Japanese Edo Period Woodblock Prints

A collection of colorful woodblock prints showcasing actors in traditional costumes, portraying various roles in classic Japanese theater against floral or scenic backdrops.

SAMOERAI AOYAMA EN HET SPOOK OKIKU. \, Toyohara kunichika, 1892 print Bottom part of a triptych, in which the actor Ichikawa Danjuro looks up like the Samurai Aoyama. Two helpers next to him. paper color woodcut spirit, ghost

Woman holding puppet of actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Karigane Bunshichi. Utagawa Kuniyasu; Japanese, 1794-1832. Date: 1820-1829. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; sheet from oban pentaptych (another sheet: 1926.767). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Uiro-uri (Peddler of Sweet Cakes Called Uiro) ca. 1770 Ippitsusai Bunch Japanese. Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Uiro-uri (Peddler of Sweet Cakes Called Uiro). Ippitsusai Bunch (Japanese, active ca. 1765-1792). Japan. ca. 1770. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden 1770-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; large hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as the Boatman Takihei ( ) in the Play Ofunamori Ebi no Kaomise ( ), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater ( ) in the Eleventh Month, 1792 ( ) 1787-1797 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych . Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi). Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 38.5 x 26.5 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

$SAMOERAI AOYAMA EN HET SPOOK OKIKU. \, Toyohara kunichika, 1892 print Bottom part of a triptych, in which the actor Ichikawa Danjuro looks up like the Samurai Aoyama. Two helpers next to him. paper color woodcut spirit, ghost$

The Actor Ichikawa Hakuen as Sukeroku Artist's working dates 1822-1830 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban, part of multisheet composition (another sheet 1939.1091) . Shunshosai Hokucho

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II in cloth-bleaching (Nuno sarashi) dance 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Ippitsusai Buncho

Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi, c. 1793-97. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 38.4 x 25 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.). Seven plays based on legends from the life of 9th-century poet Ono no Komachi served as the source for this print series. The entertainer Takigawa gazes at a hanging scroll depicting Komachi as she appears in a scene from the play The Gravestone.

YAMASHITA in UENO, 1858 print Woman, back, dressed in blue and red kimono and white socks, looking at her blue and white checkered kimonorand above which an origami crane motif visible. At the top left a rectangular cartouche with a view of tea house and pink blossom trees. paper color woodcut adult woman. looking downwards

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in the Role of a Woman ca. 1792 Katsukawa Shun'ei 川春英 Japanese. The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in the Role of a Woman 56982

Shrine Maidens Onami and Ohatsu Dancing at Yushima Tenjin Shrine. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi) 1756-1807 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Itsuhata with Her Pipe. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. (21.3 x 14.6 cm). Date: ca. 1765. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III and a woman playing the mokkin (xylophone); composition title: Junigatsu-no uchi (Twelve Months). Yoshikuni, Toyokawa ( fl. ca 1804-1843), graphic artist

Two Women Standing, Holding a Child. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1785. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actor Arashi Hinasuke I as Watanabe Choshichi Tonau in the Play Tokimekuya O-Edo no Hatsuyuki (Thriving Now: The First Snow of Edo), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1780. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 26.3 x 19.5 cm (10 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Woman Holding a Wooden Cup Stand Decorated with Chrysanthemums (from the series Elegant Pictures of the Five Seasonal Festivals), mid 1790s. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 24.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.).

Two Young Girls Holding Cups, right sheet of the triptych The Third Month: Dolls' Festival, from the series The Twelve Months. Date: fourth month 1854. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

The actor Sawamura Tosshō as a Shirabyōshi dancer. Donation Gerhard Schack

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 in. (28.6 x 20.3 cm). Date: ca. 1766.This beguiling scene of a girl lulled by the sound of a softly boiling tea cauldron, set on a portable hearth of the type used during the summer, is one of Harunobu's Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei). It playfully alludes to "Night Rain," one of the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers in China, a venerable theme in both Chinese and Japanese painting. Here the summer mood intrinsic to that landscape is transposed to the interior of an Edo (Tokyo) house of pleasure. Harunobu's work is distinctive for its subtle tonality, achieved by mixing pigments rather than by superimposing two printed colors. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Couple with a Pet Mouse. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 28.0 x 20.8 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Choemon (right) and Ohan (left), in the Elopement Scene "Michiyuki Segawa no Adanami" (An Elopement: Treacherous Waves in the Shallow River), 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 21.6 cm (12 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; aiban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

