Japanese Woodblock Prints

Elegant woodblock prints portraying Geisha and Kabuki actors, rich in color and traditional Japanese aesthetics, capturing cultural themes.

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Woman looking at IDE Renshi (title on object) Five elegant colors of ink (series title) Furyu goshikizumi (series title), Young woman sitting next to dog on porch, brushing teeth and looking at flowering IDE growing against bamboo fence., Suzuki Harunobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1765 - 1770, paper, colour woodcut, h 272 mm × w 207 mm

Egyo Hohishi, 1843 - 1845 print Kiyomori dries his hands on a towel. In the light of a lantern, he sees, in mirror image, a poem on the sliding door. It was written on the other side of the door by one of his loved ones, Giô, just before she left him. Scene from a kabukitis piece. Poem by Egyô Hôshi. paper color woodcut towel. lantern. reflection (light in general)

Geese Descending at Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of the Edo Pleasure Quarters (Edo irozato hakkei)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Tora Gozen, from the series Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue) 1838-1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

The fifth month, Migita Toshihide, 1901 print A sitting woman holds her fan with her mouth so that she has been able to catch a firefly with both hands. Next to her is a lantern on the floor, which contains more fireflies. In the background the silhouette of a standing woman trying to catch fireflies with her fan. Satsuki is the name for the fifth month of the old Lunaire calendar of Japan. The fifth month corresponds to the month of June. paper. color woodcut sitting figure - AA - female human figure. fan. lantern

Azumaya, a Yoshiwara Beauty of the Tea House Matsu Hanaya Followed by Two Attendants Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, ca. 1766-1788). Azumaya, a Yoshiwara Beauty of the Tea House Matsu Hanaya Followed by Two Attendants, ca. 1777. Color woodblock print on paper, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (39.4 x 26.7 cm). Asian Art ca. 1777

An Actor with a Sword Ready to Strike. Artist: Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); W. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The ladies Senzan and Manzan, from the book: Kurtisan in Eastern Brocade images. Gift by Hermann tenant, Berlin

Kabuki Actors Arashi Ryuzo II and Segawa Kikunojo III. Artist: Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 5 5/16 in. (28.9 x 13.5 cm). Date: ca. 1790. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Courtesan Maizuru in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1772 1767-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Smoking on a Bench. Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1765. Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.5 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

At the Gate, left sheet of the triptych Spring Night. Date: 1851. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Begging for Alms. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 10 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Lady Kayō, Consort of Prince Hanzoku of India, Holding a Severed Head. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 2nd month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Koto (Kin), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments. Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1767-1780. Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 14 in. Color woodblock print; o-oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Fifth Month, from the series The Five Festivals. Date: first month 1854. Dimensions: 38 cm x 24 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA YOSHITORA.

The Fourth Iwai Hanshirō as a Woman ca. 1779 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. The Fourth Iwai Hanshirō as a Woman 36591

Bando, Mitsugoro no Ukiyo Toei, The actor Bando Mitsugoro in the role of Ukiyo Tohei., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, between 1804 and 1818, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.2 x 26.1 cm., Print showing the actor Bando, Mitsugoro, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of Ukiyo Toei.

Courtesan and Two Kamuro 1761-1771 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban trimmed to an oval shape . Komatsuya Hyakki

The Third Month (Sangatsu), from the series Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen) 1763-1773 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Carpenter Rokusaburô, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1814 print Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjurô VII as a carpenter Rokusaburô. He is dressed in a summer kimono and stands next to a wooden gate that gives access to a house. paper color woodcut actor (on the stage). door

Woman resting on a moonlit evening near autumn grass and flowers; print title: Imayo-no sugata hana-no yosoi". Utagawa, Yoshikazu (fl. 1850-1870), graphic artist

Courtisane from the Hira Izumiya House; Hira Izumiya. Courtisane in kimono with black white checkered edge and yellow obi with pattern of purple and red carp.

Geese Descending at Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no rakugan), from the series Eight Views of the Edo Pleasure Quarters (Edo irozato hakkei) 1765-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

Autumn Evening ( A Poem by Saigyō), from the series Sanseki waka late 18th century Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. Autumn Evening ( A Poem by Saigyō), from the series Sanseki waka 39723

ACTEURS SEGAWA KIKUNOJO III ENDO MITSUGORO II, UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (I), 1796-1797 Portrait, back, from the actor Segawa Kikunojo III, in women's role, in green Kimono with pattern of chrysanthemums, looking sideways at the Bando Mitsugoro II actor. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut Portrait, back, from the actor Segawa Kikunojo III, in women's role, in green Kimono with pattern of chrysanthemums, looking sideways at the Bando Mitsugoro II actor. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut

Woman in a Bathhouse. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; cut from chuban sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as the Wet Nurse Reizei, Ichikawa Komazo I as Suruga no Hachiro in the Guise of the Shamisen Player Kichiroku (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Tada no Kurando in the Guise of the Palanquin Bearer Kichinai (left), in the Scene "Kiku-zumo" (Chrysanthemum Sumo) from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 32.6 × 15.2 cm (12 13/16 × 6 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

. A woman writes a letter. She is wearing a skirt on which bamboo. Copy to a print from the Nijûshiko series, twenty-four examples of parent love, for the shippôren. This print is a B copy.

Picture of First Pant Fitting, from the series Collection of Precious Children of Shichigosan Festival Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Picture of First Pant Fitting, from the series Collection of Precious Children of Shichigosan Festival, ca. 1796. Color woodblock print on paper, 15 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (39.3 x 27 cm). Among the most popular Japanese prints in the West were the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ukiyo-e (literally pictures of the floating world”) that depicted urban leisure pursuits, everyday life, and famous landscapes. Such prints presented Western artists with radically new approaches to figuration and compositional design in their flattening of three-dimensional forms, expressive stylization of the human body, and emphasis on decorative lines and patterns. Asian Art ca. 1796

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58067

Catching Fireflies Made 1767 Japan. Color woodblock print; chban . Suzuki Harunobu

Willow Bath (Yanagiyu), from the series A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki) 1823-1833 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Totoya Hokkei

Collecting mushrooms during the autumn of autumnKoreywo, Olgierd (1909-1977)-collection, gift (provenance), woodcuts, ukiyo-e

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Stuttering Matahei (Domo no Matahei). Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1826. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right: 1937.270). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Hand Lantern ca. 1790 Kitao Shigemasa Japanese. The Hand Lantern 56834

Court Lady and Two Attendants, right sheet from the triptych Lady Umetsubo. Date: fifth month 1853. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Two women in a room on the background of a window Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Fuchu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) 1801-1811 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsushika Hokusai

The Princess Style (Ohimesama-fu). Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu; Japanese, active c. 1717-50. Date: 1730-1740. Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)". Katsukawa Shuntei; Japanese, 1770-1824. Date: 1815-1820. Dimensions: 20.5 x 18.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Ogata no Saburo Disguised as Yoroya Takiemon in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780 1775-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych ( ) . Katsukawa Shunko I

Two women by a tea house in Takanawa Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych, surimono . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

A Young Man and Three Women and Oxcart in Front of Mimeguri Shrine, c. 1781-1806, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi, Japanese, 14 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (36.2 × 23.2 cm) (image, sheet, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century

Teahouse at Sankoin Temple, Yotsuya (Yotsuya, Sankoin Keidai Cha-ya no Uchi) Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812). Teahouse at Sankoin Temple, Yotsuya (Yotsuya, Sankoin Keidai Cha-ya no Uchi), 18th century. Color woodblock print on paper, 15 1/8 x 10 in. (38.4 x 25.4 cm). Asian Art 18th century

Chozan of the Chojiya, from the series Models for Fashion New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana hatsu moyo) 1771-1781 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai

An Actor of the Iwai Clan as a Woman. Artist: Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm). Date: ca. 1795. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725-1770). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (32.4 x 21 cm).In this print, one of Harunobu's most poetic images, a nymphlike beauty dressed in an elegant kimono stands holding a lantern and gazing dreamily at the plum blossoms. The image of admiring plum blossoms at night is a classical theme in the East Asian poetic tradition, and Harunobu's lyrical rendition has much in common with the art of the Heian period (794-1185). The stylized shape of the cloud at the top of the print reinforces the classical references. Harunobu and his patrons from the elite merchant and samurai classes in the capital, Edo (now Tokyo), admired the literary and cultural tradition of Kyoto, which was the capital during the Heian period. In this print the artist applied one of the techniques of embossing uncolored areas. To emphasize their softness, the inner layers of the kimono and tabi socks worn by the woman are

De Toi Tama rivier in de provincie Settsu, in or after 1847 - in or before 1848 print Woman standing on yellow mat on which supplies for the full of Laeken; Two pairs of Geta and a dog next to the mat; In the background, full -loving women behind which fog and mountain. paper color woodcut fulling ~ cloth finishing

