Japanese Woodblock Prints

Colorful and stylized woodblock prints depicting traditional scenes, actors, and poetic imagery, vibrant with cultural significance from Edo period.

The guard Banjô (title on object) A series of ten people (series title) Jinbutsu jûbantsuzuki (series title on object), The chief carpenter Banjô is dressed like a nobleman and performs a ceremony prior to building a house. On the right a banner. With one poem., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820 - 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 204 mm × w 178 mm

Votive with a portrait of Bandô Mitsugoro III. A votive (EMA) containing a portrait of actor Bandô Mitsugoro III (1775-1832) in the role of Sasaki Takatsuna in the play cow Kakete Hikeya Takatsuna. At the bottom is information about the fortunate and less good days of the year. With one poem: Takatsuna is like a spring breeze from Fukiya street, caring for a fog that reaches the mountains.

The guard Banjô (title on object) A series of ten people (series title) Jinbutsu jûbantsuzuki (series title on object), The chief carpenter Banjô is dressed like a nobleman and performs a ceremony prior to building a house. On the right a banner. With one poem., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820 - 1829, paper, colour woodcut, h 204 mm × w 178 mm

Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide before committing Seppuk / Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide, board 18. From the series: from the life of Taiheiki heroes novels about the Great Peace / Taiheiki Eiyuden Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Kyōka hassen sono ni | Library of Congress

Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialities of Mizuno in Imado 19th century Totoya Hokkei Japanese. Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialities of Mizuno in Imado 54171

Courtisane writes on a range; Poems writing iran with servant. A high-ranking Courtisane (Oiran) is about to calligraphering the range that it holds. With three poems.

Godaime iwayahanshiro no fujimusume to sandaime bandomitsugoro no zato, Iwai Hanshiro V as Fuji Musume and Bando Mitsugoro III as Zato., Yanagawa, Shigenobu, 1787-1832, artist, 1820., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 20.7 x 18.5 cm., Print shows the actor Iwai Hanshiro V in the role of a woman, Fuji Musume, speaking to a man, the actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Zato, sitting on the ground holding a stick.

TOMOE GOZEN, UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (I), C. 1822 -C. 1828 A woman in exuberant robe holds a stick with a sake boiler hanging. This is the male actor Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-32) in the women's role of Tomoe. She was the beloved of Minamoto No Yoshinaka, depicted on the right sheet of this diptych. With four poems. Japan paper color woodcut sitting figure. portrait of actor, actress. giving drink

Two Women on the Veranda, c. 1799 print A sitting and a standing woman on a veranda. The teapot contains seasoned Sake, which was traditionally drunk during New Year. In the background a branch plum blossom with a nightingale as a New Year's symbol. With two poems. paper color woodcut plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)

Jûrô sukenari en kobayashi asahina kruiden hakkend, utagawa kuniyoshi, c. 1846 print Jûro Sukenari is behind Kobayashi Asahina while he cuts fresh spring herbs, a New Year's use. The rope in the background, decorated fern leaf and white paper, also refers to New Year. paper color woodcut plants and herbs. preparation of food. adult man (+ two persons)

Kimono and obi on a stand next to the toilet chest; surimono. Hokkei, Totoya (1780-1850), graphic artist

The Poetess Ono no Komachi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen) 1805-1815 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Katsushika Hokusai

The actor Bando Mitsugoro as a lady in waiting with a kitten, from the series: One of seven metamorphoses of an actor Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

NAKAMURA UTAEMON III HOLDS BONSAI TREE, UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (i), C. 1808 print Kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon III in the role of Nanba Jirô, sitting with a Bonsai tree in his hands. paper color woodcut topiary work (shrubs and trees trimmed and trained into ornamental shape); bonsai, espalliered, etc.. sitting figure. actor (on the stage)

Tray with Noshi Paper (Noshi Indicates a Present) 1816 Totoya Hokkei Japanese. Tray with Noshi Paper (Noshi Indicates a Present) 54061

Peasant with a lighted torch, by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), woodcut, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th century.

