Japanese Woodblock Prints

Visual narratives from Japan featuring elegant women and cultural activities, characterized by detailed patterns and soft color palettes.

Young Man Reading over a Young Woman's Shoulder Young man reading along with girl Hundred poems by a hundred poets (series title) Hyakunin isshu (series title), Girl sitting on stairs of porch, reading a letter while one behind reads her standing boy over her shoulder. A poem in a cloud-shaped cartouche along the top of the print., Suzuki Harunobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1765 - 1770, paper, colour woodcut, h 279 mm × w 208 mm

The First Childbirth (Uizan), the seventh sheet of the series "Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1764-1770. Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 11 in. Color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Shunga is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. While rare, there are extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate the Ukiyo-e movement. Translated literally, the Japanese word shunga means picture of spring; 'spring' is a common euphemism for sex. The ukiyo-e movement as a whole sought to express an idealisation of contemporary urban life and appeal to the new chi nin class. Following the aesthetics of everyday life, Edo period shunga varied widely in its depictions of sexuality. As a subset of ukiyo-e it was enjoyed by all social groups in the Edo period, despite being out of favour with the shogunate. Suzuki Harunobu (1724 July 7, 1770) was a Japanese woodblock print artist, one of the most famous in the Ukiyo-e style. He was an innovator, the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu used many special techniques, and

Four women; three inside, one outside., 1801 - 1825. Woodcuts., Paper / Sheet 7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in. (20 x 38.2 cm)

Five Courtesans of Various Houses, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 3. 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.

Print 1780-1850 Totoya Hokkei Japanese. Print 54224

Japan, Hisakataya, Osamaru, Minogame, Gakutei, Yashima, Hisakataya Furuichi odori, Dances by Furuichi for the Hisakataya poets' association, Ichi, One, Dancing geishas, passe-partout, lower left - printed, Two geishas dance on a stage with lanterns above their heads, with cherry blossoms and pine trees in the background. This is the right sheet of the pentaptych. With two poems., surimono, prints, Japan (collection), verso - stamped, height 211 mm, width 185 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1868, print maker, printmaker, 1824 - 1824, first quarter 19th century, second quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind printing, poet

The Hills at Gothenyama, Edo, with a view of Edo Bay. Ninth and tenth page from the book Fugenzo from Utamaro.

A servant offering a bowl to a woman, accompanied by two other figures., 1830. Woodcuts., Surimono

Tokyo, Uchiyama, Eiri, Rekisentei, Ogiya uchi Tsukasa, The Courtesan Tsukasa of the Ogiya House, Bust portrait of the courtesan Tsukasa with a fan on which is a portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI. The fan pattern on the courtesan's pink kimono refers to her house, Ogiya (Fan House). (bijinga), print, prints, Japan (collection), height 373 mm, width 260 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1795 - 1800, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, mica, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher

View of Yokohama in Kanagawa, 1860, intercalary 3rd lunar month, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Artist: Fuse Toshimaro; Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei, Japanese, 1839 - 1892, 14 1/2 × 9 7/8 in. (36.83 × 25.08 cm) (image, each ; vertical ōban triptych)14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.47 × 25.4 cm) (sheet, each sheet), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Background by student Fuse Toshimaro.

fine arts, Katsushika Hokusai, (1760 - 1849), graphics, ""courtesan with lover"", Edo (Tokyo), circa 1810, colour woodcut, from Shunga album ""Ehon tsuhi no hinagata"", (""models of lovers""), private collection,

fine arts, Sukenobu, Nishikawa (1671 - 1751), ""Three oirans and a samisen player having tee"", page, from ""Ehon tokiwa gusa"" (Women`s life), shamisen, woodcut, coloured, 27 x 33 cm, Osaka, Morita Shotaro publishing house, 1731, private collection, Japan,

Ogata Saburo, double page from the book: Ehon Kōmyo Futaba Gusa Gekan. Donation Gerhard Schack

Man with demons by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Colour woodcut, 1880s, 1839-1892, USA, Washington D. C., Library of Congress, 31, 9x21, 4

