Japanese Woodblock Prints (28530)

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Actor Nakamura Utayemon with Two Women Preparing for the New Year Ceremony	Utagawa Toyokuni I	19th century	Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Actor Nakayama Tomisaburô as a Shirabyôshi Dancer in “The Maiden at Dôjô Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1794	Color woodblock print; ôban
Actor Onoe Baiko VI	Natori Shunsen		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Actor Onoe Kikusaburō	Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Actor Onoe Matsusuke as Ōboshi Yuranosuke	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1795	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Onoe Matsusuke IV as Gorōji in Kagatobi	Yamamura Toyonari	1920	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with nikawa and embossing
Actor Onoe Shōroku II as Kudō Suketsune	Tsuruya Kokei	January 1989	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Ôtani Hiroji III and (possibly) Satsuma Gengobei in “Green Willow Soga of Erotic Design” (“Iro Moyô Aoyagi Soga”) from the series Fans of the East (Azuma ôgi)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1775	Color woodblock print; bai aiban
Actor Ôtani Hiroji III in His Dressing Room, Assisted by (possibly) Ôtani Tokuji I and Observed by (possibly) Nakamura Nakazô I	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1783	Color woodblock print; ôban
Actor Ôtani Hiroji III Probably as Ukishima Daihachi in “Comparing Merits: Festival Day at Soma” (“Shinasadame Sôma no mombi”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1770	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ôtani Hiroji III Striking a Stage Pose before a Stone Gateway	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1770	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor performs the Sambasō Dance	Ueno Tadamasa	1951–1953	Color woodblock print (ōban)
Actor Playing Seigen Doshin in the play Hana butai banjaku soga	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1802	Color woodblock print
Actor portrait	Tomoo Inagaki		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Actor portrait	Tomoo Inagaki		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Actor print 1	Hasegawa Sadanobu III		Woodblock print
Actor Sakakiyama Sangoro II as Michinaga's Daughter Princess Otae	Tōshūsai Sharaku	1794–95	Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actor Sakata Hangorô III as Takechi Mitsuhide in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1791	Color woodblock print; hosoban triptych
Actor Sanjō Kantarō II as Yaoya Oshichi	Okumura Toshinobu	1718	Woodblock print (urushi-e), ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as a Fashionable Young Man (Wakashu)	Ippitsusai Buncho	About 1769	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Sawamura Gennosuke Riding on Ox as Sugawara no Michizane	Utagawa Toyokuni I	Early 19th century	Color woodblock print
Actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III as Oda Kazusanosuke Harunaga in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1791	Color woodblock print; hosoban triptych
Actor Sawamura Tanosuke	Utagawa Kuniaki II	1862	Color woodblock print; ōban
Actor Sawamura Tosshō I as Shida Hayato	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	1832	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Sawamura Tosshō II as Hangan Takasada	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi	1862, 3rd lunar month	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Segawa Kikunojō as Mizue Gozen	Yamamoto Yoshinobu	1745	Hand-colored woodblock print
Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as Soga no Ninomiya	Torii Kiyohisa	1764	Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actor Segawa Kikunojô III as a Shirabyôshi Dancer in “The Maiden at Dôjô Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1783	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Segawa Kikunojô III Possibly as Ono no Komachi in “Komachi Village: New Year at the Theater” (“Komachimura shibai no shôgatsu”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1789	Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych
Actor Umeya Kakitsu	Utagawa Kuniaki II	1862	Color woodblock print; ōban
Actor Wearing Chinese Costume, Taishô period, circa 1920-1922	Yamamura Toyonari		Woodblock print
Actor Yamashita Yaozo	Katsukawa Shunshō		color woodblock print
Actor's dressing table, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"	Ippitsusai Buncho	1770	Color woodblock print; page from illustrated book
Actors	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	Late Edo period, 19th century	Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
