Japanese Cultural and Historical Prints

Vibrant woodblock prints showcasing traditional Japanese figures, dolls, and performers, enriched with poetic text and intricate designs.

Seated lady with paper and writing implements., 1770. Woodcuts., Page from book

. The Courtisane Yugiri raises her hair with a pin. There is a book on her lap. With multiple poems. The print is a B copy.

Dolls for the Dolls Festival, 1818 print Two dolls made up as warriors in full ornate, with arrows and arches on the knees, sit on wooden seats, on which a tiger is painted. The doll party (Hina No Matsuri) is held on the third day of the third month, this day is also called Girls Day. It is then customary to display special dolls. With one poem. paper color woodcut beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger

Fan Maker. Japan, 19th century. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The dance girl Bimyô, an example from the mirror of the East, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821 A young woman dances in front of a space screen, an open fan in hand. The Azuma Kagami (Spie Gel of the East) is a 52-part historical work samulated in the Late Kamakura period (1249-1382). With one poem. Japan paper color woodcut

Seated lady with paper and writing implements., 1770. Woodcuts., Page from book

Rolls of Cloth, Cotton and Yarn 19th century Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Rolls of Cloth, Cotton and Yarn 55087

Woman from Daimyo Household with Attendants. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (14 x 18.7 cm). Date: 1796, year of the dragon. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Repairing a Kimono, 1809 print In a departure, a woman repairs the kimono of a standing woman in a kneeling attitude. Next to her on the floor a box and a tape measure. With two poems. paper color woodcut home sewing; repair of clothes. adult woman (+ two persons). interior of the house

The Gate of the Yoshiwara ca. 1820 Yashima Gakutei Japanese. The Gate of the Yoshiwara 54388

Nobleman and Warrior 19th century Yashima Gakutei Japanese. Nobleman and Warrior 54557

Beni-gai, hora-gai, urauzu-gai, wasure-gai, chiyonohana-gai, and masuho-gai, from the illustrated book Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto) 1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book

White Radish and Toothpick in New Year's Wrapper Hôsai (Japanese, active 1860s). , ca. 1860. Woodblock print; horizontal Chûban yoko-e format, 7 x 9 7/8 in. (17.8 x 25.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1860

Cherry Blossoms and Seal-box with Ink and Ruler. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (21 x 18.7 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan Leaning on the Railing of a Veranda probably 1816 Kubo Shunman Japanese. Courtesan Leaning on the Railing of a Veranda 54467

Tomoe Gozen Tomoe (title on object) A diptych (series title) Nibantsuzuki (series title on object), A woman in exuberant robe holds a stick on which a sake kettle hangs. This is the male actor Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-32) in the female role of Tomoe Gozen. She was the beloved of Minamoto no Yoshinaka, depicted on the right-hand page of this diptych. With four poems., Toyokuni (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1825 - c. 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 196 mm × w 182 mm

Wine Pot and Cup. Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799-1823). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 13/16 x 7 3/4 in. (14.8 x 19.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Two courtiers crouching Ryuryukyo, shinsai (1764 1820)

Japan, Shakuyakutei, Osamaru, Taiheian, Shigenobu (I), Yanagawa, Santô meishobana, Famous flowers from the three cities, Woman with violets, passe-partout, lower left - printed, A woman with a large cloth on her head looks at some violets, an open fan in her hand. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 204 mm, width 179 mm, Japanese, 1787 - 1832, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1829, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind stamping, poet, 1767 - 1845

Refined Lavers (A Kind of Sea Weed) and a Handy Writing Outfit with Pouch. Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799-1823). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 7 1/16 in. (20.2 x 17.9 cm). Date: probably 1819. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Composing One Thousand Poems in a Day (Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and demon), 18th century, Tachibana Gitoku, Japanese, died 1767, 10 5/16 × 18 1/2 in. (26.19 × 46.99 cm) (image)44 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (113.03 × 49.85 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 18th century

Roll of Cloth for an Obi and Tortoise-shell Hair Ornaments (Presents for One’s Beloved”), from the Butterfly Series, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 3) ca. 1805-10 Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year’s greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyōka (witty thirty-one syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts and images.This album belongs to a set of three compiled by Hayashi Tadamasa, the great Parisian dealer of Japanese art. Hayashi arranged the more than four hundred prints in the set on facing leaves according to themes, or in a way that created an attractive arrangement of designs, complementary in both color and shape

Archery Equipment, Keisai Iron, C. 1830 - c. 1835 print A still life of an arc, an arrow, shooting disc, a hat of a archer, glove and handkerchief. With four poems, all of which refer to stars, making it possible that the 'three lights' from the serial title means the sun, moon and stars. paper color woodcut archer's weapons: bow and arrow

Poet Sōjō Henjō. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japan, 1753-1806). early 1790s. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Objects for archery; The three lights; Sankô. A still life of a bow, an arrow, stiff, a hat of an archery, glove and handkerchief. With four poems, who all refer to stars, making it possible that the sun, moon and stars is meant with the 'three lights' from the serene title.