Japan, Maruya Jinpachi, Kunisada (I), Utagawa, Imayo Genji junikagetsu no uchi, Modern Genji Tales during the Twelve Months, Yayoi, The Third Month, Woman Arranging Flowers, in a Room Overlooking a Garden with a Pond and Blossoming Trees., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 364 mm, width 246 mm, Japanese, 1786 - 1865, print maker, printmaker, 1861 - 1861, third quarter 19th century, paper, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Iyo Province Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi) 1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; section of an oban sheet . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kunisada, C, work, Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV and Bando Hikosaburo in the play Sugawara denju tenarai-kagami (Proselytization according to Sugawara's teachings), 1857, color woodblock print, graphics

Kunisada, Actor Nakamura Shikan, ca. 1825-30, colored woodcut, graphics

Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors 1804 Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese. Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors. Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769-1825). Japan. 1804. Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

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Onoe Tamizô II ALS KUMAGAI NAOZANE IN HET TONEELSTUK 'SUMA NO MIYAKO GENPEI TSUTSUJI', KADO THEATER, 1849 print paper actor (on the stage). coast Kado Theater

Shimosuwa, from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, 1835-38. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 23.1 x 25.4 cm (9 1/8 x 10 in.). The foreground of this print shows travelers enjoying an evening meal at an inn, with the proprietor looking pleased at the gusto of her guests. In the background, another traveler is gratefully relaxing in a large wooden tub filled with hot natural spring water, having discarded his robe next to the bath. Shimosuwa is the only stop along the Kisokaid—a road running from Nibonbashi in Edo (now Tokyo) to Sanj hashi in Kyoto—with a natural hot spring. The print series was a collaboration between Hiroshige and Keisai Eisen (1791-1848).

Two women standing in an interior Kunisada, UTAGAWA (1786 1864)

Scroll I.. 1501 - 1599. Illustrations, Manuscripts. Spencer Collection

Tokuda Maodayū Shigemori with a sword raised next Utagawa, kuniyoshi (1797 1861)

Two Young Ladies Having Tea Attended by Elderly Servant. Artist: Ryuryukyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799-1823). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 5 7/16 x 7 3/8 in. (13.8 x 18.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Oshikyo, Prince of high., Teisai, Hokuba, 1771-1844, artist, between 1804 and 1818, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 13.8 x 18.8 cm., Print shows a woman and two children looking at a large kite showing a crane or heron.

The actor Ichikawa Sadanji I as Watonai. Toyohara Kunichika; Japanese, 1835-1900. Date: 1878-1888. Dimensions: 74.5 x 36.8 cm. Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Chushingura Actors, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1855 Double portrait of actor in striped Kimono and an actor in women's role in Kimono with pattern of plum blossom; scene from the Chushingura play; Against blue background. Japan paper color woodcut Double portrait of actor in striped Kimono and an actor in women's role in Kimono with pattern of plum blossom; scene from the Chushingura play; Against blue background. Japan paper color woodcut

Japan, Man in sedan chair with two passers-by, A woman picks herbs while a standing man and a man in a sedan chair look on. The indications for the long months of the year 1799 are depicted on a white cloth hanging over the standing man's abdomen. The short months are on the woman's headscarf., print, surimono, egoyomi (calendar sheet), prints, Japan (collection), height 176 mm, width 130 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1799 - 1799, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut

A Lady with Three Attendants in the Rain. Artist: Nishikawa Sukenobu (Japanese, 1671-1750). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 13 1/10 in. (27.3 x 33.3 cm). Date: 1731. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Courtesans of the Okaneya, 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.

The Actors Nakamura Shichisaburo III (right), and Ichikawa Junzo I (left), in the Play Nue no Mori Ichiyo no Mato, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770 1767-1777 Japan. Color woodblock print; from the illustrated book Yakusha Kuni no Hana (Prominent Actors of Japan) . Katsukawa Shunsho

Jacque, Charles-Emile, work, The shepherd lets his sheep out of the barn door, 1876, technique text: etching, graphics, plate width 18.6 cm, plate height 23 cm, leaf width 31.6 cm, leaf height 44.6 cm, image width 16.7 cm, image height 19.6 cm

Three figures under a willow Ryuryukyo, shinsai (1764 1820)

Chapter 21; Faithful images of the beautiful prince; Sono Sugata Hikaru No Utsushi-e. Prince Genji with sword sitting on rug at room screen, looking with lady at kneeling woman. Presentation enclosed by brown edge in which Genji emblems.

The hand mirror, from the series: conflict with those because of love. .

Twelfth Act, 1860, 5th lunar month, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi, Japanese, 6 5/16 × 9 3/16 in. (16.03 × 23.34 cm) (image, sheet, horizontal chūban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Actors Kitaoka Nizaemon VIII as Ōboshi Yuranosuke (R) and Kataoka Gadō II as Ōboshi Rikiya (L). Related to the play Kanadehon Chūshingura 名手本忠臣蔵, performed at the Nakamura Theater in the 4th month of 1860.

Four Actors in a Town Landscape, Hosada Yeishe, Japanese, active 1780 - 1810, Yeijudo, Japanese, Colored woodcut in black and yellow ink on grey-brown paper, Two men and two women encounter on the street of a town. Other buildings across a river in the background. One of a series of theaterical subjects showing a Ukiyoye scene., Japan, ca. 1800, Print, Print

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). 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). Date: 1895. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Poem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets. Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1762-1770. Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.0 cm (11 x 8 1/8 in.). Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women) 1895 Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women). Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Japan. 1895. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Meiji period (1868-1912). Prints

Japan, Takatsuya Isuke, Kiyonaga, Torii, Ferry on the Sumida River, Two women in ferry; in the background two sailing ships and a lumber yard, print, prints, Japan (collection), height 382 mm, width 260 mm, Japanese, 1752 - 1815-06-28, print maker, printmaker, 1785 - 1789, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Osaka Youth Who Regained His Speech after His Father's Death. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japan, 1839-1892). Japan, 1875, April. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Japan: The courtesan Azuma of the Wisteria House and the Oil-seller Aburaya Yohei, from the play 'The Story of an Oil-seller in the Pleasure Quarter' (Aburauri Koi no Yamazaki), Utagawa Yoshitaki (1841-1899), 1859

Japan, Shinsai, Ryûryûkyo, Figures by a pond with blossoms, Copy after an elongated surimono. The poems on the original have been omitted from this representation. On the back of the servant the symbol of the Gogawa. With two poems. The print is a b-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 210 mm, width 185 mm, Work conception, Japanese, 1764 - 1825, after print by, 1890 - 1900, paper, colour woodcut, blind printing

Japan, Hokkei, Totoya, Makura no sôshi, The pillow book, Kimono with rabbit, A kimono with a rabbit hanging over a clothes stand. Next to it a tobacco cabinet. The print is a b-copy., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 210 mm, width 185 mm, Work conception, Japanese, 1790 - 1850, after a print by, 1890 - 1900, paper, colour woodcut

The Warrior Miura-no-suke Confronting the Court Lady Tamamo-no-mae as She Turns into an Evil Fox with Nine Tails. Artist: Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786-1868). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 5/16 x 7 3/8 in. (21.1 x 18.7 cm). Date: late 1820s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Yashima Gakutei.

Courtesans on the tea house terrace, surimono. Katsushika, Hokusai (1760-1849), graphic artist

Japan, Sanyô, Shibanoya, Mitsuhiko, Sanôsha, Hokusai, Katsushika, Genroku kasen kaiawase, A comparison of Genroku poems and shells, Sudaregai, Bamboo screen shell, verso - stamped, Three women make bamboo screens (sudare). One woman sorts the bamboo slats, the other assembles the screen and the third woman sews a cloth hem around it. With two poems. The shell to which the title refers is depicted in the fan-shaped cartouche., surimono, prints, enten, Japan (collectie), height 203 mm, width 177 mm, 1760-10-12 - 1849-05-10, print maker, prentmaker, 1821 - 1821, first quarter 19th century, eerste kwart 19e eeuw, Japanese paper (handmade paper), Japanese paper, colour woodcut, kleurhoutsnede, Japans, dichter

Standing woman and man sitting on cushion, looking at keeling woman and child. In the background a folding screen with painting of a phoenix. Representation enclosed by brown border in which Genji emblems., Chapter 1 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 260 mm × w 379 mm

Kabuki actors, Nakamura Shikan IV and Sawamura Tossho; triptych. Toyohara, Kunichika (1835-1900), graphic artist

HOOFDSTUK 51, Utagawa Kunisada (I), 1852 print Elegant dressed man sitting on couch, looking at kneeling man; Two women watching from behind a sliding door. Presentation enclosed by brown edge in which Genji emblems. Print Maker: Japantokotokyopublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut / nishiki-e interior of the house. seating furniture. family life at home

Women and Children on the Causeway at Shinobazu Pond. Torii Kiyonaga; Japanese, 1752-1815. Date: 1783-1793. Dimensions: 38.0 x 24.9 cm. Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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

Dragon King's palace by the artist Yoshitoshi Taiso (1839-1892). Woodcut, colour print shows the warrior Watanabe no Tsuna, with bow and arrows, at the palace of the demon Ibaraki.

