Japanese Woodblock Prints

Colorful woodblock prints showcasing elegant figures and intimate dialogues, emphasizing traditional Japanese aesthetics and cultural narratives.

A woman standing near a stream conversing with another woman seated on a bench (Kii no Tamagawa), Idzumiya (Japanese, active late 18th century), 1807, Woodcuts, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Two Ladies 1764-72 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese In 1765 Harunobu introduced nishiki-e, the polychrome woodblock print, adding further luxury and realism to ukiyo-e art. Although the use of reflection appeared in the earliest woodblock prints, the advent of color and use of embossing and mica enhanced the illusion represented by the mirror.In this print two courtesans gaze at each other through a mirror, using reflection as a means of communication. The artist enables the viewer to see both the back of the woman's head and her face at the same time. The portrayal reflects the tradition of women cutting the hair from the nape of the neck. A beautiful nape was essential to female beauty and was also considered an area of erotic charm.With the addition of the poem to his print, Harunobu heightens the power and narrative of his image. The poem, by Mitsunari, a Heian-period poet, reads:Even if the mirror feels sad, it is still clear as before.Rather it increases in its clarity,And it never forge

Young Man and Woman Talking through a Bamboo Blind. Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 28.8 x 21.3 cm (11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Print 19th century Utagawa Kunisada Japanese. Print 58016

The Wrestling Match (parody of Ushikawamaru and Benkei) 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Three Women (from the series A Brief Collection of Japanese Beauties), 1781. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Color woodblock print; sheet: 25.2 x 18.4 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/4 in.).

Pentaptych: Five girls with theater puppets, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Japanese, 1794 - 1832, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, Japan, 1805-20, theater, Print, Print

The Oiran Hinazuru of Chojiya Standing upon a Pile of Futon ca. 1794 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. The Oiran Hinazuru of Chojiya Standing upon a Pile of Futon 37186

Chûbon no zu = Picture of the middle class. 1793 - 1804. Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753-1806. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection

A woman standing near a stream conversing with another woman seated on a bench (Kii no Tamagawa), Idzumiya (Japanese, active late 18th century), 1807, Woodcuts, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Two Girls on a Veranda beside a Stream with the Moon Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Two Girls on a Veranda beside a Stream with the Moon 55792

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1790-1800. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Komachi, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)". Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1784-1795. Dimensions: 40.6 x 25.4 cm (16 x 10 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

Sumirena The Mistress of Yojiya (Yojiya musume, Sumirena), from the series Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana ni yosu) 1763-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Stone; ISHI; A series of three prints with children who play a hand game; ITOKAI ASOBI KEN SANBANTENZUKI NO UCHI. A young woman makes a miniature sandy landscape of the Fuji mountain on a varnished tray. Behind her a painting of a man under a tree at a rock. Miniature landscapes (Bonseki) were usually made from sand and stone. With three poems.

Hour of the sheep: predict future; Hitsuji No Koku; Twelve hours in the Lusthuizen; Seiro Junitoki. Courtisane in orange checkered kimono, hand reading girl in kimono with pattern of big chrysanthemums; Courtisane in transparent black kimono sitting at attributes of future prisoner.

Actors Nakamura Shikan II as Seigen and Nakamura Matsue IV as Princess Sakura Hokuei (Japanese, active ca.1824-1837). Actors Nakamura Shikan II as Seigen and Nakamura Matsue IV as Princess Sakura, 1835, 1st month. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (37.8 x 26 cm). Asian Art 1835, 1st month

Uchikawa Bosetsu ca. 1768 Isoda Korysai Japanese. Uchikawa Bosetsu. Isoda Korysai (Japanese, 1735-ca. 1790). Japan. ca. 1768. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

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Yokobue Waiting from Takiguchi Tokiyori by Moonlight at Hōrinji. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1890, December. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Chidori, Sawamura Sojuro III as Shigemori, and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yoshibei, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1785. Dimensions: 38.4 x 24.9 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Drunk with Flowers ca. 1781 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Drunk with Flowers 54661

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor 1790-1800 Japan. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych . Kitagawa Utamaro

Washing the Manuscript, from the series The Seven Komachi. Date: 1809-1813. Dimensions: 38.8 cm x 26.5 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Kikugawa Eizan.

Courtesans of Tsuruya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 2 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Kitao Shigemasa

An oiran starting for a walk, followed by her kamuro and a shinzo., 1770, Woodcuts., 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (26 x 19.1 cm)

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Poem by Sanjo'in no Nyokurodo Sakon, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Nihonbashi; The 53 stations through two brushes; Sohitsu Gojusan Tsugi. Woman in kimono on which pattern of ducks in a pond, looking at little boy with actor doll as yagic date; Against cartouche with face by the Nihonbashi bridge, on the Ryogoku bridge, behind which the Fuji mountain. Foreground designed by kunisada, the background by Hiroshige.

Motoyui o tsukuru musume, , artist, 1799., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 12.9 x 8.4 cm.

. Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e . Torii Kiyomasu II

Kobushō Kasei from the Series Thirty-Six Restaurants In New Tokyo late 19th century Toyohara Kunichika Japanese. Kobushō Kasei from the Series Thirty-Six Restaurants In New Tokyo 58254

Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms. Chobunsai Eishi; Japanese, 1756-1829. Date: 1788-1798. Dimensions: Approx. 33.0 x 23.2 cm (13 x 9 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center sheet: 1925.3088). Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Chobunsai Eishi.

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Courtesans of the Nakaomiya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 2 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

Courtesans of the Asahimaruya, from the book Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami), vol 1 1776 Japan. Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book . Katsukawa Shunsho

The Shrine Dancers (Miko) Ohatsu and Onami. Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1769. Dimensions: 32.7 x 15.5 cm (12 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Beauties in a spring storm, c. 1828 print Woman in Kimono with bat and shell pattern, bent over in the wind, with a tree full of pink cherry blossom; Leaves blown on the ground. paper color woodcut adult woman. trees. bending figure

Ten months (kannazuki), from the series "twelve

WhisperedInstruction. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725-1770

No. 6: Tama River of Koyasan in Kii Province, from the series "Six Jewel Rivers of the Floating World (Ukiyo Mu Tamagawa)". Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Two actors at New Year's Decoration, Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1830 A young man in formal gestation and folded range (child actor Ichikawa Ebizô VI (1823-54)), looks at a woman with New Year's Decoration in her hand (actor Segawa Kikonojô V (1802-32) in an unknown women's role). The decoration consists of fern leaf, pine branches, daidai orange and a red lobster, all symbols for a long life: the pine always remains green, the curved lobster refers to the curved back of old people and means 'daaidai' from generation to generation. With three poems, one by Segawa Kikunojô V: How nice it is to be born in the grand city of Edo, spring is full of flowers. Japan paper color woodcut

Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1760-1770. Dimensions: 28.2 x 21 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Bon Festival in the Sixth Month, from the series Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juni setsu) 1765-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Isoda Koryusai

Shioginu of the Tsutaya, from the series Models for Fashion New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo) 1772-1783 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Isoda Koryusai (Publisher)

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Beauty Looking at Her Image in a Mirror ca. 1840 Utagawa Sadakage Japanese Sadakage, a pupil of Utagawa Kunisada, worked first in Edo and later in Osaka. He specialized in the theme of graceful women. Here, a woman is readjusting her coiffure after meeting a customer. The suggestive spring poem by Rōgatsuan Baiei in the long, rectangular label at the left is entitled "Mokuboji," after a temple whose grounds are famous both for the grave of the abducted child Umewakamaru from the Noh play Sumidagawa and for their cherry blossoms and willow trees.. Beauty Looking at Her Image in a Mirror 54423

Boy Dressed as Asahina Saburo, left sheet of the triptych Children's Dances: the Joys of the First Month from the series Baicho's Genji: Five Festivals in the Colour Purple. Date: third month 1858. Dimensions: 37 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kunisada II.