BUNYA NO YASUHIDE, C. 1845 print Waaierprent with wife in blue Kimono with autumn magazine Motif, holding a book above her head, looking at over -boiling kettle. At the top right, around cartouche in which autumn branch against blue background. paper color woodcut boiling

Woman and two men Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Three Young Women Strolling on the Bank of the Sumida River. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 15 1/16 in. (38.3 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Scene in the Daifukuya house Daifukuya no dan (title on object) The play Shiraishibanashi (series title) Gotaiheiki Shiraishibanashi (series title on object), Courtisane Miyagino, standing with pipe in right hand, listening to her sister Shinobu, sitting in green kimono, telling about the death of their father, while the manager of the Daifukuya house, Soroku, whispers them from behind a sliding door, pipe, tobacco, Torii Kiyonaga (mentioned on object), Japan, 1783 - 1787, paper, colour woodcut, h 246 mm × w 188 mm

Entertainers of the Tachibana, from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase) 1779-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Visiting Komachi, from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Visiting Komachi, from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi, ca. 1803. Color woodblock print on Japanese mulberry paper, 15 x 9 15/16 in. (38.0 x 25.0 cm). Asian Art ca. 1803

A Courtesan. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 3/16 x 9 7/8 in. (36 x 25.1 cm). Date: 1807. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mutsu of Maruebiro, Keisei Eisen, Japanese, 1790 - 1848, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, This elegantly decorated geisha woman stands before us barefoot. Her forest green obi is partly draped over her shoulder, creating a gesture of movement as she glances behind her towards a table and bedding. A quaint little frame depicts a woman walking amongst a bamboo forest. This print is titled Mutsu of Maruebiro,” although the reason is unknown., Japan, ca. 1840, theater, Print, Print

Moon of the Enemy's Lair, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Rikiya and Konami, from the series A Program with Music about Loving Couples (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi) 1798 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Rikiya and Konami, from the series A Program with Music about Loving Couples (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi) 54855

The Kagura Dancer 1761-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles, c. 1797. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper; sheet: 37.6 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.). In this tricky print, one must decode the small pictures in the rectangle at the upper left corner to learn the identity of the subject of the print: a woman whose name means "Flower Fan," her place of work called the "House of Fans," and what she is doing—emerging from a mosquito net.

The actor Nakamura Shikan as Tōyama Jinzaburo. Donation Gerhard Schack

Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album late 19th century Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album. Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Japan. late 19th century. Woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

The Doll Festival, from the series Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi) 1796-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Print Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). Japan. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Dancing in a Shosa Act ca. 1785 Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章 Japanese. The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Dancing in a Shosa Act 36811

Toriyama Akinari Terutada with Ghost; (The Lavender Chapter). Artist: Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833-1904). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of the Temple Daionji. Keisai Eisen (Japan, 1790-1848). circa 1825-1835. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

New Year, Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804 New Year's scene. Standing woman in festive Kimono; In her hands a table on which Bonsai tree, rice balls and a lobster. Sitting woman with sake kettle, looking at boy with sake bowl in the hands and turtle pattern on clothing. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut New Year's scene. Standing woman in festive Kimono; In her hands a table on which Bonsai tree, rice balls and a lobster. Sitting woman with sake kettle, looking at boy with sake bowl in the hands and turtle pattern on clothing. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as the Courtesan Wakamatsu ( ) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho ( ), Performed at the Nakamura Theater ( ) in the Eleventh Month, 1773 ( ) 1768-1778 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Chapter seven, the Wife of Shogun Ietsugu, from the series The Back Garden of Pine Trees and Hollyhocks. Date: 1879. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

