Japanese Woodblock Prints

Elegant depictions of actors and women in traditional garments. Vibrant colors and intricate patterns highlight Japanese culture and theatrical performances.

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Lovers: Oshichi and Kichizaburo. Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806), graphic artist

Peaceful Words, second half 17th century, Kitajima Setsuzan, Japanese, 1636 - 1697, 63 × 9 7/8 in. (160.02 × 25.08 cm) (image), Ink on paper, Japan, Cursive script (sōsho), Setsuzan employs two formal elements of calligraphic compositionvaried spacing between the characters, and heavy brushworkto express a bold rhythm;.

Clowneske figure, 1877 - 1936 print paper

Postcard of Wiener Werkstätte No, Biedermeiermode, Urban Janke -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Siyah Kalem or 'Black Pen' is the name given to the 15th century school of painting attributed to Mehmed Siyah Kalem. Nothing is known of his life, but his work indicates that he was of Central Asian Turkic origin, and thoroughly familiar with camp and military life. The paintings appear in the 'Conquerors Albums', so named because two portraits of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror are present in one of them. The albums are made up of miniatures taken from manuscripts of the 14th, 15th, and early 16th centuries, and one series of paintings is inscribed 'work of Master Muḥammad Siyah Kalem'. Something of the style and techniques of Chinese paintings is apparent in these, and an acquaintance with Buddhist art, particularly in the depictions of grotesque demonic figures. It seems likely that certain paintings contained in the 'Conqueror's Albums' are of Chinese origin and may have been used as stylistic guides for painters in the Siyah Kalem tradition.

Chinese C18: Paed. pox - 'Swollen flesh, non-swollen lesions'

Color cutting by Lucien Pissarro depicting a crouching Geisha, showing figure, posture, attire, and background elements on Chinese paper with gold accents.

Takarabune Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1793). , ca. 1780-1790. Woodblock print, 27 3/8 x 4 5/8 in. (69.5 x 11.7 cm). Asian Art ca. 1780-1790

Gustav Klimt / 'Judith II (Salome)', 1909, Oil on canvas, 178 x 46 cm. Museum: Galleria d'Arte Moderna, MUNICH, ITALIA.

Woman Opening Umbrella as Thunder Approaches 1764-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Suzuki Harunobu

Charlotte of Savoy (1441-1483), queen consort of Louis XI of France, 15th century (1849).Artist: A Bisson

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Jane Avril, 1893 Jane Avril

Hanamurasaki and Konoito of the Tamaya (Tamaya-uchi Hanamurasaki Konoito) Utagawa Kuninao (Japanese, 1793-1854). , circa 1840. Sheet: hashira-e print on paper, 23 1/8 x 4 in. (58.7 x 10.2 cm). Asian Art circa 1840

Man Kneeling Splashing Water On His Face (From "Paradise And The Peri" By T. Moore) 1860 Artist Unknown Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Shrine Maiden Osute of the Tomigaoka Shrine (Tomigaoka miko Osute). Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1777-1787. Dimensions: 68.2 x 11.8 cm. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Monaco. Monte Carlo by Alphonse-Marie Mucha (1860-1939) Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist. Dated 1897

Tile Tableau of earthenware, painted with, among other things, a Pauw, N.V. Haagsche Plateel Factory Rozenburg, 1891 Tile tableau of earthenware, consisting of 19 x 5 tiles, multicolored painted with a peacock, sitting on a leafy branch, which starts in the middle left and is above a pond with water lilies. The Hague earthenware Tile tableau of earthenware, consisting of 19 x 5 tiles, multicolored painted with a peacock, sitting on a leafy branch, which starts in the middle left and is above a pond with water lilies. The Hague earthenware

Geisha. Sergius Hruby (1869-1943). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1900. 91 x 41cm.

Picture of the Lonely House at Adachigahara in Ōshū, September 1885, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Matsui Eikichi; Carver: Takimoto Chokuzan, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (38.74 × 26.04 cm) (sheet, each, approx., vertical ōban, upright diptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, A heavily pregnant woman is bound and gagged, strung upside-down from the ceiling in an old hut. Below, a wizened old woman sharpens her knife, ready to cut open the womans belly.