Comparisons between beauties and flowers, 1887 - 1896 Album with the complete press series 'Bijin Hana Kurabe'; Light brown brokats cover with tergal pattern; In the middle of blank title strip; wreck with pattern of landscape with pine trees in gold and silver; 13 magazines: table of contents; 24 prints on which women during various activities, of which the first print 'flower arranging during New Year'; Colophon. Save in red chitsu (folding box). paper.. kaft: brocade (textile) color woodcut

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Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), also as known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most popular and prolific designer of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints during 19th-century Japan. His reputation and financial success far exceeded those of his fellow contemporaries. Surprisingly, not many details of Kunisada's life are recorded, aside from a few well-established events. He was born in 1786 in Honjo, a district of Edo, with the given name Sumida Shogoro IX. His family owned a fairly successful ferry-boat service, and he soon developed an artistic talent as he grew up. So impressive were his early sketches that he caught the eye of Toyokuni, great master of the Utagawa school, who soon took him as an apprentice. His skills and renown quickly grew, and he became head of the Utagawa school in 1825, where he would teach and design woodblock prints until his death in 1835, having achieved the largest collection of woodblock prints of any designer in 19th-century Japan.

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Erotic representation; Hana Ni Yosurukyo. A free couple next to low room screen.

A Woman Writing Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). , ca. 1764-1768. Color woodblock print on paper, 8 3/4 x 10 11/16 in. (22.3 x 27.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1764-1768

Kneeling woman, c. 1860 print A Japanese woman kneels for paper from which figures rise and come to life. Part of Triptiek Otsu-e story. Japanese paper (handmade paper). printing ink color woodcut

One of Sixteen Scenes of the Death and Burial of a Man, Japan watercolor on silk or paper, From a series of sixteen scenes of the death and burial of a man in Japan., Japan, 19th century, Drawing, Drawing

Japan, Wakamatsuya Yoshiro, Chôki, Momokawa, Azuma fuzoku gosekku awase., Northern Customs During the Five Festivals., Gogatsu, Two Women and a Small Child: The Fifth Month., below print - stamped, Woman offering breast to small child, held by second woman with toy fishing rod and carp in right hand. In square cartouche top left a view of fluttering banners above the roof of a house. The banners and the carp, symbolizing strength and perseverance, refer to the 'Boys' Festival', held on the fifth day of the fifth month., print, prent, prints, Japan (collection), height 362 mm, width 245 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1809, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher

Sakanoshita, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)". Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1801-1811. Dimensions: Approx. 24 × 18.3 cm. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

A Cherry-Viewing Excursion by a Noble Lady and Attendants ca. 1797 Chbunsai Eishi Japanese. A Cherry-Viewing Excursion by a Noble Lady and Attendants. Chbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756-1829). Japan. ca. 1797. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

Kaya no hahako, Mother and child behind mosquito netting., Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725-1770, artist, [between 1767 and 1769, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 26.5 x 20.9 cm., Print shows a woman breast feeding an infant behind mosquito netting, with a female servant standing next to a large lantern outside the netting.

Mistress Gu or Gu Dasao, Japanese name Botaicho Kodaiso, having her wounded arm attended to by the aged physician Shini Andozen. The Water Margin (known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu), known as Suikoden in Japanese, as well as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang in English, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Attributed to Shi Nai'an and written in vernacular Chinese, the story, set in the Song Dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gathered at Mount Liang (or Liangshan Marsh) to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders and suppress rebel forces. In 1827, Japanese publisher Kagaya Kichibei commissioned Utagawa Kuniyoshi to produce a series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 heroes of the Suikoden. The 1827-1830 series, called

Kunisada, B, work, Actor Nakamura Fukusuke in the play Nanomi yaoya Ryori no tsunataki (The greengrocer is a bad cook), 1857, colored woodcut, graphics

The Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane, performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716 1716 Japan. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e . Torii Kiyomasu I

Tomoe Gozen, from the series Biographies of Famous Women, Ancient and Modern. Date: eighth month 1859. Dimensions: 38 cm x 26 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: UTAGAWA KUNISADA.

Sakanoshita, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi) 1801-1811 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Katsushika Hokusai

Summer scene; Natsu Kei; The four seasons in the South; Minami Shiki. Six Courtisanes and a young man, about balustrade hanging, in the room of the teahouse with a view over bay where people, put on large drums, a Shinto sanctuary by the water.

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Yo, from the series Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue) 1893-1903 Japan. Color woodblock print . Tsukioka Kôgyo

Zhen Linru Meets His Wives 19th century China. Zhen Linru Meets His Wives. China. 19th century. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Prints

Police Superintendant's Party: A Gift of Food and Drink. Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839-1892). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (34.3 x 72.4 cm). Date: September 1877. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Edo, Utamaro, Kitagawa, Courtesans and Spectators at a New Year's Parade, Twelfth and thirteenth pages of part one of Utamaro's book: Events in the pleasure houses during the year., page, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), height 224 mm, width 158 mm, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, print maker, printmaker, 1804 - 1804, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock print

Women make prints, utagawa kunisada (i), 1796 - 1865 print Triptych with women who make prints. paper color woodcut tools, implements of graphic artist. artist at work, in his workshop

umse pusss and poverty, yyemet from Nywywy, Cu. 182 Two parts of a miniature folding screen with a poet and a servant overlooking the sea on the left; On the right plum blossom and a silver moon. With two poems. Japan paper color woodcut screen, folding screen

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798-1861, Watch Fire, Fire from Five Elements of theEnvironment, ca.1847-52, Polychrome woodblock print; triptych, sheet: 14 1/2 × 29 in. (36.8 × 73.7cm), Japan, Japanese, Edo period(1615-1868), Works on Paper -Prints

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861. Girl playing with a Cat Series: Untitled series of women reflected in mirrors . about 1845. Aiban (uchiwae). 22.8 x 28.8.

Upstairs at a brothel: a maid combs out a hairpiece while guests play the finger game "ken". Woodcut, 1808.

Shamisen Junicho-shi Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787-1832). Shamisen Junicho-shi, ca. 1820. "Shamisen Juni Cho-shi". Yanagawa Shigenobu, 10 1/8 x 7 3/16 in. (25.7 x 18.3 cm) each. Asian Art ca. 1820

Three men on the seashore on a moonIIt night, board 1 pasted onto a makimono: Selection of a hundred painters from the Ukiyo e school from Edo /Toto ukiyo e hiakkasen; part 5 KITAGAWA, UTAMARO (1753 1806)

Japan: 'Shelter from the Rain, Encounters on the Road at New Year, No. 6: Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Iwai Kumesaburo III, Bando Hikosaburo IV'. Part of triptych print by Utagawa Kunisada I (1786-1865), 1855. Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. His favourite subjects were pleasure-houses and tea ceremonies.

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Poem by Abe no Nakamaro, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets 1762-1770 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Suzuki Harunobu

Colour woodblock triptych titled 'A struggle in the Dark' by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) a great master of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. Dated 19th Century

JoruriStory. Artist: Hosoda Eishi, Japanese, 1756-1829

PersimmonGatherers. Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III at a Party, c. 1784, Utagawa Toyoharu, Japanese, 1735 - 1814, 12 13/16 x 28 15/16 in. (32.5 x 73.5 cm) (image), Ink, color, and gofun on silk, Japan, Nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, On the right in front of an opened sliding door that provides a view into the garden sits the kabuki actor Segawa Kikunojō III (1751-1810), identified by the butterfly crest on his robe. Kikunojō III was a popular performer of female roles. The older man on the left is the host of the party and could be a kabuki lover who commissioned this painting and is portrayed here.

Village on the Tamagawa River, from the series: Famous views of Edo /Edo meisho

Ehon Kototsugai. Matsuya, Nichsai, -1803. Illustrations. 1805. Spencer Collection

New Year Picture of characters in the drama, Weishui He (The Wei River) early 20th century Unidentified artist(s). New Year Picture of characters in the drama, Weishui He (The Wei River). Unidentified artist(s) , Chinese, early 20th century. China. early 20th century. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Republic period (191249). Prints

Leaf from: Wood cut book about contemporary clothes. .

'Notes on a Jade Bracelet'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 61x35 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Parody of Minamoto no Yoritomo releasing cranes at Yuigahama 1756-1806 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban triptych . Kitagawa Utamaro

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

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