1810s Japanese Woodblock Prints

'Celebration of Autumn Foliage'

1818-1823

Print

A Giant Radish, Chrysanthemums, and Ferns

About 1820

Color woodblock print; surimono

A Lady About to Write a Poem

ca. 1820

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

A New Selection of Fifty Kyôka Poets (Shinsen kyôka gojûnin isshu)

1819

Woodblock- printed book

A Picture of the Viewing in the Pleasure Quarters

1810s

color woodblock print

A Sage Fallen Asleep Over His Books

ca. 1820

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

A Woman Holding a Letter Box, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"

c. 1825

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments, surimono shikishiban

A Woman Pulling the Cord of a Wheeled Book Case, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"

c. 1825

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban

A Woman with a Poem Card, from the series "A Set of Seven for the Katsushika Club"

c. 1825

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban

Abidingly Quiet Beneath the Frost, Design Eighteen from Shazanrō Picture Book

写山楼画譜

1816

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series "Perspective Pictures of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Uki-e kanadehon Chushingura)"

c. 1791/94

Color woodblock print; horizontal o-oban

Actor as Tokihira

probably 1815

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka (Benimurasaki ai de someage)

An actor as Mita no Tsuko and peonies, from the series "Ten Designs for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren jubantsuzuki)"

c. 1822

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Autumn Landscape

19th century

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Autumn Moon at the Temple Ishiyamadera from the series Fashionable Eight Views

c. 1814–17

Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)

c. 1820

Color woodblock prints; shikishiban triptych, surimono

Bando Mitsugoro III as Minamoto no Yorimasa (right), Segawa Kikunojo V as Ayame no Mae (center), and Ichikawa Danjuro VII as I no Hayata (left)

c. 1820

Color woodblock prints; shikishiban triptych, surimono

Basket of Peonies

1810 or 1814

color woodblock print; surimono

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

1819

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Beauties from Osaka, Edo and Kyoto by Utamaro, Kunisada and Tsukimaro, with poems by Santō Kyōzan, Tatekawa Danjūrō and Jippensha Ikkusen

Edo period, datable to 1813

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed surimono in "naga-surimono" format; ink, color, and metallic pigment on paper

Benzaiten Shrine at Shinobugaoka (Shinobugaoka Benzaiten), from the "Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Furyu Toto hakkei)"

c. 1824/29

Color woodblock print; oban

Bird on Bough, Design Fourteen from Shazanrō Picture Book

写山楼画譜

1816

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Bishamon, from the series Visiting the Shrines of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifuku mairi)

Edo period, c. 1810

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Blue Shell (Aogai), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

c. 1820

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Bowl, scissors, and morning glories

c. 1820

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Camellia Flowers (left); People Watching a Cockfight (right)

ca. 1820

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Candlestand and Book

probably 1813

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Case (Inrō) with Design of Basket of Persimmons and Monkey Eating Persimmon

19th century

Lacquer with gold and silver hirame, gold, red and coloured hiramakie, takamakie

Case (Inrō) with Design of Seated Monkey Looking at a Wasp

19th century

Brass metal, incised, various applied metals

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat

probably 1816

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Chinese Sage Evoking a Dragon

ca. 1825

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Chohi (Zhang Fei) on Black Horse

1810s

Color woodblock print

Chopping Rice Cakes, illustration for The Board-Roof Shell (Itayagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

1821

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1

probably 1813

Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

Cock on Drum

ca. 1825

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Costume for Bugaku Court Dance From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

probably 1818 (Year of the Tiger)

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Court lady standing amidst pines

c. 1823

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Courtesan

1814

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Courtesan and New Year Decoration

ca. 1816

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Courtesan Dreaming of Procession

1814

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Courtesan Parading in a Peacock-Feather Robe

c. 1810-1820

Color woodblock print; bijinga

Courtesan Parading in a Storm-Dragon Robe

c. 1810-1820

Color woodblock print; bijinga

Courtesan sitting on a veranda next to a lantern

1814

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Courtesan watching foreign ship from balcony

c. 1818/44

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Cranes by the Shore, illustration for The Leg Shell (Ashigai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

1821

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban

Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō

ca. 1824

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Emperor Xuanzong (Japanese: Gensō) and Daoist Magician Lo Gongyuan Arising from an Inkstone; “Ink” (Sumi), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū) From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

ca. 1827

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Empress Komyo (Komyoko), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)"

c. 1820

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Episode 11 (Juichi dan), from the series "Tales of Ise for the Asakusa Group (Asakusagawa Ise Monogatari)"

1810s

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Feather-Brush and Doran (a Kind of Medicine Case) with a Netsuke of a Rat

probably 1816

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Ferry boat on the Yodo River

c. 1815/25

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Flower (Hana)

early 19th century

Color woodblock print; oban

Freshly-Picked Flowers in a Traveler’s Hat, illustration for "The Thousand-grasses Shell," from the series A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

1821

Color woodblock print; surimono shikishiban

Genso and Yokihi

ca. 1820

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Grapevine, Design Ten from Shazanrō Picture Book

写山楼画譜

1816

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

Hair Ornaments

c. 1804/30

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Hanging Abalone Out to Dry, illustration for Abalone (Awabi), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

1821

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban

Haze on a Clear Day at Stone Bridge (From the series Eight Elegant Views of Chanted Accompanimnets for Kabuki Plays)

early 1810s

color woodblock print

Head of a Beauty

ca. 1825

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper