1720s Japanese Woodblock Prints

Actor Yamashita Yaozo

color woodblock print

Bamboo and Tiger

c. 1725

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urishi-e

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Edo (right), Kyoto (center), and Osaka (left)

c. 1729

Hand-colored woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, urushi-e

Beauty and Morning Glories

Mid-18th century

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Book of Famous Japanese and Chinese Paintings

1720

Twenty-five illustrated pages (5 originally black and white have been colored); ink and color on paper

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl

c. mid 1720s

hand-colored woodblock print

Courtesan and Two Attendants

c. 1723

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Eagle and Monkey

c. 1725

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Ehon tsūhō shi

絵本通宝志

1729

Woodblock-printed book; 7 vols.

Gaten tsūkō

画典通考

1727

Woodblock-printed book; 10 vols.

Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

菊文瓢形籠

1700s

Decorated basket-form vessel

In the Style of a Page (Kosho fu), Center Sheet of Triptych (Sanpukutsui chu)

c. 1730

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Mandarin Ducks, from the series "Kashinsai"

c. 1725/27

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Ono no Komachi, from A Set of Three Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)

c. 1720s

Hand-colored woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych, urushi-e

Print

ca. 1730

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Puppeteer

c. 1730

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Silver Pheasant (Hakkan)

c. 1730

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Spring Dancers (Manzai)

early to mid-1700s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

The Actor Arashi Wakano

ca. 1738

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

c. 1725

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

c. 1725

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, tan-e

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro in the play "Soga Koyomi Biraki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month

1723

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, beni-e

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke

color woodblock print

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as a madwoman in the play "Kabuto Goban Tadanobu," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1728 (?)

c. 1728

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

c. 1731

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

c. 1731

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actor Yamamura Ichitaro as Oichi in the play "Totsusaka-no-jo Tsuru no Sugomori," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1721

1721

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

1725

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye

c. 1727

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye

c. 1727

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II and Sodesaki Iseno I

c. 1727

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku I and Hayakawa Hatsuse as puppeteers in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu" ("Funadama Izu Nikki"), performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

1725

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

The Earth Spider Slain by Brave Samurai Watanabe no Tauna (center image)

about 1800-1810

Color woodblock print