Utagawa Hiroshige - Yui. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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Utagawa Hiroshige - Mishima, Asagiri
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Katsushika Hokusai - The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital
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Gebon no zu = [Picture of the lower class]
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Yubi-sashi] = [Child pointing], Kitagawa Utamaro
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Horo-gaya] = [Mosquito net for a baby], Kitagawa Utamaro
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Ichikawa Danjuro as a man pouring a bucket of water on a makimono blaz...
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
Torii Kiyomasu II - The actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Dojoji shosa odor...
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
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
Washing day (A woman washing clothes in a large tub)
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
Large head and bust of the oiran Outa
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Five Yoshiwara women playing the game of Utagaruta (poetry card game)
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
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 looking at toy, 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 holding rat, 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 with branch and vase, 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
A woman holding a dog in her arms and looking at a kakemono of a drago...
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 parody on the well known theme of the evening snow of Mount Hira. H...
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 disconsolate woman seated by a hibachi, 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
An oiran seated by a book-case and turning to look at a cuckoo as it f...
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The dream of Yaoya Oshichi. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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The oiran Kato of Echizenya. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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The Foxes Wedding Reception (Kitsune no Yomeiri)
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The Sanno Matsuri procession passing the gate of Ii Kamon no kami's to...
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Nô jûgoban - Private theatricals- one standing, one seated figure
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Nô jûgoban - Private theatricals- seated man, Totoya Hokkei
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No. 6, Grinding Ink (Roku, Surusumi), from the series Famous Horses (M...
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Furuichi Dance (No. 2 of a Set of Four)
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
Two women, one with branch; one child
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Two men walking, one carrying a box
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Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin
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Actor dancing and woman holding light, Katsushika Hokusai
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Miko and man wearing demon mask (Oni no nembutsu)
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Girl at the Thunder-demon gate of Asakusa
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Girl reading, Katsushika Hokusai
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Shiraku Kichigyo, Katsushika Hokusai
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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
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
Leading a pack-horse, Katsushika Hokusai
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Looking at the moon, by Nishikawa Sukenobu
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Ladies gathering mushrooms, by Nishikawa Sukenobu
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Selected images from Hokusai's Manga, Katsushika Hokusai
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Woman Representing Hotei, 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
A young woman holding a cage containing a canary, and sitting on the f...
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
Three Yoshiwara women admiring the pine trees in the joroya garden cov...
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 tall oiran in front of a joroya accompanied by her two kamuro
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 lovers Komurasaki and Gompachi, 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
An oiran showing a pet mouse to her kamuro
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 boy musician, seated, holding up a small drum with floral decoration...
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New Megane Bridge at Sujichigai
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Women taking a daimyo's son for a ride upon a hobby horse
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An elopement. A man helping a woman down a ladder
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 Kisokata of Ohishiya walking beneath a cherry tree
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 Nioi and Yoyoharu of Matsubaya
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Ushiwaka playing the flute, Katsushika Hokusai
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The Sangokushi (Liu-pei, Shuan-te, and Kwan-yu)
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Sea breaking on rocks with rising moon
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Dish of fruit (with knife). 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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Figure of lady reading, Katsushika Hokusai
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Woman with fans. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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Woman holding flower arrangement
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An oiran dreaming of a masked man who walked by her side in the Yoshiw...
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 watching man push cart
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Pounding mochi. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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Cake bowl - Public domain dedication image
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Two court ladies with caged bird, Katsushika Hokusai
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The 52 Stages of Printmaking
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Utagawa Hiroshige - Kameyama, Yukibare
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Kami-yui] = [Hairdresser], Kitagawa Utamaro
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A man and woman on the street at night
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Woman and servent -picture of goat
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Jôbon no zu = [Picture of the upper class]
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Ogiya Hanaôgi = [Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya (picture riddle)]
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Utagawa Hiroshige - Fukuroi, De-chaya
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Daidokoro] = [Kitchen scene], Kitagawa Utamaro
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Two women looking at a whirling lantern
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A woman carrying her infant daughter to a shinto temple for the Miya M...
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
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...
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
Miserable soldiers of China
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Two women and an infant boy, 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 duet, 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
Hibiya and Soto-Sakurada from Yamashita-chô
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Daikoku carving a large bream (Tai). Beside him a tea house servant i...
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
Atsumori and Kumagai, 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
The geisha Kusazuri bending forward ; back of her a young man stands h...
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True View of the Newly Built Azuma Bridge
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Women cutting mulberry leaves and feeding the pieces to the young silk...
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
Women gathering silkworm cocoons, Shunsho Katsukawa
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
News of victory at Tien-chuang-tai
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Sashie. A group of men and women making merry upon the balcony of a j...
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
Minamoto no Yoshitzune, the most famous of Japanese heroes, in full ar...
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
Lady with box, 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
The painter Titian. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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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
Seated lady looking right, gesturing, 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
Oiran Ichimoto of Daimonjiya on parade accompanied by two shinzo and a...
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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
Steam train. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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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