Japanese Woodblock Prints

Vibrant woodblock prints depicting elegant figures in traditional attire, rich in color, influenced by cultural narratives and aesthetics of Japan.

Courtisane Karagoto Uit Het Chojiya Huis, Utamaro (II), Kitagawa (Attributed TO), 1805 print Courtisane, in black Kimono with pattern of stylized peach blossom and cranes, standing by rack over which Kimono with pattern of shells, seaweed and dolls between blossom. The dolls and peach blossom refer to the doll or girl party in the third month. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

Haze on a Clear Day at Stone Bridge (From the series Eight Elegant Views of Chanted Accompanimnets for Kabuki Plays), early 1810s. Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787-1867). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.1 x 25.4 cm (15 x 10 in.).

The Actor Nakamura Riko with a courtesan, from an untitled series of aiban prints depicting Actors in private life 1776-1787 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Torii Kiyonaga

Sixth month (minazuki), from the series "twelve

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe. Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III); Japanese, 1786-1864. Date: 1847. Dimensions: 14 x 9 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych (right: 1939.1034b). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Act Eight: Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers). Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1774-1785. Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/6 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Brine Maidens of Suma (Shiokumi, Suma) 1783 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. The Brine Maidens of Suma (Shiokumi, Suma) 53904

Meiji reprint.

Courtisane Karagoto Uit Het Chojiya Huis, Utamaro (II), Kitagawa (Attributed TO), 1805 print Courtisane, in black Kimono with pattern of stylized peach blossom and cranes, standing by rack over which Kimono with pattern of shells, seaweed and dolls between blossom. The dolls and peach blossom refer to the doll or girl party in the third month. Japan paper color woodcut courtesan, hetaera

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Hito-maru Disguised as the Courtesan Chiyozaki, in the Play Kuruwa no Hana Katsuragi no Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the third Month, 1775 1770-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Hamaya of the Asahimaruya, from the series Models for Fashion New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo) 1773-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai

Actors Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese. Actors 56538

A Beauty Ichirakutei Eisui Japanese. A Beauty 56094

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Kagekiyo Dressed as a Beggar (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (left), in the Play Kotobuki Banzei Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Third Month, 1783. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1778-1788. Dimensions: 31 x 15 cm (12 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)". Kikukawa Eizan; Japanese, 1787-1867. Date: 1809-1822. Dimensions: 15 x 10 3/16 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Will the night rain of flirtatious look : Omume and Kumenosuke (Nagashime No Yoru no Ame), from a series of eight views of the character of lovers (Sugata Hakkei)Japanese (culture), Japanese art, purchase (provenance)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV with his family, from an untitled series of four prints showing Actors in private life. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1789. Dimensions: 38.1 x 25.7 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

View from the balcony. Donation Gerhard Schack

Young Woman with a Caged Monkey (Calendar Print for New Year 1776). Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 25.7 × 17 cm (10 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Dierstring geese at the Koto bridges; Eight salon faces; Zashiki Hakkei. Two girls, one reading in songbook while the other is preparing to play, sitting in room with Koto (Japanese string instrument); Via the open wall view of the porch with blooming branches.

Two women with falcons 19th Century Unidentified. Two women with falcons 399805

Woman Watching Young Couple Embrace on a Veranda, late 1760s. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Color woodblock print; sheet: 20.8 x 28.7 cm (8 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.).

Ohana and Ofuku, from the series A Selection of Entertainers from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro geisha sen) 1789-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin rokkasen)". Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1789-1800. Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1772-1782. Dimensions: 31.4 x 14.9 cm (12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Portrait of Eijudo at Seventy-One 1793-1803 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Toyokuni I

Mother and Child. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm). Date: ca. 1793.Utamaro composed this two image with considerable skill and humor, creating a circular movement through gazes and gestures. The mother and child are simultaneously involved in multiple activities. The mother arranges her coiffure before a mirror stand and nurses her baby, while he suckles, pinches her other nipple, and reaches for a toy that is offered by another woman. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Whispers, Japanese Prints

Untitled. Date/Period: Ca. -1829-1837. Print. Woodblock print on paper. Height: 370 mm (14.56 in); Width: 250 mm (9.84 in). Author: Shunkosai Hokuei.

The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura, junimai tsuzuki) 1789-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych . Kitagawa Utamaro

The Kagura Dancer. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1761-1770. Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Night is Still, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka

Parody of the Tale of Young Man Lu: Courtesan Dreaming 18th century Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Harunobu's courtesanmost likely dreaming of the moment when she leaves her childhood home to begin a happy marriagewill shortly waken to be confronted once again with the reality surrounding her. To distinguish the corporeal from the noncorporeal, Harunobu renders the characters inside the dream bubble in gray and leaves the rest of the background unprinted.. Parody of the Tale of Young Man Lu: Courtesan Dreaming 55810

Admire flower arrangements, c. 1795 print Courtisane Hanaogi, with fan pattern on Kimono, looking at two flower arrangements, while her Kamuro is behind her. In the foreground a third woman, on hands and feet; Daizaburo. paper color woodcut adult woman (+ three persons). flowers

The Actor Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of a Court Lady, one sheet of triptych. Date: 1820-1829. Dimensions: 39 cm x 27 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Toyokuni II.

Mother with nursing baby andattendant. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806

Nakasu (Sakō), c. 1784, Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752 - 1815, 14 3/8 × 10 1/8 in. (36.5 × 25.7 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Soga no Goro Tokimune (left), in Komuso Attires, in the Play Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1771 1766-1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Ho Yatsuhashi Bridge in Mikawa Province, from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari) 1767-1778 Japan. Color woodblock print; koban . Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune () in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (), Performed at the Ichimura Theater () in the Second Month, 1769 (). Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 32 x 14.5 cm (12 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Women in an open air room, Hosoda Eishi, 1793 - 1797 print Nine women, with various activities, in a Tatami room; In the foreground a koto (Japanese string instrument) and a trolley; In the background a veranda, grass and cloud patterns. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut loggia, verandah, porch. screen, folding screen. string instruments (plucked)

Shiba: AtagoAtago Hill at Shiba. Artist: Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 7 5/8 in. (26.5 x 19.4 cm). Date: ca. 1783. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Flowers; Snow, moon and flowers. Woman sitting on yellow checkered floor of room with pink blooming plant in windowsill and blue hibachi (Japanese stew) in the foreground; water with sailing ships and mountains in the background; At evening. (Bijinga)

Young Lady with Drum and Man with Fan Saluting Her. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman with Papers in Mouth and Fan in Hand, 1789-1851. Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790-1848). Color woodblock print; image: 36.9 x 24.5 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.).

Drinking Sake at a Housewarming Party (Takubiraki shuen no zu). Toyohara Kunichika; Japanese, 1835-1900. Date: 1863. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych or triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Manzai, New Year's celebration., Katsukawa, Shuntei, 1770-1820, artist, 1820., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 20.4 x 18.2 cm., Print shows two performers during a New Year celebration.

Seated woman reading a scroll, from the series: Distinguished and happy portrait /Furyu ukiyo sugata Eizan, Kikugawa (1787 1867)

Minamoto Yorimitsu Ason Watching a Spider. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1865, 2nd month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Ebisu God Cooking a Red Snapper, 19th century, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Iwatoya Kisaburō, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.7 cm) (image, sheet, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left), c. 1796-97. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Triptych: color woodblock print; sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.).

A Flower Game in the Garden, from an untitled series on the Twelve Months, right sheet of a triptych. Date: 1840-1842. Dimensions: 38 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Haviken from the province of Tango, 1852 print Japanese woman, with head in right hand, looking back over her left shoulder. Cartouche on the top left with a mountain landscape in which man walks to booms tense. paper color woodcut adult woman. cup

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Killing the Monster Nue Series Forms of brother-pictures(E-kyodai yasa sugata). about 1852. vertical Oban.

Ushi-no-gozen, from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)". Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1778-1789. Dimensions: 26.5 x 19.4 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Lovers Chubei and the Courtesan Umegawa Illustration for The Pillow Book ,1788. Coloured woodblock print (ukiyo-e). Kitanga Utamaro (1754-1806) Japanese painter and printmaker:

Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, Kamuro Sekiya, Teriha, 1794, Courtesans, Woodcuts, 1 print; 37.2 x 25.2 cm (ôban)

Young Woman Seated on the Balcony of Kiyomizu Temple. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1761-1770. Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Returning Sails at Shinagawa (Shinagawa no kihan), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei) 1763-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Prostitute Zetō of Ebiya House, 19th century, Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi, Japanese, 14 5/16 × 9 13/16 in. (36.3 × 25 cm) (image, sheet, ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

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Hanggandai Terkuni and Kanshôjô with the poem Sei Shônagon, No. 62 from the series "Imitation of the collection from Ogura - one poem from a hundred poets" (Ogura Nazora Hyakunin Isshu)Dembiński, Stanisław (1891-1940)-collection, decorative boards according to the anthology of a hundred poets, cycle, gift (provenance), woodcuts, Japanese (culture), Japanese art, ukiyo-e

Horse shell Umagai (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A boy plays a horse, the stirrups are made from shells to which a rope is attached. On the left a large burning candle. With one poem, horse, Katsushika Hokusai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1822, paper, colour woodcut, h 217 mm × w 184 mm

Japan, Maid, A maid with food in a box that was used when visiting the theatre. Symbols of poetry clubs on her kimono., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 187 mm, width 125 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1815 - 1825, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut

Geisha Preparing for Performance. Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849). Japan, circa 1800. Prints; woodblocks. Surimono; color woodblock print

Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons 1813-1835 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kuniyasu

The woman who does not like flying from the series: Collection of humorous poems. .

The poet and priest kissen; Hôshi Kisen; The six famous poets; Rokkas NO UCHI. A waitress is sitting on a bench for a tea house on which the name Kisen stands, the name of a famous poet. With one poem. The print is published by the Nogawa poetry company, the emblem of which returns to the kimono of the woman shown.

The Elopement (parody of Akutagawa episode from Tales of Ise ) 1762-1772 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Segawa kikunojo no hashihime, The actor Segawa Kikunojo in the role of Hashihime., Utagawa, Toyokuni, approximately 1777-1835, artist, between 1821 and 1825, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 38.5 x 26.4 cm., Print shows Segawa Kikunojo, an actor, full-length portrait, standing in front of a screen, facing front, in an onnagata role portraying Hashihime (Lady at the Bridge, chapter 45 of the Tale of Genji).

Playing Daimyo's Procession. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 7 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Day in spring, three figures against Mt. Fuji, surimono. Katsushika, Hokusai (1760-1849), graphic artist

Elopers in Musashino early 19th century Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese In this episode of The Tales of Ise, the indefatigable young hero of the amorous saga abducts another young girl. He takes her to Musashi Province, far east of the capital, and, pursued by the local authorities for his crime, he hides the girl in a field of tall flowering grass and escapes. In order to force him out of hiding, his pursuers begin to set fire to the field; then they hear the voice of the girl:Field of MusashiDo not burn it down today!Like the young grasseshere my lover crouching hidesand I too lie in hiding.Although she believes her abductor to be in the field with her, according to the text he has already fled and left her behind. The cute, rounded, childlike faces, which are typical of Harunobu's figures, further contribute to the strong sense of pathos in the couple threatened by the torches brandished against the night sky in the upper right corner.. Elopers in Musashino 56794

Scene from a Drama: Ichimura Uzaemon as a Samurai ca. 1745 Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese. Scene from a Drama: Ichimura Uzaemon as a Samurai 54485

Act Three: The Quarrel Scene from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 23.7 x 17.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 in.). Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro missing title cartouche: Children Parody the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei Kodomo Rokkasen) Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806). Kakinomoto no Hitomaro missing title cartouche: Children Parody the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei Kodomo Rokkasen), ca. 1804. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 1/2 x 10 in. (37.0 x 25.3 cm). Asian Art ca. 1804

