Japanese Woodblock Prints

Captivating scenes from Japanese culture, depicting women in traditional clothing amidst nature, showcasing beauty and artistic detail.

Time to Relax, Japanese Prints

The Beauty of the Floating World 1780-1795 Katsukawa Shunchō Japanese. The Beauty of the Floating World 57086

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

Two Geisha. Artist: Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (36.8 x 24.4 cm). Date: ca. 1792. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Cooling off at Nakasu (Nakasu no suzumi), from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase) 1778-1788 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

One of the Seven Komachi: Amagoi (Praying for Rain). Artist: Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, 1735-ca. 1790). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan Watching her Attendant Detain Hooded Man. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Meiji reprint.

Prince Gennie and Hofdame. Prince Genji in cloak where pattern of butterflies, standing at table on which large sheets of paper; At the table a laundry sitting with opened lacquer box and colored piece of paper in hands; In the background a room screen with pattern of blue rain.

Time to Relax, Japanese Prints

The Oiran Hinazuru of Chojiya Standing upon a Pile of Futon. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (30.8 x 21.6 cm). Date: ca. 1794. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Interior View ca. 1788 Katsukawa Shunchō Japanese. Interior View 55618

Flowers of the Doteshita District (Dotebana), from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase) 1778-1788 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Nakasu ca. 1782-83 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Enjoying the Evening Cool at Nakasu 56756

Sako no SuzumiCooling Off at Nakazu. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (36.8 x 24.8 cm). Date: 1782. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

PRINS GENJI EN HOFDAME, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1851-1853 print Prince Genji in cloak on which pattern of butterflies, standing at the table on which large sheets of paper; At the table a court lady sitting with open lacquer box and colored piece of paper in your hands; In the background a challenge screen with pattern of blue rain. Print Maker: Japantokotokyopublisher: Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut writing accessories. standing figure. sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure

Women of the Tatsumi District (from the series Eastern Customs of the Present Day), c. mid 1780s. Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese). Color woodblock print; sheet: 26.1 x 19.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.).

Hour of the Cock (Tori no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)". Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1789-1799. Dimensions: 15 x 10 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Courtesan Katsuyama of the Echizenya House, 19th century, Signature of Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752 - 1815, 12 5/8 × 8 3/4 in. (32.07 × 22.23 cm) (image, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Signature is not by Kiyonaga but was added later.

Three Women on a Veranda. Artist: Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 9 9/16 in. (37.8 x 24.3 cm). Date: 1756-1829. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Women in an outdoor room. Nine women, with different activities, in a tatami room; in the foreground a Koto (Japanese string instrument) and a room screen; In the background a veranda, grass and cloud patterns.

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

The actors Arashi Kichisaburo III as Aboshi Samojiro, Onoe Kikugoro II as Hamaji, Nakamura Kan'emon as Nurude Gobaiji, and Otani Tomoemon IV as Shokan Hikiroku 1847-1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Evening Snow at Sensoji Temple (Sensoji no bosetsu), from the series Eight Fashionable View of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei) 1771-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Ukishima Danjo 1769 Autumn Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro in the Role of Ukishima Danjo 36897

Hour of the Dog (Inu no koku), from the series Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki) 1789-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Lovers Chubei and Courtesan Umegawa, illustration for The Pillow Book by Kitanga Utamaro, 1754-1806, colored woodblock print, 1788

Act Three The Quarrel Scene from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers) 1790-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; koban . Katsukawa Shun'ei

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei) ca. late 18th century Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei) 55801

Sunset Glow of Late Summer (Choka no sekisho), from the series Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei) 1774-1784 Japan . Torii Kiyonaga

Act Seven, from the series Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (Shichi-damme) 1796-1807 Japan. Color woodblock print, oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Going to the Kabuki Theater in the Hour of the Hare (From the Series The Twelve Hours with Daily Events), early 1800s. Kitagawa Hidemaro (Japanese). Color woodblock print; sheet: 34.4 x 23.1 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.).

Courtier and Two Ladies of the Court, with a Poem by Mibu no Tadamine. Artist: Rekisentei (Chokyosai) Eiri (Japanese, active ca. 1789-1801). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm); W. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm). Date: ca. 1791.The image presents a fanciful depiction of a court poet accompanied by two young women in contemporary Edo garb. The poem is by Mibu no Tadamine, an early Heian courtier-poet (active 898-920) who was counted among the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals (Sanjurokkasen). The poem refers to the New Year's custom of plucking pine saplings while composing poems praying for long life; it reads: Ne no hi suru nobe ni komatsu no nakariseba chiyo no tameshi ni nani o hikamashiIf on the day of the rat no pine saplingsare to be found what should we pluckto pray for longevity --[Mibu no Tadamine (Trans. John T. Carpenter). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Act Four: Enya Hangan's Castle from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 23.7 x 18 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.). Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Monkey Handler, c. 1790, Katsushika Hokusai; Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 8 5/16 × 6 1/16 in. (21.1 × 15.4 cm) (sheet, vertical chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

