Japanese Woodblock Prints

A collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints featuring actors in costumes and scenes from plays, showcasing intricate designs and historical context.

Three tiger lilies, Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1878 - 1938 drawing paper. ink pen flowers: tiger-lily

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, A Lady, costume sketch for Henry Irvings Planned Production of King Richard II, Watercolor, charcoal, with fabric - cutouts verso, 36.2 × 26.8 cm (14 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

'The Rajput warrior from the War Group', 1929.Artist: Fyzee Rahamin

Sitting figure at a table, utagawa kuniyoshi, 1808 - 1861 drawing paper. watercolor (paint) brush

Erotic representation. A man free with two women. There is a sword next to them.

Projet de Costume. Georges Valmier (1885-1937). Collage and gouache over pencil on paper laid on board. 26.1 x 19.2cm

The Temptation of Saint Anthony: Vishnu with Laskmi sitting on Serpeant Ananta (page 79), c. 1898. Henri Rivière (French, 1864-1951). Book with 47 line blocks (some photo mechanical), hand-colored with stencils; overall: 25 x 32.8 x 1.5 cm (9 13/16 x 12 15/16 x 9/16 in.).

Costume design for the opera The golden Cockerel by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Sarjan, Martiros Sergeyevich (1880-1972) A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1932 Watercolour on paper 43,3x28,2 Armenia Theatrical scenic painting Opera, Ballet, The

Kingfisher and viburnum. Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1840-1849. Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. Color woodblock print; chutanzaku. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Egon Schiele (Tulln, 1890-Vienna, 1918). Seated Girl (Poldi Lodzinski) (ca. 1910). Watercolor, gouache, charcoal and pencil on paper. 45 x 30 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Print (France); 24.5 × 19.7 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Man with Skull Artist's working dates 1892-1898 England. Pen and ink on ivory wove paper . Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Two Beauties Reading a Letter 1775-1805 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Chokosai Eisho

The tank tops, number 25 - it's morning hand that tender husband is going to bellow .. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). "The tank tops, number 25 - it's morning hand that tender husband is going to bellow ...". Engraving.

Courtesan and Maiko Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). , circa 1783. Woodblock print, Hashira-e (pillar print), 26 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (68.3 x 11.4 cm). Asian Art circa 1783

Hand Puppet "Judy" and Child. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 49.1 x 36.8 cm (19 5/16 x 14 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 12" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George File.

Daphnis and Chloë reunited, Aristide Maillol, 1937 print paper Chloe. Daphnis (in Greek mythology a shepherd who invented pastoral poetry

Februari Postcard by Joseph Speybrouck. 1928, Februari Postcard by Joseph Speybrouck

Courtesan Plying Shojo with Sake, no. 4 from a series of 12 prints. Okumura Masanobu; Japanese, 1686-1764. Date: 1703-1713. Dimensions: 26.6 x 36.9 cm. Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Japan: 'Picture Postcard', watercolour painting by Shigeru Aoki (1882-1911), c. 1904

Two woman with an infant. Torii, Kiyonaga (1752-1815), graphic artist

Travelers in a Storm, 19th century, Shibata Zeshin, Japanese, 1807 - 1891, 9 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (23.81 x 24.77 cm) (sheet), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, A strong gust buffets three travelers, forcing them to bend this way and that. Gray diagonal lines suggest rain is also falling on these unfortunate travelers. They are hurrying to a farmhouse whose thatched roof can be seen in the hill ahead of them. Zeshin carefully observed the postures and movement of human bodies and created this comical but realistic composition.

Excludes Old Egipian performances unknown

Woman of Ciociaria, by Boccioni Umberto, 1904, 20th Century, tempera on sky-blue paper. Private collection. Whole artwork. Woman girl traditional costume woman of the people native of Ciociaria skirt apron flowers doll inscription signature author pink blue green white red.

Narcisses Ephebe 1911., Leon Bakst, (1866-1924/Russian)

The figure represented here is an English knight in 1377. The illustration dates to 1882.

