Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

Vibrant ukiyo-e prints showcasing traditional Japanese actors, courtesans, and scenes with elegant clothing and natural elements in a colorful, expressive style.

A young woman with a battledore and a shuttlecock, kneeling beside a young girl who is bouncing a ball. Created by Yamahito (Japanese, active 19th century) in 1806, the artwork is a woodcut with an extent of 14 x 9 in. (35.6 x 22.9 cm) and includes a forged signature of Utamaro

The Actor Nakamura Shikan in the Role of Ohatsu. Date: 1829. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI.

Prince Genji and Girl, central sheet of the triptych Related Flowers of the Eight Bridges. Date: tenth month 1860. Dimensions: 35.4 cm x 24.3 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Fusatane.

Two Courtesans With Tissues, left sheet of the triptych Courtesans Enjoying Flourishing Business in Their Temporary Quarters. Date: second month 1861. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Woman on the background of IIt houses at night Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Three Geisha on Balcony with Instruments, 1786, Woodcuts, Half of a diptych, 14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in. (36.7 x 25 cm)

Kunisada, work, Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the play Mimasu no Date-zome (A wonderful actor's cloak), 1852-53, colored woodcut, graphics

Musashi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa), c. 1804. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper; overall: 39.2 x 27 cm (15 7/16 x 10 5/8 in.).

The month of December, ca 1788, shunga by Katsukawa Shuncho (active 1780-1800), woodcut from the The twelve months series. Japanese civilization, Edo period (1603-1868).

Japan, Rikkaen, Misaru, Goshintei, Hayao, Kôgetsutei, Shigenobu (II), Yanagawa, Hana awase, A comparison of flowers, Sono go - kokoro no hana, Number five: the flower of the heart, A woman and young assistant sit by a birdcage, from which a bird has just escaped. The title could refer to the freed bird. With three poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 214 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1830, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, poet

A young woman with a battledore and a shuttlecock, kneeling beside a young girl who is bouncing a ball. Created by Yamahito (Japanese, active 19th century) in 1806, the artwork is a woodcut with an extent of 14 x 9 in. (35.6 x 22.9 cm) and includes a forged signature of Utamaro

Japan, Maruya Bunemon (Bunjudo), Eisui, Ichirakutei, Bijin gosekku, Beauties and the Five Festivals, Ogiya uchi Tsukasa, Courtesan Tsukasa from the Ogiya house, under print - stamped, Bust portrait of a courtesan with fan in right hand, stooping under raised mosquito net. On the fan an image of a man on a veranda, referring to the Tanabata festival in summer., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 388 mm, width 250 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1800, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Kunisada, B, C, work, Actors Mimasu Gennosuke, Segawa Kikunojo V and Nakamura Shika in the play Yoshitsune sembonzakura (A Thousand Cherry Trees), 1829, color woodblock print, graphics

Japan, Bunbunsha, Gakutei, Yashima, Soga no Gorô Tokimune, passe-partout, lower left - printed, The actor Ichikawa Danjurô VII (1791-1859) in the role of the Soga brother Soga no Gorô Tokimune. With two poems. Second sheet (from right) of a pentaptych., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 212 mm, width 189 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1823 - 1823, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind stamping, 1780 - 1837, poet

Oiran Katsuano from the Kadotama ya Bawdy House with a Companion and two Kamuros EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

Flowers, c. 1850 print A man and two women in an outdoor room with a view of water with boats, behind which mountains; At night; On the right an illuminated restaurant. paper color woodcut making music; musician with instrument

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Yuki Onna (the Snow Woman) in a dance interlude in scene two of the Joruri "Courtesan's Rouge on a Snow White Face (Oyama Beni Yuki no Sugao)" from the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 30.6 x 14.3 cm (12 1/16 x 5 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Iwai Kumesaburo in the roles of the spouses Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

The First Bath of the New Year (Yudono hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1782-1792. Dimensions: 25.2 x 37.9 cm. Color woodblock print; oban, page from an illustrated book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Man, two women and a white crane on the background of the sea /Ryoshi hana shima fugetsu no uchi Fusatane, Uutagawa (FL. 1849 1870)

