PrintsJapanese19th century

Hideyoshi and his Five Wives Viewing the Cherry Blossoms at Higashiyama

Late Edo period, circa 1803-1804

Artists

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and colors on paper with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

36.6 x 24.2 cm (14 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Moon at Genji's Villa (Genji bessō no tsuki)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, 1854, 12th month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poem by Sanjō-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1835-6

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Pilgrimage to the Unveiling of Benzaiten at Enoshima in Sagami: Caves at the Main Shrine (Sōshū Enoshima Benzaiten kaichō mōde Hongū Iwaya no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, c. 1851

Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych left sheet; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō 7th Holding the White Banner of the Genji (Minamoto) Clan and Iwai Shijaku 1st in a Genpei Play

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, Edo period, circa 1827-1830

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "shikishi-ban" format; ink, color, metallic pigment and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

FIREWORKS AT RYOGOKU

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Woman Seated at Low Writing Table (Bundai), from the series Seven Designs for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushika shichiban tsuzuki), with poems by Shunryūsha Chikauo (Kaneuo) and Hakumōsha Kazumori (Banshu, Manshu)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, circa 1826

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Pink Octopus and Three Dancing Women from the series Glorious Amusements of the Brothel Niwaka Festival (Seiro Niwaka zensei asobi)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1800-1806

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "aiban" format; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, 19th century

Right panel(?) from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Bugaku Dance Rindai

Takashima Chiharu, 18th and 19th centuries

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e, surimono); ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper

18th and 19th centuriesJapanese

Prints

Reproduction of Spooling Thread from the series Mirroring Woman's Handwork

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, 19th century

Reproduction of an ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF YEDO "YANAGISHIMA MIYOKEN"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Still Life of Konbu Seaweed(?) and Nandina (Nanten) Wrapped in Bamboo Leaves, with various poems

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, dated 1812 (Bunka 9)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "yotsugiri-ban" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

19th centuryJapanese