Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

Color woodblock prints illustrating beautiful women and cultural scenes from Japan, featuring traditional attire, music, and nature in serene settings.

From the series Six Tama River, Harunobu, Suzuki (1724-1770)

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya). Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1789-1800. Dimensions: 38.6 x 25.5 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Depicts a domestic triptych by Kitagawa Tsukimaro showing a home scene with bathroom and games, created as a colored woodcut.

Man and woman, from the series The Five ChivalrousDandies. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1865

Mosquito Net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya) 1789-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

A Courtesan Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. A Courtesan 40601

Returning Sails at Shinagawa (Shinagawa no kihan), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 26.8 x 19.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Horo-gaya = Mosquito net for a baby, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753?-1806), (Artist), Date Created: ca. 1793-ca.1804.

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo as a Samurai with Two Swords. Artist: Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 6 in. (35.2 x 15.2 cm). Date: 1743-1812. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune Disguised as the Florist Okiku in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 31.5 x 14.7 cm (12 3/8 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Seiro niwaka zensei asobi Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi 1756-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Cloth-Strecher, from the series Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko) 1793-1804 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Clearing Weather at Asakusa (Asakusa no seiran), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Woman waiting leaning onpipe. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyasu, Japanese, 1794-1832

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama). Eishosai Choki; Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 27 x 24.7 cm (10 5/8 x 9 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (left sheet: 1929.737). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Courtesan Renzan of Hyogo-ya Tea House with her Two Attendants Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Courtesan Renzan of Hyogo-ya Tea House with her Two Attendants, ca. 1788-1790. Color woodblock print on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 11/16 in. (32.2 x 22.0 cm). Asian Art ca. 1788-1790

Beauty and Attendant on New Years Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days ( Bijin gosetsu no asobi ) 1795-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actor Takinaka Utagawa (Kasen). Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1736-1746. Dimensions: 31.7 x 15.2 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Prostitute Agemaki, the Ruffian Hero Sukeroku, and Hige no Ikyū, c. 1798-1800, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Yamaguchiya Chūsuke, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.4 × 25.4 cm) (image, sheet, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century, The game played here is kazu-ken, a numbers game that originated in China. In this game, players make numbers from zero to five with their right hands, while predicting and then calling out the combined number from all players. The loser has to drink a cup of sake.

Chinese Beauty Beside a Plum Tree, leaf from the album A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past” (Chūko shomeika bijin kurabe) 1895 After Genki (Komai Ki) Japanese This print is a single sheet from the second edition of A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past, an album of individual leaves published in 1895 by Aoki Kōsaburo in Osaka. A Chinese beauty is shown leaning against the trunk of a plum tree, contemplating a branch with blossoming flowers. Genki was one of the senior disciples of Maruyama Ōkyo, the founder of the Maruyama-Shijō school. His reputation rests upon one his graceful depictions of beautiful Chinese women. The original printed book contained not only artists from Ōkyo’s school such as Ōkyo himself, Genki or Yamaguchi Soken, but also ukiyo-e artists such as Chōbunsai Eishi (1756-1829) or even painters of the traditional Tosa school.. Chinese Beauty Beside a Plum Tree, leaf from the album A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past” (

Woman In Loosened Kimono Coming From the Bath. Artist: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (30.8 x 14 cm). Date: ca. 1755. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Hata no Daizen Taketora Disguised as the Yakko Matahei (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Umegae Disguised as the Poem-Diviner Omatsu (left), in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 33.2 x 21.6 cm (13 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; aiban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actor Otani Tomoemon I as Otsuma in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Fourth Month, 1781. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1776-1786. Dimensions: 31.6 x 14.5 cm (12 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Discovering the Address of a Husband's Lover, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 24.0 x 18.8 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Young Man (Wakashu) with a Miniature Flower Cart. Artist: Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711-1785). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm). Date: ca. 1750-60s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