Antelopes. Designed by Paul Poiret (French, 1879-1944); Manufactured by F. Schumacher & Co., founded 1889; United States, New York, New York. Date: 1929-1930. Dimensions: 154.6 x 67 cm (60 7/8 x 26 3/8 in.)Warp repeat: 77.8 cm (30 5/8 in.). Cotton, plain weave; block printed. Origin: New York City. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Postcard of the Wiener Werkstätte No, Easter card, Arnold Nechansky -, Artist, Wiener Werkstätte, Publishing House

Selectum spirit and cat ghost Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Young Woman with Umbrella Walking in Snow 1772-1782 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Standing Beauty. Date/Period: 1681/1711. Painting. Color on silk. Width: 30.7 cm. Height: 89.3 cm (sheet). Author: Unknown Japanese.

Wall Panel Toilette of Venus 1700-1799 France. Block-printed paper .

Portrait of a Japanese Woman (Mrs. Kuroki) by Aman-Jean, Edmond Francois (1858-1936) / National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo / Symbolism / 1922 / France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 185x62

Tegeltableau van aardewerk, beschilderd met o.a. een pauw.Pottery tile tape, consisting of 19 x 5 tiles, painted multily painted with a peacock, sitting on a branch, which starts in the middle left and is located above a pond with water lilies.

Bronze Man acupuncture figurine, side view, Chinese woodcut

Farewell of a young knight with a girl KORYUSAI, ISODA (1735 1790)

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II 1756-1766 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

FilleEtendue. Artist: Paul Ranson, French, 1861-1909

Sakata Kaidōmaru Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861). Sakata Kaidōmaru, 1835. Color woodblock print on paper, 15 x 10 5/16 in. (38.1 x 26.2 cm). Known by many names (including Kintaro, or Golden Boy), Sakata Kaidomaru was an eleventh-century warrior of legendary strength who is said to have displayed great prowess as a fighter even in his early childhood. This celebrated image shows the well-muscled boy wrestling a giant carp under a waterfall. Kuniyoshi adds considerable depth and energy to the scene through his innovative depictions of a transparent stream of water and scattering white spray. Asian Art 1835

Morning-Glories, Rabbits, and Moon. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 70.4 x 12.8 cm (27 3/4 x 5 in.). Color woodblock print, hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Nakamura nakazo, The actor Nakamura Nakazo., Katsukawa, Shunsho, 1726-1793, artist, between 1760 and 1790, printed later, 1 print : woodcut, color.

Allegory of Music, 1897. Decorative ceiling light for Casa Alomar in Barcelona. Private collection. Author: ALEXANDRE DE RIQUER.

Bust portrait of Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozo. The actor Nakajima Wadaemon in the role of Bodara No Chozaemon, in red kimono, and Nakamura konozo as the homeless sailor Kanagawaya no gon; Against gray mica background. Scene from the play Hana Ayame Omoi No Kanzashi, raised in the Kiri-Za in 1794.

Wang Huaiqing / "Kongfu Stick", 2006, Grabado,. 30 x 196 cm. Author: WANG HUAIGING.

Stained glass for the façade of the Fouquet shop (dummy title)

The Monkey Bridge in Winter 1797-1858 Japan. Woodblock print; hashira-e . Utagawa Hiroshige

Tale of the Wisteria Robe Tale of the Wisteria Robe, 15th century. Ink on mica-flecked paper, 6 5/8 x 405 1/4 in. (16.8 x 1029.3 cm). Asian Art 15th century

Depicts 'Those They Love', illustrated in color by Privat Livemont in 1897, showing figures, gestures, and emotional interactions.

Izumo No Imaro fights against a seawear. Donation Gerhard Schack

Christ, a flexible, Carton for stained glass for the Wawel Cathedral; Mehoffer, Józef (1869-1946); 1909 (1909-00-00-1909-00-00);Frasobyny, Christ, Saint, Kraków (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) - Wawel, Cathedral, State Art Collections (Warsaw - 1922-1939) - collection, Wawel (Kraków), Witraż - Project

A deity of the constellation of Lute; 1. PO. 20th century (1901-00-00-1950-00-00);

Japanischer Maler: Kano Tomonobu; Orlik, Emil (1870-1932); 1901 (1900-00-00-1900-00-00);Japan, Kano, Tomonobu (1843-1912), Orient, Partage Plus, Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, artists, painters, modernism (style), artist studios, art

China: 'Leaning in a Doorway while Viewing Bamboo', from the Yongzheng shier meiren tu or 'Twelve Beauties of Prince Yong', Qing Dynasty court painting, early 18th century

Actress on stage, by Konstantin Andreyevich Somov, watercolor, gouache on cardboard, 1915, 1869-1939, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 29, 2x22, 5

Hibiscus. Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1830-1840. Dimensions: 34.6 x 7.5 cm (13 5/8 x 2 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; kotanzaku. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Sleeve Band late 18th century China. Sleeve Band 68593

American Eagle Tobacco Company, Detroit, Michigan Manufacturers of fine cuts and smokings : American Eagle Tobaccos.1885

One of the Sanjurokkasen, Album Leaf Painting One of the Sanjurokkasen, Album Leaf Painting, 17th century. Album leaf, ink and color on paper, 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm). Asian Art 17th century

Beauty with Letter 19th century School of Kaigetsudō. Beauty with Letter 48919

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'.

