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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Man and woman doing household chores. Shirasuga, from the series: Fifty three stops on the Tokaido highway /Tokaido gojusan tsugi Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes 1846-1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1761-1770. Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women blowing the grain, from the series: Twelve months of work on in the field /Kosaku juni setsu Masanobu, Kitao (1761 1816)

NIHONBASHI, UTAGAWA KUNISADA (i), 1854 print Woman in Kimono on which pattern of ducks in a pond, looking at boy with acteurpop as a Yakkodanser; Against Cartouche with face from the Nihonbashi bridge, on the Ryogoku bridge, behind which Berg Fuji. Foreground designed by Kunisada, the background by Hiroshige. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut adult woman. (playing with) dolls. child

Burning Autumn Maple Leaves 1765 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Nikenjaya no Bosetsu, from the series Azuma Hakkei 1764-1774 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Ippitsusai Buncho

Couple with observer. Donation Gerhard Schack

Yasuhide, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)". Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1784-1795. Dimensions: 38.1 x 25.4 cm (15 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Act Six Yoichibei's House from the play Chushingura (Treausry of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers) 1790-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; koban . Katsukawa Shun'ei

Parrot Komachi (Omu Komachi), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi). Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1755-1769. Dimensions: 31.8 x 15.0 cm (12 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Jí´bon no zu = Picture of the upper class, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753?-1806), (Artist), Date Created: ca. 1793-ca.1804.

Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame). Eishosai Choki; Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 37.0 x 23.7 cm (right sheet); 37.2 x 23.5 cm (center sheet); 37.0 x 24.0 cm (left sheet). Color woodblock prints; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Courtisane with two maids, utagawa kunisada (i), c. 1825 - c. 1830 print A high -ranking Courtisane (Oiran) with two maids. With one poem. Japan paper color woodcut adult woman (+ two persons). child (+ two persons)

Utagawa Kunisada II, The Maiden, from Lady Murasaki's Tale of Genji Card Game, 1857, color woodblock print.

Number five: the flower of the heart; Sono Go - Kokoro No Hana; A comparison of flowers; Hana Awase. A woman with a young assistant sitting at bird cage, which has just escaped a bird. The title could refer to the liberated bird. With three poems.

Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima 1785-1795 Japan. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych . Kitagawa Utamaro

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/8 in. × 10 in. (35.9 × 25.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Collective portrait of the Kabuki Theater actors Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

The shirabyoshi dancer Hotoke Gozen, kneeling in front of folding screen, a fan and sword next to her on the floor. Poem in orange striped cartouche above left, underneath commentary on the performance, Kneeling dancer Sojo Henjo, Decorative paper described according to the hundred poets (series title) Ogura nazorae Hyakunin isshu, print maker: Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), Sojo Henjo, (mentioned on object), Ryukatei Tanekazu, (mentioned on object), Japan, 1845 - 1846, paper, colour woodcut, h 360 mm × w 244 mm

The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm). Date: 1858.One of the ukiyo-e artists' favorite scenes in the Tale of Genji was an episode from Chapter 34, or New Herbs I. The youth Kashiwagi happens to notice a kitten running out from under a bamboo blind, behind which he glimpses the elegant figure of the Third Princess, one of Genji's wives. Kashiwagi falls in love with her, to disastrous effect. In this diptych, the Third Princess is visually tied to Kashiwagi by the leash of the cat he is holding. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesans of Ogiya, 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: 21.4 x 29.7 cm ( 8 7/16 x 11 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Japan, Utaba, Haikai, Sekimori, Yûkeisai, Shinsai, Ryûryûkyo, Kasen awase, A comparison game of poems, Murasakigai, The purple shell, Two women are fetching the first water of the new year from a well. Traditionally, a fern leaf and a twisted rope are attached to the wooden bucket that one of the women is holding. In the background, a flowering plum tree. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 134 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, 1764 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1809 - 1809, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet, 1753 - 1829

Scene from the "Chushingura" Drama. Artist: Ichirakutei Eisui (Japanese, active ca. 1793-1801). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (36.2 x 23.2 cm). Date: ca. 1797. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left) 1766-1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Ichikawa komazo no sano no genzaemon segawa kikunojo no keisei tamagiku, The actors Ichikawa Komazo as Sanno no Genzaemon and Segawa Kikunojo as the keisei Tamagiku., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, between 1764 and 1772, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 30.3 x 13.7 cm., Print shows the actor Ichikawa Komazo as Sanno no Genzaemon holding an umbrella and walking with the courtesan Tamagiku, portrayed by the actor Segawa Kikunojo.