The Actor Arashi Hinaji I, Possibly as Yuya Gozen in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 31.2 x 15 cm (12 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

New Year Manzai Performance at a Feudal Lord's Mansion, from the illustrated book Picture Book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana), vol 1 1801 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Kitagawa Utamaro

Minamoto NO YORITOMO EN YUKI Onna in in de Sneeuw., 1770 print Middle and right leaf of a Hosoban Triptych. The actor Segawa Kikunojo II in the women's role of Yuki Onna (left) and the actor Arashi Sangoro II as Minamoto No Yoritomo (right) in the snow. In the play Myoto-Giku Izu No KiseWata. paper color woodcut snow

Going to a Picnic, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1789. Dimensions: 38.0 x 25.8 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya) 1787-1798 Japan. Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych . Utagawa Toyokuni I

Flowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)". Kitao Masanobu (Santo Kyoden); Japanese, 1761-1816. Date: 1786-1789. Dimensions: 38.2 x 25 cm (15 x 9 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms 1788-1798 Japan. Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center sheet 1925.3088) . Chôbunsai Eishi

A Courtesan Looking at Her Reflection in a Hand Mirror Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese ca. 1787

Tiger: The slope at Kagura; Tora-Kagurasaka; Famous places in Edo and the twelve signs of the zodiac; Edo Meisho Mitate Jûnishi. A lady and her maid for the Zenkoku temple. Kagurasaka is located north-west of the Ushighome gate and the Zenkoku Temple is very popular on days of the tiger. With two poems.

Miyanoshita (Name of One of the Hot Springs at Hakone) ca. 1779 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Miyanoshita (Name of One of the Hot Springs at Hakone) 55510

Kiritsubo, No 1 from the series Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta) 1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)

Women make prints (right part), utagawa kunisada (i), 1796 - 1865 print Right part of a triptych with women who make prints. paper color woodcut

A Scene from the Play Hana no hoka ni waka no kyokuzuki. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, circa 1846. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

Young Couple Under an Umbrella in the Snow. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.7 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing under a Maple Tree in the Autumn ca. 1778 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing under a Maple Tree in the Autumn 37158

Three Women at the Base of a Sacred Pine Tree. Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Three figures on the sea coast Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Landscape of Mt. Yoshino in the Capital Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). , ca. 1788-1790. Color wooblock print on paper, 12 1/2 x 8 15/16 in. (31.8 x 22.7 cm). Asian Art ca. 1788-1790

Four women at a well EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

Benzaiten Shrine at Shinobugaoka (Shinobugaoka Benzaiten), from the "Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Furyu Toto hakkei)". Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1819-1834. Dimensions: 15 x 10 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III in Three Roles Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zato (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaido-maru, in the Play Zoho Natsu Matsuri (Expanded Summer Festival), Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater from the First Day of the Eighth Month, 1791 1786-1796 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shun'ei

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right), 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.).

Hour of the Ram, Japanese Prints - Utamaro

Niem in the garden (Teichû no Yuki), from the series "Talk about Genji created by a lot" (Genji Genji) (Genji)

Courtesans of the Chojiya, from the book A Comparison of Beauties of the Green Houses A Mirror of Their Forms (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 1 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

Woodblock Print, Woman washing fabric in a stream; Print Maker: Utagawa Kunisada; Japan; woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi)

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The Oiran Hinazuru of Chōjiya Holding a Round Fan (Uchiwa) ca. 1794 Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese. The Oiran Hinazuru of Chōjiya Holding a Round Fan (Uchiwa) 54841

No 3 Silent Flower (Mono iwanu hana), from the series A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase) 1826-1829 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Yanagawa Shigenobu II

No 6 Tama River of Koyasan in Kii Province, from the series Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa) 1764-1774 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Kitao Shigemasa

Actors on stage. Scenic scene with the actor Iwai kumesaburo, in woman role, in kimono on which pattern of irises, standing next to the actor Matsumoto Koshiro, sitting; A third actor in the background at a decor with water, blooming irises, blossom. Part of triptych.

The First Month (Mutsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Seasons (Furyu juni kiko)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1774-1784. Dimensions: 26.1 x 19.2 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase) Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami 1792-1802 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

A Spring Outing. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 8 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Iris Garden. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm). Date: ca. 1784. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Dichteres Ono NO KOMACHI, HOSODA EISHI, 1793-1797 print Woman, as Ono No Komachi, in long and very elegant pink kimono with pattern of cherry blossoms, sitting with fan in the left hand. In the foreground branch with cherry blossom; A curtain in the background. Poem in square cartouche at the top right. Against yellow background. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper. color woodcut writer, poet, author. fan. plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Couple Playing a Kokyū Together Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Couple Playing a Kokyū Together, ca. 1768-1769. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (26.7 x 19.7 cm). Asian Art ca. 1768-1769

Furyu yastushi hagoromo, Updated version of Hagoromo., Ishikawa, Toyonobu, 1711-1785, artist, between 1764 and 1772, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25.7 x 16.8 cm., Print shows a woman (possibly the Tennin, an aerial spirit or celestial dancer) standing on a man in order to remove her feather-mantle (hagoromo or heavenly kimono) which is hanging on the branches of a tree; the man is helping her get her mantle in return for the opportunity to witness her celestial dance.