Photo Collage: Man Pushing Woman in Wheelbarrow ca. 1875 Juan Pedro Chabalgoity The carte de visite, a format comprised of an approximately 2 x 4 inch photograph mounted to card stock, was perhaps the most ubiquitous of nineteenth-century photographs. The French studio portrait photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri?first patented the carte in 1854. His innovation of exposing not just one but eight photographic images on the same glass plate negative enabled cartes to be made cheaply and reproduced on a mass scale. During the late 1850s and throughout the latter half of the century, these economical keepsakes depicting portraits of loved ones, celebrities, monarchs, and foreign types circulated en masse and spurred a veritable "cartomania." Collected in albums, traded among friends, and admired in drawing rooms, cartes put photography in the hands of virtually everyone, and thus offered a means of reflecting upon one’s own social standing in an ever-expanding world.. Photo Collag

Actor with Lantern at the Ichimura Theatre, from the series The Many Colours in the Designs of the Old Man Toyokuni. Date: twelfth month 1863, Edo. Museum: Collection De Jong. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru 1743-1753 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, urushi-e . Ishikawa Toyonobu

Moses Leslie Xuereb (b.1959/French)

LITERATURA CATALANA. SIGLO XX. SALVADOR ESPRIU (Santa Coloma de Farnés, Girona, 1913-Barcelona, 1985). Escritor catalán. "MIRATGE A CITEREA" (Espejismo en Citerea). Obra publicada en el año 1935 en Barcelona e ilustrada con dibujos de Grau Sala.

A Persian tile mosaic depicting a woman in a garden. Dated 17th Century

Economic-Industrial and Ethnographic Exhibition in Vyskov (Wischau), Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939)

Chair Strip with Dragons late 16th-early 17th century China On this rare example of a Ming chair strip, two powerful dragons, one in the sky and the other in the sea, embody cosmic forces of nature. The upper dragon decorates the portion that would have covered the chairs back, and the lower dragon covers the part that would have hung below the seat in front of the chairs front legs.. Chair Strip with Dragons 68542

Small people (caricatures) and musicians, anonymous, c. 1710 - c. 1790 Four glasses in a wooden rough with handle. On the far left: a small man in large cloak with collar and bows. On his top hat a half moon and a star. To the right of that: a dancing little woman with feathers on her hat and dress. To the right of that: broad small woman in dress, to the dwarf tone. On the far right: two musicians, one with bagpipe and the other with Schalmei. Between them in a small man or child with a piece of paper. Netherlands glass. wood (plant material). oak (wood). oil paint (paint)

Calendario modernista para el mes de Febrero del año 1901. Dibujo de Gaspar Camps Junyent (1874-1942).

Horyu-ji (Temple of the Flourishing Law) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Horyu Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving both as a seminary and a monastery. In 1993, Horyu-ji was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area. The Japanese government lists several of its structures, sculptures and artifacts as National Treasures. The kondo, or great hall of the temple, dating in part to the 7th century, is famous for its 7th century Buddhist murals. Unfortunately, on January 26, 1949, a fire in the kondo caused very severe damage to the murals, many of which were destroyed. The murals of the kondo comprise fifty walls; four larger walls, eight mid-sized walls and thirty-eight small wall areas inside the building. The original murals were removed after the fire incident in 1949 and are kept in storage. Twenty small wall paintings that escaped the fire remain in pla

On the Pale Silver Sofa (Sur le canapé d'argent ple). Dimensions: 53.5 cm x 40.5 cm, 42.5 cm x 29.2 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: MAURICE DENIS.

