Traditional Japanese Landscapes

Woodblock prints depicting serene landscapes of Japan, featuring rivers, mountains, and seasonal changes, showcasing vibrant colors and intricate details.

Utagawa, Hiroshige (n.1797-D.1858-10-12), the Tama river in the province of Musashi (Musashi Tamagawa) (subtitle), 1858. Polychrome xylogravure. Cernuschi Museum, Asia Museum of Asia in the city of Paris

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.

Geese Descending on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no rakugan), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)". Suzuki Harunobu ; Japanese, 1725 ()-1770. Date: 1763-1770. Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Benkei En de Maan Boven de Daimotsu Baai, TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, 1886 print Benkei, in boat, praying with rosary, at full moon, cheerful in a storm at sea by the spirits of his opponents. Print stuck on leaf with green brokaat. paper color woodcut / polishing wave. traffic on the water. moon as celestial body

Utagawa Hirokage, Akabane Bridge at Shiba in Snow, 1859, color woodblock print.

Grounds of the Kameido Tenjin Shrine, Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

Knight fighting on the seashore YOSHIKAZU, UTAGAWA (FL. 1850 1870)

Moon scene at Takanawa., Japanese Prints - Nature

Illustrated Book 'Souvenir of Edo' vol. 7, 1853-1857, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Kikuya Kōzaburō, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 7 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 3/16 in. (18 x 12.3 x 0.5 cm) (outer frame), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, with hand-applied color, Japan, 19th century

VUURWERK BIJ DE RYOGOKU Brug, Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, 1858 View of the Ryogoku bridge over the river Sumida, during a night festival with fireworks. Spectators on the bridge and in the illuminated boats. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut View of the Ryogoku bridge over the river Sumida, during a night festival with fireworks. Spectators on the bridge and in the illuminated boats. print maker: Japanpublisher: Tokyo paper color woodcut

Suruga-cho, No. 8 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Suruga-cho, No. 8 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 9th month of 1856. Woodblock print, Image: 13 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (34.3 x 21.9 cm). What distinguishes Hiroshige's design in this print is its resolute symmetry, softened only by the irregular stylized cloud forms traditionally used in Japanese paintings to separate scenes in pictorial narratives. Here this compositional device focuses attention on Mount Fuji above and the urban bustle below in the street called Suruga-chō. Included in this scene is Japan's premier store, Echigoya, presently Mitsukoshi Department Store, still the most venerable of all the great merchandisers of Tokyo. It is identified by its crest, a circle around the characters for "three" and "well," which together read "Mitsui." Asian Art 9th month of 1856

Daybreak at Shinagawa ca. 1834 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Daybreak at Shinagawa 36923

Moon over Ryogoku Bridge in Summer (Natsu Ryogoku no tsuki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Koto meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1827-1839. Dimensions: 38.3 × 12.7 cm (15 1/16 × 5 in.). Color woodblock print; chutanzaku. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Country Scenes and Mount Fuji; one of a pair with F1902.49. Origin: Japan. Period: Edo period. Ink, color and gold on paper. Date: ca. 1830-1832. Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

A group of people on the rock by the sea and an old man from Gohei, flowing on a straw disc YOSHIKAZU, UTAGAWA (FL. 1850 1870)

View of the Kabuki Theaters at Sakai-cho on Opening Day of the New Season (Sakai-cho Shibai no Zu), from the series, "Toto Meisho" ca. 1838 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. View of the Kabuki Theaters at Sakai-cho on Opening Day of the New Season (Sakai-cho Shibai no Zu), from the series, "Toto Meisho" 37048

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 1857 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) 37386

Fujimigahara in Owari Province (Bishū Fujimigahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) ca. 1830-32 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese By framing Fuji and the cooper in the interior of the large barrel, Hokusai effects an intimate dialogue between the iconic mountain and the sinewy man. The juxtaposition of Fuji and the cooper lends a religious overtone to the man's honest labor and existence.. Fujimigahara in Owari Province (Bishū Fujimigahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) 36500

Yodo River, Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

Nihonbashi, 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.

Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, actually composed of 118 woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-19th century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art. The series includes many of Hiroshige's most famous prints. It represents a celebration of the style and world of Japan's finest cultural flowering at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The series continues with summer. Summer amusements of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Months are represented in numbers 43 through 72. Evening outings in pleasure boats on the Sumida River were taken along the many famous bridges of Edo, where endless varieties of entertainment were offered. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andi Hiroshige (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyusai Hiroshige.

