Japanese Print Art

Woodblock prints showcasing traditional Japanese figures, vibrant colors, and intricate patterns from the Edo period.

Puppeteer Holding Puppet on Go Board, around 1900, After Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 8 1/2 × 7 1/8 in. (21.6 × 18.1 cm) (image, sheet, shikishiban), Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Meiji-period reproduction

Senzai right of a triptych of the Noh roles Senzai, Okina, and Sanbaso, mid 19th century, Kano Kazunobu, Japanese, 1816 - 1863, 32 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (82.55 × 29.85 cm) (image)68 3/16 × 16 5/8 in. (173.2 × 42.23 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 19th century

Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Yaoya Hanbei Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865). Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Yaoya Hanbei, 2nd month, 1852. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm). Asian Art 2nd month, 1852

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kan Shojo in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1768 1763-1773 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Woman Sitting on Veranda 1793-1803 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Noblewomen of the Tokugawa Period; Thirty-six Beauties (Sanjuroko kasensoro 1891-93 Mizuno Toshikata Japanese. Noblewomen of the Tokugawa Period; Thirty-six Beauties (Sanjuroko kasensoro 57107

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Retired Emperor Sutoku in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 32 x 14.8 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Kasamori Osen was a waitress at the Kagiya teashop near Kasamori Inari Shrine in Yanaka, a neighborhood of Edo; the shop was owned by her father, Kagiya Gohei. Osen was made famous as a local beauty by a number of ukiyo-e artists of the time, Suzuki Harunobu first among them, who took her as the subject of their prints. Along with Ofuji of the Hon'yanagi toothpick shop and Oyoshi of the Tsutaya teahouse, she was apparently categorized as one of 'The Three Beauties' of the time.

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861). 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.

Standing woman reads a letter; In the air a flight geese and leaves on the floor and a plum blossom branch. In wooden box.

Vampire Cat of Nabeshima, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1853 print Kabuki actor Ichikawa Kodaji IV in the role of cat sample. After a fight in the Nabeshima family, killing a loyal vassal, his cat crawls into the body of the widow Saga No Kata, to take revenge as a cat monster. paper color woodcut group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage. monsters of mixed human and animal shape; 'Mostri' (Ripa)

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 1895 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 55853

Woman with a sword against landscape. unknown, graphic artist

Actors by Konishi Hirosada, (Gosotei), Colour woodcut, 1847, circa 1810-1864, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 18x25

Uzuki, The fourth month., Mizuno, Toshikata, 1866-1908, artist, 1892., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.3 x 25 cm., Print shows a woman sitting at the opening to a building, enjoying the evening by moonlight.

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). Japan. 19th century. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Appearing Again Naniwaya Okita, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets ( Komei bijin rokkasen ) 1790-1901 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Shizuka (Shizkua Gozen) Disguised as Tamazusa in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition . Katsukawa Shunsho

'Sourimono' Japanese man playing a flute. Date: 19th century

The Actor Kawarasaki Gonjūrō for a Fire Troupe. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892)Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Japan, active mid-19th century). 1865, eighth month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Valley Stream in Hakone, View of an Inn at the Hot Spring, Utawgawa Hiroshige, 1851,

Courtesan Riding a Carp (parody of the Daoist Immortal Kinko Chinese Qin Gao) 1730-1739 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e . Nishimura Shigenaga

Colored woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro depicting two women and a child outdoors, showing Edo-period clothing, activity, and environment.

Ladies in Waiting of the Chiyoda Castle: Sword Practice and Puppet Kygen 1895 Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Ladies in Waiting of the Chiyoda Castle: Sword Practice and Puppet Kygen. Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Japan. 1895. Triptych from an album of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

Hata-ori = Weaving on a loom. 1793 - 1804. Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Looms, Weaving

"The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom," New Edition, Part One

Woman with a sheet of paper in her hands HOKKEI, TOTOYA (1780 1850)

Onoe Kikugorō as Tonase, from Kanadehon Chūshingura (Kanadehon Chūshingura, Shosei Onoe Kikugorō no Tonase) 1773 Ippitsusai Bunchō Japanese. Onoe Kikugorō as Tonase, from Kanadehon Chūshingura (Kanadehon Chūshingura, Shosei Onoe Kikugorō no Tonase) 56818

"The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province," from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidori no Tamagawa, Mutsu meisho). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 in. (27.6 x 20.3 cm). Date: probably 1766.Yu sarebashiokaze koshiteMichinoku noNoda no TamagawaEvening descendsas winds from the seablow across Jewel Riverof Noda in Michinokuwhere flocks of plovers cry.Signed Priest Noin (998-1050)--Trans. John T. Carpenter. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Moon of Southern Sea, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa) ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Tatsukuri (or Tetsukuri), in the Musashi area west of modern Tokyo known as Chōfu, is a famous place for bleaching cloth. The woman here is rinsing cloth in the shoals of the river but looks almost as if dancing with the waving cloth. Use of the technique of embossing subtly reveals the cloth's thickness. The poem by Fujiwara Teika in the square reads:Tamagawa at Chōfu by TeikaThe cloth that is hung over the fence for bleaching catches the morning dew at the village of Tamagawa.(trans. by Miyeko Murase). The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa) 56420

Cooling Off at Shijo, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - October 31, 1806) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

Utagawa Kunisada III (, 1848-1920) was an ukiyo-e printmaker of the Utagawa school, specializing in yakusha-e (pictures of kabuki actors). He began studying under Utagawa Kunisada I at the age of 10, and continued under Kunisada II after their master's death.

Yamashita Kinsaku II ca. 1780 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. Yamashita Kinsaku II 56962

Andon, Lantern., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, between 1830 and 1844, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.6 x 25.8 cm., Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, carrying a lantern in her right hand and folded cloth or papers in her left hand, on her way to a meeting with a lover.

The Actor Matsumoto Yonesabur as Shinobu, Posing as the Courtesan Kewaizaka no Shsh, from the play A Medley of Tales of Revenge. Artist: Tshsai Sharaku, Japanese, active 1794-95

Two Courtesans Watching an Attendant Play with a Rat 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban

Viewing Iris in the Rain. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm). Date: 1764-70.Irises bloom in the fifth month of the year, during the rainy season known as samidare, when the rain falls gently and continuously. This print portrays women viewing irises, which symbolize a romantic mood associated with classical literature. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Japan, Takekawa Risaburô, Gekkô, Ogata, Bijin hana kurabe, Comparisons between beauties and flowers, Woman dancing by a boat, verso - stamped, Woman with small drum in hands, dancing under a tree, by a boat., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 350 mm, width 238 mm, Japanese, 1859 - 1920, print maker, printmaker, 1887 - 1896, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind stamping, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Osaka, Honya Seishichi, Kasuke, Hokuei, Shunbaisai, Nagoya Sanza Ichikawa Morinosuke, Ichikawa Morinosuke as Nagoya Sanza, below print - stamped, The actor Ichikawa Morinosuke in the role of Nagoya Sanza, wiping his sword with the sandal of his left foot; against a gray background., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 372 mm, width 255 mm, Japanese - 1837, print maker, 1835 - 1845, second quarter 19th century, paper, silver powder, gold powder, color woodcut, blind print, Japanese, block cutter, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Chinese Calligrapher Boying (Japanese: Hakuei; also known as the Sage of Cursive Script”); Inkstone” (Suzuri), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1 ca. 1827 Yashima Gakutei Japanese Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups s 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.. The Chinese Calligrapher Boying (Japanese: Hakuei; also known as the Sage of Cursive Script”); Inkstone” (Suzuri), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū) From the

Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - January 12, 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. Kunisada is renowned for his prints. His favourite subjects were pleasure-houses and tea ceremonies. These themes are sometimes found together in some of his prints, as geishas usually acted as chaperones at tea-houses. Notable among his book prints are shunga pictures, which appeared in numerous books. Due to censorship, they are signed only on the title page with his alias 'Matahei'.