Burma,Beauty and the beast.. Kelly, R. Talbot (Robert Talbot), b. 1861. 1908 - 1937. Postcards, Genre paintings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Burmese, Umbrellas, guardian lions, Pagodas, Sculpture, Burmese, Women

Battle scenes from the Tale of Heike (Heike Monogatari). Date/Period: Early 17th century. Decorative Arts. Pair of six-panel screens, colour and gold on paper. Height: 155 mm (6.10 in); Width: 357 mm (14.05 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Turkish (ottoman) illustrated manuscript 13th century

Frieze (England); block-printed; 86 x 17 cm (33 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

Holiday for Kaminari, the Thunder God (Kaminari no Yasumi) Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Holiday for Kaminari, the Thunder God (Kaminari no Yasumi), ca. 1768. Woodblock color print, 27 1/4 x 4 13/16 in. (69.2 x 12.2 cm). This three-sheet composition illustrates the structure and lively atmosphere of a typical Kabuki theater in the late Edo period. The audience sat on three levels and enjoyed snacks and socializing during the daylong performances. Actors often made dramatic entrances along a walkway like the one seen at the left. The artist Utagawa Toyokuni designed this triptych so the central page could be swapped out to show different productions on the stage; at least two other versions of the center page exist. This version shows the theaters first performance of the 1793 season, a play called Gozen gakari sumo Soga, which featured the first large-scale onstage sword fight. Choreographed sword sparring, called tachimawari, would become a standard element of Kabuki theate

The Bakemono Zukushi handscroll, painted in the Edo period (18th-19th century) by an unknown artist, depicts 24 traditional monsters that traditionally haunt people and localities in Japan.

Kaga no Chiyojo, The maiden Chiyo from Kaga., Ikeda, Eisen, 1790-1848, artist, between 1844 and 1848, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.1 x 21.2 cm (top panel), 32.9 x 21.4 cm (bottom panel), Print shows a woman, Chiyojo, full-length portrait, facing right, carrying a wooden bucket.

Sidewall. Date/Period: 1936-56. Sidewall. Machine-printed on paper. Author: UNKNOWN.

ABANICO CON MOTIVO ANDALUZ.

Shanghai advertising poster, c1930s. Artist: Unknown

Tsuchiya Koitsu was an artist of the Shin Hanga movement. Shin hanga ('new prints') was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taishi and Shi wa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods (17th-19th century). The movement flourished from around 1915 to 1942, though it resumed briefly from 1946 through the 1950s. Inspired by European Impressionism, the artists incorporated Western elements such as the effects of light and the expression of individual moods, but focused on strictly traditional themes of landscapes (fukeiga), famous places (meishi ), beautiful women (bijinga), kabuki actors (yakusha-e), and birds and flowers (kachi ga).

The Prince enquires of the aged countryman - Scene from A Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault

Piece 18th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th century. Silk / Compound weave. Edo period (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Fluitspelende Krishna tussen drie dansende vrouwen.The irregular left side of the cardboard shows a piece of text, then a panel with ornamental tiles of branches and flowers and on the right a scene with a flute-glade Krishna between three dancing women. Irregular piece of cardboard with left punching and finished on the left in a narrower point.

Use Lautz Bros. & Cos pure and healthy soaps, best in the market. , Men, Fans Accessories, Daggers & swords, Kimonos, Grocery stores, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Wide-Spreaded Night Above Her Towers 1885 United States. Brown and gray gouache, heightened with touches of white gouache, on cream wood-pulp laminate board . Will Hicock Low

Drawing (Italy)

Elle et Lui. Her and Him. From George Barbier's almanac Falbalas et Fanfreluches 1922 - 1926. After a work by French illustrator George Barbier, 1882 - 1932.

Shanghai advertising poster, c1930s. Artist: Unknown

Sketch of a Courtesan Beckoning to a Passing Man. Teisai Hokuba (Japan, 1771-1844). Japan, circa 1840. Drawings. Ink drawing from an album; ink on paper

Triptych "Spring I", design for stained glass - central part. Sichulski, Kazimierz (1879-1942), painter

Tomb of Northern Qi Dynasty in Jiuyuangang, Xinzhou, Chinese mural. The Northern Qi was one of the Northern dynasties in imperial Chinese history and ruled northeastern China from 550 to 577. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Wenxuan, and it was ended following attacks from Northern Zhou.

The figure represents a French prince around A.D. 1300. The illustration dates to 1882.

Greek vase painting of men at a grave pillar, white ground lekythos, 470 BC.

Japan, Honshu, Tokyo, Tokyo City Old Meets New Advertising Poster depicting Ukiyo-e Artwork Figure

Design drawing. Artist: Christopher Dresser (British, Glasgow, Scotland 1834-1904 Mulhouse). Dimensions: sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 in. (40.5 x 27.9 cm). Date: ca. 1883, based on earlier design. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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