PrintsJapanese18th century

Two Men Looking through Window Lattice at Courtesan Writing a Letter

Edo period, circa 1769-1770 (Meiwa 6-7)

Artists

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Related Artworks

Prints

Illustrated Study of Japanese Things (Ehon Yamato hiji), vol. 9

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信, 1742 (Kanpō 2)

Woodblock-printed book; ink and hand-applied color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Hares and Bushclover in Moonlight

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, Edo period, circa 1773

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Takemura Sadanoshin from the Play "Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna - Yoshitsune Senbon-Zakura" (Kawarazaki-za)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Late Edo period, 1794 (5th month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, color and mica on paper, with printed signature reading "Tōshūsai Sharaku ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Matsumoto Koshirō 2nd as Ogata no Saburō disguised as Matsuura Saemon in the play Ichi no Tomi Tsuki no Kaomise, performed at the Morita Theater from the eleventh month of 1774

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, 1774 (11th month)

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Calendar: Selling Fans

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, Edo period, dated 1765

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Komazō AS HAMANARI

Torii Kiyomitsu 鳥居清満, Edo period,

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Ninth Month (Kugatsu), from the series Fashionable Twelve Months (Fūryū jūnigatsu)

Ishikawa Toyomasa, Edo period, circa 1770s

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Man Behind Sliding Door Pulling the Kimono of a Woman on Verandah

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

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Matsumoto Koshirō 2nd WITH A WOODEN TABLET

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Two Women and Child Looking at River from Verandah

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1796

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danzō WITH DRAWN SWORD AND CLOTH

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō 2nd in Pre-Performance Celebration for the play Soga Monogatari at the Morita Theater from the second month of 1773

Ippitsusai Bunchō 一筆斎文調, Edo period, 1773 (2nd month)

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

18th centuryJapanese