Japanese Women in Traditional Art

Color woodblock prints depicting elegant women in traditional clothing, often interacting in serene natural settings or theatrical contexts, emphasizing cultural beauty.

Pentaptych: Five girls with theater puppets, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Japanese, 1794 - 1832, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Japan, 1805-20, theater, Print, Print

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center), c. 1796-97. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Triptych: color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.).

Pentaptych: Five girls with theater puppets, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Japanese, 1794 - 1832, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Japan, 1805-20, theater, Print, Print

Jurojin, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Adesugata Shichifukujin) 1765-1781 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Ishikawa Toyonobu

Three Courtesans 1615-1806 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Three Courtesans 57080

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 10 in. (37.8 x 25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1795.This well-preserved, brightly colored print is one of three from the series that depict actors from the same play--"The Disputes of the Kaga Daimyo Family"--under a blossoming cherry tree. The Osaka-born actor Onoe Matsusuke (1744-1815) could play various types of male and female roles. Here, he is depicted as the power-hungry Lady Iwafuji, her wickedness expressed in facial features such as a tightly closed mouth and narrowed eyes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Evening rain and wind in the pine trees.; Matsukaze Yau; Eight vletment world faces of the Genji story.; Ukiyo Genji Hakkei. Woman with object from box in hands, kneeling at Koto (Japanese string instrument); In the background girl a bamboo curtain rolling down. In fan-shaped cartouche at the top right landscape with waterfall and pine trees between clouds.

Three Women on a Balcony ca. 1786 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Three Women on a Balcony 56746

The Actors Arashi Koroku I as Makomo no Mae and Ichikawa Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi in the play Shusse Momijigari, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747 1747 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomasu II (Publisher)

A Courtesan Followed by a Girl Attendant Carrying a Doll. Artist: Ippitsusai Buncho (Japanese, active 1760-1794). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (31.8 x 14.9 cm). Date: 1723-1792. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Two Women Standing, Holding a Child ca. 1785 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Two Women Standing, Holding a Child 55610

Print 1830 Totoya Hokkei Japanese. Print 54371

Eyes for Looking at a Courtesan, c. 1810. Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787-1867). Color woodblock print; sheet: 39.1 x 27.7 cm (15 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.).

Chí»bon no zu = Picture of the middle class, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753?-1806), (Artist), Date Created: ca. 1793-ca.1804.

Eighth act of the piece Chūshingura, played with dolls in a room. Donation Gerhard Schack

Courtesans of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, from the Series Seiro Kokon Hokku Awase 1771-1781 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Prince Genji refreshes; Continuing impressions of a later genji collection; Genji Goshu Yojo. Man, Prince Genji, vessel, under red lantern, at water basin.

Courtisanes looking at Bonsai Boom, in or after c. 1800 - in or before 1842 print Two Courtisanes; One standing, the other leaning through sliding window, looking at bonsai tree in pot. paper color woodcut topiary work (shrubs and trees trimmed and trained into ornamental shape); bonsai, espalliered, etc.. courtesan, hetaera

The First Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Shigenoi. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 3/10 x 5 3/4 in. (28.7 x 14.6 cm). Date: 10th month, 1777. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mimosuso River in Ise Province (Mimosusogawa, Ise), from the series "Fashionable Mirrors of Famous Places (Furyu meisho kagami)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 6 in. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Calligraphy, from the series Fashionable Versions of the Four Accomplishments (Furyu kinkishoga) 1771-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai

Women Beside a Stream Chasing Fireflies, mid 1790s. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.8 x 25.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 in.). A group of women amuse themselves by chasing fireflies next to a stream. A sense of movement is conveyed by their sleeves fluttering in the breeze.

