Japanese Woodblock Prints

A collection of colorful woodblock prints featuring famous Kabuki actors, scenic landscapes, and traditional Japanese themes, highlighting rich cultural elements and historical contexts.

Sandanme | Library of Congress

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita). Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1790-1801. Dimensions: 38.2 x 74.6 cm (all three sheets)38.2 x 24.8 cm (right sheet): 38.0 x 24.9 cm (center sheet); 37.9 x 25.0 cm (left sheet). Color woodblock print; oban hexaptych (one of a pair of triptychs). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaid ( Kiso Kaid Rokujky-tsugi) or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) and Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). There are 71 total prints in the series (one for each of the 69 post stations and Nihonbashi; Nakatsugawa-juku has two prints). The common name for the Kiso Kaid is 'Nakasend' or 'Central Mountain Highway', so this series is salso commonly referred to as the Sixty-nine Stations of the Nakasend. The Nakasend was one of the Five Routes constructed under Tokugawa Ieyasu, a series of roads linking the historical capitol of Edo with the rest of Japan. The Nakasend connected Edo with the then-capital of Kyoto. It was an alternate route to the Tkaid and travelled through the central part of Honsh, thus giving rise to its name, which means 'Central Mountain Road'. Along this road, there were sixty-nine different post stations (-shuku or -juku), which prov

Kunisada, B, C, work, Actors Ichikawa Danjuro VIII and others in the play Mimasu no Date-zome (A wonderful actor's cloak), 1853, color woodblock print, graphics

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Dragon Palace Dragon King Presents Three Gifts to Tawara Toda Hidesato (Ryugujo. Tawara Toda Hidesato ni sanshu no tosan o okuru). 1858. Oban vertical triptych. detail.

The Dancing Pot at the Temple Ninnaji. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1882, May. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

'Legend of the White Snake'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 54x32 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Manzai o miru joseifujo? to kodomo, Women and children watching a Manzai performance., Suzuki, Rinsho, 1732-1803., 1795 or 1796, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 25.4 x 38.4 cm., Print shows four women and a child watching two men dancing with a fan and a drum.

Man and woman on veranda, overheard by woman at sliding wall, in background a man sitting on veranda, looking at man in garden., The second act Nidanme Scenes from the Kanadehon Chushingura story (series title) Kanadehon Chushigura (series title on object), print maker: Kuniteru, (mentioned on object), publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), (mentioned on object), Kinugasa Fusajiro, (mentioned on object), print maker: Japan, publisher: Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, 1851 - 1853, paper, colour woodcut, h 254 mm × w 373 mm

The Treasure Ship 1707-1717 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal o-oban, sumizuri-e . Furuyama Moromasa

De Tiende Akte, Kuniteru, 1851 - 1853 print Man, standing on a large box, surrounded by samurai with pulled swords. print maker: Japanpublisher: TokyoTokyoTokyo paper color woodcut interior of the house. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword. battle, fighting in general

Parody of the tale of Nasu no Yoichi. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Date: 1615-1868. Ink, color and gold on paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Juichidanme - act eleven of the Chushingura - searching the house, between 1800 and 1850, 1 drawing : color., Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 ronin, with three men engaged in combat inside a dwelling, disrupting a woman writing, and knocking down partitions.

Colored woodcut by Ando Hiroshige depicting women in a ship, part of a triptych.

Actor Otani Hiroemon III with child, Actor, scantily dressed, holding a child to his chest with the left hand, and a sword in the right hand, river in the background, Otani Hiroemon III, Katsukawa Shunsho (mentioned on object), Japan, 1773 - 1777, paper, colour woodcut, h 312 mm × w 152 mm

The Workplace 19th C. Artist Unknown Japanese Woodblock Print David David Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Print. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (14 x 19.1 cm). Date: ca. 1820. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Fight Battle between Sato Tadanobu and Yokogawa Kakuhan in Yoshino, , from the series depicting events from the history of China and Japan

Arrival of the Korean Embassy in Edo 1704-1714 Japan. Woodblock print; oban sumizuri-e, 1 of 6 sheets from a 12-sheet composition (see 1925.2334a-f) . Torii Kiyonobu I

The Lady Ayame Being Brought to Minamoto no Yorimasa ca. 1685 Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese. The Lady Ayame Being Brought to Minamoto no Yorimasa. Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, 1630/31-1694). Japan. ca. 1685. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Arrival of the Korean Embassy in Edo. Torii Kiyonobu I; Japanese, 1664-1729. Date: 1704-1714. Dimensions: 28 x 36.5 cm (11 1/24 x 14 3/8 in.). Woodblock print; oban sumizuri-e, 1 of 6 sheets from a 12-sheet composition (see 1925.2334a-f). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Roundelay. Helen Hyde; American, 1868-1919. Date: 1906. Dimensions: 104 x 204 mm (image/block); 202 x 277 mm (sheet). Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Watanabe, Nobukazu (n.1872 - D.1944), Sino -Japanese war scene (common name), 1894. Museum Cernuschi, Museum of Asia in the city of Paris.

Kogō no Tsubone. Japan, 17th century. Prints; woodblocks. Hand-colored woodblock print page form a book (folded)

Asao Gaujuro as the Boatman Sanjuro, 1829. Shunjosai Hokuchō (Japanese). Triptych, color woodblock print; sheet: 36.2 x 76 cm (14 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.).

Lovers Beside Flowering Autumn Grasses 1680s Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese Moronobu's recurrent depictions of lovers in amorous poses allowed him to merge graphic and emotive qualities. Their physical and lyrical integration is heightened by the sinuous, animated lines and the play of the black and white patterning in the robes. As if to suggest the completeness of each sheet, the prolific book illustrator Moronobu framed the composition with a black-line border embellished with chrysanthemum-like ornaments at the upper corners.. Lovers Beside Flowering Autumn Grasses 56550

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1798 - April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He is associated with the Utagawa school. The range of Kuniyoshi's preferred subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is known for depictions of the battles of samurai and legendary heroes. His artwork was affected by Western influences in landscape painting and caricature.

Japan, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa, Shijonawate nite Nanke no eiyu taiteki o, The last attack of the Kusunoki at Shijonawate, verso - stamped, Four warriors of the Kusunoki clan, trying to hold out in a rain of arrows from the Ashikaga troops at Shijonawate., print, triptych, prints, Japan (collection), height 373 mm, width 253 mm, height 371 mm, width 252mm, height 370mm, Japanese, 1798 - 1861-04-14, print maker, 1847 - 1847, second quarter 19th century, paper, papier, nishiki-e, color woodcut

Japanese man and woman, smoking for a room screen. Man and woman in front of room screen on which blossoms. The woman in kimono with bamboo and pine motif, the lying man reaches a long pipe. At the bottom left of a tobacco set on tray.

Battle among burning palace buildings SADAHIDE, UTAGAWA (1807 1873)

Audience at a dignitarys YOSHIMUNE

Women of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice. The tatami floor of the room is covered with folded kimono, tobacco pipes, boxes, mirror and hairdressing items, etc. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book of the Modern Forms and Figures, Tokyo, 1916. Reprint of the original from 1802.

Act VIII, c. 1835-1839, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 9 × 14 in. (22.9 × 35.6 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

This shunga is no. 6 in Harunobu's series of 24 woodblock prints: 'Furyu enshoku Mane'emon' (流艶色真似ゑもん or 'Elegant Amorous Mane'emon'), Edo (Tokyo), 1770. Mane'emon lies unobserved on the side of the bed. Harunobu's Mane'emon series illustrate the voyeuristic adventures of a man named Ukiyonosuke who wanted to learn the secrets of love making. To attain this end he drank a magic elixir and became very small, taking the pseudonym ' Mane'emon'.

De Vierde Akte, Kuniteru, 1851 - 1853 print Group of people on the street by the wall of a palace; A spectator on the wall; Behind the wall a face on different rooms. print maker: Japanpublisher: TokyoTokyoTokyo paper color woodcut housing. fence, wall, paling. crowd, mob

'The Kinuta', 1775, (1924). Creator: Kitao Shigemasa.