Actors	Utagawa Kunisato	1858	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actors	Utagawa Sadatora	c. 1818-1844 (Edo period)	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actors	Utagawa Yoshikatsu	1847-52	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actors	Utagawa Toyokuni I		Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actors Arashi Rikan as the Boatman Higuchi no Jirō and Iwai Shijaku as his wife, Oyoshi	Shunbaisai Hokuei		Print
Actors Arashi Rikan as Yakko no Koman and Bandō Hikosaburō as Hanjimono Kihei	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1834	Print
Actors Arashi Sangorô II asMinamoto no Yoritomo and Segawa Kikunojô II as the Snow Woman in “Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums” (“Myôto- giku Izu no Kisewata”)	Ippitsusai Buncho	About 1770	Color woodblock print; aiban
Actors as Benkei and Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Utagawa Kunihiro	19th century	Color woodblock print (nishiki-e); oban
Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes	Utagawa Toyokuni I	c. 1851/52	Color woodblock print; chuban
Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes	Utagawa Kunisada	c. 1851/52	Color woodblock print; chuban
Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes	Utagawa Kunisada	1852	Color woodblock print; chuban
Actors as Fukashichi and Omiwa from the play "Imoseyama," from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1852	Color woodblock print; chuban
Actors as Hotei Ichiemon and Gokuin Chiemon	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	c. 1847/52	Color woodblock print; oban
Actors as Samurai	Utagawa Kuniyoshi		Woodblock print
Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	Late Edo period, 19th century	Center panel(?) from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper
Actors as Ushiwakamaru, Kisanta, Kiichi Hogen, and Minazuru-hime	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	c. 1847/52	Color woodblock print; oban
Actors Asao Kuzaemon as Aogaishi Rokurōdayū and Nakamura Matsue III as his daughter Kozue	Shunkōsai Hokushū	1821	Print
Actors Asao Utashiro as Tedai Shinbei, Ichikawa Ichizo II as Gokumon Shobei and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kurofune no Chuemon	Shunkōsai Hokushū
Actors Ichikawa Danjôrô V as Gokuin Sen’emon, Bandô Mitsugorô I as An no Heibei, and Nakamura Sukegorô II as Kaminari Shôkurô in “A Soga Drama on the First Festival Day in the Pleasure District” (“Hatsumombi Kuruwa Soga”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1780	Color woodblock prints; hosoban triptych
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Spirit of the Monk Seigen and Nakamura Noshio I as the Spirit of the Courtesan Takao in “Courtesan in a Maple-Leaf-Pattern Over-Kimono” (“Keisei Momiji no Uchikake”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1772	Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych
Actors Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Watanabe Kiou Takiguchi and Nakamura Nakazô I as Taira no Kiyomori in the “Shibaraku” scene from “Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month” (“Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1770	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actors Ichikawa Hakuen II as Sukeroku and Nakamura Utaemon III as a Vendor of White Sake	Ryūsai Shigeharu	1830	Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban
Actors Ichikawa Shōchō II as Umegawa and Kataoka Gadō XII as Chūbei	Natori Shunsen	1927	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actors in a Kabuki Performance (triptych)	Morikawa Chikashige	1880	Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Actors Iwai Kumesaburō and Nakamura Shikan	Utagawa Kuniaki II	1862	Color woodblock print; ōban
Actors Kataoka Gado II as Florist (Hanaya) Tokubei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi III as Tokubei's Wife (Tsuma) Ofusa (L)	Utagawa Kunisada	1855	Color woodblock print
Actors Kataoka Gado II as Florist (Hanaya) Tokubei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi III as Tokubei's Wife (Tsuma) Ofusa (L)	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1855	Color woodblock print
Actors Kataoka Ichizō I as Inukai Genpachi and Arashi Rikan II as Inuzaka Shino	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1836	Print
Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1786	Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych
Actors Nakajima Mihoemon II as Fujiwara no Shihei, Ichikawa Ebizô III as Matsuo-maru, Ichikawa Yaozô II as Sakura-maru, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Umeo-maru in “Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy” (“Sugawara denju tenarai kagami”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1776	Color woodblock prints; hosoban triptych
Actors Nakamura Matsue III as the Daughter Hinadori and Nakamura Utaemon III as the Dowager Sadaka	Shunkōsai Hokushū	1821	Print
