Japanese Woodblock Prints

Elegant prints showcasing traditional Japanese life and culture, featuring beautiful patterns and delicate coloring that reflects harmony and nature.

Watching a Cockfight at the Edge of the Veranda 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tokiwa (Tokiwa Gozen) () in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba (), Performed at the Ichimura Theater () in the Eleventh Month, 1791 (). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1786-1796. Dimensions: 30.8 x 13.9 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; left sheet of diptych (). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Two girls under an umbrella, from the series "Contemporary Flowers of the Southeast (Tosei Tatsumi no hana)". Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1807. Dimensions: 36.3 x 25.5 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Poem by Henjo Sojo, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Goldfish vendor 1796-1810 Japan. Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

Sansho Daiyu sold into slavery Yasu-hime and Zushiomaru, the daughter and son (shown here) of the provincial governor Iwaka Masauji, who had been overthrown and exiled. Iwaka's loyal retainer Tatebe Kanamenosuke attempted to rescue the children, but was himself captured and sentenced to death, to be beheaded at dawn. Sansho's daughter Osan turned into a fowl as the sun rose on the day of execution and chewed off the ropes of the prisoner. Sansho then realises that Tatebe is his long lost son, and allows his son to kill him for all his evil deeds. Then, according to the 18th century kabuki play Yura no Minato Sengen Choja, Tatebe and Osan commit suicide. Toyohara Chikanobu () (1838-1912), 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

Omatsu the Devil, first volume. Date: 17 May 1880. Dimensions: 18 cm x 11 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa school.

Young Man Holding Umbrella Beside a Fence. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Tree Peony: Chozan of Chojiya (Chojiya uchi Chozan, Kao), from the series "Parodies of Floating-world Beauties as Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana mitate)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.2 cm (10 3/4 x 8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Woodblock Printer, Distributing New Prints. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japan, 1753-1806). 1803. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print, center sheet oft triptych

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.

Kyoka's house closer at night .. man, witching to wife and boy with envelope; At high garden gate with gate, behind which face on lit first floor of house, with meeting of closer behind writing table, student with book, listener and female servant with tray in hands; at night.

The Sixth Month (Rokugatsu), from the series Popular Customs of the Twelve Months (Fuzoku juni ko) 1775-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban, trimmed . Katsukawa Shunchô

Women and Children, Japanese woodcut

Furyu onna shikisanba, Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, 1788 or 1789, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.8 x 25.5 cm., Print shows three women (or the male actors portraying women) in the role of the three old men who typically perform the Okin Shikisanba, a sacred ceremonial no dance.

All Kinds of Household Items (Chodo zukushi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake) 1700-1711 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Oume, from Sharing an Umbrella A Triptych (Aigasa sanpukutsui) 1740-1750 Japan. Color woodblock print; center sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyonobu II

Utagawa Hiroshige II, Odawara, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō Road, 1852, color woodblock print.

Sunset Glow of the Lamp, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Sunset Glow of the Lamp, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor, 1766. Color woodblock print on paper, 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (28.5 x 21.6 cm). The artist Suzuki Harunobu was celebrated for his depictions of fashionable young women and his inclusion of witty literary references in his print designs. Whereas most Eight Views imagery focuses primarily on landscape and atmospheric effects, here Harunobu applies the theme to indoor activities in the less exalted context of Tokyos expensive brothels. By substituting a small lamp for the setting sun in this design, the artist acknowledges the pettiness and artificiality of the beauty offered by the so-called pleasure quarters. Asian Art 1766

Akasaka, from the series The Tokaido in Fifty-Three Pairs. Date: 1845. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 30.5 x 15.5 cm. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Farbholzschnitt (colored woodcut) by Kikugawa Eizan depicting a lady with two young girls, showing kimono details, posture, and interaction.

Kunisada, B, Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and Ichikawa Kodanji IV in a play, Mimasu no Date-zome (Wonderful Actor's Cloak), 1853, technique : color wood drawing, graphics

The Lantern Shop 1760-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban diptych . Suzuki Harunobu

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). 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). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu.

Woman Standing Behind a Door Holding a Demon Mask, right sheet of the diptych Number Five from the series Comparison of Figures in Edo Purple. Date: tenth month 1854. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Two lovers. Date/Period: Ca. 1800-25. Print. Nishiki-e, oban, colour woodblock print. Height: 25 mm (0.98 in); Width: 37 mm (1.45 in). Author: YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU.

Courtesan and a boy Katsushika, Hokusai (1760 1849), HOKKEI, TOTOYA (1780 1850)

Third Month: Cherry Blossom Time atGotenyama. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815

Arai-bari = Washing and stretching cloth. 1773 - 1806. Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

Actor Iwai Tojaku as a geisha takane NOEN Over the Winter / Takane NO OREN Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

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.

