PrintsJapanese19th century

By the light of the moon: the night of a secret rendezvous

19th century

Artists

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Culture

Japanese

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

25.6 x 35.1 cm (10 1/16 x 13 13/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Washing the Manuscript, from the series Refined Beauties as the Seven Komachi (Fūryū bijin nana Komachi: Soshi arai Komachi)

Kikugawa Eizan 菊川英山, circa 1804

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fuji with Seven Bridges in One View (Shichikyō ichiran no Fuji): Half of detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

French Photographer (Furansu), published by Izumiya Ichibei

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, second month of 1861

Yokohama woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Issen Yoshikazu ga"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

"Three Whites" Fuji (Sanpaku no Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

FLYING CRANES

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ōtomo no Kuronushi, from the series Modern Children as the Six Poetic Immortals (Tōsei kodomo rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1804

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kihō gafu

Kawamura Kihô, 1827 (Bunsei 10)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi), Number 100 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1857 (4th month)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Emperor Meiji and His Consort in the Plum Garden

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1887 (Meiji 20)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei), Vol. 2

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1835 (Tempō 6)

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book in "hanshi-bon" format; ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Traveler on Horseback with Two Attendants

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, circa early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Session of the National Diet

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1890 (Meiji 23)

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

19th centuryJapanese