Japanese Woodblock Prints

Color woodblock prints depicting traditional Japanese women in elegant kimonos, showcasing intricate details and historical themes.

Prostitute Cooling under a Willow Tree, 18th century, Katsukawa Shunchō, Japanese, fl.c.1780 - 1795, 26 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (68.3 × 11.5 cm) (image, sheet, hashira-e), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

Woman with Pet Monkey 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Suzuki Harunobu

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as a woman holding a hairpin 1755-1765 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

Young woman entering a room 1755-1769 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

Woman Playing the Shamisen. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 24 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Youth Carrying a Lantern and an Umbrella. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1740-1749. Dimensions: . Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, beni-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Young Woman Standing Under an Umbrella in the Snow, 1767-68. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Color woodblock print; pillar print; sheet: 71.1 x 12.7 cm (28 x 5 in.).

Prostitute Cooling under a Willow Tree, 18th century, Katsukawa Shunchō, Japanese, fl.c.1780 - 1795, 26 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (68.3 × 11.5 cm) (image, sheet, hashira-e), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

A Woman Playing with a Monkey which Has Climbed a Tree ca. 1770 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. A Woman Playing with a Monkey which Has Climbed a Tree 55356

Man and Girl Kitagawa Kikumaro Japanese. Man and Girl. Kitagawa Kikumaro (Japanese, died 1830). Japan. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Buddhist Panel, 1300s. China or Korea, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 203.2 x 31.4 cm (80 x 12 3/8 in.).

A Courtesean of the Matsubaya House. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1773-1779. Dimensions: 26 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Sweeping a Cobweb. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1770-1780. Dimensions: 26 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Bed Valance Detail. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 11.5 x 75.9 cm (4 1/2 x 29 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Isabella Ruth Doerfler.

Panel with sphinx and putto top; Grotesques et moresques. Increase a sater above a medallion with an image of a nymph.

A Beauty and a Youth on a Boat under a Bridge Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). A Beauty and a Youth on a Boat under a Bridge, ca. 1790. Woodblock print, 24 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (62.0 x 12.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1790

Eavesdropping 1775-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Phoenix Flying Over a Paulownia Tree Isoda Koryūsai Japanese ca. 1770

Pencil drawing by Adolf Böhm from 1893 showing painter Novak in a nativity scene with the Three Kings represented by Kasparides, Lenz, and Reisinger.

Fragments, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound weave with discontinuous supplementary weft floats (brocade), Woven silk with a design of a garden pedestal with large shell and florals, framing a landscape. With some elements of the 'bizarre' style. Supplementary wefts of cream, green, beige and metallic yarns on a pale green ground., France, England, 1695-1715, woven textiles, Fragments

Textile, Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet, (French, 1745-1811), Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759-1815), Medium: linen Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave, Textile fragments printed in red on white showing the activities of the Oberkampf factory at Jouy. The designer, Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet is depicted sketching outdoors. At top, textiles hanging over the frame of the building are printed with the words Royale” and Oberkampf” to celebrate the factory's award of the title of Manufacture Royale by Louis XVI in 1783., Jouy, France, 1783-1784, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Woman Fanning Herself After a Bath late 18th century Isoda Koryūsai Japanese. Woman Fanning Herself After a Bath 45269

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Okoma (right), and Arashi Sangoro III as the Hairdresser Obana Saizaburo (left), in the Play Koi Musume Mukashi Hachijo, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Third Month, 1776. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1771-1781. Dimensions: 69.3 x 16.5 cm (27 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Band, Medium: silk, metallic yarn on linen Technique: back stitch embroidery and couched metallic-wrapped silk on plain weave, Design shows a stiffly curving stylized vine through which move a lion pursuing a youth, a cupid () blindfolded with bow and arrow, a dragon, and birds. The gold thread is couched on, to produce the main body of the design, and is outlined in red silk, in part of the piece, then pale pink silk. Metal-wrapped silk couched by silk of various colors, padded couching, couched loops of metal-wrapped silk, attached coils of flat metal strips. Metallic yarns are couched in pairs for large dense areas, two plied Z for outlines, and two plied Z and re-plied S for outer border., Europe, 16th century, embroidery & stitching, Band

Beautiful land of the immortals. Zhao, Boju (fl. post 960- ante 1279), painter

A Young Man Standing before a Garden Fence ca. 1763 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. A Young Man Standing before a Garden Fence 37115

Young Man on Horseback and Two Women Watching from a Window 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Josef Albert (German, 1825 - 1886)

Sidewall, Leather, stamped, silvered, painted, Diapered field, varnished silver. Rococo vine, in green, with flowers in red and blue., Holland, 1745-55, Wallcoverings, Sidewall

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Design for a scabbard with the whore of Babylon, Design for a dagger scabbard. The lower part is decorated with a candelabrum consisting of leaf tendrils and two dolphins, carried by a putto. Above it the whore of Babylon and the seven-headed monster., print, ornament print, prints, height 166 mm, width 32 mm, width 19 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1528 - 1528, second quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Giovanni Pietro Birago and Zoan Andrea, Ornament Panel Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds, c 1505 1515 Ornament Panel: Griffins and Two Cupids Crossing Halberds

Young Woman with Pet Monkey 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Geisha with closed eyes., 1785 print Geisha with eyes closed during anal penetration by man in stamped robe. Horizontal pillar print from the 12-part Sode No Maki (also translated as "The Sleeve Scroll"). paper color woodcut coitus, cohabiting, sexual intercourse

Aldegrever, Heinrich, Germany, Ornament with a woman holding a carnation in her hand, Design for a sheath. The lower part is decorated with leaf tendrils, above it stands a woman with a carnation in her hand., print, prints, height 162 mm, width 32 mm, width 20 mm, German, 1502 - 1561, print maker, printmaker, 1512 - 1560, first quarter 16th century, second quarter 16th century, third quarter 16th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design by

Hotei Balances a Young Man on His Arm 1765-1779 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Masunobu

Hotei Balances a Young Man on His Arm. Masunobu; Japanese, active c. 1764-72. Date: 1765-1779. Dimensions: 25 x 4 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Leaf rights, shooting from leaves in the middle and on both sides of the Frisian; Frisians with leaf drinks, sometimes with children or putti.in the middle there is a Child Without. Shaded Background. One of 11 Sheets.

Zen painting and calligraphy, nyōren daien, 1785 - 1858 Draggon. paper. ink calligraphy Draggon. paper. ink calligraphy

Vrouw na haar bad.A woman, just out of bath, in an open kimono. Beende blooming in the background.

Courtesan Wearing a Chrysanthemum-Patterned Kimono 1771-1781 Japan. Color woodblock print; wide hashira-e . Katsukawa Shunsho

Color illustration depicting the sixth Secession art exhibition around 1900, showing artworks, gallery space, and visitors.

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya and Her Attendant 1771-1786 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Jurojin with crane and tortoise 1697-1756 Japan. Woodblock print; hashira-e, sumizuri-e . Nishimura Shigenaga

Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 28 × 5 1/8 in. Woodblock print; hashira-e, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Embroidered Strip, 1700s. Italy, 18th century. Embroidery, silk and gold thread; overall: 288.3 x 26.7 cm (113 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.).

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Josef Albert (German, 1825 - 1886)

Schildering.Wooden board with a presentation of Seishi in gold.

The Prostitute Sōgiku of the Matsukaneya House, 1770s, Isoda Koryūsai, Japanese, 1735 - 1790 , 26 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (67.5 × 11.4 cm) (image, sheet, hashira-e), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

Courtesan on Parade in Falling Snow. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 5 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Fragment Made 501 CE-700 CE Egypt. Linen and wool, tapestry weave .

Piece 18th-19th century Japan. Piece. Japan. 18th-19th century. Silk. Edo (1615-1868). Textiles-Woven

Anonymous, gallant conversation, with a child with the bird (attributed title). Textiles, tapestry. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Valance. England, first quarter of the 17th century. Textiles; valances. Linen canvas with wool and silk needlepoint

Ôhi (Stole) Made 1875-1900 Japan. Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2 1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1 2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; edged with cords; lined with cotton, plain weave .

