Japanese Woodblock Prints

Colorful woodblock prints depicting scenes from traditional Japanese life, including festivals and folklore, showcasing intricate details and cultural narratives.

Sea creatures entertain Urashima Taro and Oto Hime in the Dragon Palace, 1847-1848, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798 - 1861, 13 5/8 × 29 5/16 in. (34.61 × 74.45 cm) (sight)19 1/4 × 34 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (48.9 × 87.31 × 4.45 cm) (outer frame), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Double-page Illustration from Vol. 2 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1771. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Village School Scene (Terakoya), from the series Sugawara's Secrets (Sugawara denju) 1825-1849 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Sadahide

Scenes from the Pleasure Quarters, first half 18th century, Ōoka Michinobu, Japanese, act. c. 1720-1740, 11 3/8 × 259 3/4 in. (28.89 × 659.77 cm) (image)11 3/8 × 276 15/16 in. (28.89 × 703.42 cm) (mount), Ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan, 18th century, This handscroll shows a number of scenes from the Yoshiwara, the designated red-light district in the capital Edo (now Tokyo). As the scroll is unrolled from right to left, the viewer gains an increasingly internal perspective on the rarefied world of the Yoshiwaras brothels, from the initial boat ride toward to the district, to views of lower-class brothels, and finally to the interior spaces of an elite brothel in the final scene. Ōoka Michinobu was a disciple of the ukiyo-e painter Ōoka Shunboku (1680-1763) active primarily in the city of Ōsaka.

Sea creatures entertain Urashima Taro and Oto Hime in the Dragon Palace, 1847-1848, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798 - 1861, 13 5/8 × 29 5/16 in. (34.61 × 74.45 cm) (sight)19 1/4 × 34 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (48.9 × 87.31 × 4.45 cm) (outer frame), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Women dressing their hair. Coloured woodcut by Masanobu, 1740.

A picnic under cherry trees 1750-1769 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Village street at twilight. Center, maid servants are struggling for possession of travelers. Right, in an open teahouse, traveler prepares to wash his feet. On its walls are names of the engraver, printer, designer, and publisher., Japan, ca. 1834, figures, Print, Print

De Negende AKTE, Kuniteru, 1851-1853 print Fight between men and two women in a room with a view of a snowy garden. print maker: Japanpublisher: TokyoTokyoTokyo paper color woodcut interior of the house. fighting. snow

Yang Guifei and another lady playinbg a game while Emperor Xuanzongwatching. Artist: Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese, 1625-1694

Sheltering from a Sudden Shower 1794-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Kitagawa Utamaro

Fragment of board of the e-sugoroku social board game with scenes from the Kabuki theatre. Utagawa, Kunisada II (1823-1880), graphic artist

The Treasure Boat ca. 1795 Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese. The Treasure Boat 54845

Calling upon the Lady Tamakazura, from the illustrated book Collection of Pictures of Beauties (Bijin e-zukishi) 1678-1688 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Hishikawa Moronobu

Totsuka, Motomachi warakaremichi, 1832, Hoeido, Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858. Additional, Totsuka (Station 6), Motomachi detour., 1832 ., Japan., 1 print woodblock, color; 24.3 x 37.5 cm

Mariko, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido) 1832-1847 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Poem Chūnagon Yukihiry, Board 16. From A Series: from A Hundred Poets ONE STANZA / HYAKUNINININI NOUCHI Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Man talking to crouching woman, watched from floor by elegantly dressed man, on a porch two women, behind which are views of blossoming tree and water. Representation enclosed by brown border in which Genji emblems., Chapter 43 Faithful Depictions of the Splendid Prince (series title) Sono sugata Hikaru no utsushi-e (series title on object), print maker: Kunisada (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), Kinugasa Fusajiro, (mentioned on object), Murata Heiemon, (mentioned on object), print maker: Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo, publisher: Tokyo, 1851 - 1853, paper, colour woodcut, h 378 mm × w 257 mm

Preparations for the festivities, 1804 Fourteenth and fifteenth page of part one of Utamaro's book: Events in the Lusthuizen during the year. Or paper color woodcut

Acrobats Beneath Cherry Trees: Spinning Tops and Balancing Utagawa Yoshiharu Japanese 1857

Wi tynia zôjôji W shiba shimmei (shiba shinmei zôjôji), NR 79 Z serii "STO S STO S STO S SERII" (MEISHO EDO HYAKKEI)Edo, Koreywo, Olgierd (1909-1977)-collection, one hundred famous views of EDO, cycle, gift (provenance), woodcuts, Fukeiga, Ukiyo-e

Ichi star appearing to Nichren, thirteenth night of the ninth month / hoshi ichi, from the series: from the life of the Great Saint / Kōso Go icidai Ryaku Zuak Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Matsukaze Murasame ca. 1675-80 Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese This print and its text present a wittily updated version of the two brine gatherers' tragic love for Yukihira, who was in exile at Suma. At the right he strolls arm in arm with the sisters Matsukaze and Murasame. Despite their droll aristocratic attire, the trio's deportment is that of pleasure-seeking youth in the bustling entertainment quarters of Edo. At the left the two women in contemporary garb who dip buckets are identified as seaweed gatherers ("shiokumi"), the name of a popular Kabuki dance that represented the immortal legend at the time. This print reflects Moronobu's origins as an illustrator of popular books in its humor as well as its compostion.. Matsukaze Murasame 37097

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo (right), Segawa Kikunojo II as Princess Tatsu (Tatsu Hime) (center), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Matano no Goro (left), 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: 17.1 x 27.7 cm (6 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Prince Genji with fan standing near well, looking at woman sitting on veranda of second floor, a maid with sword in right hand looks on. Representation enclosed by brown border in which Genji emblems., Chapter 14 Faithful Depictions of the Splendid Prince (series title) Sono sugata Hikaru no utsushi-e (series title on object), print maker: Kunisada (I), Utagawa, (mentioned on object), Mera Taichiro, (mentioned on object), Murata Heiemon, (mentioned on object), print maker: Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo, publisher: Tokyo, 1847 - 1850, paper, colour woodcut, h 263 mm × w 377 mm

Fourth Month Fishmonger, from the series Twelve Months SeasonalSigns. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I, Japanese, 1769-1825

One of Fifteen Triptychs of Famous Battlescenes Various artists/makers 19th century

Print Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58232

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from Courtesans of the Three Capitals A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui) 1743-1753 Japan. Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e . Okumura Masanobu

The Poem of Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason” from the series The Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyaku’nin Isshu Uba-ga-Etoki), Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Travelers setting out at the first blush of dawn shows pairs of men running with heavy cargo balancing on their shoulders — two sets in the foreground alternate between men who are carrying bails of round sacks. Shown in the bottom right corner is a man bent over to fix his sandal with his heavy load resting on the side. The background shows a trail of workers running further in the distance. In front of them is a slower group of people hunched over as they walk towards the rising sun. Throughout the landscape are meandering trails and the silhouette of a forest just beyond the horizon., Japan, 1839, landscapes, Print, Print

Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties 1776 Katsukawa Shunshō　川春章 Japanese. Mirror of Yoshiwara Beauties 78712

Double-page Illustration from Vol. 1 of "Picture Book of Spring Brocades (Ehon haru no nishiki)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1771. Dimensions: 18 x 26.8 cm (7 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Seki, Early Departure, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Courtyard of inn at which a daimyo is resting, screened with hangings bearing his crest. Lower left, servants preparing to start, adjusting their hats. Others receiving a samurai. The cipher of Hiroshige on lantern of one of latter servants., Japan, ca. 1834, figures, Print, Print

Tripytych of Young Men. Artist: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm); W. 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Colored woodcut by Kikugawa Eizan showing children playing and ox riders on a beach, illustrating figures, animals, and landscape elements with vibrant colors and compositional detail.