Mount Koya in Kii Province (Kii, Koya), section of sheet no. 16 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 18.1 x 7.9 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Woman dressing a fish Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Torii Kotondo is known to have made only 21 prints - all of them images of bijin or beautiful women. They belong to the finest works of art of the Shin Hanga movement. Shin hanga ('new prints') was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taisho and Showa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods (17th-19th century). The movement flourished from around 1915 to 1942, though it resumed briefly from 1946 through the 1950s. Inspired by European Impressionism, the artists incorporated Western elements such as the effects of light and the expression of individual moods, but focused on strictly traditional themes of landscapes (fukeiga), famous places (meisho), beautiful women (bijinga), kabuki actors (yakusha-e), and birds and flowers (kachoga).

Advertising card from A. Sinkel with Japanese woman. A Japanese woman with a range and her arm above her head. On the left the text 'A Sinkinken'.

Woman behind a mosquito net Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Love couple in intimate oment, c. 1780 - c. 1800 print Naked husband and wife do love with the love with closed eyes and in close entanglement, lying on their shed clothing. paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse. (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'

The Salt Maidens, Murasame with Yukihira's Hat 1775-1805 Japan. Hanging scroll, Ink and colors on silk . Chôbunsai Eishi

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as a Thunder Goddess in the Play Onna Narukami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the First Month, 1770 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition ( ) . Katsukawa Shunsho

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (30 April 1839 - 9 June 1892) was a Japanese artist and Ukiyo-e woodblock print master. He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e, a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras - the last years of Edo period Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Like many Japanese, Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world, but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many aspects of traditional Japanese culture, among them traditional woodblock printing. By the end of his career, Yoshitoshi was in an almost single-handed struggle against time and technology. As he worked on in the old manner, Japan was adopting Western mass reproduction methods like photography and lithography. Nonetheless, in a Japan that was turning away from its own past, he almost singlehandedly managed to push the traditio

Golden pheasant. Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1830-1839. Dimensions: 23.2 x 17 cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Actor in the role of Suzuki Mondo Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Sanjo Kantaro, from "A Triptych of Young Kabuki Actors: Edo, Right (Iroko sanpukutsui: Edo, migi)". Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1718-1728. Dimensions: 31.3 x 14.0 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Drunken Lu Chi Shen Destros The Temple Guardian Figure of the Temple Godaizan, TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, 1887-1890 print The tattooed Lu Chi Shen destroys a fence by the giant statue of the Temperwachter of the Godaizan Temple. paper color woodcut / nishiki-e vandalism (mischief-making play). monument, statue

Lady in waiting sitting, seen from the back in a three quarters view, board from the album: Nishiki zuri onna sanju rokkasen e zukushi EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - October 31, 1806) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

"The Tiger of Ryokoku," from the series True Scenes by Hirokage. Artist: Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, active 1860s). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm). Date: 8th month, 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 21 1/4 x 4 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Shunbaisai Hokuei, also known as Shunkō III, was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Osaka, and was active from about 1824 to 1837. He was a student of Shunkōsai Hokushū. Hokueis prints most often portray the kabuki actor Arashi Rikan II.

Three Courtisanes. The Courtisanes Komurasaki from the Tamaya House, Tachibana from the Tsuruya House and Egawa from the Ebiya House, against a background of flowering peonies.

Torii Kiyomitsu (1735 - May 11, 1785) was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese ukiyo-e art; the son of Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II, he was the third head of the school, and was originally called Kamejir before taking the g Kiyomitsu. Dividing his work between actor prints and bijinga (pictures of beautiful women), he primarily used the benizuri-e technique prolific at the time, which involved using one or two colors of ink on the woodblocks rather than hand-coloring; full-color prints would be introduced later in Kiyomitsu's career, in 1765. Raijin is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology. He is typically depicted as a demonic spirit beating drums to create thunder, usually with a tomoe symbol drawn on the drums.

