PrintsJapanese18th century

Three Women Performing Early Morning Chores (in the Year of the Dragon, 1796)

Late Edo period, dated to Kansei 8 (1796)

Artists

Tawaraya Sōri 俵屋宗理Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "naga-surimono" format; 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

19 x 52.3 cm (7 1/2 x 20 9/16 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

Eleven-headed Kannon with Flask and Lotus Flower

Unknown Artist, Edo period, 18th century

Buddhist woodblock print; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura Nakazō AS YUI SHOSEKū STANDING WITH A SWORD AND HOLDING THE EDGE OF A PIECE OF FABRIC(?)

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Primer on Eight Varieties of Painting (Hasshu gafu) in 8 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 1710

Thread-bound books (eight); ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō as Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, 1796

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Takasago, from a series of Play Bills of Kumazaka

Torii Kiyomasu, Edo period, circa early 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Housecleaning (Susuhaki)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1797-1799

Fourth panel of an "ōban" pentaptych: Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Matsumoto Koshirō II in a Sukeroku Play

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, about 1794

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Women with Spectroscope Viewing Koya no Tama, from the series Six Tama River

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Girls by River: One Smoking a Pipe, One Kneeling

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, circa 1765-1770

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Segawa Kikujirō III in a Sukeroku Play

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, about 1794

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Calendar Print (Egoyomi) of Mouse Drinking Sake

Rantokusai Shundō, Edo period, late 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Arashi Wakano as Aburaya Osome, from the series A Comparison of Three Beauties (Musume Sanpukutsui)

Torii Kiyomasu, Edo period, early 18th century

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and metal filings on paper

18th centuryJapanese