Two Young Girls in a Rain Shower. Mitsunobu; Japanese, active c. 1764-72. Date: 1764-1772. Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Gokugetsu, the twelfth month, Anonymous, 1835 - 1845 print The woman is sitting on the floor and closes the trolley while the man ties her obi. Taking the OBI loose is a ritual in which the woman gives her partner for that night. 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

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen) 1790-1801 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Courtesan with two maids, A senior courtesan (oiran) with two maids. With one poem., Kunisada (I), Utagawa (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1825 - c. 1830, paper, colour woodcut, h 206 mm × w 179 mm

Print Chbunsai Eishi Japanese. Print. Chbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Japan. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Singing insects of insects on the Dokan hill (Dokanyama Mushikiki), from the series "Duma Edo: Thirties' six scenes" (Edo Jiman Sanjû rokkei)woodcuts, Fukeiga, Japanese (culture), Japanese art

Kneeling woman with sacrificial table, The actor Iwai Hanshirô VI (1799-1836) in a woman's role, with a sacrificial table in the left hand. Against a background of colored clouds and spots, imitating old paintings. With one poem. Right sheet of a triptych., Utagawa Kuniyoshi (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1830, paper, colour woodcut, h 207 mm × w 189 mm

Ohan and Choemon, from the series Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata) 1793-1804 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Takebe Genzo and Iwai Kiyotaro in the Role of Tonami. Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1791-1801. Dimensions: 37.6 x 25.3 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Fragment: Sawamura Sojuro drawing his sword, Utagawa Kuninao, Japanese, 1793 - 1854, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Japan, 1820-25, theater, Print, Print

Throwing the Shuttle. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1761-1772. Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō I in a Female Dance Role ca. 1777 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. Kabuki Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō I in a Female Dance Role 36845

Yushima Tenjin, from the series: 100 beauties in famous places in Edo. .

Man and a woman arranging flowers TOYOHIRO, UTAGAWA (1773 1828)

Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno koen kaika zu). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban 14 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (37.5 x 25.1 cm). Date: 1888.From the late 1880s and 1890s, prints depicting the imperial couple on outings and attending other public events often had a conspicuous didactic function. They portrayed the emperor and empress as heads of a model nuclear family and aimed to show that the couple promoted the industrialization of Japan. Here, they enjoy the traditional pastime of viewing cherry blossoms in Ueno Park, which opened to the public in 1876 in the quickly evolving modern city of Tokyo. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan and Attendant in Early Spring early 18th century Kakond. Courtesan and Attendant in Early Spring. Kakond (Japanese, active 1716-36). Japan. early 18th century. Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Paintings

The Third Month (Sangatsu), from the series "Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1773. Dimensions: 27.8 x 20.8 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Courtesan on the Town with Attendants at Night. Attributed to Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Color woodblock print; sheet: 20.4 x 15.6 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.).

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. 'Clear Moon in the Eighth Month (Seigetsu no tsuki) (Kannazuki. Tatsumi. Hachiman) Untitled series of women with children in the twelve months'. about 1836. Oban vertical 37.6 x 24.9.

Three actors (from Sawamura, Ichikawa Danjuro and the third unidentified) and two women Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Painting at Home, Japanese Prints - Utamaro

Black. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, circa 1847-1852. Prints; woodblocks. Polychrome woodblock print

Preparing a Nightingale's Food, c. 1820 - c. 1825 print On a porch is a boy who has just let a nightingale escape from a cage. The bars of the cage are indicated with blind pressure and gold powder. The bird is sitting on a branch with plum blossom; Both are associated with New Year. With one poem. paper color woodcut boy (child between toddler and youth). housing. empty bird cage

Woman with sumptuous dresses, 1844, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), woodcut, nishiki-e technique, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, Meiji period, 19th century.