Tamomo No Mae with a poem Fumiyi Asayasu, No. 37 from the series "IMACTIVE 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), Japanese art, ukiyo-e

Shell-seeking woman on beach, The actor Nakamura Kiyosaburo in female role, as Omutsu with basket in left hand in which shells, walking on beach with shells and rocks, the sea in the background., Torii Kiyohiro (mentioned on object), Japan, 1753 - 1757, paper, colour woodcut, h 314 mm × w 142 mm

Ginbai plum blossom (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poetry association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), Toiletries, including a silver hairpin decorated with plum blossom, a comb and a small bowl with lip red, right plum blossom against a blue background. With four poems, plants, vegetation (flowers, blossom, blossoming), Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1823, paper, colour woodcut, h 205 mm × w 184 mm

It is good to write again for the first time Fudehajimeyoshi (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poetry association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), A woman with a brush first calligraphy involves writing the new year. The first writing of the new year was an important event, people usually wrote it for 'long life' (kotobuki). With three poems. The prints from this series are in line with the belief that the first activities of the new year were extra special. The red cartouche on the prints refers to almanacs in which it was indicated which activities could or could not be undertaken on certain days by people born in a certain year, calligraphy, Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 203 mm × w 176 mm

Horsemanship, from the series The Six Arts of AncientChina. Artist: Yashima Gakutei, Japanese, ca. 1786-1868

Scene from a Drama: Matsumoto Koshiro I and Two Other Actors Ranshu Japanese Edo period (1615-1868)

Ogura imitation of the one hundred poems. Akushichibye kamekiyo dancing with sword and halberd. On the blue canvas in the background Kegekiyo`s family crest, Yoritomo Minamoto. Scene from a Kabukite team. Poem by Izumi Shikibu.

Hayami Sōzaemon Mitsuta, Leaf 29 from the series: History of Loyal Fools. Gift by Justus Brinckmann

Street Scene in the Springtime 19th century Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Street Scene in the Springtime 55085

A Man Folding Happi Coats, Utagawa Kunisada (i), 1832 print A man in a kimono with a geometric pattern and dragon pattern, is bent over next to a grid on which there is a pipe. With the stack of fabric to the right of him, he folds small, short kimonos, so -called 'Happi' s'. In the background a layer of room screen with an image of plum blossom. The dragon motif on his kimono probably refers to the new year of the dragon, 1832. With two poems. paper color woodcut sitting on the ground. fashion, clothing. screen, folding screen

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as Ushiwakamaru, Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku, and Otani Oniji I as Matano Goro in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744. Torii Kiyomasu II; Japanese, 1706 ()-1763 (). Date: 1744. Dimensions: 31.8 x 15.0 cm (12 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

. Two women in a departure. The seated woman seems like a Koto (Japanese string instrument) in stem, while the standing woman pulls the instrument away. This show is a parody of a scene from the Japanese story of the Soga brothers, in which a fight for a harness occurs. With one poem.

Kamuro and Shinzô on New Year's Day The seven lucky gods for the Hangasaren poets association (series title) Hanagasaren shichifukujin (series title on object), Two young students of a geisha are preparing for New Year's Day. The older, shinzô, wears a standard with New Year decorations, the youngest, Kamuro, holds a bat with an image of a carp. With five poems., Katsukawa Shuntei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1820, paper, colour woodcut, h 199 mm × w 176 mm

A cutter and printer of Surimono. At the rear left a wood cutter works on a block; Right front a woman pushes a block. Left of her a container with red and green dye and a brush; On the right a stack of prints printed in red and green.

Ogura imitation of the one hundred poems. Princess Yaegaki burns incense for a painting of her deceased fiance Takeda Katsuyori. Scene from a Kabukite team. Poem by kii.

Actor Onoe Kikugoro. Utagawa, Kunisada I (1786-1864), graphic artist

Dancers withPuppets. Artist, copy after: Torii Kiyohiro, Japanese, 1737-1776

Visitor from Yase in Kyoto (Kyoto Yase no marebito), section of a sheet from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1856. Dimensions: 18.2 x 15 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

A Game of Cards and its Box, Kubota Shunman, 1806 print A unpacked wooden box with pattern of white chrysanthemums. Before the box a few playing cards with the image of a famous Japanese poet and part of his or her poem. The cards are part of a poetry game, based on the "Hyakunin Isshu" (100 poems by 100 poets) and stored in the wooden box. The three poems at the top left refer each to one of the three cards shown. crepe paper color woodcut playing-cards

Aihara Esuke Munefusa, Leaf 26 from the series: History of Loyal Fools. Gift by Justus Brinckmann

Horse Washbasin, from All ThingsHorse. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849

Utensils with Decorations for the New Year. Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799-1823). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 6 9/16 in. (19.5 x 16.7 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Beans for Tossing During Setsubun Exorcism Ceremony,” from the series Ise Calendars for the Asakusa Group (Asakusa-gawa Ise goyomi)From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2 1810s Kubo Shunman Japanese Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year’s greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyōka (witty thirty-one-syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts and images.This album forms part of a set of three containing more than four hundred surimono. The prints are arranged on facing leaves according to themes or in a way that creates an attractive arrangement of designs, complementary in both color and shape. The printing techniques, pigments, and paper used for sur

Scene from the Drama "Kashiwa-ga-Toge Kichirei sumo". Artist: Torii Kiyohiro (Japanese, active ca. 1737-66). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm); W. 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm). Date: ca. 1757. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman writes a poem; The story of the bamboo cutter; Taketori monogatari. Cleaner writes poem, looking at a blooming miniature cherry tree. With two poems.

Beauty and Young Man Riding an Ox (parody of Kyoyu and Sobu ) 1740-1749 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e . Nishimura Shigenaga

Lacquer Box for Clothes 19th century Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese. Lacquer Box for Clothes 55065 Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai, Japanese, active ca. 17991823, Lacquer Box for Clothes, 19th century, Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.3 x 19.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (JP2158)

Yujo, 1818, Woodcuts, Surimono

ParadENDE Courisane, Utagawa Kunisada (i), C. 1825 A Courtisane in a kimono decorated with different weapons from Kabuki actor families, with a row of umbrella in gold in the background. With one poem. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

Ichimura Kamezo and Arashi Tomonosuke. Artist: Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active 1696-1716). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm). Date: ca. 1748. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Godaime iwayahanshirō no fujimusume to sandaime bandōmitsugorō no zatō | Library of Congress

Kanzan. Sengai Gibon (Japan, 1751-1837). Japan, late 18th-19th century. Paintings; scrolls. Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Courtesan and Two Attendants Parading by a Stream. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 25 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Man sitting next to Komfoor, Anonymous, After Kubota Shunman, c. 1800 - c. 1810 A man sitting on three cushions looks at the charcoal in the bowl, next to him a pipe and a sake cup. This print is probably a portrait of the poet. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut A man sitting on three cushions looks at the charcoal in the bowl, next to him a pipe and a sake cup. This print is probably a portrait of the poet. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut

The Demon of Rashōmon Visits Watanabe no Tsuna Disguised as an Old Woman to Retrieve Her Severed Arm. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1885, December. Prints; woodblocks. Diptych; color woodblock print

Ogura imitation of the one hundred poems. Akogi Heiji looks at the water while showing the sun with his hat. There is a Hiragawaara Jirozô betrayed in the point Heiji between the reed. Scene from a Kabukite team. Poem by Dainagon Tsunenobu.

Woman with two boys collecting sea snails (abalone) to a large basket, surimono. Kubo, Shunman (1757 - 1820), graphic artist

Man beating a kneeling woman with a twig; page from a book. unknown, graphic artist

Woman standing with a fan Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Falling leaves and mountain pigeons, two cards from the album Seitei kacho gafu Seiteia" (Seitei’s sketches of flowers and birds). Watanabe,Shôtei (Seitei) (1851-1918), painter

Okina n mask with a folding-fan and lacquered box. Artist: Totoya Hokkei, Japanese, 1780-1850

The First Warbler ca. 1845-46 Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese. The First Warbler. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861). Japan. ca. 1845-46. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Snowy Landscape. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 7 3/8 in. (21.1 x 18.7 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Mother with Two Sons. Kita Busei (Japan, 1776-1856). Japan, 1822. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print; surimono

Grasshopper on bean and praying mantis on melon, 1788 Page 8b and 9a in part one of the Insect Book of Utamaro. Or paper color woodcut

Tamiya Iemon En Bediende Kijkend Naar Oiwa, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, C. 1846 print Tamiya Iemon with fan and behind him his served Akiyama Chobei, watching the ghost appearance of Iemon's wife Oiwa. In her hand, Oiwa is wearing a cage for fireflies, but her shadow betrays that she is a ghost appearance. Iemon had given his wife poison, which was deformed and committed suicide. She continues to chase her husband out of revenge. paper color woodcut spirit, ghost. fan. house personnel, servants

Hotei. Artist: Kano Takanobu (Japanese, 1571-1618). Calligrapher: Tetsuzan Sodon (Japanese, 1532-1617). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 27 1/2 x 15 in. (69.9 x 38.1 cm)Overall with mounting: 59 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (151.1 x 47.6 cm)Overall with rollers: 59 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (151.1 x 52.1 cm). Date: dated 1616.Hotei (Chinese: Budai), a popular figure in the Zen pantheon, is often depicted as a chubby, good-humored monk carrying a large sack. A semihistorical figure, he is believed to have lived in southern China in the late ninth century and was eventually recognized as a manifestation of Miroku (Sanskrit: Maitreya), the Buddha of the Future.The inscription is excerpted from a eulogy for Budai by the Song-dynasty Daoist master Bai Yuchan (1194-1229), who integrated Chan (Zen) teachings of enlightenment into his philosophy. The inscription was transcribed in bold, cursive, and highly expressive calligraphy by Tetsuzan Sodon, a leading Zen monk-scholar who served as an abbot of Myoshinj

Okabe; Shimada. Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849). circa 1804. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print (two small prints on single sheet, uncut)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII 1854 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa School

The Ghost of Seigen Haunting Sakurahime. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1889, March. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Courtesans Takikawa and Hanaogi from the Ogiya house Mirror of manuscripts of the new beautiful courtesans from the Yoshiwara (series title) Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami, Two courtesans, each followed by a shinzo (courtesan in training) and two kamuro (latest help from a courtesan). The pattern of fans, pine and plum blossom branches on the shinzo's kimono refers to New Year. Above each of the courtesans a classical poem, reportedly in their own handwriting, courtesan, hetaera, Kitao Masanobu, Tokyo, 1783, paper, colour woodcut, h 369 mm × w 502 mm

Mimasuya Sukejuro as a Samurai Attired in Kamishimo. Artist: Ippitsusai Buncho (Japanese, active 1760-1794). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 7/32 x 5 17/32 in. (31.1 x 14.1 cm). Date: ca. 1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

C19 Chinese ink drawing: Boils - oily boil, ear abscess, etc.

Tomimori Sukeemon Masakata, Figure 27 from the series: History of Loyal Fools. Gift by Justus Brinckmann

Fan-Box with Fans. Artist: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 7 7/16 in. (14.6 x 18.9 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Letter-box and Toothpick Holders. Artist: Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780-1850). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (14.1 x 18.7 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Making Bamboo Blinds, illustration for The Bamboo-Blind Shell (Sudare-gai), from the series A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase) 1816-1833 Japan. Color woodblock print with metallic pigments and blindprinting (as a result of forgetting to ink the group of extra slats of bamboo); surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

Courtesan reading a letter; print title: Seiro bijin hakkei. Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806), school

Assortment of primroses in a lacquerbox. Artist: Kubo Shunman, Japanese, 1757-1820

Yaoya Oshichi looking at her sleeping lover, Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, 1846 print Courtisane Yaoya Oshichi a paper plug thumping over blue space screen, behind which her beloved Kichisaburo sleeps. Poem in Oranje Striped Cartouche at the top left; A commentary on the shelter on the show. Japan paper color woodcut / nishiki-e adult woman. interior of the house

The Taoist Immortal Huang Zhuping (Kôshôhei) changing a stone into a goat; from the series: Kotobuki goban-no uchi (Five examples of longevity); surimono. Shigenobu, Yanagawa (1787-1832), graphic artist

Inhabitants of Fourteen Foreign Lands, 18th century, Unknown Japanese, 11 13/16 × 154 7/16 in. (30 × 392.27 cm) (image)11 13/16 × 179 1/8 in. (30 × 454.98 cm) (mount), Ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan, 18th century, This handscroll introduces inhabitants of various foreign lands, some real or semi-legendary and others fantastic, with each represented by a figure and textual description. Of those visible here, the far right figure hails from 'Mokukya' (Morocco) and the next figure from 'Chōren' (Chola, or southern India). The text describes how 'Chōren' is home to some 60,000 elephants, upon whose backs the people build their homes. Next is a person from the land of 'Jūri,' whose inhabitants face backward and have only one arm and one leg. At far left is an inhabitant of a land not far from Jūri called 'Ichimoku,' or, literally, 'One Eye Land.' Many of the descriptions are based on Chinese encyclopedias introduced to Japan in the seventeenth century.

Young Woman Writing Calligraphy 1793 (Year of the Goat) Kubo Shunman Japanese. Young Woman Writing Calligraphy. Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Japan. 1793 (Year of the Goat). Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Cherry Blossoms and a Snail 1816 Unidentified artist. Cherry Blossoms and a Snail 55080

Looking at the sunrise at Enoshima, Ryûryûkyo Shinsai, 1809 print Two standing women and a pipe -smoking man sitting on travel cases, looking at the first sunrise of the new year. On the back the island of Enoshima. With three poems. paper color woodcut sunrise

Uramatsu Kibē Hidenao Nyudo Ryūen, Leaf 42 from the series: History of Loyal Fools. Gift by Justus Brinckmann

Vrouw Achter Weefugetouw, Yanagawa Shigenobu (II), c. 1890 - c. 1900 print At the top the emblem of the Tsurunoya Shachû. With two poems. The print is a B copy. paper color woodcut weaving. weaving-loom

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII) 1859 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa School

Toys of Papier-Mache. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 7/16 in. (14 x 18.9 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Lost-love shell (Katashigai)from the series 'A shell-matching game with Genroku thirty-six linked verses (Genroku kasen kai-awase)'. Date/Period: 1821. Print. Shikishiban surimono, colour woodblock print. Height: 19 mm (0.74 in); Width: 17.80 mm (0.70 in). Author: KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI.

A Lady with Three Attendants in the Rain 1731 Nishikawa Sukenobu Japanese. A Lady with Three Attendants in the Rain 37119

New Years Flower Arrangement 1820-1829 Japan. Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono . Keisai Eisen

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII. Utagawa School; Japanese, 19th century. Date: 1854. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Guan Yu (Kan'u) with a poem Fujiwary Yoshitaki, No. 50 from the series "imitation of the collection from Ogura - one poem from a hundred poets" (Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu)Dembiński, Stanisław (1891-1940)-collection, Guandi (iconogr.), Decorative boards according to the anthology of a hundred poets, cycle, gift (provenance), Japanese (culture), Japanese art, Ukiyo-e

Woman Entertaining Her Guest with New Year Wine. Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (21.1 x 14 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Women brushing their teeth and dressing their hair. Woodcut by Moronobu, 1695.

Lacscape and woman from Ohara, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens. Ryuryukyo Shinsai; Japanese, c. 1764-1820. Date: 1820-1830. Dimensions: 21.1 x 18.9 cm. Color woodblock print; right sheet of shikishiban hexaptych, surimono. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei sanjuban Omi Chikubujima), 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.

Shikata nue, from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake) 1700-1711 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

Packed pot of tea. Right a piece of fabric printed with floral motifs, held together by a black cord, with a teapot in it. Next door two cherries. With one poem. The design is printed on crepe paper. Chrysanthemums and Paulownia on the pattern of the fabric are imperial emblems.

Scholar Watching the Waterfall, 1764. Luo Ping (Chinese, 1733-1799). Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper; image: 125 x 57 cm (49 3/16 x 22 7/16 in.); overall: 241.2 x 80.6 cm (94 15/16 x 31 3/4 in.).

Parade of three men and a woman, Three men with bamboo sticks and carrying a large scale, preceded by woman in kimono. Left part poem., Japan, Matsukawa Hanzan (mentioned on object), 1805 - 1882, paper, colour woodcut, h 192 mm × w 253 mm

Picture Album of People with Kyōka (Light Verse) 1855 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Picture Album of People with Kyōka (Light Verse). Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Japan. 1855. Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

A Woman Stands on a Rock in a Stream Washing Clothes ca. 1828 Utagawa Toyoshige Japanese. A Woman Stands on a Rock in a Stream Washing Clothes 55349

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