Mid Edo period, 1755
H. 27.3 x W. 19 cm (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "kokonotsu-giri ban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseThread-bound woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
18th centuryJapaneseWoodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
18th centuryJapaneseFirst of a set of 2 ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hashira-e" format; ink and color on paper
18th-19th centuryJapaneseHand-colored ukiyo-e woodblock print (beni-e) in "kakemono-e" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Hōgetsudō Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu shōhitsu"
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseUkiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper
18th centuryJapaneseRight panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"
18th centuryJapanese