Hand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink, color, metal filings, and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Okumura Toshinobu hitsu"

18th centuryJapanese

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Collection of Illustrations of Japanese Agriculture (Yamato kōsaku e-shō), 4 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Accordion-fold books (four); ink on paper

17th-18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Courtesan Itsuhata Smoking Her Pipe

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信, circa 1765-1770

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura Denkūrō 2nd as a Samurai Ready to Fight

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, dated to 1775

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; in "hosoban" format (left half of a diptych); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Poetry Contest with Courtiers Retrieving Sake Cups from Stream

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1800

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

18th-19th centuryJapanese

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ONAKATSUKASA YORIMOTO ASON

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

The courtesans Hanaōgi and Takigawa of the Ogi House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, 1784

Detached illustration from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Fourth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Actor Nakamura Nakazō 1st as Prince Takahiro in the play Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori, performed at the Morita Theater from the eleventh month of 1778

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Edo period, 1778 (11th month)

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Young Man on Horseback Riding Past Two Girls Watching From a Building

Isoda Koryūsai 磯田湖龍齋, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

The Courtesans Azumaya and Kokonoe of the Matsukane House, from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演, Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Sixth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese