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Charles Stewart Smith's Japanese PrintsCreated by: NYPL's Public Domain ArchiveDated: 1892
Ladies making verses, Yashima Gakutei
Charles Stewart Smith (1832-1909) was an art collector and businessman. As a businessman, Smith was a president, and director of the Associates Land Company, vice president and director of the City and Suburban Homes Company, treasurer and director of the Woodlawn Cemetery, trustee of Barnard College and director of the Fifth Avenue Bank, German Alliance Insurance Company, Greenwich Savings Bank, and Fourth National Bank. He was a member of the Union League, Lawyers, Players, Century, and Merchants Club.

As an art collector, Smith was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vice President of the Society of Art Collectors (558 Fifth Avenue, New York).

In 1892, while traveling in Japan on his honeymoon with his third wife, he purchased several thousand Japanese prints, ceramics, and paintings from the British military man, journalist, author and collector Captain Frank Brinkley (1841-1912).

In 1901 Smith donated 1,763 Japanese woodcut prints to the New York Public Library and the rest to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among these color woodcuts is a celebrated group of prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, as well as examples of the work of Harunobu, Koryusai, Sharaku, and Hokusai.
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A man with a cloth tied around his head and a sword in his right hand, talking to a woman who is holding a kerchief  with which she is preparing to cover her head

A man with a cloth tied around his head and a sword in his right hand,...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

A youth is shown in a house making offerings before a figure of Ebisu, and outside seven boys are blowing soap bubbles.  Ebisu-ko - The Festival of Ebisu (Provider of Daily Food)

A youth is shown in a house making offerings before a figure of Ebisu,...

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Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Toyosumi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Toyosumi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Woman Holding a Kite, Katsushika Hokusai

Woman Holding a Kite, Katsushika Hokusai

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Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin

Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin

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Sake drinking at chrysanthemum time, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Sake drinking at chrysanthemum time, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print,...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Daruma and the girl's face in the mirror

Daruma and the girl's face in the mirror

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A Good Time for the First Calligraphy (Fude hajime yoshi

A Good Time for the First Calligraphy (Fude hajime yoshi

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Two women writing - Drawing. Public domain image.

Two women writing - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Konami, daughter of Motozo - Public domain portrait painting

Konami, daughter of Motozo - Public domain portrait painting

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Segawa Kikunojo in the role of a woman standing in a room listening to the strains from a koto, a sho, a biwa, and a taiko (ancient musical instruments) which appear in a cloud above her head and are played by unseen hands, while lotus petals fall

Segawa Kikunojo in the role of a woman standing in a room listening to...

Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More

Burning the love letter, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Burning the love letter, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Five Yoshiwara women visiting a Shinto temple. One is dipping a cup of water from the chozubachi for the hand washing purification.  The others have paused beneath the torii to play with a puppy

Five Yoshiwara women visiting a Shinto temple. One is dipping a cup of...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A joro writing a letter - Drawing. Public domain image.

A joro writing a letter - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Fan Kuai (Hankai), from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Haitatsu sanban)

Fan Kuai (Hankai), from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Haitat...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Gathering wild flowers in spring, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Gathering wild flowers in spring, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Ja...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Tiger, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

Tiger, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

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Implements for shell game - Public domain dedication image

Implements for shell game - Public domain dedication image

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Lady arranging flowers, Katsushika Hokusai

Lady arranging flowers, Katsushika Hokusai

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Fukurokuju, Katsushika Hokusai - Drawing. Public domain image.

Fukurokuju, Katsushika Hokusai - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Portrait of the Tayu Karauta of Chojiya, holding in her hands a bouncing ball used in one of the New Year's Day games

Portrait of the Tayu Karauta of Chojiya, holding in her hands a bounci...

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Sawamura Kamesaburo in the role of Nagoya Koyama Sanserifu, a samurai wearing a straw hat

Sawamura Kamesaburo in the role of Nagoya Koyama Sanserifu, a samurai ...

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A young woman reading a love letter  while seated upon the back of a huge carp swimming over the waves

A young woman reading a love letter while seated upon the back of a h...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Women viewing the cherry blossoms at Higurashi.  A bronze statue of Hotei is partially seen under a thatched roof at the right

Women viewing the cherry blossoms at Higurashi. A bronze statue of Ho...

Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More

Lady arranging flowers in vase, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady arranging flowers in vase, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japa...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Seated lady contemplating blank sheet of paper; drawing on floor in foreground

Seated lady contemplating blank sheet of paper; drawing on floor in fo...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Utagawa Toyokuni I - The Writing School

Utagawa Toyokuni I - The Writing School

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Ichikawa Masugoro as a daimyo brandishing a sword and turning towards a samurai who stands behind him holding a large crayfish in his mouth

Ichikawa Masugoro as a daimyo brandishing a sword and turning towards ...

Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More

Street scene, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

Street scene, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

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The old man and woman of Takasago at the paradise mountain

The old man and woman of Takasago at the paradise mountain

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Lady seated at table, writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady seated at table, writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Sannogawa Ichimatsu in the role of Kane, a samurai who, with a halberd, is pricking three large bales that Kono Moronori, impersonated by Nakamura Sukegoro, has in charge

Sannogawa Ichimatsu in the role of Kane, a samurai who, with a halberd...

Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More

Two women viewing evening scenery for the veranda of a house

Two women viewing evening scenery for the veranda of a house

Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More

The oiran Sugatano of Yotsumiya on parade accompanied by her kamuro Umeno and a maid servant

The oiran Sugatano of Yotsumiya on parade accompanied by her kamuro Um...

Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More

A young girl making her toilet before a mirror and holding up another to get a view of the back wave of her hair, and behind her a youth reaches out from the behind the fusuma and tickles her foot with a stick.  Beside her is a black and white cat with a red ribbon around its neck

A young girl making her toilet before a mirror and holding up another ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Iris and water plants, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Iris and water plants, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A woman looking at her reflection in a mirror

A woman looking at her reflection in a mirror

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Seated lady reading, bedding to the left

Seated lady reading, bedding to the left

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady with paper and scissors, holding origami

Lady with paper and scissors, holding origami

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Walking lady; tree pattern on kimono

Walking lady; tree pattern on kimono

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young boy as Urashima seated upon the back of a huge hairy-tailed tortoise

A young boy as Urashima seated upon the back of a huge hairy-tailed to...

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Night scene at the River Festival at the opening of summer season.  Ryogoku Bridge across the Sumida River is shown at the left

Night scene at the River Festival at the opening of summer season. Ry...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Miyoharu of the Sanomasuya, at Edo-machi nichôme in the ShIn Yoshiwara

Miyoharu of the Sanomasuya, at Edo-machi nichôme in the ShIn Yoshiwara

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Takenouchi carrying off Hachimantaro, Katsushika Hokusai

Takenouchi carrying off Hachimantaro, Katsushika Hokusai

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Asahina no Saburô, from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Haitatsu sanban)

Asahina no Saburô, from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Haitat...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)

Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical In...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Archery girls, Katsushika Hokusai

Archery girls, Katsushika Hokusai

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Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai

Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai

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Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai

Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai

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A young woman leading a carabao laden with faggots away from a stream below a waterfall in which a young man is plunging his hand

A young woman leading a carabao laden with faggots away from a stream ...

Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More

Two women with wide straw hats, under a willow tree in an autumn gale. Wind-blown suzuki grass indicates the season of the year

Two women with wide straw hats, under a willow tree in an autumn gale....

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Procession of ladies accompanying the empress who is riding in a court carriage

Procession of ladies accompanying the empress who is riding in a court...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Walking against the wind (New Year), Katsushika Hokusai

Walking against the wind (New Year), Katsushika Hokusai

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Yu the Great (King Yu of the Xia Dynasty) Fights a Flood Dragon

Yu the Great (King Yu of the Xia Dynasty) Fights a Flood Dragon

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Lady walking in rain with umbrella, Utagawa Kunisada

Lady walking in rain with umbrella, Utagawa Kunisada

Kunisada was a trendsetter in the art of the Japanese woodblock print. Always at the vanguard of his time, he continuously developed his style, which was sometimes radically changed, and did not adhere to styli... More

Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai

Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai

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Portrait of the tayu Hanamurasaki of Tamaya, Kitagawa Utamaro

Portrait of the tayu Hanamurasaki of Tamaya, Kitagawa Utamaro

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Two Yoshiwara women seated in a room playing nanushi ken, and three others looking on

Two Yoshiwara women seated in a room playing nanushi ken, and three ot...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Seated lady reading book, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Seated lady reading book, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Women examining clam shells with paintings inside prepared for playing the shell game (kai-awase)

Women examining clam shells with paintings inside prepared for playing...

