Japanese Woodblock Prints

This cluster features traditional Japanese woodblock prints from the 19th century, showcasing various themes like nature, culture, and crafts with intricate details and vivid colors.

Twenty-four Japanese examples of filial piety for the Honors (series title), A young woman dances in front of a folding screen, with an open fan in her hand. The Azuma kagami (Spie, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 203 mm × w 182 mm

Land Snail (Katatsumuri); Giant Katydid (Kutsuwamushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami) 1788 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Ehon mushi erami (Picture Book of Crawling Creatures) is illustrated with fifteen designs of insects and other garden creatures by Utamaro. Published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō , the poems were selected and introduced by a preface written by the poet and scholar Yadoya no Meshimori (Rokujuen; 1753-1830), who later became head of the influential Go-gawa poetry group. Several of the top kyōka poets of the day were invited to contribute.. Land Snail (Katatsumuri); Giant Katydid (Kutsuwamushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami) 37294

Red Blossom Plum. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (34.6 x 11.4 cm). Date: ca. 1847. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Album of Landscape Paintings Illustrating Old Poems: Children Play in a Rocky Grove, 1700s. Hua Yan (Chinese, 1682-about 1765). Album leaf, ink and light color on paper; image: 11.2 x 13.1 cm (4 7/16 x 5 3/16 in.); album, closed: 15 x 18.5 cm (5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.).

Four harimaze of famous places. Leaf on which four harimaze prints. Arai, fisherman in water at net; Kawasaki, plum blossom with lunch trays; Ishiyama, full moon above rocks; Ogawa, river between high rock walls.

January 1909, 1909 book. magazine Number 21 (1909) of the magazine Toyo Fujin Gaho: cover on which chicken and crowing rooster; Inside: fold -out frontispies on which painting woman. paper letterpress printing

Bamboo. Artist: Unidentified Artist; Formerly Attributed to Su Shi (Chinese, 1037-1101). Culture: China. Dimensions: 8 x 8 3/8 in. (20.3 x 21.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Flowers and rider.page 29 from a sketchbook with 26 sheets.

Sazanka or Christmas camellia, Camellia sasanqua. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900.

Japan, Kyôsai, Kawanabe, Suwu the shepherd, The Chinese courtier Suwu, abducted to the far north, sitting as a shepherd on a rock with a ram next to it; top left a bird flying away with a note written by Suwu on its leg in which he lets the emperor know that he is still alive. Page from a Japanese book., print, prent, prints, Japan (collection), height 191 mm, width 123 mm, Japanese, 1831 - 1889, print maker, printmaker, 1850 - 1890, second quarter 19th century, third quarter 19th century, paper, woodcut, hand-coloured

View of Miyanoshita Hot Springs in Hakone, Soshu, from the series "Hot Springs - A Diptych (Onsen niban tsuzuki)". Keisai Eisen; Japanese, 1790-1848. Date: 1820-1829. Dimensions: 21.2 x 18.7 cm. Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: KEISAI EISEN.

Japanese White-eyes on a Branch of Peach Tree," from the Series An Array of Birds (Tori awase), from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jo, vol. 3). Artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757-1820). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 5 3/8 in. (20.8 x 13.7 cm). Date: ca. 1805-10.Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year's greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyoka (witty thirty-one syllable verse), inscribed on the prints usually include felicitous imagery connected with spring, which in the lunar calendar begins on the first day of the first month. Themes of surimono are often erudite, frequently alluding to Japanese literary classics in both texts and images.This album belongs to a set of three compiled by Hayashi Tadamasa, the great Parisian dealer of Japanese art. Hayashi arranged the more than four hundred prints in the set on facing leaves according to themes, or in a way that created an att

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen) 1805-1815 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Katsushika Hokusai

Passage 158 (Hyaku gojuhachi dan), from the series Essays in Idleness for the Asakusa Group (Asakusagawa Tsurezuregusa) 1800-1850 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Kubo Shunman

Mirror with Cover, Bowl and Brush for Rouge. Artist: Yukeisha (Japanese, 18th-19th century). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 7 1/16 in. (13.7 x 17.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Shunga album. Spring songs - part three, 1780 - 1850 book Part three (of three); cover with cloud pattern and white flowers; At the top left red title strip with pattern of plum blossom, bamboo and pine branches; 12 sheets: first page, image of plum blossom; 6 performances with Love Business Couple; 12 pages, text. paper. color woodcut

Two foxes for the torri of the Inari Jinja. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1800 - 1900. Place: Japan. Measurements: h 300 mm × w 415 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Calligraphy. Artist: Li Qiao (Chinese, active Ming dynasty). Culture: China. Dimensions: 6 x 20 1/4 in. (16.5 x 51.4 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Self-portrait at the age of eighty three, Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849)

Sketch of Daruma Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Sketch of Daruma, 1760-1849. Painting on paper, 12 7/8 x 9 1/2 in. (32.7 x 24.1 cm). Asian Art 1760-1849

Ming herbal (painting): Kucao (bitter herb)

Morning Glories. Artist: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807-1891). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 8 1/2 × 11 5/8 in. (21.6 × 29.5 cm)Mat: 15 1/4 × 22 3/4 in. (38.7 × 57.8 cm). Date: ca. 1860. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 8 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, hachihen) 1817 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese. Transmitting the Spirit, Revealing the Form of Things: Hokusai Sketchbooks, volume 8 (Denshin kaishu: Hokusai manga, hachihen) 57685

Wine Bottle, Cup and Cherry Blossoms. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 7 1/8 in. (20.5 x 18.1 cm). Date: probably 1817. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sakura ni tsunagizaru, Monkey on a leash and cherry blossoms., Ando, Hiroshige, 1797-1858, artist, between 1830 and 1858, printed later, 1 print : woodcut, color., Print shows a monkey sitting on a post with cherry blossoms falling around it.

Japan, Shunei shochikabai - jo, Shunga album. Spring Songs - part one, Part one (of three); cover with cloud pattern and white flowers; top left red title strip with pattern of plum blossom, bamboo and pine branches; cover page, title page; 14 leaves: first page, image of a pine tree; two pages of text; 7 scenes with a loving couple; 12 pages, text., book, shunga, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), height 115 mm, width 80 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1780 - 1850, paper, gold powder, silver powder, colour woodcut, blind printing, polishing

Still life for the New Year, Tanaka Shûtei, c. 1850 - c. 1855 print On the right in the foreground is a tobacco bag or HakoSeko, and seven bound sticks behind it. The bag is decorated with fabric strips in different colors and on the transshipment are flying cranes and pine branches (New Year's symbols). paper color woodcut container of textile material: bag, sack

Acupuncture chart with a series of points indicated on the figure of a standing Chinese man. Watercolour, China, 17--.

Important Cultural Property Portrait of Minamoto no Shitago from the Satake version of the Thirty-six Master Poets. Date/Period: Kamakura period (13th century). Painting. Height: 366 mm (14.40 in); Width: 605 mm (23.81 in). Author: Attributed to Fujiwara-no-Nobuzane (Calligraphy attributed to Gokyogoku Yoshitsune).

Two-Line Calligraphy Soejima Taneomi Japanese Edo period (1615-1868)-Meiji period (1868-1912) Two columns of Chinese characters, boldly brushed in dark ink on satin, convey a sense of all the writers vigor, strength of purpose, and dynamic personality. The odd proportions, and intentional distortion of some of the characters reflect the artists departure from long-established rules of brush writing. In some instances the order and direction of brushstrokes depart from the norm, shattering the expectation of regularity and symmetry and giving the characters an entirely new appearance. The dynamism of these forms may reflect the character of the calligrapher, a career politician, who served at different times as foreign minister, councilor of state, advisor in the Imperial Household Ministry, and home minister during the Meiji period.Soejima Taneomi, born into a samurai family, was well educated in Western studies but also had a broad knowledge of Chinese literature and culture. This k

