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Charles Stewart Smith's Japanese PrintsCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1892
Charles Stewart Smith (1832-1909) was an art collector and businessman. As a businessman, Smith was a president, and director of the Associates Land Company, vice president and director of the City and Suburban Homes Company, treasurer and director of the Woodlawn Cemetery, trustee of Barnard College and director of the Fifth Avenue Bank, German Alliance Insurance Company, Greenwich Savings Bank, and Fourth National Bank. He was a member of the Union League, Lawyers, Players, Century, and Merchants Club.

As an art collector, Smith was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vice President of the Society of Art Collectors (558 Fifth Avenue, New York).

In 1892, while traveling in Japan on his honeymoon with his third wife, he purchased several thousand Japanese prints, ceramics, and paintings from the British military man, journalist, author and collector Captain Frank Brinkley (1841-1912).

In 1901 Smith donated 1,763 Japanese woodcut prints to the New York Public Library and the rest to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among these color woodcuts is a celebrated group of prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, as well as examples of the work of Harunobu, Koryusai, Sharaku, and Hokusai.
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A man with a cloth tied around his head and a sword in his right hand, talking to a woman who is holding a kerchief  with which she is preparing to cover her head

A man with a cloth tied around his head and a sword in his right hand,...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

The Sound of the Teahouse Bell (Chamise no kane no oto)

The Sound of the Teahouse Bell (Chamise no kane no oto)

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Yuki (Snow), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Yuki (Snow), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A young woman with a battledore and a shuttlecock, and kneeling by her a young girl bouncing a ball. (Shogwatsu)

A young woman with a battledore and a shuttlecock, and kneeling by her...

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Takano no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Takano no Tamagawa, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A youth is shown in a house making offerings before a figure of Ebisu, and outside seven boys are blowing soap bubbles.  Ebisu-ko - The Festival of Ebisu (Provider of Daily Food)

A youth is shown in a house making offerings before a figure of Ebisu,...

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An oiran setting forth for a promenade accompanied by her two kamuro and a maid servant

An oiran setting forth for a promenade accompanied by her two kamuro a...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Three Yoshiwara women in a field near a small stream catching singing locusts (mushi)

Three Yoshiwara women in a field near a small stream catching singing ...

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

Chrysanthemums, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Chrysanthemums, Shunsho Katsukawa, Kitao Shigemasa

Shunshō first came to Edo to study haiku and painting. He became a noted printmaker of actors with his first works dating from 1760. Though originally a member of the Torii school, he soon broke away and began ... More

A young woman seated upon a bank getting a light for her pipe from a youth who stands bending forward toward her, on the road above.  Background of rice fields and a farmer's house

A young woman seated upon a bank getting a light for her pipe from a y...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A woman stretching spotted crepe (kanoko) and talking to another woman with her hair down who is seated beside her

A woman stretching spotted crepe (kanoko) and talking to another woman...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Country scene.  Women viewing ume blossoms and talking to a peasant woman who carries, suspended from a  bamboo pole carried across her shoulders, bundles of narcissus and red plum (kobai) wrapped in straw

Country scene. Women viewing ume blossoms and talking to a peasant wo...

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Women weaving, Kitagawa Utamaro

Women weaving, Kitagawa Utamaro

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady eating, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Toyosumi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Toyosumi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Standing lady, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Standing lady, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Seated lady with arrows, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Seated lady with arrows, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady playing flute, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady playing flute, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady kneeling on rug, writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady kneeling on rug, writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Seated lady koto in background, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Seated lady koto in background, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japa...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady half kneeling, one hand hidden

Lady half kneeling, one hand hidden

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A woman tying another woman's sash (obi) and a third woman and a young girl looking on

A woman tying another woman's sash (obi) and a third woman and a young...

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Eishi Hosoda - Merrymakers at New Year's

Eishi Hosoda - Merrymakers at New Year's

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Hitomoto of Daimonjiya. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Hitomoto of Daimonjiya. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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A holiday group in the country in summer.  A sign post indicates that the place is near the village of Oshikama

A holiday group in the country in summer. A sign post indicates that ...

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Eishi Hosoda - The game of Catch the Fox

Eishi Hosoda - The game of Catch the Fox

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Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene, Kitagawa Utamaro

Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene, Kitagawa Utamaro

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Nagoya and Fuwa encountering by the way and getting up a fight because they rub scabbards in passing

Nagoya and Fuwa encountering by the way and getting up a fight because...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Woman Holding a Kite, Katsushika Hokusai

Woman Holding a Kite, Katsushika Hokusai

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Lady and child, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

Lady and child, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

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Persimmon and cicada, Katsushika Hokusai

Persimmon and cicada, Katsushika Hokusai

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Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (inset) and His Son Ichikawa Ebizô VI (Danjûrô VIII)

Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII (inset) and His Son Ichikawa Ebizô VI (Dan...