Self-Portrait ca. 1880 Attributed to Henderson Ledger Artist A. Self-Portrait 318363

Two Young Men, One with a Priest's Robe, the Other Playing a Flute ca. 1785 Torii Kiyonaga Japanese. Two Young Men, One with a Priest's Robe, the Other Playing a Flute. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). Japan. ca. 1785. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

The Good-Luck Branch. Helen Hyde; American, 1868-1919. Date: 1907. Dimensions: 157 x 167 mm (image/block); 318 x 240 mm (sheet). Color woodcut on ivory Japanese paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Jean de la Tremouille, Jean de la Tremoille, seigneur of Jonvelle, 1377-1449. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larchey's Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle (Ancient Equestrian Armorials of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century), Paris, 1890. From illustrated manuscript 4790 in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal.

Captain on ship, 1920 - 1930 print Man with binoculars in the right hand, over the side of a sailing ship looking forward to him. paper color woodcut seaman: sailor. ships (in general). optical instruments

Courtesan in Front of New Year's Decoration of Pine and Bamboo 1770-1774 Japan . Isoda Koryusai

Woman under Windblown Wisteria 1775-1785 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Torii Kiyonaga

Actor Segawa Kikunojo II in female role, Actor in female role dressed in kimono with pattern of plum blossom and fans, standing barefoot at water basin, at the top a poem, Segawa Kikunojo II, Torii Kiyomitsu (I) (mentioned on object), Japan, 1760 - 1765, paper, colour woodcut, h 714 mm × w 105 mm

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Yakko Matsueda Sakinosuke in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1772. Katsukawa Shunsho ; Japanese, 1726-1792. Date: 1767-1777. Dimensions: 32.5 x 15 cm (12 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory 19th century After John Flaxman British. Design for large fireplace white tiles produced in Wedgwood's factory 363590

Young Man Admiring a Girl through a Barred Window. Isoda Koryusai; Japanese, 1735-1790. Date: 1765-1775. Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. Color woodblock print; hashira-e. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

New Year Picture of Door God with Five Children (paired with CP371, right) early 20th century Unidentified. New Year Picture of Door God with Five Children (paired with CP371, right). Unidentified artist(s), Chinese, early 20th century. China. early 20th century. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Republic period (191249). Prints

Two Standing Tahitian Women 1894 France. Black ink monotype from a glass matrix, over watercolor monotype from a paper matrix, with touches of metallic oil-based media, on thin cream Japanese paper laid down on cream wove paper (an imitation Japanese vellum) . Paul Gauguin

Girl in Spanish Costume. John Singer Sargent; American, 1856-1925. Date: 1879-1880. Dimensions: 329 x 165 mm. Watercolor on ivory wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Percy, costume sketch for Henry Irvings Planned Production of King Richard II. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Arhat, Panthaka, 15th century (1886). Artist: Unknown

The Courtesan Kaoru of Chojiya Looking Down at a Love Letter on the Floor 1768-1780 Japan. Color woodblock print; hashira-e . Isoda Koryusai

Young Lady Toying with the Tassel of Her Bed-net while a Cat Plays at Her Feet Isoda Koryūsai Japanese Edo period (1615-1868)

'Di Zang'. China, late 19th - early 20th century. Dimensions: 25,5x34 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Dutchman with a Servant. Artist: Attributed to Kawahara Keiga (Japanese, 1786-1860). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 19 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (50.2 x 25.1 cm). Date: early 19th century.This is painting was inspired by an early print of the 1750s entitled "Hollander" (Orandajin no zu) that was produced by the publisher Hariya in Nagasaki, the only port foreigners were allowed to enter Japan for most of the Edo period. That print, which became a template for countless subsequent prints and paintings of Dutch figures, identifies the dandily dressed figure with bright blue eyes and long, curly blond hair as the kapitan, referring to the opperhoofd, the manager of the Dutch factory on the island of Deshima (off the shore of Nagasaki). He puffs on a long clay pipe, reminding us that tobacco and its consumption was an insidious import from Europe in the mid to late sixteenth century, and then was grown locally. The opperhoofd wears tight leggings and an overly fancy long jacket of Dutch colonia

Portrait of mughal emperor bahadur shah , india

Sakata Hangoro Katsukawa Shunei (Japanese, 1762-1819). Sakata Hangoro, ca. 1770. Color woodblock print on paper, 12 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (32.3 x 14.5 cm). Asian Art ca. 1770

China, Beijing, Painted jade carving of a Chinese woman, on a piece of furniture.

Part of a carpet with flower and leaf pattern, anonymous, in or after 1907 - 1929 photomechanical print paper. cardboard carpet, rug. fantasy ornament. foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament

Costume design for the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by J. Offenbach by Vasilyev, Alexander Alexandrovich (*1958) A. Pushkin Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg 1988 Watercolour, Gouache on Paper Russia Theatrical scenic painting Opera, Ballet, Theatre

UK: 'The Field of Bones', Folk Tales of Bengall, Warwick Goble (1862-1943), 1912

Covering the girl; copy of the Fresku from Dunhuang; Rong Bao Zhai (1672-); 1951 (1951-00-00-1951-00-00);Sobecka, Chinese (culture), gift (provenance), graphic prints, Chinese art, Lucia (1919-1993), Łucja (1919-1993)-collection

Lovers under aWillow. Artist: Okumura Kuninobu, Japanese, active 1773-75

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Pickles. Pickles pulls the wig off Belinda the doll. Date: 1909

Diana mounted on a hind before a funerary altar still image. Illustrations. 1844 - 1861. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Artemis (Greek deity), Deer, Mythology, Diana (Roman deity), Goddesses

Ets 2, 1964 print Surrealistic composition with a horizon above the middle, under which creatures against a blue long distance and above it a creature in white and red against an orange long distance. paper. printing ink. gouache (paint) etching / drypoint

fine arts, China, 7th Arhat, brass rubbing after painting of the 16 Arhat by Guan Hsiu, height: 112 cm, 11th century / 12th century, Museum Hantshou, Tche-King,

Intoxicated Lady at a Window Indian. Intoxicated Lady at a Window, late 18th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, sheet: 13 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (34.9 x 28.9 cm). The male patrons for Indian painting commissioned many images of lovesick women who suffer terribly while their lovers are away. This woman sits at a window, perhaps watching for the arrival of her beloved. The use of a window as framing device here is somewhat ironic, because window frames appear more often in official portraits of rulers. Here, instead of a proud prince we see a woman who has been assuaging her longings with either wine or opium: she leans awkwardly on one arm, her eyes tinged with pink, her eyelids drooping. The fact that she wears no blouse suggests that she is a courtesan, but her jewelry and the precious flask and cup suggest that she enjoys a high level of patronage. What might be a tawdry or pathetic scene is elevated by the high quality of painting and the sophisticated palette of muted blues a

Spencer. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.8 x 23.1 cm (11 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.

Lady of the Flowers, Domestic Graphics

Illustrated portrait of Emperor Go-Uda (1267-1324) 91st emperor of Japan. Dated 13th Century

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Jester, costume sketch for Henry Irvings Planned Production of King Richard II, Gouache, pen and ink, graphite, Green wove, 31.1 × 24 cm (12 1/4 × 9 7/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

The Trumpet and the Bassoon November 1803 Thomas Rowlandson This is one of two prints that Rowlandson devoted to a snoring couple, using the title to suggest that the man projects a lower sound and the woman a higher. This 1803 version, published by William Holland, centers on the two sleepers snuggled together. In 1811 Rowlandson adapted the idea for Thomas Tegg and expanded the view to include the bedroom (see 17.3.888-11, 59.533.1398, and 59.533..2017; for other impressions of this image see 59.533.2018).. The Trumpet and the Bassoon. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). November 1803. Hand-colored etching. William Holland (British, 1757-1815). Prints

A courtesan carrying a peacock. Watercolour drawing.

At La Bodinière (A la Bodinière). Dimensions: 60.5 cm x 79.7 cm, 56.3 cm x 74.2 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN.

PORTADADACI D'ALLA, siglo XX. Colección privada.

Magot of China Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Press cartoon. "Magot of China". Board published in "caricature" of August 28, 1834. Lithography. Paris, House of Balzac.

Between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Japanese graphic design as represented in advertsing posters, magazine covers and book covers underwent a series of changes characterised by increasing Western influence, a growing middle class, industrialisation and militarisation, as well as (initially) left wing political ideals and (subsequently) right wing nationalism and the influence of European Fascist art forms.

China: Advertisement for Hua Dong Cigarettes, Shanghai, c. 1930

Away to the Green, Green Country. André Edouard Marty (French, 1882-1974); printed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited Lithographers; published by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited. Date: 1931. Dimensions: 1020 × 630 mm. Color lithograph on cream wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, FLORENCIA, USA.

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