Japan: 'Two Women and a Puppy'. Hanging scroll painting by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799), c. 1780. Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799) was a Japanese painter of the Maruyama School, from a family of low-ranking samurai. He studied under famed artist Maruyama Okyo in Kyoto, until they had a falling out. He incorporated aspects of Western realism into his work.

The Actors Ichikawa Somegoro (right), Segawa Kikunojo II (center), and Bando Sampachi (left), in Unidentified Roles in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 17.4 x 27.8 cm (6 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Two women collecting the seven traditional herbs for the NewYear. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1865

Picnic party 1796-1812 Japan. Color woodblock print; surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

Young Lady with Parasol in the Yoshiwara District Ishikawa Toyonobu Japanese. Young Lady with Parasol in the Yoshiwara District 55771

A Courtesan and attendant. Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Color and gold on silk panel. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Kugatsu, the ninth month, Anonymous, 1835 - 1845 print Against the background of a folding screen with peonies and for a rolled up Futon, a woman is sitting on her partner. They both look at how the member went in, while the man satisfies the woman with his hand. paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse. the twelve months of the year represented by concepts other than personifications, human activities, landscapes, or still lifes of flowers and/or fruits

De Toi Tama rivier in de provincie Settsu, in or after 1847 - in or before 1848 print Three women, one with child, the laundry along a river, in the presence of two dogs; In the background four other women, a village and a misbank behind which high mountains. paper color woodcut laundering. river (+ landscape with figures, staffage). adult woman (+ three persons)

Unohana zuki, April., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, between 1845 and 1854, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.6 x 24.5 cm., Print shows two women at the entrance to a building, both are wearing geta, one is carrying a large bowl.

OrandajinDutchmen. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (37.5 x 24.8 cm). Date: 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Suzumibune gomai-e; NiA Party of Geisha in a Suzumi-bune, i.e. "cooling-off boat." (Second Scene of a Boating Party). Artist: Eishosai Choki (Japanese, active late 18th-early 19th century). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (39.1 x 26.7 cm). Date: ca. 1796. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ukiyo-e, literally 'pictures of the floating world', are a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan. Usually the word ukiyo is literally translated as 'floating world' in English, referring to a conception of an evanescent world, impermanent, fleeting beauty and a realm of entertainments (kabuki, courtesans, geisha) divorced from the responsibilities of the mundane, everyday world; 'pictures of the floating world', i.e. ukiyo-e, are considered a genre unto themselves.

The moon, from the series: snow, moon and flowers. .

Love couple in post -coïnal attitude, 1825 - 1835 print The couple is in a post-coated position, where the seed slowly runs out. paper color woodcut after the intercourse

Woman Bathing. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Color woodblock print; sheet: 18.8 x 12.4 cm (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.).

Two Beauties Isoda Koryūsai Japanese. Two Beauties 55601

Tokyo, Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), Japan, Sharaku, Toshusai, Bust portrait of Segawa Tomisaburo II and Nakamura Manyo., The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II in the female role Yadorigi and the actor Nakamura Manyo as Yadorigi`s maid Wakakusa, in green kimono; against gray mica background. Scene from the play Hana ayame Bunroku Soga, performed at the Miyako-za in 1794., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 386 mm, width 255 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1794 - 1794, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, mica, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

French photographer 1861 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Yoshikazu

Women Cutting Branches of Bush Clover; The Noji Tama River in Omi Province, from an untitled series of the Six Tama Rivers, late 1780s. Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.6 x 25.8 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.).

Seven Beauties of the Bamboo Grove Watanabe Seitei Japanese early 20th century Amidst a bamboo grove, seven women of different social status and walks of lifeidentifiable by their garments and hairstylesare meticulously portrayed by Watanabe Seitei, a master of Nihonga, or Japanese-style painting. Though on the box lid inscribed by Seitei himself the work is referred to simply as Seven Beauties (Shichi bijin no zu ), the number of women and the setting immediately signal that this painting is a parodic representation of the age-old East Asian painting theme of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, based on the legend of seven literati who secluded themselves in a bamboo grove outside the capital in China during the turbulent years of the early Western Jin dynasty (265-317). Over a century before Seitei created this work, the Ukiyo-e painter Katsukawa Shunsh (1726-1792) had created a famous painting Seven Beauties of the Bamboo Grove (Chikurin shichiken zu ), also showing women of different

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.

