Japanese Woodblock Prints

Vivid woodblock prints capturing theatrical scenes and cultural aesthetics from Japanese history, highlighting traditional artistry.

Colour woodcut of three actors in the roles of Nagoya Sanzaburo, Katsuragi and Fuwa Banzaekon, by artist Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1798-1861). Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai, one is her husband Nagoya Sanza and the other Fuwa Banzaemon.

ONOE KIKORG III actor as a curtain of Komurasaki, in the reality of Shirai Gonpachigift (provenance), graphics, Japanese (culture), Japanese art

Scene from the Drama "Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu" dated 1769 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. Scene from the Drama "Soga Moyo Aigo no Wakamatsu" 36684

Oda Harunaga and a Page with a Lantern. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 2nd month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The Courtesan Usugumo of the Miura House, one sheet of a triptych. Date: fourth month 1855. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Colour woodcut of three actors in the roles of Nagoya Sanzaburo, Katsuragi and Fuwa Banzaekon, by artist Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1798-1861). Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai, one is her husband Nagoya Sanza and the other Fuwa Banzaemon.

Player in snow landscape, with sword, 1833 - 1835 print In a backdrop of a snowy mountain landscape with waterfall, there is a actor with a sword raised. This is the actor Nakamura Utaemon III or Nakamura Shikan II (later Utaemon IV). paper color woodcut snow. portrait of actor, actress. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. waterfall

Actors as Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Benkei, Fox and Hunter in the Style of Ōtsu-e. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). circa 1850. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print; one sheet from a triptych

The Scene of Torture by Scolding from the Stinky Sleeve, Japan, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Sayback: A little further is already dark, you cursed someone, you dig two holes, from the series: one hundred pictures of Kyōsai. .

Seki sanjuro sakata hangoro, The actors Seki Sanjuro and Sakata Hanguro., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, between 1815 and 1830, 1 print (2 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 38 x 26 cm (left panel), 38.4 x 25.9 cm (right panel), Print shows two actors, Seki Sanjuro and Sakata Hanguro, one with a large sword and the other carrying a large anchor over his shoulder.

Veerman Tonbei is Boos Op Zijn Dochter Ofune, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845 print Veerman Tonbei is angry with his daughter Ofune, who is kneeling before him, because she is in love with the nobleman Nitta Yoshimine. Tonbei wanted Yoshimine to be arrested in exchange for a major reward, but OMune has helped him escape. When Tonbei raises his sword through the floor in the assumption of killing Yoshimine, he appears to have killed his own daughter ofune. paper color woodcut kneeling figure - AA - female human figure. father and daughter(s) (family group)

Chen Da (Chokanko Chintatsu), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1822-1835. Dimensions: 37.6 x 25.6 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.). Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The caption for this print readsKiyomasu: Theatrical trio (print in hoso-ye form). This art form of theatrical prints had its origin in the large posters displayed outside the theaters as advertisements of the play. Torii Kiyomasi was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the school known as Torii. The style of painting was ukiyo-e. Kiyomasi is believed to have been active in early 1700s. Ukiyo-e is Japanese for "picture or pictures of the floating world."

Poem of Emperor Kōkō / Kōkō Tennō, from Series: From One Hundred Poets After One Stanza / Hyakunin Isshu No Uchi Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Man with blowned hat hides in between bushes, utagawa kuniyoshi, 1846 - 1848 print Suzuchi Hida No Kami Shigeyuki with a blown hat hides under shrubs to kill Oda Nobunaga. paper color woodcut adult man. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. shrubs

Strongman pulIIng a willow HOKKEI, TOTOYA (1780 1850)

Enckell, Magnus, Work horse, exercise, pastel, painting, 28.5 cm x 44.5 cm, Knut Magnus Enckell 1870 Hamina - 1925 in Stockholm, a Finnish painter. Member of the Septem group of colorist painters. In Finland, Enckell is considered an influential symbolist artist.

Koryū Castle Act, 1852, 1st month, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 13 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (35.4 × 24.8 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban, each), Woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play 'Satomi hakkenden' 見八犬伝 (Satomi and the Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors), performed at the Ichimura Theater, 1852, 1st month.

Portrait of the Ronin Oboshi Rikiya, from the Series: KANA DEHON CHUSHINGURA; 11th Act Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu), also known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathered at Mount Liang (or Liangshan Marsh) to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces. In 1827, Japanese publisher Kagaya Kichibei commissioned Utagawa Kuniyoshi to produce a series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 heroes of the Suikoden. The 1827-1830 series, called '108 Heroes of the Water Margin' or 'Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori', made Utagawa Kuniyoshi's famous.

Hanai Oume Killing Minekichi. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1887, August. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The Plum Blossom that Flew on Lightning from Chikushino 1857 Utagawa Yoshiharu Japanese. The Plum Blossom that Flew on Lightning from Chikushino 75299

The fox fall; KitsNekagi Komagai. De Vos, made up of a large pot, scales, a long pipe and a garment, performs a dance around a fox clamp made from turning pollen. The impellers in the foreground imitate your rice sheaves.

Horibe Yasube Taketsune during a nocturnal attack, Kawanabe Kyôsai, 1886 print Horibe Yasube Taketsune with spear an opponent pushing into a frozen lake; In snow landscape at night. paper color woodcut / nishiki-e violent death by lance, spear. fighting. snow

Takenouchi-no Subune, from the series "Pi Ads of the Display (Kotobuki Goban-No Uchi); Surimono, Copy; Yanagawa, Shigenobu I (1787-1832); around 1890-1900 (1890-00 -00-1900-00-00); was downloaded from the Muse of the National Museum in Warsaw; graphic / convex printing / woodcut / coloring woodcut; products from Wzkien / Paper; height 22.2 cm, width 18.0 CM; SKAZG 1001 MNW; all rights reserved.

Actors in role: an old man and a young man beneath a flowering cherry tree, with a large dog behind. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.

Scene from a Kabuki theatre performance. In this highly stylised Japanese dance-drama, from 1629 all roles had to be played by men. Those who specialised in female roles were known as onnagata. Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Japanese artist and printmaker. Coloured woodblock print, triptych.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ito Sota 1853 Japan. Color woodblock print; sheet from oban triptych . Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The Actors ICHIKAWA ARAGORO ANKNOWN ACTOR in The Role of Shirabiyoshi Sakuragi, in The Musume DOJOJI Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Actors in role: mayhem as a woman travelling in a sedan chair is attacked by women warriors. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (30 April 1839 - 9 June 1892) was a Japanese artist and Ukiyo-e woodblock print master. He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e, a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras - the last years of Edo period Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Like many Japanese, Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world, but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many aspects of traditional Japanese culture, among them traditional woodblock printing. By the end of his career, Yoshitoshi was in an almost single-handed struggle against time and technology. As he worked on in the old manner, Japan was adopting Western mass reproduction methods like photography and lithography. Nonetheless, in a Japan that was turning away from its own past, he almost singlehandedly managed to push the traditio

Kayuzue / koshohei, Kayuzue: the sage Koshohei turning a goat into stone., Yanagawa, Shigenobu, 1787-1832, artist, 1823, printed later, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 21.4 x 18.3 cm.

AkushichiBYBY KAGEKIYO with the poem Izumi Shikibi, No. 56 from the series "Imitation of the collection from Ogura - one poem from a hundred poets" (Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu)Dembiński, Stanisław (1891-1940)-collection, decorative boards according to the anthology of a hundred poets, cycle, gift (provenance), Japanese (culture), oban, samurai, Japanese art, ukiyo-e

ODNALEZIENIE MORONAO SCENA Z XI AKTU Dramatic Chushingura, Z Serii: Parodia ChūShingura / dōge Chūshingura Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin (Ryuko yakusha Suikoden goketsu hyakuichinin no hitori)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1823-1833. Dimensions: 14 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Scene from Kabuki theatre performance by Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864, triptych, colored woodblock print

The armor-pulling scene from a Soga play. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Date: 1615-1868. Color on paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Tanmeijir Genshgo Fighting Under Water 1856, 2nd month Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese. Tanmeijir Genshgo Fighting Under Water. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861). Japan. 1856, 2nd month. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichijsei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden ca. 1835 Shunbaisai Hokuei Japanese The plot of the fourteenth-century Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), known as Suikoden in Japanese, relates the exploits of 108 anti-government outlaws, heroes during an era of political corruption. The group of rebellious heroes were based in a secret hideaway surrounded by marshes—the water margin— as seen in Hokuei’s idealized rendition. This is a completely fabricated theatrical scene, since the four famous actors never performed together on the Osaka stage.The actors portrayed, from right to left: Nakamura Shikan II as Kumonry Shishin, or Nine Dragons; Nakamura Utaemon III as Nyunry K Sonsh, Dragon in the Clouds; Keishi (Nakamura Tomijr II) as Ko Sanj Ichijsei, the female figure; and Arashi Rikan II as Rrihakuch Chjun, or White Stripe in the Waves.. Three Heroes of the Water Margin C