Okita and Ofuji. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1788-1799. Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 57988

An Oiran in Night Attire, pausing, with one Hand on the Screen that Surrounds Her Bed ca. 1770 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. An Oiran in Night Attire, pausing, with one Hand on the Screen that Surrounds Her Bed. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Japan. ca. 1770. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Wako of Edo (Edo Wako onna), from the series "Poems by seven intelligent women of the modern times" (Kindai shichi saijo shiika). Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806), graphic artist, Murataya Jirôbei (Eiyudô) (c. 1659- 1844), publisher

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

The courtesan Sayokinu from the Yotsumeya Yotsumeya uchi Sayokinu (title on object) Model patterns of early spring leaves (series title) Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo (series title on object), The courtesan Sayokinu in kimono with pattern of cranes, arranging peach blossom branches in a vase while two girls (her shinzo and kamuro) watch, courtesan, hetaera, Isoda Kôryûsai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1778 - 1782, paper, colour woodcut, h 382 mm × w 247 mm

A Couple Locked in an Embrace ca. 1825 Keisai Eisen Japanese. A Couple Locked in an Embrace. Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848). Japan. ca. 1825. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Kabouki actor as a woman, by Buncho. 18th cent. JAPAN.

The Second Ichikawa Yaozo as a Man Standing with His Arms Crossed. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (32.1 x 14.6 cm). Date: 1773 or 1774. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hiroshige Utamaro Chocki Hasinobu Anuti Print

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Segawa Kikunojo II as the Referee of a Wrestling Match, c. late 1770s. Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726-1792). Color woodblock print; sheet: 32.4 x 14.6 cm (12 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.).

Courtier and Lady 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

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.

Courtesan fishing with companions. Utamaro II, Kitagawa (-ok. 1831), graphic artist

Evening rain and wind in the pine trees., Hosoda Eishi, 1793 - 1797 print Woman with object from box in his hands, kneeling at Koto (Japanese string instrument); Rolling a bamboo curtain in the background girl. In fan -shaped cartouche at the top right landscape with waterfall and pine trees between clouds. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut string instruments (plucked). curtains

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (37.8 × 25.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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The Ditch Shell (Mizogai), from the series Matching Game of Immortal Genroku-Era Poems with Shells (Genroku Kasen kaiawase). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849

Vrouw Bij Lamp, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1836 - 1838 print Woman barefoot, with bundle of paper in left hand, bent forward at lantern, next to a folding screen; In the background a tray with tea set and bedding. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut standing figure - AA - female human figure. lantern. screen, folding screen

Night Rain of the Tea Utensils Stand, after 1766, Suzuki Harunobu; Publisher: Yamashiroya, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, 10 13/16 × 8 in. (27.4 × 20.3 cm) (image, sheet, vertical chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, Originally with Kyosen name, this is a later edition.

Three actors and a puppet 1816-1819 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Young Woman Admiring a Snow Rabbit, late 1760s. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Woodblock print; ink, color, and embossing on paper; sheet: 28.2 x 21.2 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.).

A Tea-house Waitress ca. 1795 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Utamaro dramatically changes the image of the teahouse beauty in this half-length portrait of Okita, the famous waitress of the Naniwa-ya teahouse in Edo. He depicts Okita as not only a local beauty but also as a subject of admiration, an ideal woman. Eliminating every narrative element, he goes so far as to create a pure icon. The cup and tray, like attributes in a religious painting, now serve only to identify her as a teahouse waitress. The silver mica, which Utamaro is credited with being the first to use, shines like a mirror, making the figure stand out as if in bold relief. It also brightens the entire scene and glorifies Okita's beauty.. A Tea-house Waitress 52009

Scene at the Daifukuya (Daifukuya no dan), from the series Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi 1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Torii Kiyonaga

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Man Walking under an Umbrella. Artist: Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 11/32 x 5 3/8 in. (31.4 x 13.7 cm). Date: ca. 1796. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A page from a book featuring a depiction of a lady smoking a pipe, with a lacquer box beside her. Created in 1770, this image is rendered in woodcuts