The noisy cricket and the butterfly; Kutuwamushi Kochô; Uititated series about different insects. A high-ranking Courtisane talks to a young servant who is playing with a ball in the long corridor of a brothel. The 'noisy cricket and the butterfly' from the title refer to the playing girl making noise with her ball and the beautiful Courtisane in a kimono with a butterfly pattern.

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (34.3 × 24.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Mieidō Fan Shop ca. 1785-93 Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese. The Mieidō Fan Shop 51136

Kami-yui = Dressing the hair, Kitagawa, Utamaro (1753?-1806), (Artist), Date Created: ca. 1793-ca.1804.

Moon-Viewing Party, 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.

Outing to View Maples in Autumn, from the illustrated book Picture Book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana), vol 2 1801 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book . Kitagawa Utamaro

Egoyomi for the year of the Zwijn, 1791 print A courtier and boy playing under a tree. The songs of the long months are on the mantle of the courtier. paper color woodcut soccer, football (early names: soule, choule, cholle)

A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (28.3 x 21.6 cm). Date: 1725-1770.A beautiful woman holding a broom looks back at baskets full of love letters borne by an ox. Harunobu's image alludes to the popular Chinese legend of Kanzan (Hanshan) and his companion Jittoku (Shede) from the Tang dynasty (618-907). Kanzan and Jittoku were typically depicted as a pair: the former holds a sutra and the latter a broom. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Depicts a Japanese figure reading in bed by Utagawa Kunisada, created as a colored woodcut, showing interior setting and clothing details.

Two Women Seated in a Parlor. Artist: After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14 11/16 in. (26 x 37.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Beauty in Winter, 17th-18th century, Gao Qipei, Chinese, 1660 - 1734, 61 7/8 × 35 7/16 in. (157.2 × 90 cm) (image)97 1/16 × 36 1/2 in. (246.5 × 92.7 cm) (overall, without roller)99 1/8 × 40 1/2 in. (251.8 × 102.9 cm) (mount, with roller), Ink and color on paper, China, 17th-18th century, This image is a rare example in which a man and woman are depicted as having almost equal status; rather than appearing to serve her husband, the woman seems to command an equal amount of space and attention. This concept, called ju an qi mei, can be understood as a respectful affection and harmony between spouses. The couple, an official and his wife, are wearing elaborate winter costumes. They are engaged in an intimate conversation in front of a hot stove, on which a pot of wine is warming. The bamboo branches and plum blossoms in the vase reinforce the winter setting: plum trees bloom in winter and bamboo is an evergreen. These plants, able to withstand the harsh winter season, are symbolic of the

A Court Lady Viewing Cherry Blossoms Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). A Court Lady Viewing Cherry Blossoms, ca. 1822. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 8 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (21.3 x 18.4 cm). Asian Art ca. 1822

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.

Shunga. Donation Gerhard Schack

Kunisada, C, work, Actors Nakamura Shikan and Mimasu Gennosuke in the play Furisode Soga (Soga in a long-sleeved robe), 1829, color woodcut, graphic

A Spring Banket for the Eastern Genji, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1856 print Prince Genji, in the company of women and children, sitting on a terrace over a pond; A large flowering tree in the foreground. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut garden. family, descendance. eating and drinking

Cherry Blossom Viewing at Gotenyama Hill Eishi Chobunsai (Japanese, 1756-1829). Cherry Blossom Viewing at Gotenyama Hill, ca. 1794. Color woodblock print on paper, sheet: 11 x 7 3/16 in. (26.0 x 18.3 cm). Asian Art ca. 1794

The Bath Made 1905 United States. Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper . Helen Hyde

Four players at an autumn flowers exhibition, 1837 print Four -part with a actor at a wooden fence on each magazine, behind which an exhibition of autumn flowers. V.l.n.r. Nakamura Karoku I in the role of Ushiwakamaru, Mimasu Gennosuke I as servant Chienai, Nakamura Tamasuke I (Utaemon III) as Kiichi Hôgen and Nakamura Tomijûrô as Minazuru-hime, in the piece of Kiichi Hôgen Sangen Sangenen Theater, in the ninth month of 1837. paper color woodcut portrait of actor, actress. flowers

Black Dog. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1767-1785. Dimensions: 28.7 x 21.5 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Three courtings, c. 1870 - c. 1880 print Three courtings sitting with bamboo roller blinds. paper color woodcut sitting figure (+ three persons). interior of the house

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple (Seki), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi) 1755-1769 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Suzuki Harunobu

fine arts, pupil of Kesai Eisen, (1790 - 1848), graphics, ""lady masturbating while watching erotic pictures"", circa 1890, colour woodcut, print on silk, 20 cm x 28,3 cm, private collection,

A Garden Refreshed by the Passing Rain (Ukasentei no zu). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. (37.5 x 71.8 cm). Date: July 1888.The empress and her ladies-in-waiting wear bonnets and dresses adapted from chromolithographs from European fashion magazines. In this and similar prints, if there is no caption, it is sometimes difficult to immediately distinguish who among the equally elegant female figures in satin and velvet is the empress. Usually, she may be identified by the imperial chrysanthemum or paulownia on her dress, or by a bonnet enlivened with red and white. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu.

Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryo_goku bridge (To_to meisho_ kenbutsu ijin - Ryo_gokubashi), Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters 1725-1770 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese A beautiful woman holding a broom looks back at baskets full of love letters borne by an ox. Harunobu's image alludes to the popular Chinese legend of Kanzan (Hanshan) and his companion Jittoku (Shede) from the Tang dynasty (618-907). Kanzan and Jittoku were typically depicted as a pair: the former holds a sutra and the latter a broom.. A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters 57035

The Fujikawa stopping place, 1835 - 1845 print Man and wife De Love Comparing under window with a view of traveler on horseback and traveler with a yoke. paper. copper powder color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse

Fire under a Maple Ogata Gekko (Japanese, 1859-1920). , ca. 1890-1910. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (23.8 x 24.8 cm). Asian Art ca. 1890-1910

China: 'Viewing Snow by the Side of a Brazier', from the Yongzheng shier meiren tu or 'Twelve Beauties of Prince Yong', Qing Dynasty court painting, early 18th century

'Crow and Heron, or Young Lovers Walking Together under an Umbrella in a Snowstorm', c1769.Artist: Suzuki Harunobu

Wakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman in a Yellow and Red-Brown Striped Kimono ca. 1798 Katsukawa Shun'ei 川春英 Japanese. Wakayama Tomisaburo as a Woman in a Yellow and Red-Brown Striped Kimono 36777

Two Japanese Women in Traditional Dress with Fan and Screen. Artist: Suzuki Shin'ichi (Japanese, 1835-1919). Dimensions: 25.2 x 19.7 cm (9 15/16 x 7 3/4 in.). Date: 1870s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The woman is sitting on the floor and makes floating gestures to the man, the bare bodies clearly visible. A range behind them.

New Year's entertainers before standing screen of tiger 1735-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; o-hosoban, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

Three Girls on a Riverbank early 19th century Torii Kiyonaga Japanese Three fashionably dressed women depicted in Kiyonaga's graceful, elongated style make their way along the banks of a river. While the primary focus is on the idealized beauties, landscape details augment the scene with lively notes of time and place. Reeds and willow branches rustle in the strong riverside breeze that lifts the women's robes, suggesting a fine day in early summer. In the distance, the bustling traffic of commercial craft and pleasure boats alike add to the buoyant mood and locate the scene on the river Sumida. Coursing through the downtown commercial districts in the eastern part of the capital of Edo, it was a major thoroughfare, connected to a network of canals and emptying into Tokyo Bay. While abbreviated seasonal motifs were conventional in ukiyo-e paintings, this work is notable for its interest in movement in both figures and landscape and for the details faithful to the scenery of 18th centur

The Shihon choshoku yamai no soshi ('Diseases and Deformities', ) is a late Heian (12th century) hand scroll (emakimono) consisting of colour paintings on paper that has, at some time, been cut into ten separate sections. They are preserved in the Kyoto National Museum and are listed as a National Treasure of Japan.

Geisha and lover on a free-standing screen, Kama Sutra, eroticism, sex, erotic depiction from 1850, Japan, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Asia

Petit Point Embroidery. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 58 x 44.3 cm (22 13/16 x 17 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Phyllis Dorr.

Illustration for lyrics du Fu; 1959-1962 (1959-00-00-1962-00-00);

The Plaster Place Minakuchi; Minakuchi; The erotic road to the capital. Man and woman. Love waving in room with lantern, tray with tea set and different dishes.

Visitors to Enoshima 1784-1794 Japan. Woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych, keyblock proof impression . Torii Kiyonaga (Publisher)

Kanedehon Chushingura; Act 4: Seppuku of Lord En'ya, 1850, Tokyo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma boat. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1761-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Mary Cassatt (American, 1844 - 1926), The Bath, 1890-1891, color drypoint, aquatint and soft-ground etching on Japanese vellum

Advertisement characteristic of 'old Shanghai' in the 1920-1940s, a trend started by American newspaperman Carl Crow who lived in Shanghai between 1911 and 1937, starting the first Western advertising agency in the city and creating much of what is thought of today as the 'sexy China Girl' poster and calendar advertisements. In today's more liberal China, these are making a comeback and are widely considered minor works of art characteristic of 'Old Shanghai'.

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