PrintsJapanese18th century

Couple behind a Standing Curtain

Edo period, circa 1765-1770

Artists

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

horizontal chūban: H. 20.4 cm x W. 27.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Illustrated Views of Kyoto (Karaku saiken zu)

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Folded, woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

People Traveling on Ferry Boat

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1795-1798

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi) in 2 Volumes

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Mid Edo period, 1788

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink, color and mica on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Court Lady Standing by Bamboo Curtain, with poems by Aoyagi Naoyoshi and Rokatei Hanamori

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Arashi Sangorō 2nd as Minamoto no Yoritomo disguised as Eboshi Ori (the Hat Maker) and Segawa Kikujirō 2nd as Yuki Onna (the Snow Woman) in the play Myōtogiku Izu no Kisewata at the Ichimura Theater from the eleventh month of 1770

Ippitsusai Bunchō, Edo period, 1770 (eleventh month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "aiban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Ippitsusai Bunchō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Amaterasu ōmikami with Guardians Myōjin and Taga Myōjin

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Hand-colored Shinto woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Guide to the Ise Pilgrimage (Ise sangū meisho zue)

Shitomi Kangetsu, 1797 (Kansei 9)

Set of eight woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Gathering Young Pines

Katsukawa Shunsen, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

TWO ACTORS COMPARING PEONIES

Torii Kiyotsune, Edo period,

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Sequel to Thicket of Ancient and Modern Paintings (Kokon gasō kōhen), Volume 2

Sō Shiseki 宋紫石, 1771

Woodblock-printed book (volume 2 of 8 volumes); ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Kataoka Nizaemon 7th as Ki no Natora(?)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period, 1794 (11th month of Kansei 6?)

Right sheet from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "hosoban" diptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Picture Book of Seasoned Grass: Waka by Famous Poets (Ehon yachiyo-gusa), 2nd of 3 Volumes

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, dated 1768

Second of three thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese