Japanese Woodblock Prints

Vibrant scenes from Japanese culture featuring landscapes, traditional figures, and storytelling moments, rich in detail and color, depicting historical themes and narratives.

Group of people in the street near the wall of a palace, on the wall a spectator, behind the wall a view of several rooms, The fourth act Yondanme Scenes from the Kanadehon Chushingura story (series title) Kanadehon Chushigura (series title on object), print maker: Kuniteru, (mentioned on object), publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), (mentioned on object), Kinugasa Fusajiro, (mentioned on object), print maker: Japan, publisher: Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, 1851 - 1853, paper, colour woodcut, h 251 mm × w 372 mm

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Karaki Masaemon. Artist: Unidentified Artist. 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.

$"The Sacred Tree" (Sakaki) chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image (a): 14 in. × 54 5/16 in. (35.5 × 138 cm)Image (b): 14 in. × 53 9/16 in. (35.5 × 136 cm). Date: ca. 1650.Events from the tenth chapter of the tale unfold in brilliant colors against a background of gold. These scenes cut from a handscroll represent a fraction of what may have been the most comprehensive series of Genji illustrations--complete with unabridged text inscribed by courtier calligraphers--ever created. The handscrolls comprising the set must have numbered over one hundred. Extant scrolls from the set, scattered among various collections, are evidence of the early Edo period's revitalization of the classical tradition of narrative painting. Although they exhibit the delicacy and detail associated with the Tosa school, paintings on interior screens and landscape elements suggest that they were the work of Kano artists active in Kyoto.In one of the scenes, Fujitsub$