Manzai Danser Met Aap, Ayaoka Yûshin, 1860 print A Manzai Danser walks with a parasol behind a man who is dressed as a monkey. With three poems. paper color woodcut monkeys, apes

Woman Reading, Totoya Hokkei, c. 1815 - c. 1820 print Woman with a book in hand looks at a large object next to her. This could be a incense burner, on which the older couple Jô and Uba are depicted. They stand for a long life and marital happiness. With one poem. Japan paper color woodcut adult woman. book. reading

Kabuki theater actor in a deep bow Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Young Lady with Lamp; Man and Woman on Veranda of Tea-House Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. Young Lady with Lamp; Man and Woman on Veranda of Tea-House 54434

Plum Blossoms, Cut Paper and a Knife in Sheath Uematsu Tōshū Japanese. Plum Blossoms, Cut Paper and a Knife in Sheath 55083

Plum Garden (Umeyashiki), from vol 1 of the illustrated book Fine Views of the Eastern Capital at a Glance (Toto shokei ichiran) 1800 Japan

Court Lady Totoya Hokkei Japanese. Court Lady 54500

The Noda no Tamagawa, from the series Six JewelRivers. Artist: Hishikawa S?ri III, Japanese, active ca. 1797-1813

Courtesan Reading Beside a Potted Plum Tree, from the series Seven Courtesans Compared to Daoist Immortals, early 1820s. Gakutei Harunobu (Japanese, 1786()-1868). Color woodblock print (surimono); sheet: 20.7 x 18.5 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.).

Beni-gai, hora-gai, urauzu-gai, wasure-gai, chiyonohana-gai, and masuho-gai, from the illustrated book Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto) 1789 Japan . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1746. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1746. Dimensions: 30.8 × 14.5 cm (12 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

History of Kamakura: Building Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine Kubo Shunman Japanese. History of Kamakura: Building Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine 54798

Japan: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c.653-655 - c.707-710). 'Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals'. Album of thirty-six paintings and poems by Sumiyoshi Gukei (1631-1705), c. 1674-1692. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c.653-655 - c.707-710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period. 'Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals'. Album of thirty-six paintings and poems by Sumiyoshi Gukei (1631-1705). Sumiyoshi Gukei (1631 - April 23, 1705), born Sumiyoshi Hirozumi, was a Japanese painter from Kyoto. He became the first official painter of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate, and was a Yamato-e artist, a painting technique based on traditional Japanese subjects and culture.

Two Girls Play the Finger Game of Kitsume Ken. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: a Left sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.6 cm);b Right sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.6 cm). Date: 1725-1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sort-month calendar with scholars rock on carved dragon stand, displayed on a wooden table decorated with gold. Artist: Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai, Japanese, 1764-1820

Utensils for the Incense Ceremony, Incense Master” (Kōgiki), from the series An Array of Artisans ca. 1810s Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Utensils for the Incense Ceremony, Incense Master” (Kōgiki), from the series An Array of Artisans 54126 Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai, Japanese, active ca. 1799?1823, Utensils for the Incense Ceremony, ?Incense Master? (Kogiki), from the series An Array of Artisans , ca. 1810s, Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 11/16 x 7 9/16 in. (14.4 x 19.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP2341)

Votive plaque of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Sasaki Takatsuna. Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1821. Dimensions: 20.8 x 18 cm (8 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.). Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Landscape and Ôharame, Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, c. 1825 Two parts of a miniature folding screen: on the left a woman from Ohara who runs next to a buffalo with a branch forest on her head; On the right a landscape with a river over which a narrow bridge. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut screen, folding screen

Japan, Masanobu, Okumura, Jihei, Sugimura, Reading Lovers, lower left - stamped, Man, in kimono with pattern of kabuki emblems, and woman, in kimono with pattern of irises, lying against each other, reading a book, by lantern; in the background a room divider., print, prent, prints, Japan (collection), height 265 mm, width 365 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1700 - 1710, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, woodcut, sumizuri-e, 1686 - 1764

