1750s Japanese Woodblock Prints

A Beauty in Spring

1752–1815

color woodblock print

A Flower Vendor

1751/64

Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e

A Garden of Celebrated Japanese and Chinese Paintings (Wakan meigaen)

和漢名画苑

1750

Set of six woodblock-printed books bound as one, with additional volume; ink on paper

A parody of Narihira's eastern journey

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters (Mitate Yuranosuke yukyo)

n.d.

Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych

A Room at Maruyama

円山一隅

1759 (uki-e perspective print)

Woodblock print with hand-applied color

A Triptych (Sanpukutsui): Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters of the Three Cities

A Young Woman Watching Frogs (parody of Ono no Tôfû)

Actor

Edo period, mid-18th century

Hand-colored woodblock print

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Lady of the Hairpin (Ichikawa Monnosuke Kogai no Tsubone)

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)

About 1764

Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?)

Actors Segawa Kikunojō I and Ichimura Uzaemon VII

Edo period, mid-18th century

Hand-colored woodblock print

Archery Contest at the Sanjūsangendō

三十三間堂通し矢図

1759 (uki-e perspective print for nozoki-karakuri)

Woodblock print with hand-applied color

Beauty Looking Down at a Cat while Fixing a Mosquito Net

c. 1760/63

Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e

Beauty of Ibarakiya Pulling at a Man's Umbrella - a Parody of the Legend of Watanabe no Tsuna and the Ibaraki Demon

c. 1759

Color woodblock print; oban, benizuri-e

Bed-clothing

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Benzaiten appearing to Taira no Kiyomori

n.d.

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Blossoms from Two Kinds of Hydrangea

1755

Woodblock-printed book illustration; ink on paper

Chinese Poet

c. 1761/65

Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e

Chōzan of Chōjiya from the series Triptych of Beauties Before Blinds

1753–1806

color woodblock print

Cockscomb and Two Kinds of Amarantha

1755

Woodblock-printed book illustration; ink on paper

Courtesan on Parade

c. 1763

Color woodblock print; hashira-e, benizuri-e

Daimyō and his Retinue Crossing a Stream in Plain Near Fuji

1753–1806

color woodblock print

Ehon kagami hyakushu

c. 1752-1753 (Hōreki 2-3)

Woodblock-printed book

Ehon kagami hyakushu (vol. 2)

c. 1752-1753 (Hōreki 2-3)

Woodblock-printed book

Ehon kagami hyakushu, 2nd Series

c. 1752-1753 (Hōreki 2-3)

Woodblock-printed book

Ehon Mitsuwagusa

1758 (Hōreki 8)

Woodblock-printed book

Eight-Platform Bridge (Yatsuhashi), from the "Tale of Ise (Ise Monogatari)"

c. 1764/65

Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e

Empress Jito (Jito Tenno), from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Empress Jito (Jito Tenno), from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

c. 1763/64

Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e

Evening Bell of Dojoji (Dojoji no bansho), no. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Children (Osana hakkei)"

Fûzoku Hanami Dori

18th century

Woodblock-printed book

Gathering spring flowers

n.d.

Color woodblock print; nagaban, surimono

Geisha Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

c. 1783

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)

1801

Color woodblock print; oban

Girls of Fukagawa - A Triptych (Fukagawa musume sanpukutsui)

c. 1755

Color woodblock print; uncut hosoban triptych, benizuri-e

Hawk Tied to Perch

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Imayo shokunin zukushi uta awase

Unkown

Woodblock printed book

In a Public Bath House

1758

Hand-colored woodblock print

Japonica, Bell Flowers, and Anemone

1755

Woodblock-printed book illustration; ink on paper

Lotus in the Wind, with Detail of Lotus Pod

1755

Woodblock-printed book illustration; ink on paper

Lotus Plants in Various Stages of Development

1755

Woodblock-printed book illustration; ink on paper

Making Love

1753–1806

color woodblock print

Mandarin Ducks Swimming under Plum Branch

c. 1764/75

Color woodblock print; chuban

Mask and Other Objects for the Noh Dance

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree

c. 1758

Color woodblock print; oban yoko-e, benizuri-e

Monkey Dance

ca. 1760

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Nakamura Sukegoro I holding a sword

c. 1757

Color woodblock print; o-hosoban, benizuri-e

No Title

1753–1806

color woodblock print

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple (Seki), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1751/64

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Ono no Komachi by the Waterfall (Shimizu), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1751/64

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain (Amagoi), from the series "The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)"

c. early 1760s

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Parrot Komachi (Omu Komachi), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1751/64

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Peonies

n.d.

Color woodblock print; surimono

Peonies and Chinese Lions

c. 1762

Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

Peony Blossoms

1755

Woodblock-printed book illustration; ink on paper

Pheasants under Branch of Peach Blossoms

c. 1764/75

Color woodblock print; chuban

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)"

c. 1764/65

Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e

Poem by Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)"

c. 1764/65

Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e

Poem by Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)"

c. 1764/65

Color woodblock print; hosoban, mizu-e