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty, late 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.).

Shutendoji in Oeyama Palace. Komatsuya Hyakki; Japanese, 1720-1793 (). Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 30.0 x 19.5 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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

A Young Male Actor on Parade in Autumn Rain 1760-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

The House of Umegawa. Artist: Nishimura Shigenobu (Japanese, active 1729-39). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 1/2 in. x 6 in. (31.8 x 15.2 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman saves Futon, Anonymous, c. 1820 print A woman is still half in bed and stings up the hair. On her Kimono the emblems of various poems clubs, including the Gogawa and the Shippôren. With one poem. paper color woodcut styles of hairdress - AA - ~ women. blanket

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

Thee actors, central sheet of the triptych Parody of the Drinking Party at Oeyama with Flowers of Chivalry. Date: fourth month 1864. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

At the Ryogoku bridge Ryogoku (title on object) Fuzoku Edo sunago (series title on object), Young woman on jetty at the Roygoku bridge, talking with woman with pipe in left hand, sitting in boat, in the background boats on the river Sumida., Katsukawa Shuncho (mentioned on object), Japan, 1783 - 1787, paper, colour woodcut, h 261 mm × w 190 mm

Geta no yukitori, Removing snow from one's clogs., Isoda, Koryusai, active 1764-1788, artist, 1776, printed later, 1 print : woodcut, color., Print shows a woman holding an umbrella while a female servant removes snow from her geta.

Gathering Spring Flowers. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Yume no ukihashi, Dream Ukihashi., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, 1854., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.8 x 17.7 cm., Floating bridge of dreams. The poem in the image is a pun on the last chapter of Genji.

Courtisane fluisterend tegen haar kamuro.Courtisane in kimono on which pattern of pine branches and a jumping carp, sitting on veranda, embracing her kamuro having a love letter (the letter is folded into a kind of knot, indicating a love letter). In the background a tobacco (box for smokeware) and a sake boiler.

Courtesans of the Wakanaya, 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

Enjoying the Evening Bries at the River in Shijo, Kyoto., Katsukawa Shunchō, 1790 - 1795 print Three women and a boy at the bridge over the Kamo river; Courtisane, looking back at waitress with cloth over her shoulder, looking at Shinzo (Courtisane in training) with lantern in the left and boy with fan on the right hand. In the background the Kamo river with tea houses on either side. Poem in square cartouche at the top right. Tokyo paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. lantern. river

Window Opening Toward the Sea Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Window Opening Toward the Sea 56687

Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Hosogawa Katsumoto (Hosogawa Katsumoto), from the triptych 'Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Nikki Danjô, Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Izutsu Gekizaemon and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Hosogawa Katsumoto' (Nikki Danjô, Izutsu Gekizaemon, Hosogawa Katsumoto). Utagawa, Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), graphic artist, Izutsuya, Shôkichi (c. 1849- 1865), publisher

Yagurashita no Bansho (Evening Bell at Yagurashita), Courtesan and Her Attendant at the Yagurashita Unlicensed Pleaser District in Fukagawa, from the series "Fukagawa Hakkei (Eights Views of Fukagawa)". Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 25.2 x 19 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Maker of Sword Fittings at his Workbench 1790-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; surimono, sheet from an album . Kubo Shunman

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Onatsu and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Seijuro in the play Uno Hana Nisei no Aikago, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fourth month, 1747 1747 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

Two Women in a Garden, central sheet of the triptych The Second Month: Plum Blossom Viewing, from the series The Twelve Months. Date: sixth month 1854. Dimensions: 38 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Episode in the Life of Prince Genji during His Exile at Suma. Artist: Chobunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Courtisane Fluisterend Tetegen Haar Kamuro, Massen Masanobu, 1743 - 1747 print Courtisane in Kimono on which pattern of pine branches and a jumping carp, sitting on veranda, her Kamuro embracing that has a letter of love (the letter is folded in a kind of knot, indicating a love letter). In the background a tobacco voucher (box for smoking utensils) and a sake boiler. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera. lover with love-letter. loggia, verandah, porch

Oshichi and Kichisaburo at the Gameboard (Oshichi Kichisaburo no bansho), Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806)

Ōtomo no Kuronushi. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japan, 1753-1806). circa 1804. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The Theater District in Sakai-cho (Sakai cho shibai), from the Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Furyu Toto hakkei) 1819-1834 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kikukawa Eizan

A Flower Game in the Garden, , from an untitled series on the Twelve Months, left sheet of a triptych. Date: 1840-1842. Dimensions: 38 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: 26.3 x 19.3 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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