Kiyomizu Komachi. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm). Date: 1790s.Utamaro plays with the device of framing in this print of a woman playing mekakushi, blindman's buff, with two small children. The tsuitate screen, which defines the space between the interwoven figures, gives the print its sophisticated complexity. As the woman momentarily observes the children through the tsuitate, which is equipped with a sliding paper door, she is framed in a sort of bijin-e, as portraits of beauties were called, which gives the print its title. Local belles were called Komachi after a ninth-century poetess renowned for her beauty. At the same time, the screen accentuates the separation between the woman and the children. The children are completely absorbed in the excitement of the game, whereas the woman is self-conscious because she is an adult playing the part of a child. Her delight comes from watching

Number five: The first writing of the new year by Hitofude from the Tamaya Kakizome no Tamaya uchi Hitofude (title on object) The Nakanochô for the Hisakataya poetry association (series title) Hisakataya Nakanochô (series title on object), Hitofude, a high-ranking courtesan from the Tamaya house, parades with her maid (kamuro) and courtesan in the doctrine (shinzo) by Nakanochô, the main street of the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo (present-day Tokyo). With two poems. The left-hand leaf of a five-part, on which high-standing courtesans (oiran) from the various houses from the Yoshiwara are depicted, courtesan, hetaera, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1827, paper, colour woodcut, h 205 mm × w 185 mm

Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi" ca. 1795 Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese This print is one of the most exquisite ukiyo-e prints featuring women. The subject matter of "Kayoi Komachi," inscribed in the upper right corner, is drawn from a tragic Noh play. The poet Ono no Komachi promises to meet her ardent suitor Fukakusa Shōjō if he agrees to spend a hundred nights on the stepstool of an oxcart. After ninety-nine nights, he dies. This print is a parody of the popular story. A courtesan is on her way home from visiting her favorite customer, knowing that their meetings will eventually end. Both Fukakusa Shōjō, in the Noh play, and the courtesan in this print share a profound sense of promise unfulfilled. Here, the mistiness of the night (achieved by means of an ink spray) and the woman's disheveled hair are suggestive of their romantic lingering.. Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi" 56050

Fourth month (Zuki), from the series "Twean

Untitled ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese The poem inscribed on this print of a young man fixing his lover's clog reads: "Even today the street is barely passable; if it were to snow tomorrow one could not hope for him to come".. Untitled 56882

Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 32 x 22.4 cm (12 5/8 x 8 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; aiban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Mother and Child 1795-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; naga-oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki, performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788 1788 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Shingen and Kenshin, from the series "Mirrors of Warriors in Fashionable Parodies (Furyu yatsushi musha kagami)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Rustic Genji and beauty, central sheet of the triptych Practicing Flower Arrangement on New Year's Morning. Date: 1849. Dimensions: 36 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Young man and girl looking at fireflies, Isoda Kôryûsai, 1770 - 1780 print Young man, sitting on the bench, looking up to fireflies, while a girl with a fan comes running into the right hand; A river in the background. Japan paper color woodcut insects: fly. youth, adolescent. fan

Rustic Genji and kneeling lady attendant, one sheet of a triptych. Date: fifth month 1852. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Act VII The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki 1781-1791 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi) 1771-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

Soga on Goro admonished by his mother, from the series Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue) 1838-1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58061

Parody of Minamoto no Tametomo. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (26.7 x 20 cm)medium-size print (chu-ban). Date: 1765.In the picture-calendar the cyclical date for 1765 is hidden. Japan's system of cyclical dates for naming years combines the ten celestial stems with the twelve animals of the zodiac. Kinoto tori (the second of the ten stems and the zodiac sign of the rooster) appears on the left side of the warrior's neckband and "Meiwa 2" (1765) is seen on the right. The numerals for the dai, or long, months (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10) appear inside the exposed lining of his kimono, while the numerals for the sho, or short, months (1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12) are reversed in white and disguised as bamboo leaves on the kimono of the woman nearest the screen. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Evening snow on the peak of Mount Kinryusan /Kinryu bosetsu, from the series: Furyu Edo Hakkei KIYONAGA, TORII (1752 1815)

Nagauta Kihan 1735-1790 Isoda Koryūsai Japanese. Nagauta Kihan 57102

Women holding fan in her mouth 1825-1845 Japan. Color woodblock print; right sheet of shikishiban triptych, surimono . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woman with hand mirror, Woman in kimono with a pattern of chrysanthemums growing through fencing, sitting on a porch, in her left hand a mirror in which the reflection of her face, in her right hand a hair pen., Okumura Toshinobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1728 - 1732, paper, copper powder, h 310 mm × w 151 mm

Wakanaya uchi Shiratsuyu, The courtesan Shiratsuyu of Wakana-ya., Hosoda, Eishi, 1756-1829, artist, between 1791 and 1795, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.4 x 25.4 cm., Print shows the courtesan Shiratsuyu, full-length portrait with many hairpins, sitting, facing left, holding a long pipe.

The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Kasaya Sankatsu ( ) in the Play Hana no Gosho Konegen Butai ( ), Performed at the Nakamura Theater ( ) in the Eighth Month, 1772 ( ) 1767-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Umegae in the play Hiragana Seisuiki, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1764 1764 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e . Suzuki Harunobu

Bijinga, toilet after the bath; print from the series Toto mitate gofukuya hakkei" (Match-ups in the Eastern Capital: Eight Views of Drapers). Utagawa, Toyoshige (1777-1835), graphic artist

Picking Persimmons. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 28.5 x 21.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A courtisane, c. 1818 print A Courtisane, with a pipe and tobacco tray, climbs a staircase. paper adult woman. tobacco. staircase

Flowers, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)". Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1779-1790. Dimensions: 38.2 x 25.5 cm (15 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Chidori no tamagawa, Plovers., Utamaro II, -approximately 1831, artist, between 1806 and 1809, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 21.6 x 15.8 cm., Print shows two women, one kneeling and writing on a scroll, the other standing nearby watching her.

Ebisu and Benten walking under an umbrella, surimono. Utagawa, Toyohiro (1773-1828), graphic artist

Vrouw Met Kat OP Tafel, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1832 A woman relaxes under a so -called 'kotatsu', a table over which a blanket is lying with a bowl underneath, as heating. She holds a long pipe and next to her is a book and a box with smoke utensils. Against the dean is a second, closed book, entitled 'Stories of the Waterkant' (sugars). On top of the table is a cat - probably because it is a nice warm spot. This print refers to Wu Sung, one of heroes from the book fallen from the table (sugars), who killed a tiger with his bare hands - the cat depicts the tiger. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut

. A woman is still half in bed and raises her. On her kimono the emblems of different closed clubs, O.A. De Gogawa and the Shippôren. With one poem.

Three women having a meal Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Box-tree Comb, from the series FiveColors. Artist: Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai, Japanese, 1764-1820

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kenkaya Gorouemon and Segawa Kikunojo I as Osen in the play Hatsugoyomi Akinai Soga, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1732 1732 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e . Torii Kiyomasu II

Actors Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi and Arashi Kangorō I as the footsoldier (ashigaru) Kangohei, 1850, 3rd month, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.5 × 24.5 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play Kakitsubata tamuke no Hanakawado 若手向花川戸, performed at the Kawarazaki Theater, 1850, 3rd month.

Theatrical Scene 1797-1861 Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese. Theatrical Scene 54225

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

Woman with hand mirror, Okumura Toshinobu, 1728 - 1732 print Woman in Kimono with pattern of chrysanthemums growing by fencing, sitting on veranda, in the left hand a mirror in which the reflection of her face, in right hand a hair pen. Japan paper. copper powder adult woman. mirror - AA - (for) women. loggia, verandah, porch

Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)". Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1809-1822. Dimensions: 15 x 10 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Two women and a girl with a goblet on a tray, from the series: Six famous poets /Rokkasen Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Ishiyakushi Station 44. Yoshitsune with a Fan and Warrior Monk Benkei /Ishiyakushi, from the series: Fifty Three Parallels for the Tôkaidô Road /Tōkaidō gojūsan tsui

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook (Soshiarai Komachi), from the series The Seven Ukiyo-e Aspects of Komachi (Ukiyo-e nana Komachi). Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 25.6 x 18.9 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Cutting and Sewing (Tachinui), from the series Collection of of Fashionable Accomplishments (Furyu shogei zukushi) 1765-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

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Nine months (Nagatsuki), from the series "Twean

The Flower in Sake: House of Willow, from the WillowSeries. Artist: Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780-1850

The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura, junimai tsuzuki). Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1789-1800. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Hakamadare Yasusuke with a poem by Fujiwary No Tadamichi (Hosshôji nyûdô Saki no Kanpaku Daijôdaijin), No. 76 from the series "Imitation of the collection from Ogura - one poem after one hundred poets" (nazorae hyakunnin iShu pierura)Dembiński, Stanisław (1891-1940)-collection, decorative boards according to the anthology of a hundred poets, cycle, gift (provenance), woodcuts, Japanese (culture), Japanese art, ukiyo-e

Evening glow in Ryogoku; Ryogoku No Sekisho; Eight faces on famous places and beauties in Edo; Edo Meisho Bijin Hakkei. Courtisane, halves, against a white background, upstairs face on fireworks above the Ryogoku bridge. (Bijinga)

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Kusunoki Masatsura and Arashi Murajiro as Ben no Naishi, in the shosa "Sode Furu Yuki Yoshino Shui," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1786. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1786. Dimensions: 35.8 x 24.3 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A courtisian, KEISHAI.In, C. 1815 - c. 1820 A portrait of a Courtisane holding a stack of paper tissues. Her great belt (OBI) has a pattern of fans floating in a river. With one poem. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe) Momiji of the Echizenya 1788-1798 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

Goldfish, from the series Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase) 1797-1807 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

SHINAGAWA, UTAGAWA KUNISADA (i), 1854 print Courtisane, seen on the back, sitting in front of a dressing table with songbook, the hairstyle made by standing woman; Against a cartouche with a view of the Edo Bay and roofs of tea houses in the foreground. The women are a design of Kunisada, the landscape of Hiroshige. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut care of the hair - AA - ~ women. water course. adult woman (+ two persons)

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women), c. 1796. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.2 x 23.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.).

Teahouse overlooking rice fields, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jikkei)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 21.7 x 15.9 cm. Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Enoshima, from the series Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji) 1780-1790 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Torii Kiyonaga

Courtesan and her Child Attendant with a Potted Plum Tree ca. 1815 Katsukawa Shuntei. Courtesan and her Child Attendant with a Potted Plum Tree 54120

Clearing Breeze from a Fan (Ogi no seiran), from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei) 1761-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Herb Gathering at Mukjima, from the series Famous Edo Sites at Springtime. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni II, Japanese, 1777-1835

Geisha Reading a Book by Kikugawa Eizan, 1787-1867, colored woodblock print

The Courtesan Kobai of the Yawataro House, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-1892)

Nocturnal rain shower in the Yoshiwara, after 1800 - in or before 1848 print Courtisane, in full, in the left hand a role tissues, standing against heart -shaped cartouche in which rain landscape with people on the road leading to the Yoshiwara, can be seen in the background. paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. rain

A woman with a complex umbrella walking in the snow / tachi suggestion, from the series: Parody Muszel / Furyu Mitate Kaizukushi Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

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.

Ohan and Obiya Choemon eloping in the drama Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami, from the series A Collection of Ancient and Modern Dramas (Kokon Joruri zukushi) 1844-1855 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Fujiya Izaemon, poem by Udaisho Michitsuna-no Haha (mother of Fujiwara Michitsuna); print 53 from the series Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Decorative plates according to the anthology of one hundred poets). Utagawa, Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), graphic artist

A Windy Day 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Returning Sails of the Bamboo Knives (Takenaga no kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Maids' Utensils (Jochu tedogu hakkei)". Attributed to Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1775-1800. Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

of the Akazomeemon, totoya hokkei, c. 1827 The poet Akazomeemon, with a fan in hand, standing on a balcony with red balustrade, above which partially erected bamboo curtain. She was the wife of ôe Masahira, one of the 36 famous poets from the Heian period (794-1185). With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut

. A woman has just left the bathhouse.

Daibutsu no banshoVesper Bell of the Temple of Great Buddha. Artist: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 x 9 7/8 in. (38.1 x 25.1 cm). Date: ca. 1778. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The actor Arashi Shoroku in the role of a woman with a scroll Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Two courtesans and a young man under a mosquito net, Courtesan in kimono with pattern of chrysanthemums, sliding a folded letter to man with pipe behind mosquito net, second courtesan watching from behind the folding screen, in the background a screen with a painting of river and plum blossom., Kitagawa Utamaro (mentioned on object), Tokyo, 1793 - 1997, paper, colour woodcut, h 377 mm × w 247 mm

Courtesans of the Matsubaya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 1 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

Actor in the play Story of the eight dogs /Hakkenden Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Righteousness (Two Boy Prostitutes Seated by a Candle) (from an untitled series of the Five Confucian Virtues), 1767. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Color woodblock print; overall: 36.6 x 21.6 cm (14 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.).

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and Attendants Wakagi and Wakaba, from the series A Comparison of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin awase) 1792-1802 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Chokosai Eisho

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