Mid Edo period, dated 1784
37.78 x 51.12 cm (14 7/8 x 20 1/8 in.)
Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro ga"
18th-19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color and gauffrage ("blind" printing) on paper, with printed signature reading "Katsukawa Shunkō ga"
18th-19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "nagaban" format; Ink and color on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"
18th centuryJapaneseWoodblock-printed book; ink on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Kiyonaga ga"
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Harunobu ga"
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Harunobu ga"
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakō Tsunekawa [Shigenobu] hitsu"
18th centuryJapanese