Two young men and four women in an interior Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi. Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825); Wakasaya Yoichi (Japanese, ca. 1794-1897). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 14 x 30 1/8 in. (35.6 x 76.5 cm). Date: ca. 1800.For military reasons, the Tokugawa government prohibited the building of substantial bridges across the Oi River near Kanaya station, presently in Shizuoka Prefecture; thus, the river was a dangerous obstacle for travelers. Here, women of lower classes are shown being carried across the river on the shoulders of porters, while high-ranking ladies are seated in a lacquered palanquin that rests upon the porters' shoulders. Utagawa Toyokuni is given credit for leading the Utagawa school to dominance of the late ukiyo-e tradition. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tea-house at the Willow Bridge ca. 1835-42 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Tea-house at the Willow Bridge 45312

New Year's Day at the Ogiya Brothel, Yoshiwara Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). New Year's Day at the Ogiya Brothel, Yoshiwara, ca. 1810. Polyptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Each sheet 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm). Asian Art ca. 1810

HOOFDSTUK 43, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1851-1853 print Man talking with squaring woman, watched from floor by elegant dressed man; Two women on a porch, behind which a view of blossoming tree and water. Presentation enclosed by brown edge in which Genji emblems. Print Maker: Japantokotokyopublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut / nishiki-e housing. loggia, verandah, porch

Raikô and his lords around a Gô board, Anonymous, 1800 - 1899 print paper color woodcut board-games

Shono, 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.

Lord Oda Nobunaga Viewing the Restoration of Kiyosu Castle (Oda Nobunaga ko Kiyosujo shuzen goran no zu). Utagawa Yoshifuji; Japanese, 1828-1887. Date: 1888. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

New Year's Parade in the Yoshiwara Torii Kiyomine (Japanese, 1787-1869). New Year's Parade in the Yoshiwara, 1807-1808. Woodblock print, Each: 14 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (37.5 x 25.1 cm). Asian Art 1807-1808

Act VII: Yuranosuke, Feigning Disinterest on the Anniversary of His Master's Death, Playing Blind-Man's Buff; Yuranosuke Receiving Fish, Forbidden on a Death Anniversary, from the Spy Kudayū. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). Japan, circa 1835. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Courtesans of the Yamashiroya, 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: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Momotaro at the gates of the state of Onigashima devils, board 2 from the series: Tales of Momotaro /Momotaro monogatari

Nobles and officials in the Shoghun palace courtyard, by Yoshinori Taguchi (1830-1884), woodcut, nishiki-e technique, Japan. Japanese Civilisation, Meiji period, 19th century.

Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) with their mother, from the series Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue) 1838-1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Tokonatsu (Wild carnation); print from the series: Genji gojushi cho (Genji, 54 Books). Utagawa, Yoshiiku (1833-1904), graphic artist

Man reading a letter in front of the daimyo palace YOSHITORA, UTAGAWA (FL. C.1850 1880)

Print. Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1865). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 13 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (34.6 × 24.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kyoka hassen, Eight Kyoka poets., Yajima, Gogaku, active 19th century, artist, between 1818 and 1824, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm., Print shows four men (poets).

. Boat with pipe smoking travelers, an apendresseur and a horse, sailing down a stone wall; In the background a bridge on which a parade.

Entertainment Quarter Scenes. Japan, mid-17th century. Books; albums. Ink and color on paper

Prince Genji on a veranda with two women, Japanese print, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Mera Taichiro, Murata Heiemon, 1847 - 1850

Four oirans inside the house, from the album: Mirror of images of beautiful women from the Green Houses /Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami

Children painting the ideogram Longevity on the a screen Kitao, Shigemasa (1738 1820)

Asakusa Kaminarimon Mae (Kameya) ca. 1835-42 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese Formulaic, yet still punctuated by surprising points of view, Hiroshige's lighthearted survey of Edo's famous gastronomic sites includes a punning couplet about each place in the fan-shaped cartouches at the upper right. The eclectic mix of Edo denizens that appears in this series is delightful.. Asakusa Kaminarimon Mae (Kameya) 45304

Courtesans playing shamisen to entertain a customer drinking sake in the pleasure quarters. Kamuro maids serve sake. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month. Artist: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). Date: ca. 1736-44.The source of red for beni-e coloring, as shown here, was safflower (benibana). Beautifully hand-colored prints like this one clearly foretell the technique of multicolored brocade prints invented by Suzuki Harunobu in 1765. Broad ink lines have receded into thin regular outlines to better integrate with colored patterns, while the landscape on a sliding panel shows an ink monochrome painting inspired by the Kano school.A pipe-smoking patron in the pleasure quarters has engaged the services of both a young woman and a young man. The poem at the far left includes phrases that can be translated as "fragrant plum trees" and "two guardian kings," witty references to the young man and woman. Museum: Metropolitan Museum

The Lion Dance. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm). Date: 1789.In this illustration of a New Year's scene from the book "Ehon Waka Ebisu" (New Year's Day Customs), Utamaro has framed some women and children in a window as they watch a street performance of the shishimai, or lion dance. Several men form the lion, which chases after a boy, a man plays a flute while another adds to the excitement by beating two sticks together. A small boy with a frightened expression has been hoisted high for a better view out the window. Beside him a girl watches the spectacle intently, with her hand gripping a window ledge. Confining the spectators within a frame highlights their passivity and contrasts with the activity of the performers, who leap and stride across the horizontal expanse in the foreground. The concealment of their bodies reflects their psychological state, since the observers are completely abs

Okitsu: View near the mouth of the Okitsu River, looking out to sea, and two sumo wrestlers being carried upstream, one on a packhorse and the other in a kago. This flat area was noted for its beautiful view of the pine grove 'Mihonomatsubara' highlighted by the pretty seascape backdrop. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andi Hiroshige (an irregular combination of family name and art name)and by the art name of Ichiyusai Hiroshige. The Ti kaidi (East Sea Road) was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendi, the Ti kaidi travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshu, hence the route's name.

Shinobazu Pond, number six from the series A Series of Burlesques of Famous Places in Edo. Date: third month 1859. Dimensions: 37.7 cm x 25.4 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Hirokage.

Twenty-four Instances of Filial Piety 1774 Torii Kiyotsune Japanese. Twenty-four Instances of Filial Piety. Torii Kiyotsune (Japanese, active ca. 1757-1779). Japan. 1774. Ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Exchange of Gifts (Yuino), the second sheet of the series Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma) 1764-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e . Suzuki Harunobu

Japan, Shinagawaya, Yoshiiku, Utagawa, Tokaidochu kurige no Yuji uma, A trip on the Tokaido with Yaji, Shirasuke and Futagawa, verso - stamped, Two images in chuban format, printed one above the other on one sheet. Top: Shirasuke station, the thirty-second rest stop along the Tokaido; man and woman with child looking at man tripping over fishing net. Bottom: Futagawa station, the thirty-third rest stop along the Tokaido; two men startled by old woman and man with hat., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 375 mm, width 258 mm, Japanese, 1833 - 1904, print maker, printmaker, 1860 - 1860, third quarter 19th century, paper, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Woman on Veranda, Spinning; another Pounding Cloth on Rock in Foreground. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1792). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); W. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Roben Waterfall at Mount Oyama (Oyama Roben no taki). Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1813-1825. Dimensions: . Color woodblock prints; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

'Wife, Wealth, Sons, Ranks'. China, City of Yanlyutsin, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 106x60 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Kyoto: Dairi ca. 1838 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Kyoto: Dairi. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Japan. ca. 1838. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Man showing a rock to an elderly man. Sakanoshita, from the series: Fifty three stops on the Tokaido highway /Tokaido gojusan tsugi Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Admission at Ōiso Published by the Defects of Yoshimori and the UpComing Soga Gorgeō / Wada Yoshimori Ichimal Kujūsa gi Ōiso ni Oite () Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Left, a woman undressing () to take a bath; right, two women preparing a bath. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1736.

Fujieda. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865)Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, Edo, 1797-1858). Japan, 1854, 12th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Akasaka, Interior of Inn, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi), Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Interior of inn. Left, guest reclines and maid brings in his meal on two stands. Other servants are waiting. Right, two geisha arrange their toilet. Center of courtyard, large sago-palm and stone lantern., Japan, ca. 1834, figures, Print, Print

Echizen, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 13.2 x 15.8 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Japan, Takemaru, Sôkaen, Hokusai, Katsushika, Shisei no uchi, The Four Notable Clans of Japan, Tachibana - Fumonbon Kikusuiyoroi, Armor of the Tachibana family with scroll painting, A suit of armor and a scroll painting pierced with an arrow on a small table. With one poem. The print is a b-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 212 mm, width 184 mm, 1760-10-12 - 1849-05-10, print maker, printmaker, 1890 - 1900, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, Japanese, poet

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Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou, 1638. Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99-1652). Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; image: 172.8 x 55.7 cm (68 1/16 x 21 15/16 in.); overall: 293.9 x 71 cm (115 11/16 x 27 15/16 in.); with knobs: 293.9 x 79 cm (115 11/16 x 31 1/8 in.).

An Actor's Boating Party on the Sumida River. Artist: Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active 1696-1716). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 12 x 20 3/8 in. (30.5 x 51.8 cm). Date: ca. 1705. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

New Year's Day at the Ogiya Brothel, Yoshiwara. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban, pentaptych: 14 15/32 x 48 1/2 in. (36.8 x 123.2 cm). Date: ca. 1804. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Honcho furisode no hajime, Susanoo no mikoto yokai no zu. Katsushika Hokki; Japanese, active c. 1804-18. Date: 1804-1818. Dimensions: 26.8 x 37 cm. Color woodblock print. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

HOOFDSTUK 4, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1849-1853 print Woman (Yugao) in Purple Kimono, a range on which a flower offering to maid, near Tuinzek; Prince Genji and maid with a sword watching at sedan chair. Print Maker: Japantokotokyopublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut / nishiki-e housing. house personnel, servants. garden

New Herbs Part One, Chapter Thirty-Four from The Tale of Genji

Goyu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan tsugi), also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido) 1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Nocturnal fishing, kitagawa utamaro, 1795 - 1800 print A pleasure boat with different women and two men interested in a neighboring fishing boat in which a man gets a large fishing net; at night. Japan paper color woodcut sports, games ~ animals (+ net)

SIXTY NINE STAGES OF THE KISO ROAD /KISOKUJUKYU TSUGI NO UCHI Eisen, Keisai (1790 1848), HIROSHIGE, Ichiryusai (1797 1858)

Boys Play-acting a Daimyo Procession 19th century Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese. Boys Play-acting a Daimyo Procession. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861). Japan. 19th century. Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men). 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); thickness of album 1 9/16 in. (4 cm). Date: 1897. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu.

Scene from the Hachinoki Story, 1843-1847, Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Publisher: Sakurai, Japanese, 1798 - 1861, 14 9/16 × 29 5/8 in. (37 × 75.2 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

A Young Warrior on Horseback Looking at Two Girls. Artist: Haruhiro (Japanese, active ca. 1765-1784). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8 3/16 in. (28.9 x 20.8 cm). Date: 1765-1784. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

A Man Seated at a Writing Table, Katsushika Hokutai, c. 1806 print In a departure, the calligraph Fujiwara No Yukiyoshi is behind his writing table, brush in hand. Behind him piles of books. On the left a lady with mirror in your hands. With one poem. paper color woodcut calligraphy. mirror

tsu, Fifty-fourth in the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tkaid. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849

Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital. Date: c. 1870, Edo. Museum: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Author: ONBEKEND.

Owarimachi Street in TOTO (EDO)

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 1897 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 55880

Festival Scenes 18th century Japan. Festival Scenes. Japan. 18th century. Handscroll; ink and color on silk. Edo period (1615-1868). Paintings

NARAI, PASSERS BY OUTSIDE THE A SHOP on A Mountain Road, Board 35 from the Series: Sixty Nine Stages of The Kiso Kaido Roado KAIDO KAIDO KAIDO ROKUJUKUJUKUJUKUJUKUJUUKHIU TSUGI NOUCHIU TSUGI NOUCHIU TSUGI NOUCHIU TSUGI NOUCHI

No 10 Ushiwaka Defeats Sekigahara Yoichi at Keage Mountain Pass (Jukkai, Keage toge ni Ushiwaka Sekigahara Yoichi uchikiru), from the series The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune ichidaiki no uchi) 1827-1839 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

The Immortal Kume as a Roof Thatcher, no. 5, from a series of Humorous Modern Versions of Traditional Subjects Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764). , ca. 1710-1720. Woodblock print on paper, 10 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (27.3 x 37.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1710-1720

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