Dashun (Taishun), from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kagami) 1838-1848 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Shimada no zu, View of Shimada., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, between 1837 and 1844, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.9 x 18.1 cm., Print shows a woman sitting in a small partially enclosed area on a cloud; in the background, porters and travelers are preparing to cross a river near the Shimada station on the Tokaido Road.

The pleasure. .

Descending Geese at Katada (Katada no rakugan), No. 7 from the series "Eight Views of Omi". Nishimura Shigenaga; Japanese, 1697 ()-1756. Date: 1711-1741. Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Courtiers and Urchins, frontispiece for the album Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses 1801 Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese In 1801 Hokusai provided a frontispiece to an album by the ukiyo-e master Chōbunsai Eishi (1756-1829), who elegantly portrayed thirty-six female poets. The frontispiece reveals the lyricism typical of Hokusai's Sōri period, early in his career. The signature reads Gakyōjin Hokusai zu ("painted by the madman of painting, Hokusai").. Courtiers and Urchins, frontispiece for the album Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses. Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Japan. 1801. Ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Genji Excursion to Enoshima Island. Date/Period: 1863. Object. Print; Ink on Paper. Height: 370 mm (14.56 in); Width: 255 mm (10.03 in). Author: TOYOHARA KUNICHIKA.

Ichikawa Danjūrō and Nakamura Fukusuke in the Roles of Katō Kiyomasa and Hinakinu. Toyohara Kunichika (Japan, 1835-1900). Japan, 1897, February. Prints; woodblocks. Triptych; color woodblock prints

The actor Iwai Shijaku I in the role of Mrs Terute Shunkōsai (fl. 1829 1837)

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). Japan. 19th century. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Bird peddler late 15th-early 16th century Unidentified artist A jaunty bird peddler is surrounded by six young boys who admire their recent acquisitions or greedily eye other temptations. In addition to various species of birds, his portable display also features a rich assortment of intricate cages, gilt perches, ceramic dishes, lacquer jars, and other paraphernalia required to care for the birds, crickets, and two white rabbits offered for sale.The subject of peddlers first became popular during the Southern Song dynasty (1127-79), when paintings typically showed a rustic knickknack merchant offering his wares to a group of country urchins. During the conscious revival of Song academic styles sponsored by the Ming court, this subject was transformed from a genre image of daily life to an elegant fantasy set within the grounds of an aristocratic household. Here, an elegantly dressed servant, acting the role of peddler, offers a specialized selection of expensive wares to the pampered

Actors in formal dress in a courtly setting: the figure of Nakamura IV wears a long, red lion wig; the boy to the left plays a drum; the man to the right holds an offering tray with a petition on it. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850.

Sasaki Moritsuna Asking Fisherman to Reveal the Shallows Where His Troops can Cross and Attack the Taira Forces at Fujito in Bizen Province (Sasaki Moritsuna Bizen no kuni Fujito no watari ni Heigun o osowanto gyojin ni mizu no senshin o tou zu) 1884 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Mizuno Toshikata

Actors in a Shibaraku show, Torii Kiyonaga, 1800 - 1804 print Fifteen actors in a circular composition; In the foreground in the middle the actor Ichikawa Danjuro V, in red robe, with range in the right hand. Japan paper. gold (metal) color woodcut group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage

Men and women in a communal bath house. Woodcut by Yoshitora, 1860.

Cai Shun (Sai Jun), from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko) 1843-1855 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Loyal League of Forty-seven Rnin (Chshingura), Act VII. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige II, Japanese, 1826-1869

Hotaru gari, Catching fireflies., Katsukawa, Shunsen, 1762-approximately 1830, artist, 181-, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.5 x 37.1 cm., Print shows three women and two boys next to a small shrine along the shore, one of the women and one of boys have nets with which they are trying to catch fireflies; there is a small bridge leading to a small island in a lake in the background.

The Tenth Month (), from the series The Twelve Months. Date: 1870-1880, Edo. Museum: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Author: ONBEKEND.

The Five Nations Enjoying a Drunken Revel at the Gankirō Tea House 12th month, 1860 Utagawa Yoshiiku Japanese. The Five Nations Enjoying a Drunken Revel at the Gankirō Tea House 73515

A Tale of Valor at Iga Pass, c. 1850. Gosōtei Hirosada (Japanese). Color woodblock print; overall: 24.8 x 18.3 cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.).