COURTISANE MOROKOSHI UIT HET Echizenya Huis, Hosoda Eishi, 1793-1797 print The Courtisane Morokoshi, in transparent Black Kimono, sitting at the writing table on which Stapel books, resting her chin on the right hand in which brush. Tiger lily in Middelste Cartouche at the top left. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut historical persons - BB - woman. courtesan, hetaera. plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II 1817 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kuninaga

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725. Torii Kiyonobu II; Japanese, active c. 1725-61. Date: 1725. Dimensions: 32.7 x 15.3 cm (13 x 6 in.). Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Delighted (Ureshiso), from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso) 1888 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Poet no. 6: Chünagon (Ötomo no) Yakamochi, from the series Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred poems by one hundred poets)., circa 1844, Tokyo, by Utagawa Kunisada.

The Fourth Imai Hanshiro in the Role O Hatsu in "Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki" 2nd month, 1771 Torii Kiyomitsu Japanese. The Fourth Imai Hanshiro in the Role O Hatsu in "Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki". Torii Kiyomitsu (Japanese, 1735-1785). Japan. 2nd month, 1771. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Merchant and plum tree. Utagawa, Kunisada I (1786-1864), graphic artist

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama) 1790-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (left sheet 1929.737) . Eishosai Choki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 9 June 1892) one of the last great masters of the classical Japanese woodblock print, here the work Kitayama Moon, Toyohara Sumiaki

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi). Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1787-1797. Dimensions: 37.6 x 24.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Haas: Kamejima; U-Kamejima; Famous places in Edo and the twelve signs of the zodiac; Edo Meisho Mitate Jûnishi. A man and a woman talking on a bridge in Kamejima, a piece of land in the southern part of Nihonbashi. The Sumida River can be seen in the background. With two poems.

Three women at a stream Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Sayoginu of the Yotsumeya, from the series Models for Fashion New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo) 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai

A woman carrying a large koto, which her daughter is presumably about to play. Idzumiya (Japanese, active late 18th century)., 1807. Woodcuts., 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left) in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: Each sheet: 31.9 x 14.5 cm (12 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Woman with her maid on her way to anengagement. Artist: Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese, 1739-1820

Fishing at Iwaya, Enoshima. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Poetry for a Beautiful Maiden, Japanese Prints - Utamaro

Geisha, Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1864, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Utagawa Kunisada is one of the lesser-known ukiyo-e printmakers, but he is no less talented than his contemporaries Hokusai and Hiroshige. Herem the architectural designs, wood mark in the night sky, and the magnitude of colors and prints in the geishas kimono are numerous examples as to how Kunisada is just as talented. Kunisadas mostly known for depicting women, kabuki actors, and couples in the thrawls of lovemaking., Japan, 1855, theater, Print, Print

A woman and a man in New Year's decoration in the interior KITAGAWA, TSUKIMARO (KIKUMARO) (FL.1789 1830)

From Ijverige ServeErster, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852 print Woman with blue sake kettle; Against yellow background with cartouche in which a face on a beach with men Krab crab from a boat. Print Maker: Japantokotokyopublisher: Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut adult woman. tea-pot; samovar. fishing (sports)

. Older married man and wife companies love, where she holds the ankle of her husband. Sixth of thirteen prints from the Album Negai No Itoguchi (also translated with: The Prelude to Desire).

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo I (L) and Nakamura Matsue I (R). Torii Kiyomitsu I; Japanese, 1735-1785. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Lovers Interrupted, sheet 18 from the series "Poems of the Husband and Wife Mane'emon (Haikai meoto Mane'emon)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1776. Dimensions: 20.5 x 27.8 cm (8 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashimaya Ohisa, and Naniwaya Okita, c. 1794. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.).

Courtesan Nakagawa, by Eishi. 1796 . Japanese painting. JAPAN.