Mustard Seed Garden, a Chinese Painter's Manual Mustard Seed Garden, a Chinese Painter's Manual, 1782. Woodblock printed book, ink and color on paper, Each: 11 3/4 x 6 13/16 x 3/16 in. (29.8 x 17.3 x 0.5 cm). Asian Art 1782

Fukusa (Gift Cover) Made 1801-1900 Japan. Mon side silk, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave (shioze); dye extracted through stenciled chemical dye stripper (bassen); patterned side cotton, silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with wrapped outlining wefts (tsuzure); paper interlining; Sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase); corners silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk, tubular 1 1 oblique interlacing over cotton core, knotted; silk-wrapped cotton ball and re-plied silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk fringe tassels .

Fukusha or fuchsia, Fuchsia species. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.

Suruga, Kai, and Izu, no. 5 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 36.6 x 25.1 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban, harimaze. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Beautiful woman at desk, woodcuts looking at. Donation Gerhard Schack

Man shooting while falling.. Nagasawa, Shigetsuna. 1612. Spencer Collection

A pencil drawing book by Josef von Führich for Joseph Führich in Cratzau, containing studies and sketches begun on February 2, 1806, illustrating figures, forms, and objects.

Various Types of Torii Arch, 1816, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849, 7 5/8 x 10 11/16 in. (19.3 x 27.2 cm) (sheet), From a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right), 1801. Toda Tadanaka (Japanese, 1761-1823). Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk (ivory roller ends); overall: 197.8 x 68.7 cm (77 7/8 x 27 1/16 in.); painting only: 135.1 x 54 cm (53 3/16 x 21 1/4 in.); scroll: 197.8 x 74.6 cm (77 7/8 x 29 3/8 in.).

Hybrid white chrysanthemum with drooping petals, Chrysanthemum indicum. Handcoloured woodblock print after Keika Hasegawa from Keika Hyakugiku, Keika's 100 Chrysanthemums, published by Naosaburo Yamada, Kyoto, Japan, 1893. Keika Hasegawa drew flowers and patterns for kimono in Kyoto in the final years of the 19th century.

Japan, Geisodo, Nihon - go, Japan - part five, back cover - stamped, Part five of a series of pattern books; blue cover with image of a pink stylized kimono; 50 leaves with various fabric patterns, kimono designs and some flowers and plants., book, prints, Japan (collection), Rijksschool voor kunstnijverheid, height 240 mm, width 163 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1868 - 1912, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin stitches, couching stitches and knots on crepe foundation, Orange crepe silk fragment, probably from a kimono sleeve, embroidered in silk and gold thread. Pattern of white flower heads with colored foliage., Japan, 17th-18th century, embroidery & stitching, Fragment

Reflection shell, ivory shell and triton shell Utsusegai baishi hora (title on object) A series of shells (series title) Kaitsukushi (series title on object), A large triton shell with smaller shells. With three poems, molluscs (shell, snail shell etc.), Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1821, paper, colour woodcut, h 206 mm × w 182 mm

Anthology of peonies, utagawa (school of), 1830 - 1840 Part One; Cover on which image of flowering peonies; Title strip at the top left; 9 magazines, numbered (some missing pages): 1-17, text and images of mythological topics. Japan paper color woodcut Part One; Cover on which image of flowering peonies; Title strip at the top left; 9 magazines, numbered (some missing pages): 1-17, text and images of mythological topics. Japan paper color woodcut

Picture Book of Selected Insects, vol. II. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japan, 1753-1806). Japan, 1788. Books. Color woodblock printed book

Two musicians run in the rain, Ogata Gekkô, 1900 - 1910 print paper color woodcut running. umbrella

Drawing, Trophy; France; pen and ink, brush and watercolor, black chalk on paper; 9.5 × 8.9 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

Kyōsai's Treatise on Painting (Cover). Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japan, 1831-1889). Japan, 1887. Books. Slip cover having woodblock printed illustration adhered to cloth over paperboard

