Japanese Woodblock Prints

A vibrant selection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints showcasing actors, elegant women in kimonos, and landscapes, rich in color and cultural motifs, highlighting artistic techniques.

Tokyo, Nishimura Yohachi, Japan, Eishi, Hosoda, Furyu yatsushi rokkasen - sono ni, Six elegant immortal poets in modern dress - number two, Ono no Komachi, Poetess Ono no Komachi, below the print - stamped, Woman, like Ono no Komachi, in a long and very elegant pink kimono with a cherry blossom pattern, sitting with a fan in her left hand. In the foreground a branch with cherry blossoms; in the background a curtain. Poem in a square cartouche at the top right. Against yellow background., print, prints, Japan (collection), under print - stamped, height 374 mm, width 251 mm, 1756 - 1829, print maker, printmaker, 1793 - 1797, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, mica, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher

Kunisada, work, Actor Seki Sanjuro II in the play Zensei kogane no hana (Incomparably beautiful golden flower), 1830, colored woodblock print, graphics

Jewel River of Koya in KiiProvince. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798-1861

Lady Shizuka and herchildren. Artist: Maruyama ?kyo, Japanese, 1733-1795

Tokyo, Nishimura Yohachi, Japan, Eishi, Hosoda, Furyu yatsushi rokkasen - sono ni, Six elegant immortal poets in modern dress - number two, Ono no Komachi, Poetess Ono no Komachi, below the print - stamped, Woman, like Ono no Komachi, in a long and very elegant pink kimono with a cherry blossom pattern, sitting with a fan in her left hand. In the foreground a branch with cherry blossoms; in the background a curtain. Poem in a square cartouche at the top right. Against yellow background., print, prints, Japan (collection), under print - stamped, height 374 mm, width 251 mm, 1756 - 1829, print maker, printmaker, 1793 - 1797, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, mica, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher

Hemeden; illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club). Artist: Mishima Shoso (Japanese, 1856-1928). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (22.2 x 28.3 cm). Date: ca. 1906. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Man reading over a courtesan's shoulder in Japan, after an 18th century work by Suzuki Harunobu; Artwork

Japan, Takarama, Rokuzôtei, Rinba, Enyûtei, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Three actors with a puppet, verso - stamped, Three actors, two of them on the left in female roles, move a puppet that looks like a young man in a black kimono on which two large medallions with a crane are depicted . The actors carry the family crests of both the Ichikawa and Segawa acting families. With two poems., print, picture, surimono, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), passe-partout, bottom left - printed, height 201 mm, width 179 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1810 - 1820, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet

The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from Chapter 34, New Herbs I (Wakana I)” (Nihon shinnō onna sannomiya) 1890 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese Like his master, Toyohara Kunichika, Chikanobu is known for genre scenes in the triptych format.This triptych is related to an episode from Chapter 34, or New Herbs I, in the Tale of Genji, in which the youth Kashiwagi happens to notice a kitten running out from under a bamboo blind. He glimpses the elegant figure of the Third Princess, one of Genji's wives, behind the blind and falls in love with her, to disastrous effect. In this image, Chikanobu has transformed the Third Princess into a monumental image of woman. She is no longer the traditionally mysterious woman cloistered in an interior; she invades the outside world, as if she rules over the three courtiers.. The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from Chapter 34, New Herbs I (Wakana I)” (Nihon shinnō onna sannomiya) 55920

Actor Nakamura Shikan I (Nakamura Shikan). Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), graphic artist, Yamamotoya, Heikichi (Eikyudo) (ca 1812-1886), publisher

Ostade, Adriaen van, work, Old couple on the road, (1000 - 2000), etching, graphics, plate width 6.4 cm, plate height 8 cm, leaf width 8.2 cm, leaf height 9.8 cm, image width 6.2 cm, image height 7.8 cm

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

Tokyo, Kamekichi, Tsunashima, Japan, Wada Yujiro, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka, Fuzoku sanjuniso, 32 aspects of customs and habits, Niaiso., Geschikt, under print - stamped, Geisha from the Koka period (1844-48), in men's clothing with a pattern of peacock feathers, with an open fan; at full moon. During the Niwaka festival it was customary for geisha to give comic performances in the Yoshiwara quarter., print, prent, prints, Japan (collection), height 357 mm, width 244 mm, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, print maker, printmaker, 1888 - 1888, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing, 1857 - 1905, block cutter, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Sawamura Chōjūrō V as Hayano Kanpei and Ichikawa Kuzō II as Ono Sadakurō in Act Five of the play Kanadehon Chūshingura. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1797-1861)Tsujiokaya Bunsuke Kinshōdō. circa 1849. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the role of the hero of the Arajishi clan and Ichikawa Ebizo in the role of Nikidanjo in the drama Sendai Hagi Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

A Girl on the Edge of a Stream Sees a Demon's Head in the Water. Artist: Komatsuken (1710-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm); W. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Komatsuken.

Clearing Breeze from a Fan (Ogi no seiran) 1767-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; koban, trimmed . Kitao Shigemasa

Kunisada, work, Actor Seki Sanjuro II in the play Ise heishi ume no mitekura (A plum tree offered to the gods), 1820, colored woodcut, graphics

By Request, Picture of Fujiwara Yasumasa Playing the Flute by Moonlight, a Painting Shown at the Exhibition for the Advancement of Painting in Autumn 1882, February 1883, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Akiyama Buemon, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.56 × 24.77 cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Since this image was very popular, it was reprinted several times, undergoing a number of changes like the direction of the dark clouds from top left to bottom right or from bottom left to top right. This standard version contains fewer rows of grass printed over the gray background on the left sheet.

The oiran Komurasaki and Wakamurasaki of Tamaya, 1806, Woodcuts, Pillar print, Image 23 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (60 x 10.8 cm)

Scene One from the Play Chūshingura: Kō no Moronao and Kaoyo Gozen. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). circa 1850. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Scenes from Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) late 18th century Tosa School. Scenes from Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) 45363

Actor Kataoka Gadô II as Furuteya Hachirôbei (Furuteya Hachirôbei). Gosôtei, Hirosada (act. c.1826-1863), graphic artist

Two Women in a Room Opening on a Verandah. Artist: Hasegawa Mitsunobu (Japanese, active ca. 1724-1754). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.1 cm). Date: ca. 1730. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Poem by Sanjōin Onna Kurōdo Sakon: (Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as) Tokijirō, 1852, 9th month, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi; Carver: Yokogawa Takejirō, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.56 × 24.77 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: L. (page) 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm); W. (page) 9 1/4 in. (23.4 cm). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Japanese hand coloured woodcut. Scene shows a man holding up a magnifying glass to look at the famous samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Created between 1847 and 1850.

Ichikawa Komazo. Nakamura Theatre., 1775 - 1800, Woodcuts, Color, Paper / Sheet 12 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (32 x 14.4 cm)

Miasma (Sawaki no tei), with three courtesans in the pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

Tenth month, 8th lunar month 1851, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Minatoya Kohei, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.51 × 24.45 cm) (sheet, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Kunisada, B, work, Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Otani Tomoemon IV and Nakamura Tomijuro II in the play Umeyanagi sakigake soshi (A tale of early blooming plum trees and willows), dating : 1854, color woodcut, major category: graphics

Tsubaki (Camellia Japonica), 1769, Woodcuts, 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)

Lady in waiting standing with a fan, board from the album: Nishiki zuri onna sanju rokkasen e zukushi EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

A Girl on the Edge of a Stream Sees a Demon's Head in the Water Komatsuken Shoshoken (Shakeiko) Japanese. A Girl on the Edge of a Stream Sees a Demon's Head in the Water 55355

Genre scene - two women and a husband; the beginning of the 20th century (1900-00-00-1910-00-00);

Prince and a lady with a koto on the seashore HIROSHIGE II, UTAGAWA (1826 1869)

Portrait of Kabuki theater actor, ukiyo-e by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), woodcut. Japanese civilization, Edo period (1603-1868).

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: L. (page) 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm); W. (page) 9 1/4 in. (23.4 cm). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman Holding Work of Calligraphy, left sheet of the triptych Three People Who Lived Long. Date: third month 1855. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Man with a decorative pipe and a bag Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Tokyo, Ôhashiya Yashichi, Japan, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka, Kaidai hyaku senso, One Hundred Warriors Selected by Yoshitoshi, Mori Ranmaru, verso - stamped, The bloodied warrior Mori Ranmaru, holding a spear, under a window., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 363 mm, width 241 mm, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, print maker, printmaker, 1868 - 1868, third quarter 19th century, paper, papier, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Young man and girl at shooting range, Seated young man with bow in hands, filling a bin with arrows handed to him by a girl, in the background a shooting range., Suzuki Harushige (attributed to), Japan, 1768 - 1772, paper, colour woodcut, h 258 mm × w 192 mm

Beauty and an Actor as Mitate of Prostitute Tora-gozen and Soga no Jūrō, c. 1710, Tamura Suiō, Japanese, active c.1680-1730, 14 9/16 x 22 1/2 in. (37 x 57.2 cm) (image)47 13/16 x 27 9/16 in. (121.5 x 70 cm) (mount) W 76 cm w/roller, Ink, color, and gofun on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e

Kunisada, B, C, work, Actors Onoe Baiko, Seki Sanjuro III, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Ichikawa Kodanji IV in the play Genyada (The Story of Yosaburo the Weak), dating : 1853, color woodcut, major category: graphics

Japan: 'Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami)'. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762-1819), c. 1800. Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 - 13 December 1819), real name Isoda Shun'ei, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist from Tokyo. He joined the Katsukawa school of ukiyo-e artists, and mainly designed yakusha-e kabuki portraits, though he also dabbled in musha-e warrior prints and prints of sumo wrestlers. He became head of the Katsukawa school in 1800.

Japan, Jihei, Sugimura, Loving couple in festive clothing, Man and woman, lower bodies exposed, the woman holding the man's genitals in her hand. The man, wearing a hat, holds a large shell in his left hand. On the right a poem., print, prent, shunga, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 136 mm, width 343 mm, Japanese, print maker, prentenmaker, 1740 - 1745, second quarter 18th century, second quarter 18e century, third quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut

Boy giving a letter to a woman, from the series: Ise Monogatari Katsukawa, shunsho (1726 1792)

Kabuki Actor Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865). Kabuki Actor, ca. 1850. Color woodblock print, 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1850

Kunisada, Role portrait of an actress from the series Imayo oshie kagami, 1859-60, color woodcut, graphics

Osaka, Tenmaya Kihei, Hokuei, Shunbaisai, Otaka Namakura Matsue, Nakamura Matsue as Otaka, The Actor Nakamura Matsue in the role of the courtesan Otaka, standing with a folded fan in her right hand., print, prent, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 366 mm, width 253 mm, Japanese - 1837, print maker, prentmaker, 1824 - 1824, first quarter 19th century, paper, silver powder, gold powder, colour woodcut, blind stamping, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher

Kunisada, C, work, Actors Mimasu Gennosuke and Nakamura Shika in the play Motomishi hana otogi Heike (A follower from Taira's family), ca. 1828-29, technique : color woodcut, graphics

Japan, Horikô Hidari Katagen, Hokusai, Katsushika, Man in a Robe of Leaves, Man Sitting on a Stone with a Vase on a Wooden Table. This print is only known as a b-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 208 mm, width 184 mm, Work conception, 1760-10-12 - 1849-05-10, after

A pair of actors at a chrysanthemum display. Colour woodcut by Munehiro, early 1860s.

Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as Tetsugatake and Onoe Kikugorō IV as Iwakawa. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). seven month of 1858. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print; mica

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as O-Nayo from the play The Iris Soga of the BunrokuPeriod. Artist, copy after: T?sh?sai Sharaku, Japanese, active 1794-95

Lady and child, 1801 - 1825, Woodcuts, Surimono

Kunisada, B, work, Actors Sawamura Tanosuke, Nakamura Shika and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII in the play Tokaido Iroha Nikki (Alphabetical travel diary from the Tokaido road), 1861, color woodblock print, major: graphics

Nibijin ude-zumô = Arm-wrestling between two beauties, 1793, Publisher, Iwatoya Kisaburô, Arm wrestling, Woodcuts, 1 print color woodcut; 22.8 x 33.4 cm (horizontal aiban)

Japan, Hazemaru, Bunkyôsha, Nazuki, Bunkaisha, Gakutei, Yashima, Katsushika goban - Haru no akebonosome, A series of five prints for the Katsushika poets' association: Colors of the dawning spring, Ume no hana, Plum blossom, passe-partout, bottom left - printed, A young lady wears a kimono with a plum blossom pattern. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 207 mm, width 182 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1829 - 1829, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind stamping, poet

Woman Riding Turtle, Japanese woodcut

Woman Before a Tokonoma: Pictures of Womens Manners and Customs. Artist: Ogata Gekko, Japanese, 1859-1920

Two men under a cherry blossom. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Beauty in an Autumn Field. Date/Period: 1735/1800. Painting. Color on silk. Width: 47.5 cm. Height: 32.1 cm. Author: Koryusai.

Osan and Mohei agreeing to die together, Iriyamamoto (Japanese, active 18th-19th century), 1796, Woodcuts, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Lady in waiting, board from the album: Thirty six poets /Nishiki zuri onna sanju e zukushi EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Nakaguni (Nakaguni), 1909-10. Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866-1942). Color woodcuts with gold and silver; sheet: 29.9 x 22.1 cm (11 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.). This print from a set of three woodblock printed albums displays the graphic design prowess of Kamisaka Sekka. The images were first distributed one by one to subscribers to the series but later were reissued in bound form, like this book, for mass consumers. Each print features a vignette taken from nature or Japanese literature. Many of the scenes have a long history in Japan, originating in the 900s or 1000s and having been interpreted by all manner of artists since that time. Sekkas selections hew closely to precedents from the Rinpa style originated by painter Tawaraya S?tatsu (c. 1570-c. 1640) and calligrapher Honami K?etsu (1558-1637).

Tokyo, Akiyama Buemon, Japan, Toshihide, Migita, Bijin junishi, Twelve Beauties, Satsuki, The Fifth Month, verso - stamped, Woman, seated with a fan between her teeth, looking at her clasped hands with which she has caught a firefly; next to her a lantern containing fireflies; in the background the silhouette of a second woman catching fireflies. Satsuki is the name for the fifth month of the ancient lunar calendar of Japan., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 354 mm, width 241 mm, Japanese, 1863 - 1925, print maker, printmaker, 1901-03 - 1901-03, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, silver powder, colour woodcut, blind stamp, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Acteur Sakata Hangoro III in de Rol Van Een Yakko., Katsukawa Shunei, 1788-1792 Man barefoot and open outerwear, with both hands gripping his swords; Against a background with a fence, behind which a tree. Japan paper color woodcut Man barefoot and open outerwear, with both hands gripping his swords; Against a background with a fence, behind which a tree. Japan paper color woodcut

Flower Arranging. Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 25.0 x 19.1 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman by a Stream, 1830s, Mihata Jōryū, Japanese, act. 1830s, 46 1/8 x 19 11/16 in. (117.16 x 50.01 cm) (image)83 9/16 x 25 3/8 in. (212.25 x 64.45 cm) (overall, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, While artists associated with the Maruyama and Shijo_ Schools were renowned for their images of flowering plants, birds and animals, they were also accomplished figure painters. Mihata Jo_ryu_, a pupil of the renowned Shijo_ School master Okamoto Toyohiko, specialized in genre subjects, especially images of beautiful women. For this depiction of a woman who has accidentally dropped her fan in a stream, Jo_ryu_ took extraordinary care to depict her face and the volume of her body as suggested by the folds of her robe. Other details, too, reveal his attention to realism, including the transparency of her summer robes and her tortoise-shell hairpins and combs.

Eight Views from The Tale of Genji Ishiyama Moroka Episodes from eight chapters of the classic of literature, The Tale of Genji, are depicted, although not in chronological order, in this handscroll. Each composition is combined with motifs from a scene derived from the venerable Chinese painting theme known as Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers.” Eight Views” imagery, introduced to Japan during the thirteenth century, was assimilated into the Japanese ink landscape painting tradition. During the Edo period, some artists incorporated aspects of the theme into Genji illustrations. Moroka was a courtier as well as a painter and poet; his artistic training came from the Kyoto branch of the Kano school. In this early work, he restricted narrative elements to the far right side of each scene, allowing greater space for mist and abbreviated landscape elements set in otherwise empty silk. His handscroll may be the earliest extant example of Genji Eight Views” painting.. Eight Views f

Immortal Poet. Artist: Kano Shoun (1637-1702). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 7 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (18.4 × 16.5 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The actor Onoe Baiko in a scene on a roof and a thief Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Asukai Masanori Teaching Tokugawa Yoshimune to Play Kemari. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1875, July. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Winter, from the series "Elegant Play in the Four Seasons" (Fūryūshiki asobi) ca 1773-75 Isoda Koryūsai Japanese Koryūsai was influenced by Harunobu's style in depicting gentle, elegant women. The poem at the upper right of this print reads, "One shouldn't resent a lover's footprints in the morning snow.". Winter, from the series "Elegant Play in the Four Seasons" (Fūryūshiki asobi) 54579

Kunisada, B, C, work, Actors Iwai Kumesaburo, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII and Kataoka Gato in the play Hachijin Shugo no hanjo (The Eight Guard Camps), 1861, color woodblock print, major: graphics

Tokyo, Fukuda Kumajirô, Watanabe Tsunejiro, Japan, Kunichika, Toyohara, Ichikawa Danjuro engei hyakuban, One Hundred Scrolls of Ichikawa Danjuro IX, Kyumonryo Shishin, Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Kyumonryo Shishin, right margin - stamped, Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX in the role of the tattooed wrestler Kyumonryo Shishin, holding a stick above his head; against a gray background with snowflakes. Cartouche with snowy landscape upper right., print, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 362 mm, width 249 mm, 1835 - 1900, print maker, printmaker, 1898 - 1898, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, nishiki-e, blind stamping, Japanese, block cutter, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

A woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu showing a couple in a romantic scene, created using traditional Japanese techniques.

Japan, Hokkei, Totoya, Woman with incense burner, A woman sits in front of a hanging spherical incense burner. The print is an a-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 202 mm, width 187 mm, Work conception, Japanese, 1790 - 1850, after a print by, 1800 - 1850, paper, papier, colour woodcut, kleurhoutschrift, blinddruk

Actor in The Role of Arakawa KURANDO HIROTSUNA Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Japan: Hikifuda advertising poster for a pharmacy. Late Meiji (1868-1912), c. 1900

Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments 19th century Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese. Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments 40352

Actor Sawamura Tosshio II (Sawamura Tosshio II) as Kanzaki Yoboro Noriyasu (Kanzaki Yoboro Noriyasu), from the series "Stories of the True Loyalty of the Faithful Samurai" (Seichu gishi den). Utagawa, Kunisada I (1786-1864), graphic artist, Katata, Horinaga (active 1870- 1871), engraver, Yamamura, Kanesaburô, publisher

Two players, one with a knife, 1822 print Against a yellow and white checkered background, the players Ichikawa Ebijûrô I are in Purple Kimono, in the role of Miura Arajirô and Asao Yûjirô, with knife, as Sano Genzaemon, in the 'Keisei Sano No Funabashi', staged in the Goryô theater in the fifth month of 1822. paper color woodcut portrait of actor, actress. adult man (+ two persons). tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: knife