An Actor in the Fox Dance from the Drama, "The Thousand Cherry Trees" 1723-1792 Ippitsusai Bunch Japanese. An Actor in the Fox Dance from the Drama, "The Thousand Cherry Trees". Ippitsusai Bunch (Japanese, active ca. 1765-1792). Japan. 1723-1792. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Volume 3 of Unknown Erotic (Shunga) Set. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 9 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (25 × 17.2 cm). Date: 1840s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The First Ichikawa Komazo as a Man Standing beside a Building. Artist: Ippitsusai Buncho (Japanese, active 1760-1794). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 5 13/16 in. (31.3 x 14.8 cm). Date: 1770 or 1771. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), and Ichikawa Komazo I as Yukihira (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771. Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 29.8 x 14.7 cm (11 3/4 x 5 13/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A Fashionable Female Version of the Shikisanban Dance (Furyu onna shikisanban). Utagawa Toyokuni I ; Japanese, 1769-1825. Date: 1783-1794. Dimensions: 36.9 × 25.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman with monkey: monkey and tiger, tamagawa shûchô, 1795 - 1800 print BostePortret of woman with kaki eating dressed monkey; Cartouche in the top left in the form of roller painting with image of tiger. The monkey and the tiger are signs from the Japanese zodiac. Japan paper color woodcut historical persons - BB - woman. monkeys, apes. fruits: kaki persimmon

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Satsuma Gengobei (right), and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sasano Sangobei (left). Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1766-1776. Dimensions: 30.6 x 13.5 cm (12 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Japan, Futaki, Buwaian, Ryûeishi, Rakuyôan, Shigenobu (II), Yanagawa, Hana awase, A comparison of flowers, Sono yon - teike no hana, Number four: the redeemed geisha, verso - handwritten, A geisha tunes her shamisen. In front of her is a tray with a handle, tabakobon, against which stands a music book. The cat looks on. Blossom on the background. The word flower (hana) is also synonymous with geisha. The title refers to a freed geisha but could also mean a personal assistant. With three poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 208 mm, width 182 mm, Japanese, print maker, printmaker, 1820 - 1830, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing, poet, 1800 - 1843

No 2 (ni), from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa) 1793-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

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Out for a Walk, from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase) 1778-1788 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Torii Kiyonaga

Kunisada, work, Actor Onoe Baiko in the play Kanadeho chusingura (Faithful vassals), 1854, colored woodcut, graphics, sheet width 24, 8 cm, leaf height 36.1 cm

Ide Tama River: Six TamaRivers. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858

The actor Iwai Shijaku as Osome. Donation Gerhard Schack

Collect fish and shells at low tide, Utagawa Toyokuni (I), 1788 - 1792 print Three women on the beach; One with hat, the second a basket bearing and a third bucky at fish. Different shells in the foreground, pine trees in the background. Japan paper. nishiki-e / color woodcut ebb, low tide. fishes. molluscs (+ shell, snail-shell etc.)

The Oiran Sugawara of Tsuru-ya seated beside a hibachi (fire box) ca. 1775 Isoda Korysai Japanese. The Oiran Sugawara of Tsuru-ya seated beside a hibachi (fire box). Isoda Korysai (Japanese, 1735-ca. 1790). Japan. ca. 1775. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Courtesans of Maruya, 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: 21.4 x 29.5 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ono no Komachi, 1797, Woodcuts, One part of a triptych, Paper / Sheet 14 3/8 x 9 9/16 in. (36.5 x 24.3 cm)

Number three: the silent flower; Sono San - Mono Iwanu Hana; A comparison of flowers; Hana Awase. A woman lies in front of a rain shower. The rain is indicated in blind pressure. With three poems.

. Yamamoto Yoshinobu

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Selling love letters ofexcuses. Artist: Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686-1764

Water, Chôjun Mizu - Chôjun (title on object) The five elements and the Suikoden (series title) Suikoden Suiko gogyô (series title on object), Rôrihakuchô Chôjun clinging to a rock, a rope of an anchor between his teeth. Chôjun is one of the 108 heroes of the Suikoden (Waterfront Stories), a Chinese novel, and was an excellent swimmer. With two poems., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1830 - 1839, paper, colour woodcut, h 207 mm × w 180 mm

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Karigane Obun, Nakayama Tomisaburo I as An no Oyasu, Iwai Kiyotaro II as Kaminari no Osha, Nakayama Tatezo I as Gokuin no Osen, and Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hotei no Oichi (right to left), in "Gonin Onna," Scene One of the Play Waka Murasaki Edokko Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1792. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1787-1797. Dimensions: Each sheet: 32.3 x 14.6 cm (12 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; pentaptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Ichikawa Dannosuke no Tsunajo, The actor Ichikawa Dannosuke in the role of Tsunajo., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, between 1809 and 1813, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 24.1 cm., Print shows the actor Ichikawa Dannosuke as Tsunajo sitting beneath a tree, facing left.

Manzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1773-1785. Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The game of Catch the Fox, Eijudo (Japanese, active 18th century), 1795, Woodcuts, One sheet of a triptych, Image 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

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