Act 8, c. 1794, Chōki; Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon, Japanese, fl. late 18th-early 19th century, 9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in. (25 x 18.4 cm) (image, sheet), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725-1770, The CagedLocusts, ca.1767, Polychrome woodblock print, sheet: 11 × 8 1/8 in. (27.9 × 20.6cm), Japan, Japanese, Edo period(1615-1868), Works on Paper -Prints

Dissolute Drinker: A Couple by a Window. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1879. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The Third Month. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japan, 1756-1829). Japan, 1780s. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Combing His Hair. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm). Date: 1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesans of Yotsumaya, 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 . Kitao Shigemasa

Araihari, Hanging laundry to dry., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806, artist, [between 1795 and 1801, printed later, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.3 x 25.6 cm., Print shows two women hanging laundry.

Courtesans of Kado Daikokuya, 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 . Kitao Shigemasa

Suikoden of Womens Customs from 108 Sheets (Fozoku onna Suikoden hyakuhachiban no uchi). The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu), also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It is called Suikoden in its Japanese translation. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1798 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He is associated with the Utagawa school. The range of Kuniyoshi's preferred subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of samurai and legendary heroes. His artwork was affected by Western influences in landscape painting and caricature.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Kusunoki Uraminosuke Disguised as a Male Fox from Tsukamoto (), in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha (), Performed at the Nakamura Theater () in the Eleventh Month, 1786 (). Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1781-1791. Dimensions: 31 x 14.7 cm (12 3/16 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Faddish Type from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women, c. 1793. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.). The pose in which Utamaro presents this beauty is typical of Japanese painting and prints. The three-quarter face is rendered with the simple outline of the eyebrow and cheek, a single line for the nose, narrow eyes, and half-parted, petal-like lips. Not the likeness of a specific individual, the print instead portrays a particular mood or character. The pink mica background was created by covering the image of the woman with a stencil and then brushing mica mixed with pink color and an adhesive onto the background. The print comes from a series that represents women from different classes.

A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami) Osan and Mohei 1756-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Two women in an interior Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Tamazusa of Iedaya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 37.8 x 25.3 cm (14 7/8 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi) 1783-1793 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

An Actor of Woman's Roles. Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Ishibe 51. stop. Bust of the girl during the toilet / Ishibe, board 53. From the series: Comparison with fifty three stages of the Tōkaidō / Tōkaidō Gojūsan Tsui road Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Two women from Fukusuke

The elegant Prince Genji in Suma; Furyu Genji Suma. Prince Genji, standing, barefoot and with range in right hand, on veranda, overlooking beach and sea.

Weather Clearing at Awazu, c. 1770-1775, Isoda Koryūsai, Japanese, 1735 - 1790 , 9 1/4 x 7 in. (23.5 x 17.8 cm) (image, sheet), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

The beautiful Hidey Oshi from the bawdy house with a brush and a scroll of paper, from the series: Series of contemporary beauties, new nishiki e /Shin nishiki e Tosei bijin awase Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Japan, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mitate nana Komachi, A parody of the seven Komachi, Amagoi, Praying for the rain, An actor in a female role (onnagata) dressed in a blue kimono. With one anonymous poem. The 'seven Komachi' of the title refer to seven events from the life of the famous female poet Ono no Komachi. This print refers to the time when Komachi wrote poetry about a period of severe drought., print, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 191 mm, width 124 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1835, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing

A Windy Day inSummer. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725-1770

The Asahiya Widow, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets ( Komei bijin rokkasen ) 1790-1801 Japan. Color woodblock print . Kitagawa Utamaro

Harumichi no Tsuraki, number thirty-one from the series Collection of Pictures of the Hundred Poems by One Poet Each. Date: 1844-1847. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Mist: The Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Hoshikage Tsuchiemon. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1876, October. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Waiting love Matsukoi, Two women, whispering to each other at a sliding door, behind which a third woman is sitting in bed. The poem in the square cartouche at the top right refers to the difficulty of long night waiting., Katsukawa Shuncho (mentioned on object), Tokyo, 1790 - 1795, paper, colour woodcut, h 251 mm × w 191 mm

Nishiki-e (lit. 'brocade picture') refers to Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing; this technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e ('pictures of the floating world'). It was invented in the 1760s, and perfected and popularized by the printmaker Suzuki Harunobu, who produced a great many nishiki-e prints between 1765 and his death five years later. Previously, most prints had been in black-and-white, colored by hand, or colored with the addition of one or two color ink blocks. A nishiki-e print is created by carving a separate woodblock for every color, and using them in a stepwise fashion. An engraver by the name of Kinroku is credited with the technical innovations that allowed so many blocks of separate colors to fit perfectly onto the page where they ought to, relative to one another, in order to create a single complete image.