An Incense Burner, c. 1820 print A Wierooook burner with a canvas decorated with peonies. This kind of incense burners were used for the perfuming of clothing. The top is covered with hexagonal mesh. With two poems. paper color woodcut incense-burner ~ scents, perfumes

Two Riders Bao Shichen Chinese Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Bao Shichen, a literatus better known as a seal carver and calligrapher than as a painter, wrote an influential treatise, Paired Oars for the Boat of Art, in support of the bold calligraphic styles found in carved stone monuments (bei) of the Six Dynasties period. Bao's appreciation of the new aesthetic led others to value contemporary experiments in bei styles by such calligraphers as Deng Shiru (1743-1805).Bao's calligraphy, still in the style of informal brush-written models (tie), dominates this painting, not only in the form of a long inscription but also in the emblematic use of a conventional image rendered in simply brushed ink line and wash. The inscription is Bao's commentary on ambition:Some chase fame at court. Some chase gain in the market. He who attains fame returns content; he who attains wealth returns secure. There are so many who never cease to strive. The universe is huge and never-ending, with myriads of peopl

Children Following a Beauty. Suzuki Harunobu (Japan, circa 1725-1770). Japan, 1768. Prints; woodblocks. Pair of hand-colored woodblock print pages from a book

One Hundred Women of Japan (Wakoku hyakujo) ca. 1694 Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese. One Hundred Women of Japan (Wakoku hyakujo). Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, 1630/31-1694). Japan. ca. 1694. Woodblock printed book; ink on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Matsushima Matsushima (title on object) Three famous views (series title) Sankei no uchi (series title on object), A courtesan makes a miniature landscape of sand and stones on a large round leaf in front of her the ground. A second woman is standing next to her, with a folding screen behind it depicting a pine tree surrounded by golden clouds. The miniature landscape represents Matsushima, one of the three famous landscapes in Japan. Two poems on the left., Katsushika Hôtei Hokuga (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1805, paper, colour woodcut, h 208 mm × w 139 mm

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Costume for the Butterfly Dance (Kochō no mai) 1810s Kubo Shunman Japanese Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups as a form of New Years greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyōka (witty thirty-one syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts and images.For the Butterfly Dance (Kochō no mai), performers don ornate crowns and colorful costumes resembling butterfly wings. Originally performed as a court dance (bugaku), the Butterfly Dance was eventually incorporated into the noh and kabuki repertoires.. Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Costume for the Butterfly Dance (Kochō no mai) 55056

Picture Book of Snow, Moon, and Flowers 1768 Nishikawa Sukenobu Japanese. Picture Book of Snow, Moon, and Flowers. Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671-1750). Japan. 1768. Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868)Kihei.. Illustrated Books

Two Handscrolls on a Tray, Kubota Shunman, c. 1810 - c. 1815 Two roller paintings on a Red Lacquer in Chinese style. Both paintings have an identical mount with a pattern of ivy leaf. The partially rolled out painting shows a mountain landscape with waterfall. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut

(Pine and a peony flower), 1860, Tanomura Shōsai, Japanese, 1845 - 1909, 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (18.4 x 24.8 cm) (image, sheet), Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Tabakoire, Tobacco pouch., 1825., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 16.8 x 15.8 cm., Print shows a tobacco pouch.

Court Lady by Old Plum Tree. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 4 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (10.5 x 14 cm). Date: 1796, year of the dragon.The poem is by Yamaga no Hirozumi, a pupil of Akera Kanko. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu) 1695, fourth month Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese Moronobu's version of the selected poems by one hundred famous poets, a collection first compiled in the early Kamakura period (1185-1333), pairs contemporary scenes with small background insets that evoke the poem as if it came from memory or from a view in the distance. Here the book is open to the pages showing the blind musician Semimaru's poem on meeting and parting at the barrier gate at Osaka and the ninth-century courtier Sangi no Takamura's poem calling to the fisherwomen's boats to carry his message of love back to the capital.. Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu). Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, 1630/31-1694). Japan. 1695, fourth month. Woodblock printed book; ink on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Japan, Gakutei, Yashima, Ryûko, Dragon and Tiger, Ni ban, Number two: Chinese woman with dragon, passe-partout, bottom left - printed, A woman plays the koto under a pine tree, around which a dragon has coiled itself. The woman could be the Goddess Benten or the Chinese goddess of the West, Hsi Wang Mu. Number two in a series of two poems. Later copy., print, copy after print, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height mm, width mm, Work conception, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, after print by, 1830 - 1830, paper, colour woodcut, blind stamping

Three Gentleman or Japanese literature. Closer Narihira Ason stands by a veranda, where he listens to the Koto game (string instrument) of a chamois. From the complete series of three surimonos with one of the 'three gentlemen of the Japanese literature' in the presence of a lady.

