Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, light color, metallic pigment and mica on paper with printed signature reading "Motome ni ōji Hokkei utsusu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

No. 14, from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, c. 1847-1852 (Kōka 4- An'ei 5)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Iriyamagatato noboru kitaguchi: Yoshiwara...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Late Edo period, 19th century

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Yamatoya, from the series Yakusha butai no sugata-e

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, 18th-19th century

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Toyokuni ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ferries Crossing the Fuji River/ Kanbara, from the series Exhaustive Illustrations of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi ezukushi)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, 1810

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Phoenix (Hōō), from the series Five Birds (Goki no uchi)

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満, Edo period, late 18th-early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "kokonotsugiri-ban" format; ink, color and embossing on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Elegant Sites of the Capital at a Glance (Teito gakei ichiran)

Kawamura Bunpō 河村文鳳, Late Edo period, 1809-1816

Woodblock printed book; ink and light color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Tanabata, from the series Fashionable Five Festivals (Fūryū gosekku)

Chōbunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之, late 18th to early 19th century

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Three Geese

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 17th-19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

17th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Pair of Swallows, from the series A Collection of Thirty-Six Birds and Animals (Sanjūroku tori zukushi)

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓, Edo period, circa 1825

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishi" format; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper with printed signature reading "Hokkei"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Procession of Firemen Squad Number Two at the South Gomon Gate (Minami gomon dori niban goninzuu gyōretsu no zu)

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, late 18th to early 19th century

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), center of triptych; ink and color on paper

18th-19th centuryJapanese