A woman leans lightly forward to play a koto. While she appears to be inside, backed by a folding screen and seated near a paper lantern that glows softly, the inset shows blossoming cherry trees around Shinobazu Pond at Ueno, with its shrine to the Buddhist deity Benzaiten. Toyohara Chikanobu () (1838-1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yoshu Chikanobu (), was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan's Meiji period. His works capture the transition from the age of the samurai to Meiji modernity. In 1875 (Meiji 8), he decided to try to make a living as an artist. He travelled to Tokyo. He found work as an artist for the Kaishin Shimbun. In addition, he produced nishiki-e artworks. In his younger days, he had studied the Kano school of painting; but his interest was drawn to ukiyo-e. Like many ukiyo-e artists, Chikanobu turned his attention towards a great variety of subjects. His work ranged from Japanese mythology to depictions of the battlefields of his lifetime to women

Erotic representation, c. 1680 - c. 1698 print A liberating pair next to a low -job screen. man and woman cohabiting. screen, folding screen

The Actor Otani Hiroji III, Armed with a Sword. Artist: Ippitsusai Buncho (Japanese, active 1760-1794). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm). Date: ca. 1769. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863) as Kumokiri Nizaemon, from the series "Thieves in Designs of the Time" Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865). 1859. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm). Asian Art 1859

Women on a Pleasure Boat. Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban pentaptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Gathering Bamboo Shoots 1760-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Hangakujo, The female warrior Hangaku., Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist, Japan : Tsunajima Kamekichi, ca. 1885, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37 x 25.3 cm., Han Gaku, historical woman warrior, armed and armored, seated on a rearing horse.

Japan: '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.

Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese Though Tokugawa sumptuary laws extended to a courtesan's bedding (yagu), this item became progressively more lavish in the eighteenth century. A contemporary writer has described embroidered futons and black silk velvet sleeping robes (yogi) lined with red crepe and padded with finest cotton. Bedding was ostentatiously displayed in brothels as a symbol of status. In this unfinished ink sketch, perhaps a leaf intended for a book of erotica, a courtesan crouches beside her cast-off sleeping robe, which is curled in the shape of her body, and pours tea for an unseen companion.. Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern 56116

The actor Actor Ichikawa Danjuro with a sword on his the right shoulder

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

Cry of the fox: # 13 of One Hundred Aspects of theMoon. Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839-1892

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase) Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi no zu - Chojiya Misayama) 1791-1801 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

Beauties of the Three Classes. Artist: Yanagi Buncho II (active ca. 1764-1801). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 17 5/8 x 20 1/2 in. (44.8 x 52.1 cm). Date: 18th-19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Palanquin Bearer Gohei in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780 1775-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition . Katsukawa Shunsho

Standing Beauty, 18th century, Unknown Japanese, 34 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (86.84 × 34.45 cm) (image)64 × 17 3/16 in. (162.56 × 43.66 cm) (mount, without roller ), Ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

Geisha of Tachibana-chō, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Geisha of Tachibana-chō, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters, 1782. Color woodblock print on paper, sheet: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm). Asian Art 1782

Karasaki no yoru no ame, Evening rain at Karasaki., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, between 1815 and 1825, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 22.5 x 16.9 cm., Print shows a woman, with an umbrella, walking in the rain.

Japan, Toshimine, Tsutsui, Woman with a Fan in the Moonlight, verso - stamped, Woman in green kimono with fan in hand, sitting in a pensive pose on a balcony in the moonlight. Blossoming branches behind her., print, kuchi-e, prints, Japan (collection), height 219 mm, width 305 mm, Japanese, 1863 - 1934, print maker, printmaker, 1900 - 1925, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, silver powder, colour woodcut

fine arts, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa, (1798 - 1861), graphics, ""mother and child"", 19th century, colour woodcut, 25 cm x 38 cm, from ""Sankai medetai zuye"" series, Museum of East Asian Arts, Cologne,

KATAGIRI TOICHI NO KATSUMOTO, Een Document Opstellend., TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, 1868 print Katagiri Toichi No Kami Katsumoto draws up a document with a brush in the right hand. On the left the ink tray. paper color woodcut writing accessories. adult man. handwriting, written text

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. The Star Festival of the Seventh Month (Fumizuki no tanabata) Untitled series of women with children in the twelve months. about 1836. Oban vertical 38 x 25.5.