Japan, Sadahide, Utagawa, Procession of People from the Five Lands, Left sheet of the triptych., print, prints, Japan (collection), height mm, width mm, Japanese, 1807 - 1873, print maker, printmaker, 1861-03 - 1861-03, paper, papier, houtsnede

Akasaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido). Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 25.4 x 18.1 cm (10 x 7 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Japan: 'An Assemblage of the Heroines of Kagoshima', Meiji Period triptych by Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912), 1877

Prosperity Ding Gu (Roku, Teiko), from an untitled series of happiness, prosperity, and longevity 1819-1829 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Yashima Gakutei

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 9 June 1892) one of the last great masters of the classical Japanese colour woodcut, here the work Kazan Temple Moon

On the Engawa of Tsuta-ya ca. 1765 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. On the Engawa of Tsuta-ya 54550

Leeuendans, 1790 - 1795 book. print StraScene with dancers and some people under a cloth with a lion's head, and spectators behind a window. In book with Kyoka (comic poems) and images of New Year's customs. Or paper color woodcut January 1 (~ festivities)

Kanu defeating the army of seven army of GI Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

'Scene Wishes of Various Goods'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 108x61 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

'Teacher - Ignoramus (a Scene from the Life of the Chinese School)'. China, City of Yanlyutsin, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 105x61 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Aktor Onoe Kikugorô v Jako Todoroki Zakagorô

Boat with Minamoto knights YOSHITORA, UTAGAWA (FL. C.1850 1880)

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 1897 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 55875

Ise monogatari = The Tales of Ise, 1608, Yoshida, Soan (d. 1632), Kyoto

Arai, section of sheet no. 8 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 10.6 x 12.3 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Adachi Ginko (1853-1908) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist active during the 19th century. Born as Adachi Heishichi in 1853, he studied under the painter Goseda Horyu and began designing woodblock prints as early as 1870, though his earliest surviving prints date to 1873. He was very active as a member of the Utagawa school and worked in different genres, from portraits to landscapes, illustrations, satirical works and triptychs of contemporary events. His most successful work were a series of triptychs in the late 1880s called the 'Pictorial Outline of Japanese History'. Ginko was arrested and jailed in 1889 for his caricatures of the Meiji Emperor during the controversial era of the Meiji Constitution decree. He was imprisoned for a year, but continued to produce prints after his release, with his last known work dating to 1908, after which he disappears from any public record.

Sun Li (Byo'utchi Sonritsu), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1822-1835. Dimensions: 38.9 x 26.9 cm (15 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Iwai shijyaku no mukan no tayu atsumori, The actor Iwai Shijaku in the role of Mukan Tayu Atsumori., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, between 1830 and 1835, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 37.6 x 25.7 cm., Print shows Iwai Shijaku, an actor, portraying the warrior Taira no Atsumori riding on horseback through crashing waves to escape the Minamoto warriors.

Bookseller, Unknown, 1700 - 1799 print paper color woodcut book-shop, bookseller

Japan, Joshuya Juzo, Muramatsu Genroku, Fukushima Giemon, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa, Hodo Yoshitsune koi no Minamoto ichidaikagami, A biography of Yoshitoshi, the Minamoto's favorite, Night attack on the Horikawa Palace, Yoshitsune, in blue kimono, and his lover Shizuka Gozen, in red kimono, defending themselves with long halberds on a balcony of the palace in Horikawa; by night., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 365 mm, width 256 mm, Japanese, 1798 - 1861-04-14, print maker, printmaker, 1853 - 1853, third quarter 19th century, paper, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, censor, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Battle of the ronins in Moronoe Castle, scene from Chaushingura Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Act VII (Shichidanme), from the series Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura) 1787-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; horizontal o-oban . Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagara Keisai)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. The Monsters' Chushingura (Bakemono Chushungura). about 1839-42. Oban vertical triptych 38 x 25.9 - 37.5 x 25.9 - 37.7 x 26.

