Shiba no ura uoichi no zu, View of the fish market on the beach at Shiba, Elegantly dressed company on the beach buying and selling fish; sea in the background., print, engraving, triptych, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), height 362 mm, width 247 mm, height 359 mm, width 250 mm, height 361 mm, width 243 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1807 - 1807, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

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

The Actors ICHIKAWA EBIZO AND ONOE KIKUGORO as Wakasa and Moronao in The Chushingura Drama Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Street scene, 1801 - 1825, Woodcuts, Surimono

Nidanme, Act two of the Chushingura., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist, between 1799 and 1801, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 4.3 x 23 cm., Print shows a young man (Rikiya) speaking to a young woman (Konami), they are observed by an older man (possibly Yuranosuke, Rikiya's father, or Honzo, Konami's father).

Sashiye (name of a place in Edo). Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 15/32 x 9 3/4 in. (36.8 x 24.8 cm). Date: ca. 1782. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Swordsmith 1802 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. The Swordsmith 54189

Cleaning Combs, c. late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.). In this print, a mother who has put up her child's hair into a neat bun cleans the comb. By the latter part of the Kansei era, or 1789-1801, Utamaro was frequently incorporating the activities of daily life into his images of beauties. Beyond serving as portraits, and depicting the bonds between mothers and children, the prints also take the view of a detached observer in their representations of everyday settings.

The Servant Girl Ohana and Shinsuke, in Reality Inue Shinbei, left sheet of a diptych. Date: first month 1853. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Evening Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Omi (Furyu Omi hakkei)". Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1809-1822. Dimensions: 14 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Young Man and Woman Caught in the Rain while Enjoying Cherry Blossoms (Sakura-gari) ca. 1768-70 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Caught in a sudden downpour, a young woman covers her head with the long sleeve of her kimono and her male companion hastens to open an umbrella. The cloth spread on the ground near a cherry tree in full bloom indicates that they were hoping to enjoy an afternoon of merriment beneath the blossoms. The anonymous poem adds a dimension of sexual innuendo, because the word for to be drenched” (nuru) also connotes sexual intercourse. It reads: Sakura-gari ame wa furikinu onajiku wa nuru to mo hana no kage ni kakuren.While searching for cherry blossoms, it starts to rain, yet even if we get drenched,we will still be in the shade of these flowering trees.—Trans. John T. Carpenter. Young Man and Woman Caught in the Rain while Enjoying Cherry Blossoms (Sakura-gari) 45067

Oiran courtesans dancing before a large folding screen. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana) 1801 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana) 37311

An Evening Visit (A Parody of Junidan Soshi). Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1772. Dimensions: 27.2 x 19.7 cm (10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Courtesan Sugatami of the Tsuruya Brothel, from the series A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moy?”) 1777-78 Isoda Kory?sai Japanese. The Courtesan Sugatami of the Tsuruya Brothel, from the series A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spring Herbs” (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moy?”). Isoda Kory?sai (Japanese, 1735-ca. 1790). Japan. 1777-78. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 in. × 10 1/16 in. (35.6 × 25.6 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Figures at Vijver with Blossom, Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, 1890 - 1900 print Copy to an elongated Surimono. The poems on the original have disappeared on this performance. On the back of the operated the symbol of the Gogawa. With two poems. The print is a B copy. paper color woodcut fish pond (in garden). relation between master and servant

The Ninth-Month Kabuki Dance "Kikujido". Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)) , New York, NY (1936; sold to MMA).. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm). Date: ca. 1796. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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