Mishima, Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist, between 1848 and 1858, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 15.4 x 12.8 cm., Print shows two women(?), one carrying a tray of rice or grain on her head and the other is holding a parasol from which wooden cooking utensils are hanging. Mishima is the 12th station on the Tokaido Road.

The actor Segawa Kikunojo in the role of two women Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Famous Products of the Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakausa Kinryuzan meibutsu), section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Harimaze Koto meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 10.5 x 9.8 cm (4 3/8 x 3 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

One Hundred Comic Poems of the Flower, One of the Three Friends, Tsuki, the Moon, Yuki, the Snow, and Hana, the Flower 1828-30 Totoya Hokkei Japanese. One Hundred Comic Poems of the Flower, One of the Three Friends, Tsuki, the Moon, Yuki, the Snow, and Hana, the Flower. Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850). Japan. 1828-30. Three volumes; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Sato Tadanobu ambushed, betrayed by his lover Kaya; poem by Sakanoue-no Korenori; print 31 from the series: Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Imitations of one hundred poems by one hundred poets). Utagawa, Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), graphic artist

Craftsmen at work: umbrella maker, mat maker and cooper; two cards from the painting pattern book. unknown, painter

Nibu Hiroyoshi from the Veritable Records of Three Reigns (Nibu Hiroyoshi, Sandai jitsuroku), from the series Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko) 1816-1826 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Yashima Gakutei

Japan, Mitsukado, Ginkô, Hanamichi, Chieda no, Shigenobu (I), Yanagawa, Kotobuki goban no uchi, Five Prints on Longevity, Tôbôsaku Steals Immortality Peaches, passe-partout, lower left - printed, A Chinese man looks quickly around as he takes two peaches from a bowl. The man, Tôbôsaku, is an advisor to the Chinese Han emperor Wu T'i. He is depicted growing immortality peaches that the emperor received from a goddess. Whoever ate one of these peaches would become immortal. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, recto - stamped, height 199 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, 1787 - 1832, print maker, printmaker, 1825 - 1829, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet

Three women with instruments /Sankyoku gasso YANAGAWA, SHIGENOBU (1787 1832)

Japan, Kuramitsu, Senpôan, Momoaki, Kosentei, Shunman, Kubota, Isegoyomi, Ise calendar, Umanorisome, The first horse riding of the year, recto - stamped, Still life with saddle and bags. Calendars from Ise (Isegoyomi) are a kind of almanac that lists which actions are good or should be avoided. With two poems., print, picture, surimono, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), height 200 mm, width 165 mm, Japanese, 1757 - 1820, print maker, printmaker, 1815 - 1815, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet

Blue: Celadon Standing Ladle Holder (Ao: Seiji shaku tate), from the series Five Colors of Tea Utensils (Chakigoshiki). Artist: Kubo Shunman, Japanese, 1757-1820

Asao Jujiro as a Cake Seller and Ikushima Shingoro as Bushi (Samurai) Seated on the Peddler's Lacquer Box Containing His Wares probably 1709 Okumura Masanobu Japanese. Asao Jujiro as a Cake Seller and Ikushima Shingoro as Bushi (Samurai) Seated on the Peddler's Lacquer Box Containing His Wares 36996

Japan, Komendo, Kyôkabô, Tahirako, Jinnichitei, Shinsai, Ryûryûkyo, Harugoma, The spring horse, Sono ichi, Number one: temple servant with white horse, A female temple servant wearing a court hat (eboshi) and a kimono on which pine branches for the new year are depicted. She leads a grey horse by the reins to a bridge. The horse is a ceremonial new year's gift for the temple. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 196 mm, width 129 mm, Japanese, 1764 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1810 - 1810, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing, poet

Young Nobleman Looking Inside of a House. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 x 7 1/8 in. (20.3 x 18.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Flowering bindweed in a porcelain bowl, The leaf and a purple, white and blue bindweed flower, in a porcelain bowl with water. In the foreground a pair of scissors. With four poems that focus on the inflorescence of the bindweed, the flowers open early in the morning and close before noon. One poem, for example, reads: The flowers of the wind must be hungry - they open every morning before breakfast. Growing different types of windes from a beloved activity in the late Edo period (1800-1868)., Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1810 - 1819, paper, colour woodcut, h 211 mm × w 186 mm

New Year's game, Anonymous, 1850 - 1860 print New Year's game, where a fan is thrown at an object on a table. With a laughing text at the 'throwing range'. paper color woodcut varia (throwing games). oriental ideographic script (Chinese, Korean, Japanese)

Lives of Courtesans at Itako 1802 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. Lives of Courtesans at Itako. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Japan. 1802. Ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

The love letter: Tadagoto poems, sheet 5 from the series: The six types of the WAKA seal as described in the preface of the cokine ..

