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

Women Weaving Silk Cloth. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (37.8 x 24.8 cm). Date: ca. 1800. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

OMORI HIKOSHICHI KOMT EEN SPOOK TEGEN, TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, 1889 print Omori Hikoshichi, on his back a beautiful lady he met a river along the way. The moon shows its true form in the water, a monstrous ghost with horns. paper color woodcut / nishiki-e carrying a person on one's back. crossing a river

Courtesans dancing and playing sugoroku (Japanese backgammon) with a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

The Treasure Child. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 27.4 x 20.2 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I and Ichikawa Omezo I at a Teahouse 1775-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Katsukawa Shunchô

A Banquet Scene. Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 38.5 x 25.4 cm (15 1/8 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Two Women Strugging for a Fan. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Fukubiki, Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806, artist, [between 1801 and 1804, printed later, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 39.2 x 26.5 cm., Print shows two women standing, holding small boxes for a lottery game, with a man kneeling between them.

Woman with monkey: Monkey and tiger Elegant print comparisons of seven eyes (series title) Furyu nanatsume e-awase (series title on object), Bust portrait of a woman wearing a khaki eating dressed monkey, cartouche top left in the form of scroll painting with image of tiger. The monkey and the tiger are signs from the Japanese zodiac., Tamagawa Shûchô, Japan, 1795 - 1800, paper, colour woodcut, h 370 mm × w 248 mm

Scene at the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, from Act One of Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers), from the series Chushingura Juichimai-Tsuzuki (Set of Eleven Sheets Illustrating Chushingura) 1770-1784 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Oiran Hitomoto of Daimonjiya reading a letter, her kamuri looking on. Created by Idzumiya (Japanese, active late 18th century) in 1806. Woodcuts. Image 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

A Lady with Three Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1789. Dimensions: 39.6 x 26.8 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya and Her Attendants. Eishosai Choki; Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s. Date: 1790-1794. Dimensions: 38.5 x 25.7 cm (15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Yang Guifei. Komatsuya Hyakki; Japanese, 1720-1793 (). Date: 1765. Dimensions: 27.9 x 18.7 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1747. Dimensions: 29.8 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Iris Garden ca. 1784 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. The Iris Garden 55615

Woman with book; A series of seven prints for the Katsushika poets' association; Katsushika Shichibantsuzuki. Lady kneeling at a stack of books, with the book the flower of the east (Hana no and) in hand. In the background a room screen with two poems and a painting with bamboo. Sheet of a seven slip.

Women at the public baths, 1868, by Hiroka-Ya-Kosuke (1833-1904), woodcut, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, 19th century.

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.

Kuronushi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen) 1784-1795 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

A Parody of Hachi no ki 1769-1825 Japan. Color woodblock prints; oban triptych . Utagawa Toyokuni I

Four PM, from the series Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi 1839-1892 Japan. Color woodblock print . Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Courtesan and Kamuro Looking at the Face of a Komusō Reflected in a Mirror Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, ca. 1766-1788). Courtesan and Kamuro Looking at the Face of a Komusō Reflected in a Mirror, ca. 1770. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (26 x 19.4 cm). Asian Art ca. 1770

The Courtesan Kisagata of Ohishiya Strolling at Night with Two Shinzo and a Kamuro, c. 1790. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.8 x 24.5 cm (14 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.).

(Fisherwomen), 1864, 3rd lunar month, Utagawa Hiroshige II; Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō, Japanese, 1826 - 1869, 14 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (36 × 24.7 cm) (image, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Women Admiring Peonies 1784-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Katsukawa Shunchô

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox Disguised as the Beancake Peddler Hyugaya, in the Dance Sequence Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Kitsune (Heavenly Child - The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Enjoying the Evening Cool near Lord Nabeshima’s Warehouses” (F?ry? Nabeshima y?suzumi) ca. 1825 Jukakud? Masakuni ????? Japanese In a fantastic urban panorama of Osaka, ten Kabuki actors out of costume are shown enjoying a summer evening along the bank of the Yodo River, chatting with each other, some seated on wood benches. Fireworks illuminate a starry night sky over the Tenma Bridge, probably for the Tenjin Festival held annually on the twenty-fifth day of the seventh month. Spectators on the banks and in riverboats enliven the scene. The actors hold summer fans and smoking paraphernalia, and a puppy plays with a sandal of Nakamura Tomoz? on the far left. This collaborative project is the work of artists in the circle of the poet and print designer Juk?d? Yoshikuni (active ca. 1813-32).. Enjoying the Evening Cool near Lord Nabeshima’s Warehouses” (F?ry? Nabeshima y?suzumi). Jukakud? Masakuni ????? (Japanese, active 1820s). Japan. ca. 1825. Pentaptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e

Oiran and a young man playing shogi on a summer evening in Yoshiwarza Harunobu, Suzuki (1724 1770)

The New Year Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters ca. 1796 Eishōsai Chōki Japanese. The New Year Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarters 56822

Two Young Ladies at the Shore. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm). Date: ca. 1768. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The IDe Tama River in the province of Yamashiro; Yamashiro Kuni IDE No Tamagawa. Woman with cloth between the teeth, her right arm stretched, walking in shallow water; In the background blossoming trees and a swimming frog. (Bijinga)

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase) 1779-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left sheet 1925.2653)

Courtesans and a street entertainer with performing monkey in front of a barred shopfront in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

Furyu yusuzumi san bijin, Updated version of three beauties enjoying the evening cool., Kikukawa, Eizan, 1787-1867, artist, between 1807 and 1820, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38 x 26.1 cm.

Young Man and Woman Caught in the Rain while Enjoying Cherry Blossoms (Sakura-gari). Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm); W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm). Date: ca. 1768-70.Caught in a sudden downpour, a young woman covers her head with the long sleeve of her kimono and her male companion hastens to open an umbrella. The cloth spread on the ground near a cherry tree in full bloom indicates that they were hoping to enjoy an afternoon of merriment beneath the blossoms. The anonymous poem adds a dimension of sexual innuendo, because the word for "to be drenched" (nuru) also connotes sexual intercourse. It reads: Sakura-gari ame wa furikinu onajiku wa nuru to mo hana no kage ni kakuren.While searching for cherry blossoms, it starts to rain,yet even if we get drenched,we will still be in the shade of these flowering trees.--Trans. John T. Carpenter. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Irises in full bloom; Zensei Hana Shobu No Zu. Woman, in right hand a large lantern, with left hand holding her skirt while walking along fence behind which flowering irises; At evening; With lanterns lit tea houses in the background. (Bijinga)

Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Yoshimune no Munesada with fan and Ichikawa Omezô in the role of Sekibei with ax, The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) in the role of Yoshimune no Munesada and Ichikawa Omezô ( 1769-1833) as Sekibei from the play Tsumoru koi yuki no sekinoto, performed at the Ichimura theater in Edo in 1821. The print was originally larger, but the three poems were cut off., Toyokuni (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 200 mm × w 167 mm

Two Itinerant Musicians. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 27.9 x 20. cm (11 x 8 3/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Third Sawamura Sojuro & the Second Ichikawa Monnosuke as Buddhist Monks. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (32.1 x 14.6 cm). Date: 1791. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman sitting at a koto Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Scene from the Play The Mirror Mountain, Kunisada (I) , Utagawa, 1853 print Right magazine of a triptych on which court lady Iwafuji is about to hit Hoflame Onoe with a sandal. The maid of Onoe watches from behind a job screen. Iwafuji is played by Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjurô VIII. paper colour woodcut

Morning Parting at the Temporary Lodgings of the Pleasure Quarter by Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806)/ Honolulu Academy of Arts/ 1801/ Japan/ Colour linocut/ The Oriental Arts/ 37,4x74/ Genre

A court lady seated at a koto, looking out on agarden. Artist: Watanabe Kazan, Japanese, 1793-1841

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo I (L) and Nakamura Matsue I (R) 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Torii Kiyomitsu I (Publisher)

Rokudanme, Act six of the Chushingura., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist, between 1799 and 1801, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34.3 x 22.8 cm., Print shows two men (one is probably Kampei) and a young woman (probably Okaru).

Two Women on Verandah on a Snowy Morning, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Boy giving a branch of maple with a letter to a woman, from the series: Ise monogatari Katsukawa, shunsho (1726 1792)

Yujo and a girl. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Full color on silk. Date: 1688-1697. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

A Picnic Party. Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1780-1800. Dimensions: 37.9 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Famous places in the eastern capital: enjoying an evening breeze at the Ryogoku bridge, c. 1847 - c. 1848 print Woman in striped summer Kimono, standing under willow branches, in the wind, on the banks of a busy river vessed; High wooden bridge in the background. paper color woodcut river bank. evening

Ichikawa Komazō II (1764-1838) in the Role of Akaneya Hanshichi from the Play Hadesugata On'a Maiginu ca. 1798 Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese This print shows the tension of a couple's hopeless relationship. The character of the courtesan Minoya Sankatsu holds the letter she and her lover Akaneya Hanshichi wrote to his family as part of their preparations for double suicide. Ichikawa Komazō II (Matsumoto Kōshirō V) played the role of Hanshichi, Nakayama Tomisaburō (1760-1819) the role of Sankatsu. The artist Utagawa Toyokuni was especially adept at portraying actors.. Ichikawa Komazō II (1764-1838) in the Role of Akaneya Hanshichi from the Play Hadesugata On'a Maiginu 55389

Kyoka's house closer to night., 1788 print Man, looking back at wife and boy with envelope; at high garden fence with gate, behind which a view of illuminated first floor of home, with a meeting of poet behind writing table, student with book, listener and female servant with a tray in his hands; at night. Japan paper color woodcut gate, entrance. view through a window from the outside. letter, envelope

Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō ca. 1793 Okimura Toshinobu Japanese This print shows two actors before a single mirror. In Toshinobu's image, the male actor Sanjō Kantarō is depicted in a female role, with the actor Ichimura Takenojō seated in front of him. The mirror in the right foreground leads the viewer diagonally into the interior and also indicates the setting: the actors are in a dressing room preparing for a performance. Gold dust was applied to the actors' beltsa technique that classifies the print as urushi-e (lacquered).. Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō 45475

Young woman on the background of flowers, from the series: Six famous poets / Rokkasen Utagawa, toyokuni (1769 1825)

Woman and Child; from the series Five Pictures of Low Tide, late 1820s. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861). Color woodblock print; sheet: 21.2 x 18.5 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.).

Courtesans of Okamoto, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Toyohara Chikanobu, better known to his contemporaries as Yoshu Chikanobu, was a prolific woodblock artist of Japan's Meiji period. His works capture the transition from the age of the samurai to Meiji modernity. In 1875 (Meiji 8), he decided to try to make a living as an artist. He travelled to Tokyo. He found work as an artist for the Kaishin Shimbun. In addition, he produced nishiki-e artworks. In his younger days, he had studied the Kano school of painting; but his interest was drawn to ukiyo-e. Like many ukiyo-e artists, Chikanobu turned his attention towards a great variety of subjects. His work ranged from Japanese mythology to depictions of the battlefields of his lifetime to women's fashions. As well as a number of the other artists of this period, he too portrayed kabuki actors in character, and is well-known for his impressions of the mie (formal pose) of kabuki productions. Chikanobu was known as a master of bijinga, images of beautiful women, and for illustrating changes i

Sawamura Sojuro in the role of Yoshibei, talking to a joro impersonated by Segawa Kikunojo. Created in 1755, this woodcut is printed in rose, green, and black. The dimensions of the image are 11 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (29.8 x 14 cm)

The Matsukaze Chapter of the Tale of Genji (from the series The Tale of Genji in Elegant Modern Dress), c. 1791. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Color woodblock print; sheet: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.).

Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi), Harunobu, Suzuki (1724-1770)

Two Girls, from the series Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Views of Famous Places (Meisho fukei bijin juni so) 1798-1808 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Sumida Embankment in the Eastern Capital (Toto Sumida-zutsumi), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei) 1858 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Actor Segawa Kikunojō ll as Ohatsu, 1767, 4th lunar month, Bunchō, Japanese, fl. c.1765-1792, 11 5/16 × 5 11/16 in. (28.8 × 14.4 cm) (image, sheet, hosoban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century, The actor Segawa Kikunojō ll (1741-1773) as Ohatsu in the play 'Yoni Osaka nitsui no meoto' 大坂二対女夫, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fourth lunar month of 1767.

Okazaki, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan tsugi), also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido) 1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Man sitting on porch, pulling up his shoes, looking at woman in pink kimono with pattern of irises; a second woman looking on between the sliding doors, Japanese print, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Kinugasa Fusajiro, Murata Heiemon, 1851 - 1853

Young Boys Performing a Puppet Show. Artist: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (27 x 19.7 cm). Date: ca. 1770. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

De stoppplaats Otsu, 1835 - 1845 print Man and wife De Liefde Busy on a balcony, overlooking the Biwa lake. paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse

Evening Snow at Ikenohata (Ikenohata bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Prosperity in the Eastern Village (Azuma no sato eiga hakkei)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Three Young Women Masquerading as Komuso (Strolling Minstrel). Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 5/16 x 7 3/4 in. (26.2 x 19.7 cm). Date: ca. 1778. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

This colored woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada depicts an old woman and a young couple in a snowy landscape, illustrating Japanese ukiyo-e print techniques.

Kiichi hogen to oumaya kisanta, Kiichi Hogen and Oumaya Kisanda., Ikeda, Eisen, 1790-1848, artist, 1829., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 20 x 17.4 cm., Print shows two poets.