Geisha in groen-gele kimono, Keisai Eisen, c. 1828 print Geisha in a green-yellow kimono with red interpreters, against a blue background with calligraphy texts. At the top left a fan -shaped cartouche with the image of a sitting actor. The print is an allusion to old songs related to pleasure neighborhoods and the Kabuki Theater. The calligraphy in the background is part of such a song. paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. calligraphy

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34.6 × 24.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan and Her Maid. Artist: Chokosai Eisho (Japanese, 1793-99). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 13 x 8 3/4 in. (33 x 22.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Act VIII (Dai hachidanme): Actors Band Hikosabur V as Honz's Wife (Nyb) Tonase and Sawamura Tossh II as His Daughter (Musume) Konami, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chshingura) 1862 (Bunky 2), 6th month Utagawa Kuniaki II Japanese. Act VIII (Dai hachidanme): Actors Band Hikosabur V as Honz's Wife (Nyb) Tonase and Sawamura Tossh II as His Daughter (Musume) Konami, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chshingura). Utagawa Kuniaki II (Japanese, 1835-1888). Japan. 1862 (Bunky 2), 6th month. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Yellow (Ki), from the series Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi) 1815-1825 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Ryuryukyo Shinsai

The Actor Tomizawa Montaro I as Miyako no Mae in the play "Izu Genji Horai Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1736. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1736. Dimensions: 30.6 x 15.2 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Heroes of the theater stage a woman and a man against the background of the landscape Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Dancer as Kuzunoha, Fox Spirit Disguised as a Woman, c. 1795. Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.8 x 24.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.). From the series "Oshiegata" (Forms of Cloth Pictures)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774 1769-1779 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

A woman and boy resting against anox. Artist: Utagawa Kunimaru, Japanese, 1794-1829

The Seventh Month (Shichi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)". Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1788-1798. Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Removing Clogged Snow, 1807 print A woman holds her sandal up, so that a servant can get the snow underneath. They stand next to a large snow rabbit (in blind pressure). Removing snow from under the wooden sandals (Geta) from ladies was a common subject in Japanese prints. With three poems. paper color woodcut snow

Waitress at Yamabuki Flowers, c. 1827 print Waitress of a tea house, with a tray with a cup, standing at the table and bamboo fence in the right hand, behind which a bush with yellow Yamabuki flowers. Poem at the top left by the poet Sairaikyo; Poem at the top right by the poet Kinjuen Futaki. paper color woodcut indoor recreation (+ waiter, waitress, etc.). tea garden, garden restaurant

Two beauties with a lantern. Kikugawa, Eizan (1787-1867), graphic artist

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro 1837-1847 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Twelfth Month, c. 1784, Torii Kiyonaga; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei, Japanese, 1752 - 1815, 10 1/8 × 7 1/2 in. (25.7 × 19 cm) (image, sheet, chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro. Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1837-1847. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Goro Tokimune and Ichikawa Danjuro V as KudoSaemon Suketsune, in the play Soga mono" (History of the Soga Family). Utagawa, Kunisada I (1786-1864), graphic artist

The Third Segawa Kikunojō as Ochiyo and Bando Mitsugorō as Hanbei 5th month, 1781 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. The Third Segawa Kikunojō as Ochiyo and Bando Mitsugorō as Hanbei 56954

Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, whose attendants are Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day" ("Toji zensei bijin-zoroe"). Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1789-1799. Dimensions: 37.8 x 25.3 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Toeizan, from the series Comparison of Famous Places of the Eastern Capital. Date: c. 1860, Edo. Museum: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Author: Utagawa Yoshifuji.

Bush Clover (Hagi), from an untitled series of Flowers 1764-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Print. Artist: Utagawa Sadakage (Japanese, active mid-19th century). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (34.6 × 24.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan Beside Kimono Rack, 1787-1867. Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787-1867). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.4 x 26.4 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.).

Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu 1830 Yanagawa Shigenobu II Japanese. Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu 54374

Poem by Nōin Hōshi; Tatsuta no mae and Sukune Tarō. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858). circa 1845-1848. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 57989

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