Actors Nakamura Nakazô I and Ichikawa Komazô I in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actors Nakamura Shikan as Fukuoka Mitsugi and Nakamura Kashichi as Courtesan Oshika	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1835	Print
Actors Nakamura Utaemon as Kumagai Jirō Naozane and Arashi Rikan as the maiden Kohagi, actually Atsumori	Katsushika Hokuju	1835	Print
Actors Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Osada Tarô Kagemune and Sawamura Sôjûrû III as Komatsu no Shigemori in “Snow-Covered Bamboo: Genji in Long Sleeves” (Yukimotsu Take Furisode Genji)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1785	Color woodblock print; aiban
Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata e): Yamatoya	Utagawa Toyokuni I
Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Yorimasa (R) and Iwai Kumesaburō II as the Nue Monster (L)	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	first half 1830s	Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper
Actors Onoe Kikugorô III as Yoshida Matsumaemaru (R) and Nakamura Tomijûrô II as Hanako, later the nun Seigen (L)	Hasegawa Sadanobu III		Woodblock print
Actors Onoe Tamizô I, Ichikawa Danjûrô V, and Osagawa Tsuneyo II, in (possibly) “A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warriors” (“Date Nishiki Tsui noYumitori”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1778	Color woodblock prints; hosoban triptych
Actors Ōtani Tomoemon V as Sadato and Bandō Matsujirō as his daughter Okimi	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi	1865, 8th lunar month	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actors playing the roles of Giheiji and his son-in-law, Danshichi Kurobei	Katsukawa Shunshō	c. 1768	Color woodblock print; chuban
Actors Representing the Feat of Asahina Breaking the Armer of Soga no Goro (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho kusazuribiki odori yatai) from the series The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)	Torii Kiyonaga	1780	Color woodblock print; chuban
Actors Sawamura Kunitarō II, Arashi Rikan II and Nakamura Matsue III	Gigadō Ashiyuki	1829	Woodblock print on paper, in album; ōban format, nishiki-e
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Chinese Sage Huangshi Gong and Ichikawa Danzô III as Chinese Warrior Zhang Liang in “At Mt. Otoko, a Trial of Strength in Drawing the Bow” (“Otokoyama yunzei kurabe”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô II as Shunkan and Azuma Tôzô II as Oyasu in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of theNew Year” (“Hime komatsu neno hi asobi”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actors Segawa Kikunojō I and Ichimura Uzaemon VII	Yamamoto Yoshinobu	Edo period, mid-18th century	Hand-colored woodblock print
Actors Segawa Kikunojô II as Reizei, Ichikawa Komazô I as Suruga no Hachirô, and Ichikawa Yaozô II as Tada no Kurando in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utôin Performing a Hobbyhorse Dance (Harugoma odori) in “The Fifth Genji Mitsugi’s Robe (“Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1782	Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych
Actual Sketch of A Good Catch in Drag-Net Fishing at Kujukuri Beach in Kazusa Province — 上総九十九里地引網大漁猟正写之図	Takahashi Shotei
Adachi, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"	Tsukioka Kōgyo	1898	Color woodblock print
Adachiga Hara, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"	Tsukioka Kōgyo	1898/1903	Color woodblock print
Adagio	Elspeth Lamb	2024	Watercolour
Adam and Eve	Sadao Watanabe	1980	Hand-colored stencil print; edition 12/100
Adam and Eve	Tomikichiro Tokuriki		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Adam And Eve	Tomikichiro Tokuriki		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Adaptation - A	Amano Kazumi	1973	Embossed Woodcut and Collage mounted to linen backing
Admiral Kabayama, from the series Mirror of Army and Navy Heroes (Rikkai gunjin kômyô kagami)	Kobayashi Kiyochika		Woodblock print
Admiring the wisteria at the Kameido Shrine	Torii Kiyonaga	c. 1786	Color woodblock print; oban diptych
Admiring wisteria	Katsushika Hokusai	c. 1801-07	Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
Adoration of the Magi	Sumio Kawakami		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Adrift	Sara Lee	2016	Gouache and Japanese woodcut
adrift spitzack woodblock woodcut mokuhanga print printmaking washi seattle art	Charles Spitzack
Advancing across the Ansong River at the Battle of Asan	Kobayashi Kiyochika	1894 (Meiji 27)	Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and colors on paper
Advancing across the Ansong River at the Battle of Asan (Gazan gekisen Anjô no watashi shingeki no zu)	Kobayashi Kiyochika		Woodblock print
Advertisement for Goyô's "Beauty in Long Undergarment" print	Hashiguchi Goyo		Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Aerial: Night	Ansei Uchima	1964	Color woodblock print