New Year Manzai Performance at a Feudal Lord's Mansion, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Winter, from the series "Elegant Play in the Four Seasons" (Furyushiki asobi). Artist: Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, 1735-ca. 1790). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm); W. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm). Date: ca 1773-75.Koryusai was influenced by Harunobu's style in depicting gentle, elegant women. The poem at the upper right of this print reads, "One shouldn't resent a lover's footprints in the morning snow.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Tokiwa Gozen, the Concubine of the Captain of the Imperial Guard Yoshitomo. Date: c. 1850. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Three women making music, c. 1794, Torii Kiyonaga; Publisher: Iseya Jisuke, Japanese, 1752 - 1815, 10 × 7 7/8 in. (25.4 × 20 cm) (image, sheet, chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase) 1779-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right sheet 1934.257) . Torii Kiyonaga

Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)". Katsukawa Shuncho; Japanese, active c. 1780-1801. Date: 1779-1790. Dimensions: 38.8 x 26.0 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1781-1791. Dimensions: 25.6 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Hotei, from the series "Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi-fukujin)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 11 x 8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

April, from series of 'Social Customs...', Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1724 - 1770, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Two young girls are seen underneath a blooming cherry blossom tree. One girls head is raised to the sky, her eyes closed but embracing the suns warmth. The other girl is diligently sweeping up the fallen petals. There is a poem written in hiragana on top of the print., Japan, ca. 1770, theater, Print, Print

A Beauty. Artist: Ichirakutei Eisui (Japanese, active ca. 1793-1801). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 13 3/16 in. (33.5 cm); W. 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesan Burning Mosquitoes as Her Guest Arrives. Shiba Kokan (Suzuki Harushige); Japanese, 1747-1818. Date: 1767-1778. Dimensions: 27.4 x 20.9 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman and playing boys, Woman in kimono with a pattern of snowy bamboo, looking at two boys playing a daimyo procession. At the front a boy with a broom in his right hand as a spear and between his belt a dustpan as a sword, followed by a boy on a hobby horse., Suzuki Harunobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1765 - 1770, paper, colour woodcut, h 280 mm × w 199 mm

Nikenjaya no Bosetsu, from the series "Azuma Hakkei". Ippitsusai Buncho; Japanese, active c. 1755-90. Date: 1764-1774. Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Woman a kimono storey; Secret Nocturnal Appointments at Moonlight; Tsuki No Kage Shinobia Yoru. Woman in blue yukata with bird pattern, a male kimono. Storing in cupboard; Room partially enlightened by a lamp unintellible.

An outing at Hagidera, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki) 1778-1789 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban diptych . Torii Kiyonaga

Woodblock Print, April, from series of "Social Customs..."; Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724 - 1770); Japan; woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi)

Geisha of the Tachibana Street ca. 1786 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Geisha of the Tachibana Street. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Japan. ca. 1786. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Chōfu Jewel River in Musashi Province, 1850s, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 10 7/8 × 7 3/16 in. (27.7 × 18.3 cm) (image, vertical chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Japan, Teikinsha, Hayanori, Jakusôsha, Hokuba, Teisai, Harukyôgen kyû no maki, Nine plays for amusement in spring, Haru, Spring, A standing and a seated woman in a room before an open shoji. On the right a large tied bag, on which the seal of the Hokuba poets' association is incorporated. With two poems., print, prent, surimono, prints, pictures, Japan (collection), height 134 mm, width 184 mm, Japanese, 1771 - 1844, print maker, printmaker, 1803 - 1803, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, blind stamp, poet, Japanese - 1813

Teahouse girls under a wistaria espalier by Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806)/ Honolulu Academy of Arts/ 1795/ Japan/ Colour linocut/ The Oriental Arts/ 36,6x23,9/ Genre

Onoe Kikugoro III, C. 1835 --c. 1839 print The actor Ineu Kikugoro III in the role of Princess Tamamushi, seen on the back, with fan; Against a background of black and yellow rays. paper color woodcut portrait of actor, actress. fan. radiance emanating from persons or things Japan

Mikawa Province: Jōruri-hime. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1797-1861). circa 1845. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Woman with sake cup, totoya hokkei, 1823 print A standing woman with a cup for rice wine (sake) in her hands. With one poem. Left leaf of a five -part, with standing or sitting figures depicted, under cherry blossom and against a curtain with along the bottom, the emblem of the Nogawa Dichtersvereniging. When the cherry blossom is flourishing, there is still picnic in Japan under the trees. This is often accompanied by music and drink. Japan paper color woodcut adult woman. cup

The Sixth Month (Minazuki): Nioteru of the Ogiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1772-1783. Dimensions: 11 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Courtesans of the Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 1. 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.

