The first of a pair of thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books in "hanshi-bon" format; ink on paper with signature reading "Gakyōrōjin Manji hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poem 70-26

Maki Haku, Shōwa period, 1970

Woodblock print; ink and color on embossed paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

LOW CLOUDS IN GENERAL LOVE AFFAIRS "KOITO, OFUSA & SAHICHI

Rantokusai Shundō, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Four Trees against a Wall

Fukui Ryōnosuke 福井良之助, Shōwa period,

Etching and aquatint; ink on paper

20th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actors Ichikawa Danjūrō 6th as Shinozuka Iganokami and Otani Tokuji 1st as Toshikiyo

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, dated 1798

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

A Bag of Satirical Poems of Ancient and Modern Times (Kokon kyōka bukuro)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid to Late Edo period, circa late 18th to early 19th century

Thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book in a blue paper cover; ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō in the Role of a Boatman(?)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英

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

Japanese

Prints

Three Women Gathering Clams at Enoshima, with poems by Bunsōsai Matsutoshi (Shōnen), Fumimado Takeo, and Bunsōan Hirotaka (Kōyō)

Katsushika Taito II 二代葛飾戴斗, Edo period, circa early 1830s

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Illustrated Book of Japanese Armor by Arai Hakuseki (Honchō gunkikō zu), 4 Volumes

Hachiya Hironari (Keiga), Mid Edo period, 1740

Thread-bound, folded books (four); ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

First Twelve Paragons, from the Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshikō)

Kondō Kiyoharu, Mid Edo period, 1704-1720

Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print: ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Mitate of Act Seven from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Shichi danme)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, Late Edo period, dated 1797

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese