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Japanese Woodblock Prints

Exquisite woodblock prints showcasing traditional Japanese women in various settings. Rich colors and intricate patterns depict cultural themes.

Matsuō's Wife Chiyo from the Play 'Tenarai kagami', 1806, 1st month, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, 14 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (36.7 × 24.4 cm) (image, sheet, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
Matsuō's Wife Chiyo from the Play 'Tenarai kagami', 1806, 1st month, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, 14 7/16 × 9 5/8 in. (36.7 × 24.4 cm) (image, sheet, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century
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Banko, a Chinese Sage. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (21 x 19.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men). 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); thickness of album 1 9/16 in. (4 cm). Date: 1897. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu.
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Reading a Letter 1683-1693 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Furuyama Moroshige
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Woman at the table, reading in the "story of Genji"., Kiyomasu (i), Torii (attributed to), 1710 - 1720 print Woman in Kimono with pine and plum blossom pattern, sitting on writing table, with a book in the left hand, looking outside over veranda to garden with water basin; A pile of books on a shelf in the back of the room. Japan paper adult woman. writing-table, writing-desk. reading
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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.
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Goods for Sale 3rd month, 1860 Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide Japanese. Goods for Sale. Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (Japanese, 1807-1878/79). Japan. 3rd month, 1860. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints
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The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of the Ghost of Shiragiku ca. 1778 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of the Ghost of Shiragiku 36833
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Three Women on a Veranda Overlooking a Bay. Artist: Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active 1782-1798). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 x 9 7/8 in. (38.1 x 25.1 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The kabuki actors (left to right) Bando Tsurujiro, Ichikawa sanzo, Ichikawa Danjuro VII, Matsumoto Koshiro V, Tokiwazu Komonji-tayu, Iwai KumesaburoII, Iwai Hanjiro V, Onoe Katsusuke II, Bando Mitsugoro III Nakamura Tozo before Asakusa Temple, XI/1813. Date/Period: 1813. Print. Colour woodcut on paper, triptych. Height: 36.20 mm (1.42 in); Width: 26.30 mm (1.03 in). Author: Utagawa Toyokuni.
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Chinese Man from Nanking Admiring a Fan (Shincho Nankinjin kansho Koshu ogi no zu), from the series Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu) 1860 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Sadahide
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Japan, Tokunari, Fûryûan, Namanari, Chisonsai, Shûraku, Gathering the Seven Herbs of Spring, A woman and her maid are walking along a stream to pick herbs. Next to them is a boy with a pack on his back. The seven herbs are used for the New Year's horror that is traditionally eaten on the seventh day of the new year. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 134 mm, width 200 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1810, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet
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The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya 1771-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai
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Copper Plate Engraving of a Woman Riding a Horse, a Goat and a Dog. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II (Japanese, 1829-1869). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 3/4 x 10 in. (37.5 x 25.4 cm). Date: 3rd month, 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon as a Samurai Warrior ca. 1773 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon as a Samurai Warrior 36595
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A couple of care and apricot shrub; Surimono; Yashima, Gakutei (1786 -1868); around 1890 (1891-00-00-1910-00-00);Mokrzycki, Ryszard - collection, pheasants, woodcuts, Japanese (culture), apricots, Japanese art, ukiyo -e, purchase (provenance)
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Toba-e Cartoon: Pulling in Happiness. Keisai Eisen (Japan, 1790-1848). circa 1810s. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print
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Fukuroi stop 27. Phantom of a women and a sleeping priest, from the series: Comparison of the fifty three stages of the Tokaido road /Tokaido gojusan tsui Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)
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Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Children with the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu kodomo juni shi)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1768-1778. Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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Waitress at the Owariya Teahouse 1763-1773 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Ippitsusai Buncho
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A woman, a boy and a man, utagawa kunisada (i), 1833 print The print is divided into six rectangles. The heads of actors are depicted in three rectangles, and in three, with a bronze or gold background, the poems. The actors are from top to bottom: Iwai Hanshirô VI (1799-1836), Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII (1823-1854) and his father Ichikawa Ebizô V (1791-1859) (formerly Danjûrô VII). With three poems. paper color woodcut portrait of actor, actress
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Illustration of the Emperor Enjoying a Moment of Peace with his Family (Kyraku taihei kiken zu) 1887 Inoue Yasuji Japanese. Illustration of the Emperor Enjoying a Moment of Peace with his Family (Kyraku taihei kiken zu). Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864-1889). Japan. 1887. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints
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Blossom time in Tokyo, Fine Art
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Tea ceremony. Japanese color engraving, Late XIXth century. Museum: Victoria & Albert Museum, LONDRES, UK. Author: TOSHIKATA.
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A woman looking at her reflection in a mirror Sugatami shichinin keshô Seven persons at toilet before mirrors. Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753-1806). 1793 - 1804. Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
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Nobility in the Evening Cool (Koki nōryō no zu) 1887 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese Chikanobu became the most popular print artist of beauties during the Meiji period by depicting the Japanese nobility. Although the women in these polychrome prints wear Western hairstyles and dresses, their faces still resemble the traditional beauty ideal of the Edo period. Here, he pays careful attention to realistic details, such as the delicate moonlight, subtle gradation of gray in the night sky, pink flames in the gaslight of the lamppost, and burnished lilacs on the ladies dresses.. Nobility in the Evening Cool (Koki nōryō no zu) 55492
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Poem by Ukon: Shunkan, from the series Comparisons of the Ogura One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each. Date: 1845-1846. Dimensions: 36 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI.