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 1897 Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu Japanese. Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men) 55871

Crows at Sunset Ogata Gekko (Japanese, 1859-1920). , ca. 1890-1910. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/8 x 9 13/16 in. (23.8 x 24.9 cm). Asian Art ca. 1890-1910

Shiba atagoyama no zu, Mount Atago at Shiba., Utagawa, Kuninao, 1793-1854, artist, between 1818 and 1830, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 18.2 x 26.3 cm., Print shows wide promenade and shrine buildings at the base of Mount Atago.

Rural Scene in Early Summer Peasants Transplanting Rice and a Man Washing a Horse 1795-1799 Japan. Color woodblock print; long surimono . Katsukawa Shun'ei

Monkey bridge. Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1835-1847. Dimensions: 25.2 x 10 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Moon-Viewing Point, No. 82 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Moon-Viewing Point, No. 82 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 8th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). Scholars have identified this as a scene in one of the many brothels or inns in the settlement of Shinagawa. Through the open window appears the harvest moon rising serenely in the autumn sky. In contrast to the fullness and perfection of the view outside, the scene within is one of incompletion and indirection. Beneath a lantern on the tatami mat lie the leftovers of a meal. At the very margins of the scene are two half-hidden figures. To the right is a geisha; the tip of a lute-like samisen and its box hint that she is about to leave. To the left, as indicated by the elaborate hairstyle, is a courtesan. The garment slipping onto the tatami suggests she is preparing for bed. Asian Art 8th month of 1857

Kambara, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Kambara, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, ca. 1834 or later. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. (25.1 x 37.5 cm). Asian Art ca. 1834 or later

In the snow at tsukahara on saado island, utagawa kuniyoshi, 1833-1837 print Snow landscape with nichiren on the foreground, founder of the Buddhist Lotus cult, in red robe, a snowy slope climbing; At the bottom of the mountain a village by the sea; With a gray air with whirling snowflakes. Japan paper nishiki-e / color woodcut snow. landscapes (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

Suido Bridge and Surugadai (Suidobashi Surugadai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 36 x 24.3 cm (14 3/16 x 9 9/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Act 8 (Hachidanme), from the series The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) 1829-1844 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshitsune's Horse-washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province (Washu Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki) from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri) 1828-1838 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Katsushika Hokusai

River Bank at Ryogoku Bridge (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Hiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1856-1858 Japan Colour woodcut Graphic arts Landscape

The Kiso Mountains in Snow dated 8th month of the Snake year, 1857 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese This landscape was executed by Hiroshige just one year before his death as part of a set of three triptychs on the theme known as setsugetsuka (a compound term made up of the words for snow, moon, and flowers). Snow is the theme here; the moon and flowers are depicted in the other two triptychs.The immense snow-covered mountains at the center, flanked by bridges on both sides, are almost spiritual in their monumentality. The dramatic composition invites the viewer to step into a mysterious world beyond the massive white peaks.. The Kiso Mountains in Snow. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Japan. dated 8th month of the Snake year, 1857. Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints

The Eight Plank Bridge. Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japan, Edo, 1786-1865). circa 1830. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print with "Berlin blue" pigment (aizuri-e)

Landscape with A Buffalo Poem of Motoyoshi Shinno, from the series: One hundred Poems According to the Explanations of Nurses /Hyunin Isshu Ubbabay Etoki Katsushika, hokusai (1760 1849)

Kambara, 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.

Ehon Azuma Kagami, Vol. III Kitao Masayoshi (Japanese, 1764-1824). Ehon Azuma Kagami, Vol. III, 1810. Paper, 8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (22.5 x 15.6 cm). Asian Art 1810

Arai, section of sheet no 8 from the series Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue) 1843-1854 Japan. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet . Utagawa Hiroshige

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No 5 from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei) 1730-1739 Japan. Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e . Torii Kiyomasu II

Asakusa Imado, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho) 1827-1838 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Okazaki, Japanese Prints - Hiroshige

Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (24.8 x 37.5 cm). Date: 1921. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Story of Michizane Sugawara, known as Tenjin 19th century Reizen Saburo Tametaka. Story of Michizane Sugawara, known as Tenjin. Reizen Saburo Tametaka (died 1864). Japan. 19th century. Ink and color on paper. Edo period (1615-1868). Illustrated Books

Kabayama, the Chief of Naval Staff, Attacking Enemy Ships from onboard Saikyomaru (Kabayama gunreibucho Saikyomaru o motte tekikan ni ataru). Adachi Ginko; Japanese, active c. 1874-97. Date: 1894. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; oban triptych. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Shu Jushō, c. 1847, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1798 - 1861, 10 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (25.7 x 18.4 cm) (image, sheet), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Kuniyoshi designed many prints featuring Confucian paragons. This print is from a series titled 'Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China,' which Kuniyoshi created in the late 1840s. He employed western perspective and chiaroscuro in a manner seen in 17th century European etchings. The rectangular cartouche contains the story of Shu Jushø (Zhu Shouchang, in Chinese), a man who searched for his mother for fifty years, having been separated from her when he was only seven years old. Kuniyohsi depicted Shu Jushø resting under a tree-thus suggesting his long, difficult quest.

