1700s Japanese Woodblock Prints

A Hawk Perched on a Snow-covered Pine Tree

probably 18th century

Hand-colored print (ishizuri-e); ink and color on paper

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints

c. 1710

Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

Arrival of the Korean Embassy in Edo

c. 1709

Woodblock print; oban sumizuri-e, 1 of 6 sheets from a 12-sheet composition (see 1925.2334a-f)

Back to back, from a series of 12 prints

c. 1700

Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

Back to Back, from a series of 12 prints

c. 1700

Woodblock print; ōban, sumizuri-e

Buke hyakunin isshu

reprint of 1703 edition

Woodblock printed book

Courtesan

ca. 1712

Monochrome woodblock (tan-e) print; ink on paper

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints

c. 1711

Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

Eight Scenes of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei): The Dance of Asahina and Umejumaru (Asaina Umejumaru mai no dan)

c. 1707

Hand-colored woodblock print; o-oban yoko-e, tan-e

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

Male Figure

Edo period (1615-1868)

Hanging scroll cut from rollers; ink and colors on silk

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain

Edo period (1615–1868), about 1771

Color woodblock print, hashira-e

Peonies and Iris

18th–19th century

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Pheasant and Grasses

雉子草花図

late 1600s–early 1700s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Plum Tree

梅図

c. 1700

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

Poems on Portraits of the Famous and the Infamous (Kyōka kijin gazō-shū) 狂歌奇人画像集

19th century

Polychrome Woodblock printed book; gold lacquer on red lacquer ground

Rough Waves

波図屏風

ca. 1704–9

Two-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper

Scene from Tale of Heike

Late 18th to 19th century

Color woodblock print; aiban

Scene from the Drama "Lyric Dance of Shizuka Gozen (Taihei Shizuka Horaku no mai)"

c. 1711

Hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal o-oban, tan-e

Square Dish with Design of Plovers over Waves

波千鳥図角皿

c. 1700

Stoneware with iron-pigment underglaze on white slip (with Ogata Kenzan)

The Actor Takii Hannosuke as an effeminate youth

c. 1707

Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, vertical ōban

The Actor Uemura Kaemon (?)

c. 1706

Hand-colored woodblock print; ōban, tan-e

The Actor Uemura Kichisaburo as the Third Princess in the play "Wakoku Gosuiden," performed at the Morita Theater in the third month

1700

Hand-colored woodblock print; tan-e, ōban

The Actor Yamanaka Heikuro I

c. 1705

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e

The actor Yamanaka Heikuro I as a demon

c. 1706

Woodblock print; hosoban, sumizuri-e

The Courtesan Senzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

c. 1795/1800

Color woodblock print; oban

The Fanciful Eight Views in Military Love Affairs (Furyu budo iro-bakkei)

1705

Woodblock printed book, sumizuri-e

The Priest Kobo Daishi at the Tama River in Kii Province from the series The Six Tama Rivers

c. 1725-1735

Woodblock print in black ink and watercolor on cream Japanese paper

The Treasure Ship

c. 1712

Hand-colored woodblock print; horizontal o-oban, sumizuri-e

Two Courtesans

18th century

Color woodblock print

Two Lovers

18th century

Color woodblock print; chuban

Two Women with Drum

18th century

Color woodblock print; chuban