Narcissus and lacquer box 1820-1839 Japan. Color woodblock print; nagaban surimono . Mori Shunkei

Zhe gu 1789 Kuwagata Keisai Japanese. Zhe gu. Kuwagata Keisai (Japanese, 1764-1824). Japan. 1789. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Three Types of Chrysanthemums. Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1785-1795. Dimensions: 33.5 x 46.4 cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; surimono. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Album of Genre Paintings Album of Genre Paintings, ca. 1871. Ink and color on paper, Each leaf, approx.: 8 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (20.6 x 20 cm). Asian Art ca. 1871

Drawing, Design for a Chinese Pavilion; Designed by Frederick Crace (English, 1779-1859); England; brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper

Japanese calligrapher and a Japanese bookbinder, draughtsman: anonymous, c. 1900, paper, brush, h 235 mm × w 220 mm

Sparrows and Chrysanthemums. Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W. 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm). Date: ca. 1825. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sound of Rain as the Storm Clears, mid 19th century, Yoshida Shūran, Japanese, 1797 - 1866, 49 1/4 × 19 5/8 in. (125.1 × 49.85 cm) (image)76 3/16 × 25 3/8 in. (193.52 × 64.45 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink on paper, Japan, 19th century

Standard Banner (Sashimono). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: 37 x 24 1/4 in. (94.0 x 61.6 cm). Date: probably late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sea Bream and Sansho Pepper, c. 1832-1833, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 9 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25 × 36 cm) (image, horizontal ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Smallpox, textured illustration, Japanese manuscript, c. 1720

Peony in basket, 20th century, Shōzan, 19 3/8 × 22 1/8 in. (49.21 × 56.2 cm) (image)64 13/16 × 27 3/4 in. (164.62 × 70.49 cm) (mount, without roller), Ink and color on silk, Japan, 20th century

Sutra Cover Made 1590-1599 China. Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1 4 satin interlacings; label silk, warp-float faced 3 1 'Z' twill weave; painted with ink; over paper; .

Sparklers, crab and bulb. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Date: 1760-1849. Ink and color on paper. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Shimadai and Ainame Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish). Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 14 9/16 in. (25.7 x 37 cm). Date: 1840s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Illustrated book 1893 Japan. Illustrated book. Japan. 1893. Ink on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Illustrated Books

Carp. Katsushika Taito II; Japanese, active c. 1810-53. Date: 1825-1849. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

C18 Chinese woodcut: Tinea-like throat disease

Chinese woodcut: Life-prolonging nine revolutions, 9

Ibaraki left of a pair, 1882, Shibata Zeshin, Japanese, 1807 - 1891, 65 3/4 × 66 1/2 in. (167.01 × 168.91 cm) (image)67 × 68 × 3/4 in. (170.18 × 172.72 × 1.91 cm), Ink, color, and gold on paper, Japan, 19th century, Ibaraki-dōji was a demon who became a follower of Shuten-dōji, the leader of a gang of demons terrorizing Kyoto in the 10th century. Ibaraki was able to escape when the other demons were destroyed and he went on to Rashōmon gate. There, he encountered the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna who cut one of his arms off. Appearing as an old woman, Ibaraki is granted access to see the arm that is kept in a purified box. He manages to steal his arm and, reverting back into a demon, disappears into the sky.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (30 April 1839 9 June 1892, also named Taiso Yoshitoshi) was a Japanese artist. Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833 - February 6, 1904, also known as or Ochiai Yoshiiku), was a Japanese printmaker and newspaper illustrator. Eimei nijuhasshuku (28 Famous Murders with Verse), also known as the 'Bloody Prints', is a collection of Japanese ukiyo-e from the 1860s, which depicted gruesome acts of murder or torture based on historical events or scenes in Kabuki plays. Although most of the works are solely violent by nature, it is perhaps the first known example of ero guro or the erotic grotesque in Japanese culture, an art sub-genre which depicts either erotic or extreme images of violence and mutilation.

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