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'Abdulla in Lotus-Land - Geishas', 1927. Artist: Unknown.
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Butterflies. Helen Hyde; American, 1868-1919. Date: 1908. Dimensions: 178 x 67 mm (image/block); 278 x 127 mm (sheet). Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them 1799-1810 Japan. Color woodblock print; naga-oban . Kitagawa Utamaro
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Erotic Print. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 10 in. × 15 1/8 in. (25.4 × 38.4 cm)Mat: 15 1/2 × 22 3/4 in. (39.4 × 57.8 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - October 31, 1806) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.
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Among the Five Nations: Americans (Gokakoku no uchi, Amerikajin). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1861. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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OrandajinA Dutch Couple. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in. (36.5 x 25.2 cm). Date: 1863 (Bunkyu 3). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Woman with a poem, A courtesan, dressed in a kimono with plum blossom pattern and Japanese characters, sits at a table on which is a pile of books. She is holding a brush in her right hand and a strip of paper in her left hand to write poems. On the floor next to her an ink stone. With three poems, courtesan, hetaera, plants, vegetation (flowers, blossom, blossoming), Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 212 mm × w 183 mm
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Buitenlands Stel in de Haven, Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1860 print A woman with blue hat and flowers in her hand, sits on the edge of a terrace, next to a man on a chair with a cigar in his hand. In the background view of the sea and a Western ship. The text in the White Cartouche (in Japanese) provides the Dutch for different words. (Yokohama-e). paper white races and peoples. sailing-ship, sailing-boat
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Goyi Hashiguchi (Hashiguchi Goyi, December 21, 1880 - February 24, 1921) was a Japanese painter and woodblock artist. Hashiguchi was born Hashiguchi Kiyoshi in Kagoshima Prefecture. His father Hashiguchi Kanemizu was a samurai and amateur painter in the Shijo style. His father hired a teacher in the Kano style of painting in 1899 when Kiyoshi was only ten. Kiyoshi took the name of Goyo while attending the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, from which he graduated best in his class in 1905.
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German 16th Century, Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I Combats on Horseback (Jousts)(Volume II), c 1515 Freydal, The Book of Jousts and Tournament of Emperor Maximilian I: Combats on Horseback (Jousts)(Volume II)
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The Grand Lodge; Le Grande Loge. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Lithograph printed in colour. Executed 1896-7. 51.4 x 39.9cm.
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Gospel. Donation Gerhard Schack
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Torii Kotondo, Applying Makeup, 1929, color woodblock print.
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English Couple (Igirisujin). Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 24.8 cm). Date: 12th month, 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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This illustration is taken from the book "Sinbad the Sailor" that was published around 1914. It shows Lady Bedr-el-Budr. The illustrator was Edmund Dulac and the story is from the Arabian Nights. Aladdin fell in love with Lady Bedr-el-Buhr when he saw her.
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Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): James Watt (1736-1819) ca. 1870 Unidentified artist. Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): James Watt (1736-1819). Unidentified artist. Japan. ca. 1870. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints
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Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745). Elegant ladies of the theatre step out of a carriage and are kissed on the hand by the French general and Marshal of France, Maurice de Saxe (or Saxony). Date: 1745
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The Dutch traders or merchants depicted in this scene would most probably have been working with the Dutch East India Company (VOC), which had established a monopoly on trade with Japan provided the Europeans maintained their barracks and trading post off the mainland in Dejima. The traders in this picture were presumably on a rare sojourn into Nagasaki where they encountered the charming local geisha ladies. Dejima, or Deshima (literally Exit Island’), is a small artificial island built in the bay of Nagasaki in 1634 during the Edo period. Dejima was built to constrain foreign traders as part of sakoku’, a self-imposed isolationist policy. Originally built to house Portuguese traders, it changed to a Chinese and Dutch trading post from 1641 until 1853 during which time the Dutch mostly bartered for Japanese gold, silver and copper with East Indies’ spices, Indian cloth and Chinese silk and porcelain. Dejima Dutch Trading Post has since been designated a Japanese national historic si
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The results. / Madame It's a small housing of four hundred and fifty. There is a beautiful cellar on the street ... / No. 5.
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Beauty and Holiness probably 1770 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Beauty and Holiness 56878
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Japan: Vintage Art Deco magazine cover featuring a 'moga' or 'modern girl', 1920s
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French (Furansu). Utagawa Yoshikazu; Japanese, active c. 1850-70. Date: 1861. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Japan: 'Foreigners in Yokohama draw up a contract in Mercantile House'. Woodblock print by Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1878/1879), 1861. Utagawa Sadahide, also known as Gountei Sadahide, was a Japanese artist best known for his prints in the ukiyo-e style as a member of the Utagawa school. His prints covered a wide variety of genres; amongst his best known are his Yokohama-e pictures of foreigners in Yokohama in the 1860s, a period when he was a best-selling artist. He was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate's delegation to the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris.
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French Housewife and Her Husband 1st month, 1861 Utagawa Yoshitora Japanese. French Housewife and Her Husband 73487
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A couple making love outside. Gouache painting.