Japan: A Meiji Period woodblock print depicting a woman lying in a boat holding a sake cup over a reflection of the moon in the water, from a series of 50 prints titled 'Snow, Moon, Flower' by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), 1 July 1898

Japan:'A bijin (a beauty) compared to the beauty of the pine covered islands at Matsushima, Rikuzen Province', Meiji Period woodblock by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), 1 July 1898

Japan: The Stone General Shi Yong or Sekishogun Sekiyu, one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin', by a waterfall throwing the stocks used to restrain him into the water; the distorted face of his enemy visible below through the water. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1863), 1827-1830. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu, known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese.

Japan, Kotsuchi, Roppôen, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Woman with Demon Mask Among the Clouds, passe-partout, bottom left - printed, A female demon, disguised as a beautiful lady, holds a demon mask on a rainy night. The woman is played by actor Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-32) in the kabuki play Modoribashi. This play is based on the Nôh play 'Rashômon', in which a man, Watanabe no Tsuna, meets a woman at the Ichijô Modori Bridge. He recognizes the woman as a demon and when she tries to kidnap him he cuts off her arm, after which she flies away. This is the top sheet of a vertical diptych. With one poem., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 215 mm, width 174 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1833 - 1833, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind stamping, poet

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Sukeroku, from the play 'Sukeroku yukari Edo zakura' (The Flower of Edo) colour woodcuts

Female Chanter for Jōruri Puppet Theater ca. 1920 Arai Kōu Japanese A female chanter for a Jōruri puppet theater is captured in a quiet moment, enjoying a cup of tea in her dressing room, while she prepares for an upcoming performance. Though this painters biography remains obscure, the portrait is imbued with a solemnity and psychological subtlety often found in early twentieth-century Nihonga paintings of female subjects.In front of the chanter is a woodblock-printed book with the libretto for a puppet play, the text inscribed in the distinctive dense, bold script associated with Jōruri manuscripts. The text has been so punctiliously rendered, including annotations in red ink, that we can identify the exact passage from the play she is practicing: the revenge story Mirror Mountain: Brocade Pictures of Our Hometown (Kagamiyama kokyō no nishiki-e). The sheet of paper pinned to the wall is a sponsorship announcement (iwai-bira), rendered in loose, expressive calligraphy, which acknowle

A bust portrait of Kokin 1796. colour woodblock print by Chokosai Eisho

Court Lady Masaoka Seated Next to a Stand, left sheet of the diptych Three Actors in the Roles of Court Lady Masaoka, Senmatsu and Tsurukiyo. Date: eleventh month 1857. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Woman viewing a silhouette, 1856-61, by Utagawa Sadahide.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Courtesan Series: Modern Three Hardships for Women (Tosei sanpukutsui). about 1833. Aiban (uchiwae).

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1779-1789. Dimensions: 30.9 x 14.2 cm (12 3/16 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Hybrid yellow and orange spider chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum. Handcoloured woodblock print after Keika Hasegawa from Keika Hyakugiku, Keika's 100 Chrysanthemums, published by Naosaburo Yamada, Kyoto, Japan, 1893. Keika Hasegawa drew flowers and patterns for kimono in Kyoto in the final years of the 19th century.

Segawa Kikunojo II ca. 1772 Ippitsusai Bunch Japanese. Segawa Kikunojo II. Ippitsusai Bunch (Japanese, active ca. 1765-1792). Japan. ca. 1772. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Colored woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting a congested traffic scene at sea, illustrating movement and figures.

Rieten hoed.Girl in kimono with pattern of origami cranes and stylized waves, a wicker hat.

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