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the play Yukari no Edo-zakura 1818-1828 Japan. Color woodblock print; two sheets of a shikishiban triptych, surimono . Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Box with Draperies. Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799-1823). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 1/6 in. (21 x 28.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Okazaki, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.8 x 15.5 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet (uncut sheet: 1939.1296). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A Wealthy Merchant, mid 19th century, Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 30 7/8 × 11 5/16 in. (78.42 × 28.73 cm) (image)63 3/8 × 15 3/16 in. (160.97 × 38.58 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century

Kakemono and Its Box. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 x 7 3/16 in. (20.3 x 18.3 cm). Date: 18th-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shamisen, Plectrum and a Book. Artist: Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 4 3/16 x 6 1/4 in. (10.6 x 15.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Gliding court lady, c. 1870 - c. 1880 print Glazing court lady between sliding doors paper color woodcut spying on someone - AA - female human figure

Drawings Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Drawings, 1615-1867. Ink with reddish wash on cream colored paper, 8 1/8 x 11 7/16 in. (20.7 x 29 cm). Asian Art 1615-1867

Box (). A box with OKINA and Ouna from the Takasago play, depicted as an old couple. The box is sliced from wood with seven surfaces and mounted on a bamboo stick.

Matsushima; Three famous views; Sankei No Uchi. A Courtisane makes a miniature landscape of sand and stones on a large round leaf for her on the ground. A second woman stands next to her, with a room screen with image of a pine surrounded by golden clouds. Miniature landscape presents Matsushima, one of the three famous landscapes in Japan. Links two poems.

Carefree life in Hsin-yang, Pieter Schenk (I), 1702 print The poet Tao Yuanming (T'ao Ch'ien) oversees his flowering garden in Hsin-Yang from the window. Equipped with 18th-century coloring. paper. watercolor (paint) etching Chinese

Gishi Shozo Sanshi (Annotated Portraits of Loyal Retainers) Gishi Shozo Sanshi (Annotated Portraits of Loyal Retainers), 1850. Paper, 10 3/8 x 7 in. (26.4 x 17.8 cm). Asian Art 1850

Settsu, from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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

. A helmet decorated with a DEMOON that holds two horns between his teeth, alongside a battle of lacquer with leather tires. The helmet and baton referring to General Catô kiyomasa (1562-1611), who would have ever killed a tiger. Two poems on the print.

Natane Flower. Artist: Unidentified Artist. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (21.3 x 14 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Illustrations Showing the Wearing of Arms and Armor 1848 Yamaguchi Bisu. Illustrations Showing the Wearing of Arms and Armor. Yamaguchi Bisu. Japan. 1848. Ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Tiger statue on a tile roof., Japanese Prints - Nature

Two illustratedbooks. Artist: Teisai Hokuba, Japanese, 1771-1844

The actor Nakamura Utaemon as Kanki. Donation Gerhard Schack

Branch of pink plum blossom with calligraphy and seal. Color woodblock mokuhanga from Kaishien Gaden, Japanese edition of Wang Gais Jieziyuan Huazhaun or Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden, Second Collection, Ichimura Bunko, Tokyo, 1812.

New Year's Arrangement with a Tiger, anonymous, 1806 print A bronze statue of a tiger is in a niche (tokonoma) with New Year's decorations, including strips of paper and fern top, and a painting with calligraphy. The tiger refers to the new year of the tiger (1806), and the red signs between calligraphy in the painting show the long months for that year. With one poem, in the painting. paper color woodcut beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger

"Desk with Writing Set and Plum Flowers," from the series Ise Calendars for the Asakusa Group (Asakusa-gawa Ise goyomi)From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shu), vol. 2. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820) (). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (21 x 18.7 cm). Date: probably 1814 (Year of the Dog).Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year's greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyoka (witty thirty-one-syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts and images.This album forms part of a set of three containing more than four hundred surimono. The prints are arranged on facing leaves according to themes or in a way that creates an attractive arrangement o

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening 1741 Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsu). Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening. Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsu) (Japanese, 1663-1747). Japan. 1741. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Paintings

A turner and his assistant, from the series Thirty-six Poets as Craftsmen (Shokunin sanjurokuban) 1802 Japan. Color woodblock print; surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

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