Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book illustration; ink, color and embossing on paper, with printed signatures reading Kubo Shunman ga (right) and Kakuto (left)

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Kaga no Chiyo with Descending Geese at Kanazawa (Kanazawa rakugan), from the series Eight Wise and Virtuous Women (Kenjo hakkei)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, circa 1842-1843 (Tenpō 13-14)

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

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Hamagawa, from the series Pilgrimages to Enoshima

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono"; ink, color and metallic pigment on paper

Japanese

Prints

Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 1st ("The Founder Saigyū Danjūrō")

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国, early 1830s

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Fond of Children (Kodomo-zuki), from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Late Edo period, circa 1801-1802

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Utamaro hitsu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Act Seven from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Shichi danme)

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英, Edo period, late 18th to early 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shun'ei ga"

18th-19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Life 2

Noriko Saitō, 2017

Ink and color on paper; drypoint

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Japanese

Prints

SASAKI TAKATSUNA AND KAJIWARA KAGESUYE AT THE UJI RIVER

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Pictures of Tao Yuanming (Tōenmei) and Chinese Landscape, from the series Ten Designs for the Honchō Circle (Honchōren jūban tsuzuki)

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭, Edo period, early 1820s

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "shikishiban" format; Ink, color, mica, metallic pigment and embossing on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakutei"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Actor Nakamura MAKAZO AS A SAMURAI

Katsukawa Shunkō

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

Japanese