Visiting Komachi, from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Visiting Komachi, from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi, ca. 1803. Color woodblock print on Japanese mulberry paper, 15 x 9 15/16 in. (38.0 x 25.0 cm). Asian Art ca. 1803

Travellers at Futami-ga-ura Katsukawa Shunzan (Japanese, active 1780-1800). Travellers at Futami-ga-ura, ca. 1790. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (37.4 x 24.5 cm). Asian Art ca. 1790

Autumn Shower, Illustration from Bungei Kurabu (Literary Club). Artist: Suzuki Kason (Japanese, 1860-1919). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (22.2 x 31.1 cm). Date: 1904. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jo in UBA, c. 1830 - c. 1835 print Jo and Uba with their attributes, a broom and rake, under a pine on the beach at the setting sun. In the top right corner and below the sun, two poems. Surimono. paper color woodcut (household) utensils and implements (with NAME). gardening-tools (with NAME)

Yamato-e is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang Dynasty paintings and developed in the late Heian period. It is considered the classical Japanese style. From the Muromachi period (15th century), the term Yamato-e has been used to distinguish work from contemporary Chinese style paintings (kara-e), which were inspired by Song and Yuan Dynasty Zen Buddhism paintings. The Yamato-e often tell narrative themes with text along with them, show the beauty of nature, e.g. famous places (meisho-e), and the four seasons (shiki-e). The pictures are non-symbolic and have the objective of depicting the beauty in nature. The pictures are often on scrolls that can be hung on a wall (kakemono) or handscrolls (emakimono) that could be read from right to left with the accompanying story or on a folding screen (byoubu) or panel (shouji). Although they received their name from the Yamato period (250-710 CE), Yamato-e pictures rather stand for a style and are not restricted to a particular period.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as an Oiran. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm). Date: ca. 1776. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Party of Merrymakers in a Tea-house at Shinagawa ca. 1783 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. A Party of Merrymakers in a Tea-house at Shinagawa 36607

Man, sitting on porch, removing his shoes, looking at woman in pink kimono with pattern of irises, a second woman looking on between sliding doors. Representation enclosed by brown border in which Genji emblems., Chapter 35 Faithful Depictions of the Splendid Prince (series title) Sono sugata Hikaru no utsushi-e (series title on object), print maker: Kunisada (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), Kinugasa Fusajiro, (mentioned on object), Murata Heiemon, (mentioned on object), print maker: Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo, print maker: Tokyo, 1851 - 1853, paper, colour woodcut, h 260 mm × w 381 mm

Tossing Dishes Over a Cliff 1761-1772 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

The Face in the Mirror 1766 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Girl Boarding a Boat 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Three Women Dining Before a Group of Trees. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Japanese, 1839-1892. Date: 1881. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Comb Rashomon (Sashigushi Rashomon), no. 3 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1711-1740. Dimensions: 27.2 x 38.6 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A View of a DressingRoom. Artist: Torii Kiyomitsu, Japanese, 1735-1785

Two Entertainers and a Maid 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitao Shigemasa

Wishes, 1801 print Woman with a pipe in the right hand, behind which boy playing with dog and woman with child on the back and dish in the left hand. The interior of a home in the background. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut dog. taking care of children. interior of the house

Two Beauties in a Boat. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 28.1 x 21.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters) 1764-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Ippitsusai Buncho

Japan, Shujin, Seiyû, Sadakage, Utagawa, Mutamagawa no uchi, The Six Jewel Rivers, Musashi - sono yon, The Chôbû River in Musashi, number four, Woman washing clothes, verso - stamped, A young woman stands on a stone in a river, where she is washing clothes. On the bank behind her a large washing tub with a pestle. On the opposite bank a washing tub and two men carrying washing on a pole over their shoulders. The river depicted here is the Chôbû River near Edo in the province of Musashi. With one poem., surimono, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), passe-partout, lower left - printed, height 200 mm, width 182 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1832 - 1832, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind stamping, poet

Actor and Courtesan Parodying the Armor-Pulling Scene from the Story of the Soga Brothers. Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japan, active circa 1765-1792)Suzuki Harunobu (Japan, circa 1725-1770). 1770. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

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.

A Wayside Scene (Oji) 1796-1809 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

Woman with a broom in a winter landscape HIROSHIGE, UTAGAWA (1797 1858), Kunisada, Utagawa (1786 1864)

Famous places in the eastern capital: enjoying an evening breeze at the Ryogoku bridge. Woman with range in the mouth and kimono with rabbits pattern, standing in the wind, at willow and full moon, on the shore of a busy river sailing; Different restaurants and tea houses in the background. (Bijinga)

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)". Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine); Japanese, 1787-1868. Date: 1820-1825. Dimensions: 37.8 x 26.4 cm (14 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Moon of the tombstone, 1886 print Old woman, the former beauty and poet Ono no Komachi, sitting, with bamboo stick in his hands, on fallen tombstone, near Sikkelmaan; Reed and river in the background. paper color woodcut old woman

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