A group of women in a palace, created by Eijudo (Japanese, active 18th century) in 1789. The artwork is a woodcut measuring 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm) and consists of one sheet from a triptych

The revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin (Shi-ju-shichi-shi), also known as the Forty-seven Samurai, the Aki vendetta, or the Genroku Aki incident (Genroku aki jiken) took place in Japan at the start of the 18th century. One noted Japanese scholar described the tale as the country's 'national legend'. It recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushidi. The story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) Asano Naganori was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Ki zuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for two years to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves ordered to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder. With much embellishment, this true story was popularized in Japanese culture as emblematic of the loyalty, sacrifice, persistence, and honor that all good peopl

Suzuki Harunobu (1724 July 7, 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and depicted a wide variety of subjects, from classical poems to contemporary beauties (bijin, bijin-ga). Like many artists of his day, Harunobu also produced a number of shunga, or erotic images. During his lifetime and shortly afterwards, many artists imitated his style. A few, such as Harushige, even boasted of their ability to forge the work of the great master. Much about Harunobu's life is unknown.

'Theatre Scene', 1844. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada

Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hige no Ikyū, Bandō Shūka I as Miuraya Agemaki, and Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Agemaki no Sukeroku in the play Sukeroku kuruwa no hanamidoki. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1850. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

Multi figure Scene (Chushingura) Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net ca. 1720 Fuhiken Tokikaze A courtesan bedecked in gorgeous robes, decorated with waves, bamboo grass, gentian flowers (sasarindō), and other floral motifs, is seated just outside the mosquito net covering her sleeping area. With the net draped over her uncoiffed hair, she reads a long letter, no doubt from a wealthy patron, and the viewer is left to imagine what kind of news the message contains. Only a few other paintings by Fuhiken Tokikaze are known, but the gentle, corpulent facial features suggest an artist in the circle of Miyagawa Chōshun.. Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net 671031

Kunisada, B, work, Actors Ichikawa Danzo VI and Nakamura Fukusuke in the play Motomishi hana bunbu no norikake (Arts of Peace and War), 1856, color woodblock print, graphics

Lady on a horse and a servant carrying a naginata in a case Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

A party of merrymakers at a tea-house in the Yoshiwara, created by Yuwatoya (Japanese, active 1790). The artwork, dating from approximately 1790, is a woodcut and is one sheet of a triptych. The image measures 15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm), with colors that may have been retouched

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

Seven Great Osaka Actors in Favorite Roles, c. 1790, Jokei, Japanese, died 1810, 7 3/16 x 49 7/16 in. (18.3 x 125.5 cm) (image)7 3/16 x 70 1/16 in. (18.3 x 178 cm) (mount) 20cm H w/roller, Ink, color, gold, and gofun on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, Osaka was a growing city in the Edo period and a thriving center of commercial activity. With its wealthy merchants, Osaka developed its own unique urban culture. While it had licensed pleasure quarters, it was better known for its puppet plays and Kabuki theater. Consequently, paintings and prints from Osaka featuring Kabuki actors far outnumber those showing beautiful women. The artist Jokei specialized in portraits of famous actors. For this short handscroll he depicted seven popular Kabuki actors; each performed in one of five different plays staged in Kyoto and Osaka between 1782 and 1787. Jokei developed a relatively realistic style and didnt flinch from depicting the less flattering characteristics of the actors features, like pu

Kunisada, B, C, work, Nimenvaihdospidot, 1860, colored woodcut, graphics

Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e' (砥稿花紅彩画), as the original and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the shiranamimono (tales of thieves) sub-category of the kizewamono (rough contemporary piece) genre of kabuki plays. Written by Kawatake Mokuami, it first premiered at the Ichimura-za in Edo in March 1862. The play centers on a band of five thieves, based on real thieves and criminals of Edo period Osaka: Karigane Bunshichi, An no Heibei, Gokuin Sen'emon, Kaminari Shōkurō and Hotei Ichiemon. The name of Nippon Daemon, the leader of the band, is taken from that of Nippon Saemon, who was captured and executed in 1747. The character of Benten Kozō, meanwhile, is said to have been based upon a servant at the Iwamoto-in temple on Enoshima, an island dedicated to the goddess Benten.

Woman and a young man with fans Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Woman After a Bath ca. 1906 Unidentified artist. Woman After a Bath 55390

Half-Length Portrait of the Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo as a hirabyoshi Dancer in the Dojo-ji Scene in the play Hikeya Hike Hana no Kaneiri, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Third Month, 1794. Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1789-1799. Dimensions: 37.5 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.

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Self-portrait, 1897, line etching, graphics, plate width 8 cm, plate height 10.6 cm, leaf width 14.1 cm, leaf height 21.1 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Japan: 'Summer', from the series Pleasure Competition in the Four Seasons, Hosoda Eishi, also known as Chobunsai Eishi (1756-1829), colour on silk, c. 1801

Japan, Bunsensha, Hamamachi, Yukitei, Gakutei, Yashima, Ichiyôren bunbô shiyû, The Four Comrades at the Ichiyôren's Writing Desk, Fude - Tôfû, Kwast: Ono no Tôfû, passe-partout, lower left - printed, The statesman and calligrapher Ono no Tôfû, or Michikaze (894-966) stands at a red lacquered table. In the calligraphy tradition, Tôfû is most valued for his development of Chinese characters in Japanese style. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 209 mm, width 182 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1827 - 1827, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 1895 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 55823

Japan, Yûshin, Ayaoka, Woman with biwa, A curved sheet of paper on which a woman (Okame) with a biwa under her arm. Under the sheet a blossom branch. With short poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 193 mm, width 268 mm, Japanese, 1846 - 1910, print maker, 1856 - 1910, 19th century, 19e eeuw, paper, colour woodcut

Utagawa Kunisada; Yamamotoya Heikichi / Kabuki theater scenes. Woman with lantern / Man with cloak under his arm', ca. 1830, Japanese School, Paper, 350 mm x 250 mm, G05660. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Women Making Clothing, early 1790s. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 76.2 cm (15 1/16 x 30 in.).

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Preparations for a Party, one sheet of a triptych. Date: 1800-1809. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI.

Evening Shower among Flowers, 1862, 4th lunar month, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Daikokuya Kichinosuke; Carver: Katada Chōjirō, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 × 9 7/8 in. (35.56 × 25.08 cm) (image, sheet, each sheet; vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III (C), and Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I (L).

Minamoto Yoritomo And A Crane Gakutei, yashima (1786 1868)

The beautiful Osen from the Kagi ya teahouse, New Years preparations Harunobu, Suzuki (1724 1770)

A New Selection of Strange Events: Taira No Kiyomori Seeing Skulls in the Snowy Garden. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1882, May. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock print

Nibijin ude-zumô = Arm-wrestling between two beauties. 1793. Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Arm wrestling

Woman, two gods of fortune (Fukurokuju and Daikoku) and Okama indoors

Yoshitsune Serenading Jorurihime ca. 1785 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Yoshitsune Serenading Jorurihime 54666

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Fujiwara no Shihei (Tokihira, Minister of the Left), in Ume Sakura Aioi-zoshi. Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1811-1821. Dimensions: 22.9 x 26.8 cm (9 x 10 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e (fan print). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Kunisada, B, work, Actors Nakamura Fukusuke and Onoe Kikujiro in the play Motomishi hana bunbu no norikake (Arts of Peace and War), 1856, colored woodcut, graphics

Courtesans of the Komatsuya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Courtesan, early to mid-1800s. Ikeda Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting only: 113.7 x 42.3 cm (44 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.).

Woman Dancer in Daimyo's Palace. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); W. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)Medium-size block ("chuban"). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Dancer Hotoke Gozen. Yashima Gakutei (Japan, c. 1786-c.1855). Japan, late 1820s. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print; surimono

Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.

Momoyogusa = Flowers of a Hundred Generations., Kamisaka, Sekka, (Artist), Date Issued: 1909.

Actor in the role of a woman with a bow and a raised hat Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Album of Forty Actor Prints ca. 1852 Utagawa Hirosada Japanese. Album of Forty Actor Prints. Utagawa Hirosada (Japanese, active 1825-75) (30). Japan. ca. 1852. Woodblock prints in single, diptych, triptych, tetraptych, and hexaptych form. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Kunisada, work, Role person, fishmonger Nisshin Tasuke, 1857, color woodcut, graphics

The Moon reflected in the rice fields of Shinano, Kunisada (II), Utagawa, 1861 print Prince Genji and a lady, while the full moon reflects in the rice fields. Part of a triptych. paper color woodcut

Theatre Scene, Utagawa Kunisada, (1786-1864/Japanese)

TRZY PORTRETY NA TLE Zimowego Pejzażu YOSHITSUNE Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

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Girl with doll. Octogonal print in album with 39 prints.

Japan, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mitate nana Komachi, A Parody of the Seven Komachi, Ômu, The Parrot Komachi: Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) with a paper roll in his hand, dressed in a blue checked kimono with a black short kimono over it. With one anonymous poem. The 'seven Komachi' from the title refer to seven events from the life of the famous female poet Ono no Komachi. This print refers to the moment, late in her life, when she refuses to answer a poem from the emperor, because she has stopped writing poetry. Since not replying would be extremely rude, she decides to return the poem, with only one syllable changed., print, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 140 mm, width 187 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1830, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing

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Japan: Traditional crafts and trades of the 18th century from a hand-painted album by an anonymous artist. Folio 31. Hand-coloured illustration from a Japanese miscellany on traditional trades, crafts and customs in mid-18th century Japan, dated Meiwa Era (1764-1772) Year 6 (c. 1770 CE).

"On My Own", (ware kara), illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club). Artist: Mishima Shoso (Japanese, 1856-1928). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Album: 8 1/2 x 5 5/16 in. (21.6 x 13.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Meeting at night Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Album pleasures of the northern district. Yoshwara from the life of Yoshiwary / Hokuri Yugicho Masanobu, okumura (1686 1764)

Operating on Guanyu's Arm, 1840s. Katsushika Ōi (Japanese, c. 1800-after 1857). Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold leaf on silk; mounted: 206.7 x 73.1 cm (81 3/8 x 28 3/4 in.); painting: 140.2 x 68.3 cm (55 3/16 x 26 7/8 in.). This imposing image bears the signature and seal of i, daughter of Katsushika Hokusai, the best known Japanese artist in the Western world. i served in her father's studio as an assistant and then collaborator during the early 1800s, when Hokusai's popularity in Japan was at its zenith. The dazzling composition, design sense, and palette of colorful mineral pigments in this hanging scroll record her artistic powers at their finest. The event pictured here comes from a 16th-century Chinese novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which enjoyed great popularity during the 18th and 19th centuries among educated Japanese society. Here i portrayed the passage in which the legendary 3rd-century military leader Guanyu undergoes a bloodletting to remove poisons rec

Young Girl and Servant Drying Japanese Fine Noodles Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Young Girl and Servant Drying Japanese Fine Noodles, ca. 1766. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 in. (26.8 x 20.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1766

Japan, Harunobu, Suzuki, Couple in love on tatami mats., Man and woman making love in a room with green tatami mats as floor covering. On the left, part of the garden is visible through the open door, where the man's slippers are also placed. In the foreground on the right a teacup, on the left a fan., print, prent, shunga, prints, Japan (collection), height 207 mm, width 277 mm, Japanese, 1725 - 1770, print maker, printmaker, 1740 - 1750, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut

Actor, 1814, Woodcuts, Surimono

Japan, Shunsho, Katsukawa, Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV, Actor, in left hand an imperial letter, with right hand his kimono pulling up; against grey wall with border showing landscape., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 310 mm, width 148 mm, Japanese, 1726 - 1792, print maker, printmaker, 1765 - 1770, third quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut

Japan, Shigenobu (II), Yanagawa, Woman at a Loom, At the top the emblem of the Tsurunoya shachû. With two poems. The print is a b-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 210 mm, width 185 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1890 - 1900, paper, colour woodcut

Woman Dreaming. Isoda Koryūsai (Japan, 1735-1790). circa 1770. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Rendezvous on the Palace Porch /Kiichi Higen Ga HISHO O MIRU, from the Series: about Ushiwaka /Ushiwaka Zue

DE ACTEUR Bando Misugoro, 1869 print De Acteur Onoe Kikugoro Als Niki Danjo paper color woodcut portrait of actor, actress

Night View of Matsuchi Hill and the Sanya Canal (Matsuchiyama Sanyabori yakei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Toyokuni I, B, work, Actors Hagino Isaburo and Ichikawa Dunjuro VII in the play Chanoyu Kagekiyo (Kagekiyo tea ceremony), 1824, color woodcut, graphics

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 1895 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 55834

A female role actor with strong male features, holding prayer beads. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai, early or mid 1830s. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Color woodblock print; sheet: 35.8 x 24.6 cm (14 1/8 x 9 11/16 in.).

A group of people in the country with two men towing a boat along a canal in the background, while farmers are harvesting rice., 1785, Woodcuts, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Visiting the Temple Barefoot Series: Pictures of Womens Manners and Customs. Artist: Ogata Gekko, Japanese, 1859-1920

Kunisada, B, C, work, Actors Kataoka Gado, Bando Hikosaburo, Seki Sanjuro and Kataoka Nizaemon in the play Date kurabe O-Kuni Kabuki (Dance play about Date's love quarrel), 1861, colored woodblock print, graphics

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Tang Yin (1470-1524), better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu, was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty period whose life story has become a part of popular lore. Even though he was born during the Ming Dynasty, many of his paintings (especially paintings of people) were illustrated with elements from Pre-Tang to Song Dynasty. Great Shu (Dàshǔ) called in retrospect Former Shu Qiánshǔ) was one of the Ten Kingdoms formed during the chaotic period between the rules of the Tang dynasty and the Song dynasty. It existed between 907-925 CE.

The caption of this print reads, Shunzan: Centre sheet of triptych. A group of a ladies in a garden by a lake; signed Shunzan; publisher, Yeijudo. The Japanese painter Katsukawa Shunzan was active c. 1782-1798. Shunzan was noted for his wood prints.

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro in the Role of Konjin Chogoro, right sheet of a diptych. Date: first month 1864. Dimensions: 37.5 cm x 25.2 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

Courtesan in Night Attire Standing on a Verandah Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Courtesan in Night Attire Standing on a Verandah, ca. 1767. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (27.3 x 21.0 cm). A young womans slumping posture indicates that she is dejected. On the paper screen behind her are the faint shadows of musicians, indicating that she has left a party to be alone. Knowing Harunobus tendency to hide literary references in his designs, scholars have suggested that this image refers to a well-known Japanese story about a beloved mirror, a female outcaste, and a cursed bell, which are represented by the stone basin full of reflective water, the lonely beauty, and the dipper (which is shaped like a mallet used to strike a bell). The story tells of the woe that comes to people who are greedy or overly attached to worldly things. Asian Art ca. 1767

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Benkei, February 1879, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Fukuda Kumajirō; Carver: Watanabe Yatarō, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 1/2 × 10 in. (36.83 × 25.4 cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play Akamatsu Man'yū ume no shirahata 松満祐梅白旗, performed at the Shin-Tomi Theater in February 1879.

Courtesan on Parade late 1730s-early 1740s Miyagawa Issh. Courtesan on Parade. Miyagawa Issh (Japanese, 1689-1780). Japan. late 1730s-early 1740s. Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Paintings

Red Table with Fans and a Brush Stand 19th century Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Red Table with Fans and a Brush Stand 54963

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