Japanese prints

Ukiyo-e, pictures of the floating world, were prints and paintings of the theater and pleasure districts of Edo and other cities, the first art enjoyed by common people on a large scale. Actors and courtesans came first, then travel spots and landscapes. Prints in black ink, sometimes colored by hand, led by 1765 to full-color brocade pictures. Strong outlines, broad color areas and unexpected viewpoints help Japanese woodblock prints tell a scene at a glance. Ukiyo-e grew around urban entertainment, with actors and fashionable figures joined by landscapes and famous places. Production typically brought together a designer, carver, printer and publisher. Compare the handling of weather, cropping and empty space; these images also offered nineteenth-century European artists new compositional possibilities. The wider Japanese-print selection includes later work as well as Edo-period ukiyo-e. Connected places: Edo · Tokyo.

• Under the Wave off KanagawaKatsushika Hokusai, 1830/33
• A Mild Breeze on a Fine DayKatsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33
• Shower Below the SummitKatsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33
• Kajikazawa in Kai ProvinceKatsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33
• HamamatsuUtagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42
• Mitsuke: Ferries Crossing the Tenryu RiverUtagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42
• Mishima: Morning MistUtagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34
• Monk Selling Ceremonial Tea WhisksKatsushika Hokusai, c. 1802
• An Illustrated New Edition of the Water MarginKatsushika Hokusai, 1823/25
• Matsuchiyama on the Sumida RiverUtagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, 1856
• Sketch of woman crossing bridgeUtagawa Hiroshige, Unknown
• Untitled Drawing, for the series English Title (Hizakurige kimama dôchû)Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.
• Received Back into the Moon Palace-Taketori (Bamboo Cutter) from the series Twelve Aspects of the MoonTsukioka Yoshitoshi, c. 1885/92
• Frost fills the air and the autumn air is still/lines of returning geese cross the moon in the third hour-Kenshin, from the series Twelve Aspects of the MoonTsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885/92
• Kisegawa of the MatsubayaKitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96
• Two Women with DrumSuzuki Harunobu, 18th century
• Arrival of the Korean Embassy in EdoTorii Kiyonobu I, c. 1709
• Asakusa ImadoUtagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1832/33
• KasumigasekiUtagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1832/33
• GoldfishKitagawa Utamaro, c. 1802
• Drawing Lots for PrizesKitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798
• Beauty Under an Umbrella in the SnowSuzuki Harunobu, c. 1770
• The Heron MaidenSuzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67
• Three Beauties Chatting by a VerandaKatsukawa Shunsho, About 1792
• Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1764
• The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1765 (?)Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1765
• Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)Katsukawa Shunsho, About 1768
• The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Abe no Muneto Disguised as a Peddler of Buckwheat Noodles, in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768
• The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Tenth Month, 1768Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768
• The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1768
• An Actors' Boating Party on the Sumida RiverTorii Kiyonaga, c. 1789
• Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi BridgeTorii Kiyonaga, c. 1783
• A Ferry on the Sumida RiverTorii Kiyonaga, c. 1787
• Three Women after a Bath, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783/84
• The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Shizuka Gozen (?)Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1767
• First Meeting (Miai), from the series "Twelve Stages of Matrimony (Konrei juni shiki)"Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1775
• The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as Kosodate Kannonbo (Sandai-me Sakata Hangoro no Kosodate no Kannonbo)Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
• Maple Leaf Viewing (Momiji gari)Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
• Hamamuraya RokoTōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
• Koraiya KinshoTōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
• Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma)Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
• Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Fuwa no Banzaemon ShigekatsuTōshūsai Sharaku, 1794
• The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)
• The Card GameUtagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790
• Overlooking the bay at ShinagawaUtagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790
• Evening party at ShinagawaUtagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790
• A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792
• The Third Princess (Nyosan no miya)Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792