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Old Kintoki and Small Demon with Towel in Snake Shape

Old Kintoki and Small Demon with Towel in Snake Shape

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text page, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

text page, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Woman Representing Benzaiten, Yashima Gakutei

Woman Representing Benzaiten, Yashima Gakutei

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Cat  and dried fish (Katsuo-boshi)

Cat and dried fish (Katsuo-boshi)

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Two women looking at a whirling lantern

Two women looking at a whirling lantern

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Three women walking accompanied by a boy carrying a pot of fukujuso

Three women walking accompanied by a boy carrying a pot of fukujuso

Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More

A woman looking over the shoulder of a young man who is smoking a pipe and reading a book

A woman looking over the shoulder of a young man who is smoking a pipe...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

The geisha Kusazuri bending forward ; back of her a young man stands holding a sheathed sword in his upraised hand

The geisha Kusazuri bending forward ; back of her a young man stands h...

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Lady cooking, chopsticks in hand, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady cooking, chopsticks in hand, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Ja...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Two girls looking at picture books and a third standing by them on the veranda of the house letting down a bamboo curtain

Two girls looking at picture books and a third standing by them on the...

Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More

The Iris Garden, Torii Kiyonaga

The Iris Garden, Torii Kiyonaga

Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More

Ladies making verses, Yashima Gakutei

Ladies making verses, Yashima Gakutei

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Daikoku, Katsushika Hokusai - Drawing. Public domain image.

Daikoku, Katsushika Hokusai - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Implements for shell game - Public domain dedication image

Implements for shell game - Public domain dedication image

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A woman looking at her reflection in a mirror

A woman looking at her reflection in a mirror

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Lady smoking pipe, book on floor, bedding nearby

Lady smoking pipe, book on floor, bedding nearby

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

The Letter-reading Scene in Act VII of Chûshingura

The Letter-reading Scene in Act VII of Chûshingura

Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More

Man Washing a Horse's Hoof/ The Horse-Presentation Ceremony (Aouma no sechie)

Man Washing a Horse's Hoof/ The Horse-Presentation Ceremony (Aouma no ...

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Tajikarao no mikoto, from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Haitatsu sanban)

Tajikarao no mikoto, from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Hait...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Naramura Tomijuro as a woman dressing the hair of a man- the actor Otoni Hiroji- seated by a hous, upon the shoji of which appears the silhouette of a woman carrying a bag

Naramura Tomijuro as a woman dressing the hair of a man- the actor Oto...

Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin

Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin

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Miko and man wearing demon mask (Oni no nembutsu)

Miko and man wearing demon mask (Oni no nembutsu)

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Girl reading, Katsushika Hokusai

Girl reading, Katsushika Hokusai

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Court lady looking at view of Sumida River

Court lady looking at view of Sumida River

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Looking at the moon, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Looking at the moon, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

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Ladies gathering mushrooms, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Ladies gathering mushrooms, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

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A boy musician, seated, holding up a small drum with floral decorations in his left hand and a drum stick in his right

A boy musician, seated, holding up a small drum with floral decoration...

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Woman with fans. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Woman with fans. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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The oiran Segawa and Matsuto and attendants in the house called Matsubaya

The oiran Segawa and Matsuto and attendants in the house called Matsub...

santo kyoden Public domain photograph of 18th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ichikawa Masugoro as a daimyo brandishing a sword and turning towards a samurai who stands behind him holding a large crayfish in his mouth

Ichikawa Masugoro as a daimyo brandishing a sword and turning towards ...

Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More

Lady playing shell game (looking left)

Lady playing shell game (looking left)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Watanabe no Tsuna and the Oni (demon) at the Rasho gate of Kyoto

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Group of women under a tree, Kitagawa Utamaro

Group of women under a tree, Kitagawa Utamaro

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Caught peeping, Kitagawa Utamaro

Caught peeping, Kitagawa Utamaro

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

The oiran Nioi and Yoyoharu of Matsubaya

The oiran Nioi and Yoyoharu of Matsubaya

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Court lady - sun in background, Katsushika Hokusai

Court lady - sun in background, Katsushika Hokusai

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