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“‘A Lovely Garland’ (Tamakazura): Tamatori-ama,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase), Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
“‘A Lovely Garland’ (Tamakazura): Tamatori-ama,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1845–46
“‘A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune): Omatsu and Akabori Mizuemon,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase), Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
“‘A Boat Cast Adrift’ (Ukifune): Omatsu and Akabori Mizuemon,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1845–46
“‘Little Purple Gromwell’ (Wakamurasaki): Shōshō,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase), Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
“‘Little Purple Gromwell’ (Wakamurasaki): Shōshō,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
ca. 1845–61
“‘Exile to Suma’ (Suma): Tamaori-hime,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase), Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
“‘Exile to Suma’ (Suma): Tamaori-hime,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
ca. 1845–61
“‘A Molted Cicada Shell’ (Utsusemi): Soga Gorō Tokimune,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase), Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
“‘A Molted Cicada Shell’ (Utsusemi): Soga Gorō Tokimune,” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
ca. 1845–61
''‘Lady of the Evening Faces’ (Yūgao): Yazama’s Wife Orie (Yazama-shi no shitsu Orie),” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase), Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock ōban print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
''‘Lady of the Evening Faces’ (Yūgao): Yazama’s Wife Orie (Yazama-shi no shitsu Orie),” from the series Scenes amid Genji Clouds Matched with Ukiyo-e Pictures (Genji-gumo ukiyo e-awase)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1845–46
Shiraito Waterfall at Hakone, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Matted painting; ink and color on silk (Ukiyo-e), Japan
Shiraito Waterfall at Hakone
Utagawa Hiroshige
19th century
Ukiyoe eshi hyakka bijin gafu. Vol. 1 (Illustrations of beauties by 100 Ukiyo-e artists)
Maeno Shuntei
late 19th–early 20th century
Picture Book: Thousand-Year Mountain? (Ehon Chitoseyama? 絵本千年山?, Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 Japanese, Woodblock print; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book: Thousand-Year Mountain? (Ehon Chitoseyama? 絵本千年山?
Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信
1740
Street Scene in Yoshiwara, Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, Japan
Street Scene in Yoshiwara
Hishikawa Moronobu
late 17th century
Two Figures, Okumura Masanobu Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Two Figures
Okumura Masanobu
Perspective Print (Uki-e) of the Theaters in Sakaichō and Fukiyachō on Opening Night, Utagawa Toyoharu Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; horizontal ōban, Japan
Perspective Print (Uki-e) of the Theaters in Sakaichō and Fukiyachō on Opening Night
Utagawa Toyoharu
ca. 1780
Onoe Kikugorō in the role of Yaoya Oshichi and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as her lover the koshō (page) Kichisaburō, Okumura Masanobu Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Onoe Kikugorō in the role of Yaoya Oshichi and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as her lover the koshō (page) Kichisaburō
Okumura Masanobu
1750
Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times, Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e), Japan
Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times
Utagawa Kunisada
1838
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857
The Coming Thunderstorm, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
The Coming Thunderstorm, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
Kitagawa Utamaro
1801
Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha), Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1794
Women at Takanawa Beach, Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Women at Takanawa Beach
Utagawa Toyokuni I
ca. 1790s
Woman Applying Makeup, Hashiguchi Goyō Japanese, Woodblock print; ink, color, gold, and mica on paper, Japan
Woman Applying Makeup
Hashiguchi Goyō
1918 (Taishō 7)
A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print in the e-kyodai format; ink and color on paper, Japan
A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1795–96
Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi, Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese, Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan
Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Wakasaya Yoichi
ca. 1800
View From Here to Eternity, Masami Teraoka Japanese, Woodcut, etching, aquatint (hand-coloring)
View From Here to Eternity
Masami Teraoka
1993
Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1797
“The Pyramids of Egypt” Egefutekoku senkei kodai), from the series Newly Published Dutch Perspective Prints (Shinpan Oranda uki-e) , Utagawa Kuninaga Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan

“The Pyramids of Egypt” Egefutekoku senkei kodai), from the series Newly Published Dutch Perspective Prints (Shinpan Oranda uki-e)

Utagawa Kuninaga
1829
Oriental Masterprint – 14, from the series Oriental Masterprints, Roger Shimomura American, Color screen print on wove paper, Japan
Oriental Masterprint – 14, from the series Oriental Masterprints
Roger Shimomura
1975
Six Jewel Rivers from Various Provinces, Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Six woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan
Six Jewel Rivers from Various Provinces
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857
Mountain Roses of Ide (Ide no Yamabuki), from the series A Parodic Six Jewel Rivers (Yatsushi Mu-Tamagawa), Rekisentei Eiri Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Mountain Roses of Ide (Ide no Yamabuki), from the series A Parodic Six Jewel Rivers (Yatsushi Mu-Tamagawa)
Rekisentei Eiri
ca. 1795
Beauty on a Veranda in Snow, Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一 Japanese, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Japan
Beauty on a Veranda in Snow
Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一
ca. 1794–95
Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen, Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink and hand-applied color on paper; horizontal ōban, Japan
Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen
Hishikawa Moronobu
ca. 1679–84
Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter, Chōbunsai Eishi Japanese, Triptych of hanging scrolls with inscribed mountings; painting: ink and color on silk; calligraphy: ink on silk mounting fabric, Japan
Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
Chōbunsai Eishi
Calligrapher Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo)
ca. 1811
Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1797
Print, Utagawa Kunisada Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Print
Utagawa Kunisada
Amorous Couple, Okumura Masanobu Japanese, Monochrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Amorous Couple
Okumura Masanobu
early 18th century
Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi", Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi"
Utagawa Toyokuni I
ca. 1795
Foreigners Enjoying Themselves in the Gankirō, Utagawa Yoshikazu Japanese, Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan
Foreigners Enjoying Themselves in the Gankirō
Utagawa Yoshikazu
ca. 1861
Okita of the Naniwa-ya Teahouse, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan
Okita of the Naniwa-ya Teahouse
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1793
Picking Clams, Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese, Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Japan
Picking Clams
Utagawa Toyokuni I
ca. 1791
Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons, Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
Kitagawa Utamaro
1801
Kabuki Actors Nakamura Gentaro and Ikushima Shingoro, Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Kabuki Actors Nakamura Gentaro and Ikushima Shingoro
Torii Kiyomasu I
ca. 1710
Monk Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island, from the series "Illustration of Famous Monks", Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Monk Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island, from the series "Illustration of Famous Monks"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1835–36
Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net, Suzuki Harunobu Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net
Suzuki Harunobu
ca. 1769
Two Lovers, Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
Two Lovers
Hishikawa Moronobu
ca. 1675–80

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