Germany, Proger, Gilich Kilian, Frisians with leaf tendrils, sometimes with children or putti, Leaf tendrils, sprouting from leaves in the middle and at both ends of the frieze, verso left - stamped, Hatched background. One of 11 sheets., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 15 mm, width 102 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1500 - 1600, 16th century, 16e eeuw, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Three Children Blowing Horns, plate eight of Twelve Ornament Panels 1500-1520 Italy. Two artists in the circle of Andrea Mantegna produced a set of twelve ornamental columns (1937.100ñ03; 1937.105ñ06) which could be combined with other prints as framing devices. In true Renaissance form, the artists infused every inch of the image with a theatrical blend of mythology and antique ornament. Cupids gleefully urinate into one anotherís vases in one of Giovanni Antonioís columns, while half-armors and the spoils of war depicted throughout reinforce the Roman love of ancient history. The masked and hybrid creatures likely derive from grotteschi designs in Emperor Neroís sunken Domus Aurea in Rome, which had been rediscovered and excavated in the decades before these prints were made.. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper . Giovan Pietro Birago

Andrea Zoan (active in Mantua, around 1475, and in Milan to the vicinity of 1520). "Arabic panel". Bartsch 31, Bartsch illustrated volume 25 (volume 13, 2nd part), page 168. Chisel. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 112278-11 16th 16th XVI 16th 16th 16 Center, engraving

Ornament with putto and children, 1520 - 1562 print Lower part of a design for a dagger sheath. Two children lean on sticks, above it a putto on volutes and leaf vines. Low Countries paper engraving Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'. Child

Textile 18th century China or Japan. Textile 53675 China or Japan, Textile, 18th century, 18 1 in. (45.7 2.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Kihei Hattori, in memory of his father, Kihei Hattori, 1920 (20.148.898)

Shoki (Chinese Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge 1760-1770 Japan. Woodblock print; hashira-e, sumizuri-e . Suzuki Harunobu

Golden Pheasant on a Pine Tree above Peonies and Waterfall. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 26 1/4 x 4 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Lovers 1770 Isoda Koryūsai Japanese The poem in Chinese on this print conceals a light eroticism much as the komusō priest costume with its basket-like hat (seen under the woman's arm) conceals the lovers on their way to the tryst that this print depicts.The study of Chinese classics and poetry was a major part of an elite education in Japan for many centuries. With the new affluence and economic clout of the merchant class at this time, merchant sons (and daughters to a more limited extent) were also taught in academies in Osaka and around the country. Both samurai and merchant scholars wrote poems in Chinese and read old anthologies. Chinese poetry seemed especially suited for encoding political and occasionally, erotic meanings within lyrics innocuous at first glance.. Lovers 55233

Panel with naked youngster; GROTESESQUES ET MORESQUES.YOUNG MAN IN THE MIDDLE AWARDED A LAUREL WREATH.

The Second Segawa Kikunojo Commonly Known by His Literary Name, Roko ca. 1762 Torii Kiyomitsu Japanese. The Second Segawa Kikunojo Commonly Known by His Literary Name, Roko 54493

Friesland with counter-revolutionary symbolic decor, with characters presenting in cartridges: state of finance, freedom of the press, equality, free acceptance of the constitution, freedom, constitution, patriotic zele and justice.

Fragment (France); silk, metallic thread; Warp x Weft: 93.5 x 17.5 cm (36 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf; 1962-58-31

Frieze, Trailing vine and leaf design forming loops in which bluebirds perch, printed in colors on cream field., England, ca. 1890, Wallcoverings, Frieze

December, with the Sign of Capricorn, Jan Kamphuijsen, 1790 - 1791 painting Nine months with the signs of the zodiac: December with the sign of the Capricorn. Is part of a group of decorations with grotesken from the house of J.A. Brentano on the Herengracht. Probably made of designs by Giambattista Maderna. panel. oil paint (paint) December ~ other concepts (+ with signs or personifications of the planets together with zodiacal signs). ornament ~ grotesque

Shigenoi kowakare, The separation of Shigenoi., Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825, artist, between 1804 and 1818, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 62.6 x 11.7 cm., Print showing a woman holding a tray of rice cakes?, standing over a man sitting on the floor next to a gameboard.

Fragment, Psyche; Company: Oberkampf & Cie. (France); France; cotton; Warp x Weft: 18.5 x 101 cm (7 5/16 x 39 3/4 in.)