Ise, Nishida Shinshichi, Ise meisho junro no zu, Road map of famous places in Ise, Bird's-eye view of the city of Ise; in white cartouches the names of various famous Shinto shrines; in yellow cartouche lower right the distances between them., print, prints, Japan (collection), height 332 mm, width 483 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Japanese, publisher, 1900-01-31 - 1900-01-31, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, colour woodblock

Kogane Plain in Shimōsa Province, 1858, 4th month, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizō, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 13 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (33.7 × 22.1 cm) (image, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Moonlit road with travellers, Utagawa Hiroshige, (1797-1858/Japanese)

Asakusa Ricefields during the Cock Festival from the series One Hundred Famous Views ofEdo. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858

Ejiri, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Gojusan tsugi), also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido) 1852 Japan. Color woodblock print; chuban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Russians on an outing, Utagawa Sadahide, 1861 print Two Russian men and a boy on the Yokohama quay. The middle one looks through a telescope. In the background a piece of a pier and a Russian sailing ship, with the Russian flag. Part of a series of foreigners on the quays of Yokohama. (Yokohama-e). Japan paper color woodcut outing, pleasure trip. pier, quay, wharf. telescope Yokohama

Tokyo, Yamaguchiya Tobei, Japan, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa, Toto Onmayagashi no zu, The Onmaya Riverbank in the Eastern Capital, lower right - stamped, The bank of the Sumida River during a rain shower; in the foreground left three men under one umbrella, on the right an umbrella seller and a man with a wooden box over his shoulder., print, engraving, prints, engravings, Japan (collection), height 264 mm, width 381 mm, Japanese, 1798 - 1861-04-14, print maker, printmaker, 1832 - 1836, second quarter 19th century, paper, nishiki-e, colour woodcut, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

EjiriNo 19, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), also known as the Reisho Tokaido 1842-1857 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Ono Waterfall on the Kiso Road (from the series a Tour of Waterfalls in the Provinces), early 1830s. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Color woodblock print; sheet: 38.3 x 26.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.).

Merrymaking at Goten Hill (Gotenyama yukyo), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1827-1839. Dimensions: 25.2 x 38.6 cm (9 15/16 x 15 3/16 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Night Rain at Karasaki Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese early 18th century This is an early example of the theme that Hiroshige turned into a masterpiece of landscape in the woodblock print medim. The print is akin to book illustration, which was the basic metier of ukiyo-e artists. A simple color scheme, limited to one or two colors, is characteristic of the primitive stage of woodblock printing in the early decades of the eighteenth century.

The Poet Ariwara no Narihira on the bank of the Sumida River 1759-1769 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e . Torii Kiyomitsu I

Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival, Hiroshige (I), Utagawa, 1857 print A cat looks out from the windowsill over the rice fields where a procession of people is on their way to a temple. Fuji mountain is visible on the horizon. Tokyo paper nishiki-e / color woodcut cat

Shiodome Station, Shinagawa to Shinbashi Line. Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japan, 1842-1894). Japan, 1875. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print

Print, Two Tattooed Actors (Ichickawa Ichiyoshi and Bando Hikosaburo) Bathing Under a Waterfall; Toyokuni Kunisada (Japan, 1768-1825); Japan; woodcut on paper; 38.2 x 26.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Fukushima Station ca. 1837 Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese. Fukushima Station 56922

Fuji from Mihonoura (fan) Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). , ca. 1843-1847. Woodblock color print, 8 13/16 x 11 7/16 in. (22.4 x 29.1 cm). Asian Art ca. 1843-1847

Fudo Falls, Oji, No. 49 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). , 9th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 5/16 in. (36.2 x 23.7 cm). In the rainy summer months, the Otonashi River plunged from a projecting bluff of the Musashi Plain in dozens of small cascades. Some of these came to be singled out as the "Seven Falls of Ōji," with the Fūdo Falls as the best known of the seven for its religious, curative, and scenic allure. The two bathing men partake of the spring's healing powers. One man gingerly tests the water, while another at shoreside reaches for a cup of hot tea from an old woman. Asian Art 9th month of 1857

Bamboo Quay by Kyobashi Bridge. (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Hiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858) State Hermitage, St. Petersburg c. 1858 Japan Colour woodcut Graphic arts Landscape

Tobiuo and Ishimochi 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 5/8 in. (25.7 x 37.2 cm). Date: 1840s. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Moon Viewing Point. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban 13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (35.2 x 24.4 cm). Date: 1857. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

View of the Theaters in Nichomachi (Nichomachi shibai no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho) 1827-1843 Japan. Color woodblock print; oban . Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Copy) /Hodogaya Katabiragawa Katabirabashi, 1847-1852; 20th century, Japanese School, Paper, 255 mm x 370 mm, G05685. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

'Macduff', 1922.

A Cuckoo against the Moon 1838-1841 Japan. Color woodblock print; uchiwa-e . Utagawa Hiroshige

Japan: 'Evening at Ushigome', Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949), 1939. Tsuchiya Koitsu was an artist of the Shin Hanga movement. Shin hanga ('new prints') was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taish and Shwa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo and Meiji periods (17th-19th century). The movement flourished from around 1915 to 1942, though it resumed briefly from 1946 through the 1950s. Inspired by European Impressionism, the artists incorporated Western elements such as the effects of light and the expression of individual moods, but focused on strictly traditional themes of landscapes (fukeiga), famous places (meish), beautiful women (bijinga), kabuki actors (yakusha-e), and birds and flowers (kachga). Ushigome () is the name of a neighborhood in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and a former ward ( Ushigome-ku) in the now-defunct Tokyo City.

Fukushima Station. Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797-1858 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (22.2 x 34.9 cm). Date: ca. 1837. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Minowa, Kanasugi, Mikawashima, No. 102 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Minowa, Kanasugi, Mikawashima, No. 102 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 5th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). The title of this print lists three different villages northwest of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. The names that appear first probably represent the nearest places in the view. This would mean that it is a scene looking from Minowa and Kanasugi toward Mikawashima, to the west or northwest. Mikawashima was where the shogun's Crane Hunt occurred almost every year during the winter months, when cranes migrated to Japan. The auspicious nature of the crane made it an important ceremonial gift. Aside from the one or two birds taken on each hunt, the cranes of Mikawashima were carefully protected, as Hiroshige has depicted: the figure in the background is carrying buckets filled with rice with which to feed them.

Portrait of an English Ship, Japanese Prints - Yokohama Namban - Foreigners

Kite Flying from Rooftop, Japanese Prints - Hokusai

Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo) by Hiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858) / State Hermitage, St. Petersburg / 1856-1858 / Japan / Colour woodcut / Landscape / 39x26

Watercolor painting by an anonymous artist showing a strip of porcelain goods.

Ushimachi, Takanawa, No. 81 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Ushimachi, Takanawa, No. 81 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 4th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). This view depicts the fringe of Edo, ragged and unkempt, just outside of the Takanawa Gate, which marked the formal southern entrance to the city. Cast-off objects litter the road, adding a poetic touch. The watermelon rinds provide a sense of the summer season, while the discarded straw sandal evokes a long journey that has finally ended here, at the gateway to Edo. The huge section of an oxcart to the right marks the place as Ushimachi, or "Oxtown," the popular name for Shiba Kuruma-chō, which lay on both sides of the Takanawa Gate. Asian Art 4th month of 1857

The big wave in front of Kanagawa, sheet 1 from the series: 36 views of the Fuji. Sheet 1 of the series "36 views of the Fuji". The presentation of the wave gains unprecedented celebrity and countless imitation in Europe. It appears in the arts and crafts of Art Nouveau as a motive in a variety of variants.

The Temma Bridge at Osaka by Hokusai Katsushika, 1770-1849, colored woodblock print, 1830, 19th century

Japan: In the Mountains of Totomi’. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji’ by Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 - 10 May 1849), c. 1830.

Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa, 1856, 7th month, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (33.9 x 22.2 cm) (image)13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (33.9 x 22.2 cm) (sheet, trimmed), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century

Yugasan in Bizan Province Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Yugasan in Bizan Province, 1858. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 5/8 x 14 1/4 in. (24.4 x 36.2 cm). Asian Art 1858

Osaka Mercantile Steamship poster featuring a beautiful Japanese woman elaborately clad in traditional kimono (1909).

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