Kunisada was a trendsetter in the art of the Japanese woodblock print. Always at the vanguard of his time, he continuously developed his style, which was sometimes radically changed, and did not adhere to styli... More

Pictures of the most celebrated caligraphers of China and Japan

Pictures of the most celebrated caligraphers of China and Japan

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Couple with child, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

Couple with child, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

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Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin

Ladies dressed as the Shichikenjin

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Benzaiten (Benten), Katsushika Hokusai

Benzaiten (Benten), Katsushika Hokusai

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Bishamon, Katsushika Hokusai. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Bishamon, Katsushika Hokusai. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Girls putting up New Year decorations, Katsushika Hokusai

Girls putting up New Year decorations, Katsushika Hokusai

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Itinerant rice-pounder (Tsukiya), Katsushika Hokusai

Itinerant rice-pounder (Tsukiya), Katsushika Hokusai

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Preparing for Samba dance, Katsushika Hokusai

Preparing for Samba dance, Katsushika Hokusai

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Girl playing string instrument, Katsushika Hokusai

Girl playing string instrument, Katsushika Hokusai

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Boat and raft on Sumida River during a storm

Boat and raft on Sumida River during a storm

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Sake drinking at chrysanthemum time, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Sake drinking at chrysanthemum time, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print,...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Paraphernalia for the Girls' Festival, Kubo Shunman, Kubo Shunman

Paraphernalia for the Girls' Festival, Kubo Shunman, Kubo Shunman

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Utagawa Toyokuni I - Saohime and Take-tori-okina

Utagawa Toyokuni I - Saohime and Take-tori-okina

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Murasaki Shikibu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Murasaki Shikibu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Asama and danseuse, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

Asama and danseuse, Totoya Hokkei, Hokkei Totoya

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Daruma and the girl's face in the mirror

Daruma and the girl's face in the mirror

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Courtesans amusing themselves with various pastimes, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Courtesans amusing themselves with various pastimes, by Nishikawa Suke...

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Court ladies variously occupied, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

Court ladies variously occupied, by Nishikawa Sukenobu

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Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai

Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai

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Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai

Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai

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Katsushika Hokusai - Selected images from Teikin Orai and Onna Inagawa

Katsushika Hokusai - Selected images from Teikin Orai and Onna Inagawa

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Carpenter's New Specimen book, Katsushika Hokusai

Carpenter's New Specimen book, Katsushika Hokusai

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Torii Kiyomasu II - The actor Arashi Wakano in the role of Tomira

Torii Kiyomasu II - The actor Arashi Wakano in the role of Tomira

Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More

Left Team, Round One: Golden Sake Cup (Hidari ichiban, ôgon no sakazuki)

Left Team, Round One: Golden Sake Cup (Hidari ichiban, ôgon no sakazuk...

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A beauty standing, facing to the left and turning to look behind her

A beauty standing, facing to the left and turning to look behind her

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Three girls playing utagaruta (the game of poem cards)

Three girls playing utagaruta (the game of poem cards)

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

A Good Time to Open for Business (Akinai hajime yoshi)

A Good Time to Open for Business (Akinai hajime yoshi)

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In a room which is openat the back, showing a dwarf ume tree in bloom in a black box, a man stands looking down upon a woman on her knees before him, holding a letter in her outstretched right hand while with her left she seizes his garments and pushes him backward

In a room which is openat the back, showing a dwarf ume tree in bloom ...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Lady seated at table, writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Lady seated at table, writing, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

The oiran Kato of Echizenya. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

The oiran Kato of Echizenya. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Katsukawa Shuncho - An oiran and kamuro under a cherry tree

Katsukawa Shuncho - An oiran and kamuro under a cherry tree

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Prosperity: Ding Gu (Roku, Teiko), from an untitled series of Happiness, Prosperity, and Longevity (Fukurokuju)

Prosperity: Ding Gu (Roku, Teiko), from an untitled series of Happines...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Landscape and the wine-bibber Rihaku, Yashima Gakutei

Landscape and the wine-bibber Rihaku, Yashima Gakutei

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Courtesan, Yashima Gakutei - Public domain portrait print

Courtesan, Yashima Gakutei - Public domain portrait print

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Tokiwa Gozen and Imawaka. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Tokiwa Gozen and Imawaka. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Court lady with fan and attendant, Katsushika Hokusai

Court lady with fan and attendant, Katsushika Hokusai

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Ladies, Yanagawa Shigenobu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Ladies, Yanagawa Shigenobu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

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Two women serving man drinking from deep bowl

Two women serving man drinking from deep bowl

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Lantern bearer - Public domain portrait print

Lantern bearer - Public domain portrait print

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Girls drinking New Year sake (Toso), Katsushika Hokusai

Girls drinking New Year sake (Toso), Katsushika Hokusai

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Yoritomo and Shizuka, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

Yoritomo and Shizuka, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

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Implements for shell game - Public domain dedication image

Implements for shell game - Public domain dedication image

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Plum tree and sunrise, Yashima Gakutei

Plum tree and sunrise, Yashima Gakutei

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Katsukawa Shuntei - Scattering beans to exorcise demons (Mame-maki)

Katsukawa Shuntei - Scattering beans to exorcise demons (Mame-maki)

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Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shiofukigai)

Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shi...

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A Good Time for the First Calligraphy (Fude hajime yoshi

A Good Time for the First Calligraphy (Fude hajime yoshi

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A Good Time to Purify the Well (Ihori yoshi)

A Good Time to Purify the Well (Ihori yoshi)

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An oiran standing in a room looking down upon a small boy who has fallen asleep, his head upon his arms which are folded across a mill for grinding ceremonial tea.  Through an open doorway thre is a glimpse of a garden.  The wheel of a court wagon  indicates that the subject of the print is an analogue of a scene in the life of Prince Genji

An oiran standing in a room looking down upon a small boy who has fall...

Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More

Woman in summer costume, with hat and fan

Woman in summer costume, with hat and fan

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Saigyo Hoshi contemplating Fuji san

Saigyo Hoshi contemplating Fuji san

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Seven Gods of Good Fortune in Treasure Ship

Seven Gods of Good Fortune in Treasure Ship

Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More

A girl and young man listening to the strains of a samisen from a window above, where a man sits looking at the woman making the music

A girl and young man listening to the strains of a samisen from a wind...

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A tea house waitress. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.

A tea house waitress. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.

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Palace scene, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

Palace scene, Ryu Ryu Kyo Shinsai

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Warrior and lady, Utagawa Kunisada

Warrior and lady, Utagawa Kunisada

Kunisada was a trendsetter in the art of the Japanese woodblock print. Always at the vanguard of his time, he continuously developed his style, which was sometimes radically changed, and did not adhere to styli... More

A Story of Han and Chu in Two Parts (Kanso ni ban no uchi): Parody of the Yellow Stone Elder (Kôsekikô)(above) and Chang Liang (Chôryô)(below)

A Story of Han and Chu in Two Parts (Kanso ni ban no uchi): Parody of ...

Kunisada was a trendsetter in the art of the Japanese woodblock print. Always at the vanguard of his time, he continuously developed his style, which was sometimes radically changed, and did not adhere to styli... More

No. 6, Grinding Ink (Roku, Surusumi), from the series Famous Horses (Meiba soroe)

No. 6, Grinding Ink (Roku, Surusumi), from the series Famous Horses (M...

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Tajikarao no mikoto, from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Haitatsu sanban)

Tajikarao no mikoto, from the series A Set of Three Broken Doors (Hait...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Furuichi Dance (No. 2 of a Set of Four)

Furuichi Dance (No. 2 of a Set of Four)

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Two women writing - Drawing. Public domain image.

Two women writing - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boating scene, Yashima Gakutei. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Boating scene, Yashima Gakutei. 19th century Japan. Public domain imag...

Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More

Ichikawa Ebizo as Tsunokuni Watanabe no oba and Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of a samurai seated upon a raised platform

Ichikawa Ebizo as Tsunokuni Watanabe no oba and Ichikawa Danjuro in th...

Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More

The actor Segawa Kikujiro in the role of Umegai, standing on the veranda of a house, near the water holder from which gold pieces were thrown up when she bargained with the Evil One  for a marriage portion

The actor Segawa Kikujiro in the role of Umegai, standing on the veran...

Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of a man standing by a go table and holding a huge axe

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of a man standing by a go tab...

Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More

Two women playing with a small boy, whose clothing is so adjusted as to resemble the attire of a Buddhist priest

Two women playing with a small boy, whose clothing is so adjusted as t...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of the Tayu Karauta of Chojiya, holding in her hands a bouncing ball used in one of the New Year's Day games

Portrait of the Tayu Karauta of Chojiya, holding in her hands a bounci...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The oiran Miagi of Zoshiya watching a young mother and infant son

The oiran Miagi of Zoshiya watching a young mother and infant son

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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