Japan, Aizuru, Jurô, Funosoro, Kôrokurô, Hokkei, Totoya, Tsurezuregusa, Scripties van vrijzucht, Hitori, Being alone by the light of a lamp, View of a room with a writing table, some books, a lamp and a vase with peacock feathers. Next to the table is a brazier. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 211 mm, width 181 mm, Japanese, 1790 - 1850, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1830, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet

Child and book box, 1814, Woodcuts, Surimono

Drinking New Year sake., 1804. Woodcuts

A group of geishas preparing to dance the pony dance (harugoma odori), created by Idzumiya (Japanese, active late 18th century) in approximately 1805. The artwork is a woodcut measuring 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm) and is part of a triptych

Japan, Shujin, Hibian, Sadakage, Utagawa, Mutamagawa no uchi, The Six Jewel Rivers, Tôi - sono san, The Tôi River at Settsu, number three, Fulling woman, verso - stamped, A young woman, sitting by a fulling block (used for felting cloth), looks up while beating the cloth, at a man by a pine tree. With one poem., surimono, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), passe-partout, lower left - printed, height 201 mm, width 175 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1832 - 1832, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing, poet

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Bando Hikosaburo as Ghost of the Minister of the left. Michihira.and Ichikawa Danjuro as Nikki Bennosuke. 1849. Oban vertical diptyc.

Puppet in kimono being manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers in black robes. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada II, Tokyo, 1850s. From a series of illustrations of popular bunraku plays, this showing the Yaoya Oshichi.

A seated lady reading a book, with a second book on a covered table., 1770, Woodcuts., Page from book

Needlework. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806

Actors in the Roles of Yoshida no Matsuwaka, Ōtomo Hitachinosuke, and Yakko Kajihira. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, 1854, 1st month. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

A view of the Yasakuni Shrine on Kudan Slope., 1880. Woodcuts., Color

Edo, Chusuke, Kazusaya, Kunimasa, Utagawa, Yakusha gakuya tsu, A look behind the scenes with the actors, Sanogawa Ichimatsu, Love poem for Sanogawa Ichimatsu, print, prints, Japan (collection), height 184 mm, width 129 mm, 1773 - 1810, print maker, printmaker, 1799 - 1799, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

fine arts, Hokusai, Katsushika (1760 - 1849), graphic, courtesan with lover, colour woodcut, circa 1810, private collection,

Torii Kiyonaga ( , 1752 - June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and painter of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art-name (go). Although not biologically related to the Torii family, he became head of the group after the death of his adoptive father and teacher Torii Kiyomitsu. The master Kiyomitsu died in 1785; since his son died young, and Kiyotsune, Kiyonaga's senior, was a less promising artist, Kiyonaga was the obvious choice to succeed Kiyomitsu to leadership of the Torii school. However, he delayed this for two years, likely devoting time to his bijinga and realizing the immense responsibility that would fall on his shoulders once he took over the school. Thus, in 1787, he began organizing the production of kabuki signboards and the like, which the school held a near monopoly on. He also began to train Kiyomitsu's grandson, Torii Kiyomine, who was to succeed him. Kiyonaga is considered o

An Actor as the Court Lady Iwafuji, left sheet of a diptych. Date: 1849-1851. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

The Courtesan Hatsuito. Suzuki Harunobu (Japan, circa 1725-1770). Japan, 1770. Prints; woodblocks. Page from a color woodblock printed book

Japan, Utamaro, Kitagawa, Woman at a fox trap, A woman stands next to a fox trap with a mushroom as bait. Behind the woman a white sly fox who has dressed as a human and wants to grab the bait with a rope. With one poem. The print is a b-copy from the late Meiji period (1868-1912)., print, prent, surimono, prints, prenten, Japan (collection), height 208 mm, width 173 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, prentmaker, 1890 - 1900, paper, papier, colour woodcut, colour woodblock print, blind printing

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