Two women with the Lute Pipa Shenqinglan (1780 1820)

Courtesan on Parade in Falling Snow 1760-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Suzuki Harunobu

Viewing Cherry Blossoms 1783-1804 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Katsukawa Shunchô

Textile, Philippe Wyngaert, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Adaption of Nantes copperplate printed fabric called '1' agreable lecon.' Some vignettes have been omitted; others added. The title has been obliterated from the pillar and proportions have been changed., Rouen, France, early 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Textile

Courtesan Holding a Long Pipe. Ishikawa Toyonobu; Japanese, 1711-1785. Date: 1738-1748. Dimensions: 70.2 X 17.0 cm. Hand-colored woodblock print; habahiro hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Design for Arched Window, Farnborough 1880-86 Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise French. Design for Arched Window, Farnborough 345581

Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Grotesques et moresques, Panel with putto and eagle at the top, print, prent, ornamentprent, prints, prenten, ornamentprenten, height 220 mm, width 48 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1667, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher

Psyche, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave, Fragment printed in red., Jouy, France, 1810, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment, Fragment

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Josef Albert (German, 1825 - 1886)

Bonad, Hand painted on canvas, Bonad is divided into six scenes including the slaying of the dragon, the Christ child, and the crucifixion, among others., Sweden, 1775-1825, Wallcoverings, Bonad

Schede with a warrior at the top, c. 1500 - c. 1600 print Warman with a shield and a sword over his shoulder. The lower part is decorated with leaf vines. Shaded background. Passionate copy to the upper part of a print of monogrammist IB (see Orn Cat I-401). Germany (possibly) paper engraving

Wall painting: Our Lady with the Child; VIII century (701-00-00-800-00-00);

Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in woman roll. Inactor in woman role dressed in kimono with pattern of plum blossom and impellers, barefoot standing at water basin; At the top a poem.

A courtesan holding a pipe 1743-1747 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, beni-e . Okumura Masanobu

Drawing, Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, June (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes); Designed by Claude Audran 3rd (French, 1658 - 1734); France; red chalk, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper; 38.7 × 10.2 cm (15 1/4 in. × 4 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)

Scholarly Communion, 18th-19th century, Aoki Shukuya, Japanese, 1737-after 1806, 45 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (114.94 x 27.31 cm) (image), Ink on paper, Japan, 18th-19th century, Aoki Shukuya was a pupil of Ike Taiga. After his teacher's death in 1776, Shukuya continued to live in Taiga's studio, copying his paintings and functioning as a connoisseur of Taiga's works. This painting closely reflects Taiga's style with its playful brushwork and whimsical landscape forms. The dry brush application of ink to convey the rough texture of rock, however, is Shukuya's own innovation.

Panel with weapon trophy and bust of General, Jean Lepautre, After 1634 - Before 1667 print The weapon trophy in the middle and bust at the bottom are surrounded by leaf vines and garlands with putti. Magazine from the second edition. print maker: France (possibly)after own design by: France (possibly)publisher: Paris paper etching

Border (USA); machine-printed, distemper colors; 49 x 4.5 cm (19 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Embroidered Strip, before 1916. Italy, 17th century (copy of). Linen: silk and gold filé, embroidery; overall: 327.7 x 28 cm (129 x 11 in.).

Wrijfprent ,, c. 1900 Rubbing. China paper. ink Rubbing. China paper. ink

Swallows, late 1600s-early 1700s. Yamaguchi Sekkei (Japanese, 1644-1732). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting only: 100.5 x 19.3 cm (39 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.); including mounting: 167.7 x 24.8 cm (66 x 9 3/4 in.).

Taking Leave 1765-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Henri Martin (1860-1943). "Painting, literature". Sketch for the town hall of Paris. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Allegory, Decor, Sketch, City Hotel, Literature, Town Hall, Painting, 19th XIXth 19th 19th 19th 19th century, Oil on canvas

tsu-e of a Youth Holding Irises (Yar) 17th century Japan Irises are associated with youthful male beauty, and young men portrayed with irises is one of a number of ukiyo-e themes adapted by tsu-e painters for their own compositions. Young Kabuki actors were called yar during the early seventeenth century. This handsome youth holds a spray of irises in one hand and a sword in the other. He also wears a stylish robe emblazoned with calligraphy.. tsu-e of a Youth Holding Irises (Yar). Japan. 17th century. Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Paintings

This second half of the 15th-century copper engraving by the Master of the Sforza Hours depicts ornament strips featuring Nerede and two children playing music.

Courtesan Playing a Hand Drum 1770-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Fragment (Japan)

Border. Date/Period: 1880-1890. Border. Block-printed on paper. Author: UNKNOWN.

Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge 1778-1788 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Torii Kiyonaga

Border (France); block printed on handmade paper; 50 x 9.5 cm (19 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

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