Osen serves tea to a customer of her tea window at the Kasamori Sanctuary., Suzuki Harunobu, 1768 - 1772 print Woman with head and saucer, walking to sitting man in black robe with hood, two heavily and pipe in the right hand. Behind the woman a tea window, next to the red foot of a Torii and cedar trees. paper color woodcut eating and drinking. stall, booth (~ market). the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ two persons)

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Walking Toward the Left. Artist: Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 23/32 x 5 3/4 in. (29.8 x 14.6 cm). Date: late 1777 or early in 1778. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hour of the Monkey 4pm (Saru no koku), from the series Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei) 1789-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Portret aktora w roli samuraja trzymającego w rękach wachlarz i bębenek tsuzumi. Katsukawa, Shunjô (- 1787), graphic artist

Woman riding an ox. Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1829. Dimensions: 20.8 x 18.4 cm. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806, Night Pass in theSnow, Polychrome woodblock print, sheet: 14 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (37 × 23.5cm), Japan, Japanese, Edo period(1615-1868), Works on Paper -Prints

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). 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.

Het uur van de aap, torii kiyonaga, 1785 - 1789 print Two women and a child walking between flowering trees; Woman with blossom branch in his hands looking up to around Cartouche at the top right, in which a monkey, referring to the time between four and six in the afternoon; In the background a clock tower of a temple. Japan paper color woodcut time. monkeys, apes. trees (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Murasaki and Genji Viewing the Snow. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865)Utagawa Hirosada (Japan, active circa 1820-1860)Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858). 1853, 12th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print, right panel of a triptych

Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1830-1844. Dimensions: 36.7 x 12.7 cm (14 7/16 x 5 in.). Color woodblock print; chutanzaku. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Walking Toward the Left late 1777 or early in 1778 Katsukawa Shunkō Japanese. The First Nakamura Tomijuro as a Woman Walking Toward the Left 36762

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ogata no Sabura () in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 16.9 x 13.8 cm (6 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women in a Tea House, late 1780s. Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Color woodblock print; sheet: 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9 1/16 in.). This elegant print provides a glimpse into the private life of the courtesan, recording a quiet moment of enjoying tea. Shunman often depicted bijin (beautiful women) in a landscape setting, using subdued color harmonies featuring grays, pale green, and pale purple. In addition to being a printmaker, Shunman was also an accomplished painter, poet, and skilled worker in metal inlay and lacquer.

Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Takebe Genzo and Iwai Kiyotaro in the Role of Tonami 1791-1801 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Toyokuni I

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The actor Sawamura Tanosuke in the role of a woman with a fan /Sawamura Sojuro III Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Yoemon and Kasane, Yoemon with sickle in right hand, pushing his wife Kasane to the ground to kill her, Matsumoto Koshiro IV, Iwai Hanshiro IV, Katsukawa Shunko (mentioned on object), Japan, 1775 - 1780, paper, colour woodcut, h 307 mm × w 139 mm

Woman with shamisen; Three young poets; Waka Sanjin. Bust portrait of shamisen voting woman; At the top right square Cartouche with image of the poet Yamabe No Akihito (eighth century) against yellow background.

Takashima Ohisa. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1788-1798. Dimensions: 37.4 x 24.9 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Cherry Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill 1782-1792 Japan. Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych . Torii Kiyonaga

The Actors Nakamura Denkuro II as Suma no Dairyo (right), and Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 17.1 x 14.1 cm (6 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Painting by Hishikawa Moronobu (1620-ca 1694), Japan. Detail. Japanese Civilisation, 17th century.

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