The Actors Bando Mitsugoro I as Hata no Kawakatsu (right), and Otani Hiroemon III as the Manservant (Yakko) Gansuke (left), in the Play Miya-bashira Iwao no Butai (Shrine Pillars on a Stone Base), Performed at the Morita Theater from the Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Month, 1773. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 31.2 x 15.5 cm (12 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.) (right), 31.5 x 15.3 cm (12 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.) (left). Color woodblock print; hosoban; diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Monkey King Songoku, from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (20.6 x 18.3 cm). Date: probably 1824. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Saginoike Heikurō Fishing. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 9th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Nocturnal attack on the Horikawa Palace, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853 print Yoshitsune, in Blue Kimono, and his beloved Shizuka, in Red Kimono, defensively with long hella on a balcony of the palace in Horikawa; at night. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut being attacked; defence. weapons. balcony

Shichidaime ichikawa danjuro no shimizu no kanja yoshitaka, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Shimizu Yoshitaka., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, 181-, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.7 x 24.3 cm., Print shows Ichikawa Danjuro VII, full-length portrait, facing slightly left, sitting on a sofa, in the role of a warrior, wild-eyed and clutching a bamboo staff.

The struggle scene in the rain Soga Gorō in the Yoritomo / Soga Tokimune Hon i wo camp () Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Three Young Dreamers. Torii Kiyohiro; Japanese, active c. 1737-76. Date: 1755-1765. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Two Tattooed Actors (Ichickawa Ichiyoshi and Bando Hikosaburo) Bathing Under a Waterfall, Toyokuni Kunisada, Japan, 1768-1825, Woodcut on paper, The image depicts two men crouching under waterfalls. The man in front crosses his arms and wears blue with red flowers; the man behind holds his hands up defending his face and wears blue with red zigzags. There are banners in Japanese on the upper left, upper right, and lower left of the image., Japan, 1862, figures, Print, Print

Ōya Tarō Mitsukune Watching Skeletons. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 9th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Enjō Kihachiro, from the series: Poems over 28 famous murders. Donation Gerhard Schack

Tawara Toda, the slayer of the monster centipede, 1810 - 1830, Woodcuts, Surimono

Chikibushima Moon, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Young Couple on a Veranda. Torii Kiyotsune; Japanese, active c. 1757-79. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 30.5 x 15.4 cm (12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). Japan. 19th century. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Yashima Gakutei was a Japanese artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Gakutei is best known for his kyoka poetry and surimono woodblock works.

Portrait of the actor Arashi Sangoro standing at the a gate

SAKANOUE NO KORENORI, 1843-1845 print Based by his former beloved Kaya, visibly in the background, Satô Tadanobu, with sword and turned around, is ready to defend himself against his opponents. Scene from a kabukitis piece. Poem by Sakanoue No Korenori. paper color woodcut board-games. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. fighting

Courageous Warriors (Musha burui): 14: Hino Kumawaka and the priest calling back the boat, 1883-1886, Tokyo, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

Xiang Chong, Japanese name Nyubinata Koju, armoured, with spear, on a prancing horse against a stormy background. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu), known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathered at Mount Liang (or Liangshan Marsh) to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces. In 1827, Japanese publisher Kagaya Kichibei commissioned Utagawa Kuniyoshi to produce a series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 heroes of the Suikoden. The 1827-1830 series, called '108 Heroes of

Print, Festival; Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858); Japan; woodblock print in colored ink on paper

Picture of the Fever of Taira no Kiyomori, August 1883, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Akiyama Buemon, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.47 × 25.4 cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

The Greedy Old Woman with a Box of Demons. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 9th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Kawasaki in Musashi Province: Yajirō and Kitahachi. Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japan, 1831-1889)Utagawa Yoshitora (Japan, Edo, active circa 1840-1880). Japan, 1872, 10th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Iwai kumesaburo ichikawa danjuro iwai shijyaku, The actors Iwai Kumesaburo, Ichikawa Danjuro, and Iwai Shijaku., Utagawa, Kuniyasu, 1794-1832, artist, between 1818 and 1830, 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 38 x 25.6 cm (left panel), 38.1 x 26 cm (center panel), 37.5 x 25.3 cm (right panel), Print shows actors in a fight scene.

Japan: The hunter Xie Zhen or Ryotoda Kaichin, one of the 'One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin', in a straw cape tying up his enemy. Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1863), 1827-1830. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu, known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese.

Mii Temple in Omi Province, No. 14 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei juyonban Omi Miidera), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)". Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864; Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu); Japanese, 1826-1869. Date: 1859. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Skirmish by the water, under pine trees YOSHIKAZU, UTAGAWA (FL. 1850 1870)

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

Ryu ko niban : Tiger and dragon no. 2 by Gogaku Yajima, active 19th century, Japanese artist. Printed between 1818 and 1830. Print shows a woman playing a koto with a dragon curled around her.

Utagawa Kunisada, Actor on a Beach, 1800-1864, color woodcut.

Yujo, understudy (kamuro) and man-servant. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Full color on silk on panel. Date: 1686-1764. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

The Overgrowth of Weeds, No. 15 from the series "Genji in Fifty-four Sheets (Genji gojuyonmai no uchi)". Nishimura Shigenaga; Japanese, 1697 ()-1756. Date: 1730-1740. Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal hosoban, beni-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu), also known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathered at Mount Liang (or Liangshan Marsh) to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces. In 1827, Japanese publisher Kagaya Kichibei commissioned Utagawa Kuniyoshi to produce a series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 heroes of the Suikoden. The 1827-1830 series, called '108 Heroes of the Water Margin' or 'Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori', made Utagawa Kuniyoshi's famous.

New Year Picture of Door God Qin Qiong (right one of a pair) early 20th century Unidentified artist(s). New Year Picture of Door God Qin Qiong (right one of a pair). Unidentified artist(s) , Chinese, early 20th century. China. early 20th century. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Republic period (191249). Prints

Morita Kanya VIII as Kawachi Kanja, Disguised as Genkaibo 1794-95 Tōshūsai Sharaku Japanese. Morita Kanya VIII as Kawachi Kanja, Disguised as Genkaibo 37381

. The sea of the sea strikes the rocks. The print is a B copy.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Toyose Saburozaemon Kageaki in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: 31.1 x 14.7 cm (12 1/4 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Presentation of books and manual rolls, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1796 - 1865 print paper color woodcut book. scroll

Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865), also known as Ichiyusai Hirokage, was a Japanese woodblock printer living and working in the mid-19th century. He was a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige I, and his main noteworthy work is the series Edo meisho doke zukushi (Joyful Events in Famous Places in Edo).

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Tomoe (Tomoe Gozen) in the Play Onna Musha Kiku no Sen'yoki, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1786 1781-1791 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunjô

Fight in the snow; Modern actors in the suicodes; Furyu Yakusha Suikoden. Actor with raised sword, fighting with three men in the snow; A lake in the background.

Uma oji (Translation: Year of the horse: Oji.) Japanese print by Gogaku Yajima, active 19th century, Japanese artist. created between 1818 and 1830. Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree, wearing kimono and geta, holding a large tray or cover, large pot or cistern overflowing next to the tree; page patterned with blossoms.

Hakata kojoro kezori kuemon komachiya soshichi, Actors in the roles of Hakata Kojuro, Kezori Kuemon, and Komachiya Soshichi., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, between 1848 and 1854, 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 36.2 x 24.5 cm (left panel), 36 x 24.4 cm (center panel), 35.9 x 24.5 cm (right panel), Print shows two actors on board a ship and one in the water; portraying Hakata Kojuro, the smuggler or pirate, Kezori Kuemon, and the merchant, Komachiya Soshichi.

Prawn and Yellow Tail, 1830s, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 6 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16.7 × 24 cm) (image, horizontal chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

The Actor Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of the Young Girl Fujikawa of the Ishii Family, sheet of a triptych. Date: 1820-1829. Dimensions: 39 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Japan, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa, Shijonawate nite Nanke no eiyu taiteki o, The last attack of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate, verso - stamped, Warrior of the Kusunoki clan, with dead opponent and raised sword, during an arrow attack by the Ashikaga troops at Shijonawate. First page of six-part., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 373 mm, width 253 mm, Japanese, 1798 - 1861-04-14, print maker, 1847 - 1847, second quarter 19th century, paper, nishiki-e, color woodcut

Shichifukujin takarabune (Seven gods of good fortune in the treasure boat). by Shigemasa Kitao, 1739-1820, Japanese artist. dated between 1772 and 1781. the seven Japanese gods of good fortune (Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Jurojin) in a dragon-headed treasure boat, accompanied by a heron and a turtle.

Matsubaya uchi Yachiyo, The courtesan Yachiyo of Matsuba-ya., Kikukawa, Eizan, 1787-1867, artist, between 1809 and 1812, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 36 x 23.5 cm., Print shows Yachiyo, a courtesan, full-length portrait, walking beneath blossoms with an attendant; she has several hairpins and her kimono has a design on the back showing writing equipment.

Japan, Wataru, Dondontei, Kariyasu, Rankyûsha, Shinsai, Ryûryûkyo, Eiyûzoroi, A series of bravery and heroism, An archer and a lady, Seated lady Tamamushi with the warrior Nasu no Yochi from the 12th century in the background. Nasu no Yochi was a famous archer of the Minanoto clan who could shoot down a fan from the hands of lady Tamamushi on one of the ships during the Battle of Yashima in 1185. With two poems., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 140 mm, width 183 mm, Japanese, 1764 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1805, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet, 1750 - 1822

fine arts, Torii Kiyonaga (1752 - 1815), actors Ichikawa Yaozo III (1747 - 1818), Ichikawa Monnosuke II (1743 - 1794) and Nakamura Hikotaro, coloured woodcut, um 1784, 37,7x25,8 cm, Museum for East Asian Art, Berlin,

Kabuki Scene (Diptych) Hokushu (Japanese, ca. 1808-1832). Kabuki Scene (Diptych), ca. 1820. Woodblock print, 9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in. (25 x 18 cm). Asian Art ca. 1820

Woman with poem. A courtesan, dressed in a kimono with plum blossom pattern and Japanese scriptures, is at a table on which a pile of books lies. In her right hand, she holds a brush, in her left hand a strip of paper to write down poems. On the ground next to her an ink stone. With three poems.

The Osaka Actor Nakamura Shikan II. Utagawa Sadafusa (Japan, active 1825-1850). Japan, mid-19th century. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

A ninja (者) or shinobi (び) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations. Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat. The shinobi proper, a specially trained group of spies and mercenaries, appeared in the Sengoku or 'warring states' period, in the 15th century, but antecedents may have existed in the 14th century, and possibly even in the 12th century (Heian or early Kamakura era).

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

Kanbara, Picture of Kanbara., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, between 1836 and 1844, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25.5 x 18.9 cm., Woman riding a bull with a village in the background.

According to one historical account: 'Tomoe was especially beautiful, with white skin, long hair, and charming features. She was also a remarkably strong archer, and as a swordswoman she was a warrior worth a thousand, ready to confront a demon or a god, mounted or on foot. She handled unbroken horses with superb skill; she rode unscathed down perilous descents. Whenever a battle was imminent, Yoshinaka sent her out as his first captain, equipped with strong armor, an oversized sword, and a mighty bow; and she performed more deeds of valor than any of his other warriors'. She is believed to have fought and survived the Genpei War (1180-1185).

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (30 April 1839 - 9 June 1892) was a Japanese artist and Ukiyo-e woodblock print master. He is widely recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e, a type of Japanese woodblock printing. He is additionally regarded as one of the form's greatest innovators. His career spanned two eras - the last years of Edo period Japan, and the first years of modern Japan following the Meiji Restoration. Like many Japanese, Yoshitoshi was interested in new things from the rest of the world, but over time he became increasingly concerned with the loss of many aspects of traditional Japanese culture, among them traditional woodblock printing. By the end of his career, Yoshitoshi was in an almost single-handed struggle against time and technology. As he worked on in the old manner, Japan was adopting Western mass reproduction methods like photography and lithography. Nonetheless, in a Japan that was turning away from its own past, he almost singlehandedly managed to push the traditio

Fight along the banks of the OI river. Struggles between two men on the shore of a river. On the right a watching man standing with firearm. On the left, another man is worn about the river.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Sanada, the daughter of the spinner Itoya, in the play Hiragana Yomeiri Izu Nikki, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1718 1713-1723 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban, tan-e . Torii Kiyomasu II (Publisher)

The caption for this image reads: ToyokuniThe actors Ichikawa Omezo and Onoye Matsu-suke in character. Toyokuni was recognized as a master of ukiyo-e and he was especially known for his kabuki actor prints. The ukiyo-e style was popular between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term translates as "pictures of the floating world." There were wood prints, as well as paintings of female beauties actors, sumo wrestlers, historical scenes, folk tales, travel, landscape, flowers.

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