Chushingura: Act I (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty), c. 1790s. Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1761-1824). Color woodblock print; image: 30.5 x 43 cm (12 x 16 15/16 in.); with margins: 33.7 x 46.2 cm (13 1/4 x 18 3/16 in.).

Album Leaf Painting: Official and Two Attendants Sessen (Japanese, flourished ca. 1820). Album Leaf Painting: Official and Two Attendants, 18th century. Album leaf, ink on silk, Image: 9 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (24.1 x 29.5 cm). Asian Art 18th century

Returning Sails at Tsukuda (Tsukuda no kihan), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei) 1839-1851 Japan. Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e . Utagawa Hiroshige

Arai, section of sheet no 8 from the series Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze) 1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet . Utagawa Hiroshige

Mashiba Hisayoshi, the Tairyō, in Lightening. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 2nd month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

A blind musician plays the koto to a gathering of women dressed in ornate kimonos. Coloured woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.

Lady in waiting sitting, facing right, board from the album: Nishiki zuri onna sanju rokkasen e zukushi EISHI, CHOBUNSAI (1756 1829)

Callot, Jacques, No. 7, Robbing and burning the village, line etching, graphics, plate width 18, 6 cm, plate height 8.2 cm, leaf width 20.6 cm, leaf height 11.9 cm

The actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Yaguchi No Watashimori Soundbei. Donation Gerhard Schack

The Interior of the Gankiro Tea House in Yokohama. Artist: Suzuki Hiroshige II (Japanese, 1826-1869). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban triptych: 14 /14 x 28 7/8 in. (35.6 x 73.3 cm). Date: 1861 (April). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Rank Badge with Lions 18th century China. Rank Badge with Lions 70730

Gentoku mitabi secchu ni komei o otonou no zu, Xuande visiting Kongming for the third time., Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861, artist, 1853., 1 print (3 sheets) : woodcut, color ; 35 x 23.9 cm (left panel), 34.5 x 24.3 cm (center panel), 34.8 x 23.9 cm (right panel), Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami. Date/Period: 18th century / 19th century. Painting. Ink and color on paper. Height: 194.7 cm (76.6 in); Width: 348.5 cm (11.4 ft). Author: Kitagawa Utamaro.

A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.

Foreigners TouringYokohama. Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora, Japanese, active ca. 1850-80

Fuji from Behind. Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849). circa 1834. Books. Double-page book illustration; black and white woodblock prints

Japan, Shakuyakutei, Kagehiro, Shôsuishi, Kuniyasu, Utagawa, Rokkasen, The Six Classical Poets, Komachi - Sasou mizu, Ono no Komachi Asking for Water: Ichikawa Danjûrô on a Boat, passe-partout, lower left - printed, The actor Ichikiawa Danjûrô VII (1791-1859) in his spare time, standing on a boat with a pipe in his hand. Shakuyakutei's poem speaks of 'sasou mizu', asking for water, a well-known phrase from a poem by Ono no Komachi. The six classical poets, including Komachi, are chosen in the preface to the Kokinwakashû, An anthology of poets from the past and present. With two poems., surimono, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 209 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, 1794 - 1832, print maker, printmaker, 1830 - 1830, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, poet, 1767 - 1845

Genre Scene, 1 of 4 Genre Scene, 1 of 4, 19th century. Ink and color on paper, 9 13/16 x 9 1/4 in. (25 x 23.5 cm). Asian Art 19th century

Pictorial Designs for All Artisans (Banshoku zukō 職図考), vol. 5, 1850, 1st month, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 8 11/16 × 6 × 1/2 in. (22.07 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm), Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Actors Nakamura Utaemon IV as the boatman Matsuemon (R) and Bandō Shuka I as his wife Oyoshi (L), 1849, intercalary 4th lunar month, Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, 14 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (36.5 × 24.5 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban) each sheet, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Related to the play Hiragana seisuiki らかな盛衰記, performed at the Ichimura Theater, 1849, 5th month.

Returning Sails at Ngei [American couple riding over the Ngei Bridge 1st month, 1861 Utagawa Yoshitora Japanese. Returning Sails at Ngei [American couple riding over the Ngei Bridge. Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850-80). Japan. 1st month, 1861. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

of 3