Enjoying Fireworks, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1. Kitagawa Utamaro ; Japanese, 1753 ()-1806. Date: 1801. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from book. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Servant carrying his lady through the water Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Evening Bell at Ueno, 1770s, Bunchō, Japanese, fl. c.1765-1792, 10 x 7 5/16 in. (25.4 x 18.6 cm) (image, sheet), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 18th century

Kunisada, work, Actors Nakamura Fukusuke and Onoe Kikugoro IV in the play Kanadeho chusingura (Faithful vassals), 1860, color woodblock print, graphics

Episode of Miyakodori at Sumidagawa (Sumidagawa miyakodori no koji), Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

No 1 (ichi), from the series Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa) 1793-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese illustration with people wearing kimono by Torii Kiyonaga, Color woodcut, 1752-1815, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 46x61

Woman standing at the water Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Courtesan Making her Toilette, from the series Shadow Pictures of the Floating World. Date: 1830-1839. Dimensions: 35 cm x 24 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Teisai Sencho.

Yasuhide, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen) 1784-1795 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Chôbunsai Eishi

Young Girl Throwing Fish into Pond 1767-1779 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Shiba Kokan

The Third Month (Yayoi), from the series Popular Versions of Immortal Poets in Four Seasons (Fuzoku shiki kasen) 1763-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Artist: Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725-1770, Girls Fording the Ide noTamagawa, Polychrome woodblock print, sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 in. (27.9 × 21cm), Japan, Japanese, Edo period(1615-1868), Works on Paper -Prints

Young Girl and Servant Drying Japanese Fine Noodles Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). Young Girl and Servant Drying Japanese Fine Noodles, ca. 1766. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 9/16 x 7 7/8 in. (26.8 x 20.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1766

Loyalty Shin (title on object) Parodies of the Five Festivals (series title) Mitate gosekku (series title on object), Man, sitting on porch with pipe in right hand, looking at woman with sake kettle and tray on which small snacks, in the foreground a vase with two chrysanthemums, in the background a garden with bamboo fence. Poem printed in the cloud pattern at the top., Utagawa Toyonobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1773 - 1777, paper, colour woodcut, h 246 mm × w 186 mm

Scene from the Play Imoseyama 1786-1789 Japan . Katsukawa Shunchô

Teen with Koto. Geisha, in purple kimono with butterfly and crane motif, the Koto clipped under pink blossom branches.

Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons. Utagawa Kuniyasu; Japanese, 1794-1832. Date: 1813-1835. Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Heart-to-Heart, Chapter 9 from the series Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Playing Cards. Date: second month 1857. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: Utagawa Kunisada II.

Three parading courtesanes. Courtisane in kimono with image of carp with gourd on the skirt and a pattern of strange males on the Obi; Against a background with exuberantly flowering peonies.

Courtesan and Shinzō 1725-1770 Suzuki Harunobu Japanese. Courtesan and Shinzō 57033

Price Genji en yugao, 1795-1800 print Three women, one with sword another with fan, standing in between flowering climbing plant -overgrown fence and carriage; Under yellow cloud pattern. paper nishiki-e / color woodcut adult woman (+ three persons). passenger carriage. fan

Puppeteer holding puppet on go board 1820-1829 Japan. Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono . Katsushika Hokusai

Washing Day ca. 1788 Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Washing Day. Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754-1806). Japan. ca. 1788. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Gonchunagon Sadaie (Fujiwara no Teika), from an untitled series of parodies of the Three Evening Poems. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Kanda sairei no dashi no gangu o hiku haha to ko, Mother and children pulling a toy float of the Kanda parade., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, between 1769 and 1772, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 24.3 x 18.2 cm., Print shows a woman holding a child who pulls a string attached to a toy float, and another child standing next to the float.

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The Bon Festival in the Sixth Month, from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juni setsu)". Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1777. Dimensions: 10 x 7 3/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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