Courtisane Hitomachi UIT HET HUIS MET HAAR KAMURO SANAE EN MATSUYO, TORII KIYONAGA, 1778-1782 print Courtisane with black Obi on which pattern of red and white leaves, followed by her shinzo (Courtisane in training); In the background two Shinzo (youngest help from a Courtisane) with headwear made of white flowers. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. youth, adolescent. head-gear

Loyaliteit, UTAGAWA TOYONOBU, 1773-1777 print Man, sitting on veranda with pipe in the right hand, looking at woman with sake kettle and tray on which small snacks; In the foreground a vase with two chrysanthemums; In the background a garden with bamboo fence. Poem in the cloud pattern at the top. Japan paper color woodcut loggia, verandah, porch. pipe ~ tobacco. flowers

Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjuro V. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (left): 10 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (27.6 × 14 cm)Image (right): 10 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (27.6 × 14.6 cm). Date: ca. 1780s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Oiso Station 8. Soga Jurō with His Mistress Tora gozen and Her Maid /Oiso, from the series: Fifty Three Parallels for the Tôkaidô Road /Tokaido gojusan tsui Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Passers by next to a leafless tree

Actor resting with a girl in a tea house, a woman serving tea; polyptych fragment. Utagawa, Kunisada II (1823-1880), graphic artist

Passengers in a Ferry Boat on the Sumida River, 1784. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 26.2 cm (15 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.).

Turtle vendor, Torii Kiyonaga, 1783 - 1793 print Five women, under blossom trees, sitting with young man with landing net with two water troughs and bamboo rack on which turtles and fish bowls with goldfish; In the background the Shinobazu pond. Left and middle leaf of a triptych. Japan paper color woodcut fisherman showing catch. tortoises, turtles. fishes

DE COURTISANE AGEMAKI UIT HET MATSUGANEYA, Isoda Côryûsai, 1778 - 1782 The Courtisane Agemaki in Zwarte Kimono, a hair pen corrective with a right hand, looking at her Shinzo (Courtisane in training) that holds a Kabuki actor doll with umbrella. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut The Courtisane Agemaki in Zwarte Kimono, a hair pen corrective with a right hand, looking at her Shinzo (Courtisane in training) that holds a Kabuki actor doll with umbrella. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut

Shimizu Temple ca. 1765 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Before inventing the brocade print (nishiki-e) around 1765-66, Harunobu made traditional color prints known as benizuri-e, literally "red-printed pictures." They were usually printed in two colors: red and green or red and yellow. The fresh yellow color in this print was probably added later after the original color had faded away.The theme of the Seven Episodes of Komachi, the ninth-century poet who was famed for her beauty and wit, already had an established pictorial convention. Here, Harunobu interprets this classical theme in a contemporary genre scene.The rectangular cartouche at the upper right gives the series title and the print's complete title Shimizu (Kiyomizu) Temple in Kyoto; the overlapping square cartouche contains a poem and an illustration of waterfalls at the temple. The poem reads:For what reason should you remove your sash or conduct yourself heedlessly The beauty of the waterfall is unchanging.. Shimizu Temple 371

Shinagawa. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858)Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1854, 7th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Number two: the snowwear from Koromode from the Wakanaya, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1827 Koromode, a high -ranking Courtisane from the Wakanaya house, walks with a maid (Kamuro) and another Courtisane in Zwarte Kimono along the New Year's decorations in Nakanochô, the main street of the Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarter of Edo (current Tokyo). With two poems. Second 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

A Young Nobleman, His Mother, and Three Servents, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki) 1778-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Colored woodcut by Katsugawa Shuncho depicting two Oiran with a servant, illustrating Edo-period courtesans and attendants.

Courtesans of the Maruya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 2 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 2 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters ca. 1797 Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese Eishi, born of a samurai family, studied under Kano Eisen'in Sukenobu (1730-1790), the fifth-generation head of Kobikichō, one of four Kano academies in Edo. He was granted the artist's name of Eishi by Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu.Yuranosuke, a kabuki hero from Kana-dehon Cho-ushingura, posed as a playboy to show that he had no intention of taking revenge for his lord, who had been forced to commit suicide.. A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters 54846

Courtesan Entertaining an Actor', c1695. Artist: Furuyama Moroshige. Furuyama Moroshige was a 17th century Japanese artist, prevalent during the Edo period.