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Atage, from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties (Azuma bijin erami) 1793-1803 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Kintoki and Yamauba Brother pictures (series title) E kyodai (series title on object), Woman with loose hair and fan in right hand, smiling at child sitting on lap with cat in hands. In the cartouche at the top right the parodied performance of Yamauba with staff, looking at her son Kintoki, struggling with bear cubs., Kitagawa Utamaro (mentioned on object), Japan, 1793 - 1797, paper, colour woodcut, h 396 mm × w 257 mm

A Young Woman Returning a Ball to a Young Man. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 29.2 x 21.6 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)". Ichirakutei Eisui; Japanese, active 1790-1823. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: 36.0 x 23.3 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Print Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58209

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

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburo I in a Female Role 1711-1785 Ishikawa Toyonobu Japanese. The Actor Bandō Hikosaburo I in a Female Role 57023

Woman Being Bathed, central sheet of the triptych Heart-to-Heart, from the series Stylish Handscroll of Genji. Date: eleventh month 1858. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kunisada II.

The Tama River at Ide, Yamashiro Province, Harunobu, Suzuki (1724-1770)

Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa) ca. 1768 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese Holding the skirts of their kimonos above the water, three women wade in a shallow stream from a bank where yamabuki flowers grow. With elegance and great care they are venturing across the river. This particular print shows a famous scenic place on the Jewel River at Ide in Yamashiro Province, modern Kyoto. A square cartouche bears a title and a poem by the celebrated poet Fujiware no Shunzei (1114-1204): Tamagawa at Ide by ShunzeiAs I stop my horse to give him water, dew from the yamabuki flowers is lost in the stream of Tamagawa at Ide. (trans. by Miyeko Murase) The images of the three women are borrowed from the illustrated book by Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1751) entitled Ehon Chitose-yama (Picture Book: Thousand-Year Mountain), displayed next to this print. In Harunobu's print, it is not clear why the maid on the right is looking over her shoulder. However, in Sukenobu's illustration, the maid actually looks bac

The Third Sawamura Sojuro in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi 2nd month, 1788 Katsukawa Shunkō Japanese. The Third Sawamura Sojuro in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi 36749

Evening Cool on the Verandah (Ensaki no yusuzumi) Genre scenes with kyoka poems, in aiban format (Kyoka-iri aiban fuzoku zu) 1783-1795 Japan. Color woodblock print; aiban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Omori Hikoshichi from the series New Forms of the Thirty-Six Ghosts” 1889 Japan. Color woodblock print . Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Asuka no Suika, form the series Eight Scenes of Edo (Koto hakkei) 1776-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Torii Kiyonaga

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Possibly as Misao Gozen, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (Beginnings of Eternity: The Ondo Straits in the Seto Inland Sea) (), Performed at the Kiri Theater from the Twenty-seventh Day of the Seventh Month, 1785. Katsukawa Shunko I; Japanese, 1743-1812. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 32 x 14.2 cm (12 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro in three roles of the shosa "Shichi Henge" dated 1787 Katsukawa Shunkō Japanese. The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro in three roles of the shosa "Shichi Henge" 36648

Act Eight: The Bridal Journey (Michiyuki) from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1785-1789. Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.8 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role 1770-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Katsukawa Shunsho

Four Actors at a Quay, left sheet of a triptych. Date: c. 1850. Dimensions: 37 cm x 25 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI.

The third month; Yayoi; Modern Genji stories during the twelve months; Imayo Genji Junikagetsu No Uchi. Flower arranging woman, in room overlooking a garden with pond and blossoming trees.

Two Women Reading 1820-1868 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Yashima Gakutei

Aktorzy w kanjichô: ichikawa ebizô v Jacob jako musashibo benke

Preparing New Year Decorations ca. 1788 Hosoda Eishi Japanese. Preparing New Year Decorations 54837

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