Ogura imitation of the one hundred poems. Princess Kumo No Taema seduces priest Narukami at the waterfall. Narukami has locked the rain god in the waterfall, which struggles the land with serious drought. Taema lets him drink sake from the gourd in her right hand so that they can free the rain god later. Scene from a Kabukite team. Poem by Minamoto no Toshiyori Ason.

Tokaiji no Bansho, from the series Shinagawa Hakkei (Eight Views of Shinagawa) 1766-1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles. Artist: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm). Date: early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers. Rekisentei Eiri; Japanese, active c. 1781-1818. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 32.4 x 21.9 cm (12 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; aiban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Actors playing the roles of Giheiji and his son-in-law, Danshichi Kurobei. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.9 cm (9 5/8 x 7 7/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Shimizu Temple. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 7/32 x 5 1/2 in. (31.1 x 14.0 cm). Date: ca. 1765.Before inventing the brocade print (nishiki-e) around 1765-66, Harunobu made traditional color prints known as benizuri-e, literally "red-printed pictures." They were usually printed in two colors: red and green or red and yellow. The fresh yellow color in this print was probably added later after the original color had faded away.The theme of the Seven Episodes of Komachi, the ninth-century poet who was famed for her beauty and wit, already had an established pictorial convention. Here, Harunobu interprets this classical theme in a contemporary genre scene.The rectangular cartouche at the upper right gives the series title and the print's complete title Shimizu (Kiyomizu) Temple in Kyoto; the overlapping square cartouche contains a poem and an illustration of waterfalls at the temple. The poem reads:For what reason should you remove your sash

Murasaki Shikibu in Hiding, from the Tale of Genji chapter, "Night Plum". Utagawa Kunisada II (Japan, 1823-1880)Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1857, 11th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

May. Fireworks over the Ryogoku Bridge, from the series: Famous views of Toto (Edo) customs throughout the year /Nenjo gioji

The Echigoya on New Year's Day. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1784-1794. Dimensions: 37.7 x 25.8 cm. Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actors Sanjo Kantaro II as Osome and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu 1720 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e . Okumura Toshinobu

Young woman bathing her daughter in a tub; print title: Minazuki" (Sixth Month), from the series: Fashionable Twelve Months" (Furyu junigatsu-no uchi). Utagawa, Kunisada I (1786-1864), graphic artist

The BotanShow. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815

Courtesans playing shamisen and dancing in Kyomachi, Yoshiwara. They sit outside a barred teahouse in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

Genji Excursion to Enoshima Island. Date/Period: 1863. Object. Print; Ink on Paper. Height: 370 mm (14.56 in); Width: 254 mm (10 in). Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

The Tokugawa Princess Yōhime. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1887, January. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Yoshitsune and his concubine Shizuka., 1769, Woodcuts, 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)

Night Rain of the Tea Stand, from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: 26.1 x 19.7 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri 1780-1790 Japan. Color woodblock prints; oban triptych . Torii Kiyonaga

De derde maand, utagawa kunisada (i), 1861 print Room with flower -arranging woman, looking back at Prince Genji, standing and talking against kneeling servant; In the background a girl with a sword in the right hand, behind which a view of a garden with pond and bloesen. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut family, descendance. interior of the house. sitting figure

Bedroom Scene ca. 1739 Okumura Masanobu Japanese. Bedroom Scene 56428

Mountain Roses of Ide (Ide no Yamabuki), from the series A Parodic Six Jewel Rivers (Yatsushi Mu-Tamagawa). Artist: Rekisentei (Chokyosai) Eiri (Japanese, active ca. 1789-1801). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm). Date: ca. 1795.Each print in this series references one of the six rivers in various parts of Japan that are named Tamagawa, or Jewel River. The theme of six beautiful rivers, each associated with a flower and a classical court poem, enjoyed great popularity in the late Edo period, especially among ukiyo-e printmakers. Mountain roses (yamabuki) are associated with the Ide Tamagawa, near Kyoto. This series parodies the typical depiction by replacing a courtier-poet and his two assistants fording the Ide Tamagawa with a courtesan in a courtier's cap and two female assistants. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Story of the Loyal Retainers from Ako, first volume. Date: 17 March 1880. Dimensions: 18 cm x 11 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa school.

The calligraphy fujiwara no yukiyoshi; Sanmi Yukinori; Twelve skilled Chinese and Japanese calligraphies; Wakan Jûninôsho. In a room, the calligraphicular fujiwara no Yukiyoshi is behind his writing table, brush in hand. Piles of books behind him. On the left a lady with mirror in the hands. With one poem.

A cosmetics and accessories seller making a house call. The customers are a geisha madam and two young geisha in an okiya. 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.

Niwaka Performance: Zensei Kogane no Hana. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japan, 1753-1806). circa 1800. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print, chuban size

Central sheet of the triptych Celebration of Flowers, Birds, Wind and Moon. Date: eighth month 1860. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kunimaro.

Display of Chrysanthemums, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Love while making music. .

De Geliefden Akeneya Hanshichi EN MinOya Sankatsu., Rekisentei Eiri, 1795-1800 print Akeneya Hanshichi, in red robe, looking back at his beloved, the Courtisane Minoya Sankatsu, in yellow Kimono, with their child in the arms. Japan paper color woodcut couple of lovers. courtesan, hetaera. child

A pair of actors Ichimura Uzaemon as a woman and Nakamura Utaemon Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

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) 1764-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e . Suzuki Harunobu

First Leaf of the Shunga; The Delightful Love Adventures of Maneyemon. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm). Date: ca. 1769. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Prince Genji and Yugao. Richly dressed lady, with impeller on which flowers, at gate proud with hoveling. Watching girl in the background; under yellow cloud pattern.

Ladies at weaving house, 1810 - 1830, Woodcuts, Surimono

Poet Ariwar-No Narihira dictates the poem; Kikuchi, Hôbun (1862-1918); around 1900 () (1898-00-00-1902-00-00);Koreywo, Olgierd (1909-1977) - collection, gift (provenance), woodcuts, Japanese (culture), Japanese art

O-Karu, Kanpei and Hara Goemon: Forty-Seven Ronin Act VI. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806

Double-page Illustration from Vol 2 of Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki) 1771 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Suzuki Harunobu

Night Rain of Genjo (Genjo no yau), from the series "Parodies of Eight Scenes from Noh Chants (Furyu utai hakkei)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1772. Dimensions: 31.1 x 15.0 cm (12 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Dancing and playing group of New Year masqueraders in Yoshiwara. Katsushika, Hokusai (1760-1849), graphic artist

Evening party at Shinagawa. Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 15 x 9 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Stuttering Matahei (Domo no Matahei) 1826 Japan. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right 1937.270) . Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

A Young Woman in a Snow Storm Carrying a Heavily Snow-Laden Umbrella. Artist: Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1763-1828). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (31.4 x 21.3 cm). Date: ca. 1802. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Male and Woman, Anonymous, 1825 print A woman with a black headscarf and a man with a green pouch. paper color woodcut relation between master and servant

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori 1765 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Hiyoku no Kiku-cho" (An Elopemet: Chrysanthemum-and-Butterfly Lovebirds), a Dance Interlude from Part Two of the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga (Flower of Kabuki: The Eternal Soga), Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the Twenty-fifth Day of the Fourth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 32.5 x 28 cm (12 13/16 x 11 in.). Color woodblock print; aiban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women on the a porch Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Parody of The Book of Joruri 1784-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban pentaptych . Chôbunsai Eishi

Yashima Gakutei was a Japanese artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Gakutei is best known for his kyoka poetry and surimono woodblock works.

Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi) ca. 1802-4 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi) 37280

Chinese from Nanjing (Shinkoku Nankin). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1861. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Kubihiki, Neck tug of war., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, between 1770 and 1773, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 26.6 x 19.3 cm., Print shows two boys watching two boys seated with their feet pushing against the other's and with a long strip of cloth looped over their heads in a game of tug-of-war.

Scene in the Yoshiwara 1790 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Scene in the Yoshiwara 37364

Eye healing; Supporting a fallen person; Two women and a cat. Two pages from the Hokusai manga" album with sketches, vol. 12, card 23. Katsushika, Hokusai (1760-1849), graphic artist

Yuranosuke in a house on the famous hill in Shimbara, detail of a game of blind man's buff, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 17th century.

Concubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man with tobacco pipe watching a dancing girl accompanied by musicians on shamisen and blind koto harpist (koze). The dance instructor drinks sake near a large grilled sea bream on a plate. 18th century. 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.

Ericsson, Henry, work, Sketch book, civil war subjects, 39 leaves, 1931, drawing, civil war; prisoners of war; prison camps, 17.8 cm x 21.5 cm, Ericsson, Henry, section: Devil figure, text, folktale subject, Fan och smeden, 1931, Carl August Henry Ericsson, 1898 in St. Michel, Finland - 1933 in Borgå, was a Finnish graphic artist and decorative painter of Finland.

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