1860s Japanese Woodblock Prints

'Modern Edo Purple'

1862

Print

"America," from the series Five Nations

1860

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

"America": A Steamship in Transit

1861

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

(Universal Illustrations) Isai's Drawing Method (Banbutsu zukai Isai gashiki), vol. 2

万物図会 為斎画式 二編

c. 1864

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

11, Chikamatsu Kanroku Minamoto Yukishige

1868, 6th lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

A bag

1866

Color woodblock print; surimono

A Foreign Residence in Yokohama

1861

Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A Foreigner and a Leopard Disguised as a Woman

7th month, 1860

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Glance at Miyosaki, Yokohama

ca. 1860

Diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

A HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES, "BIZEN TATSUKUCHIYAMA"

Late Edo period, dated 1860

Ink on paper

A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)

亜墨利加州の図

1861

Color woodblock print; ōban triptych

A True View of a Trading House of a Yokohama Merchant

1861

Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

Accurate Depiction of the Foreign Legation on the Aji River in Osaka (Naniwa Ajikawa gaikokukan shinsha no zu)

浪華安治川外国舘真写之図

1868

Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Acrobat from Osaka Performing at Asakusa

Edo period, c. 1854-1868

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Acrobat from Osaka Performing at Asakusa (second sheet)

Edo period, c. 1854-1868

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Act 12 (Junidanme), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)

仮名手本忠臣蔵 十二段目

1862

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper; oban

Act I (Daijo): Actors Bandō Kamezō as Kō no Moronao and Kataoka Nizaemon as Momonoi Wakasanosuke, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

1862

Color woodblock print; ōban

Act VI (Dai rokudanme): Actors Bandō Hikosaburō as Hayano Kanpei and Sawamura Tanosuke as His Wife Okaru, from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon chūshingura)

1862

Color woodblock print; ōban

Actor

Late Edo period, 19th century

Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Actor Bandō Hikosaburō V as Teraoka Heiemon

1862

Color woodblock print; ōban

Actor Bandō Shinsui as Takechi Mitsuhide

1865, 6th lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Torii Matasuke

1860, 3rd lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō as Gorō Tokimune

late 18th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Actor Iwai Kumesaburō

1864

Color woodblock print; ōban

Actor Nakamura Shikan IV

1862, 5th lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Actor Sawamura Tanosuke

1862

Color woodblock print; ōban

Actor Sawamura Tosshō II as Hangan Takasada

1862, 3rd lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Actor Umeya Kakitsu

1862

Color woodblock print; ōban

Actors

Late Edo period, 19th century

Left panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Actors as the Sixteen Arhats (Mitate: Jūroku Rakan)

Late Edo period, 19th century

Center panel(?) from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "oban" triptych(?); ink and color on paper

Actors Iwai Kumesaburō and Nakamura Shikan

1862

Color woodblock print; ōban

Actors Ōtani Tomoemon V as Sadato and Bandō Matsujirō as his daughter Okimi

1865, 8th lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Akechi Samanosuke

1868, 10th lunar month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

America (Amerika)

1860

Color woodblock print; oban

Americans on an Outing (Amerikajin yūkō no zu)

亜墨利加人遊行之図

1860

Color woodblock print; oban

An American Drawn from Life

1861

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

An American, a French Woman, and a Chinese Servant

Late Edo period, tenth month of 1860

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

An English Soldier (Igirisu), published by Jōshūya Jūzo

Late Edo period, tenth month of 1860

Yokohama woodblock print in ōban format; ink and color on paper

An English Woman with a Chinese Servant in the Foreign District, from the series Famous Places in Yokohama

横浜名所

1861

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

An Illustrated Mirror of Falconry, vol. 1, pt. 1

c. 1863–68

Woodblock printed book, ink on paper with mica

Arrival and Departure of an American Steamship (Amerikakoku jōkisha ōrai)

亜墨利加国蒸気車往来

1861

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Arrival of the Europeans: The Great Elephant (Yoroppajin torai, Daizo no zu)

欧羅巴人渡来大象之図

1863

Color woodblock print; oban

Bamboo Poetry Sheet

fall 1860

Color woodblock print; surimono

Banbutsu zukai Isai gashiki (Isai's Drawing Method)

万物図会 為斎画式

1864

Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper

Beauties

美人

1st month, 1861

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series "Contemporary Versions of Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)"

1862

Color woodblock print; chirimen-e

Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series "Contemporary Versions of Thirty-six Selected Flowers (Tosei mitate sanjurokkasen)"

1862

Color woodblock print; chirimen-e

Bird on a Branch

Edo period (1615-1868)

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Black Seabream (Kurodai), Small Seabream (Kodai) and Japanese Peppercorns (Sansho), from the series A Shoal of Fishes (Uo-zukushi)

Late Edo period, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Byōdō-in Temple in Winter

冬の平等院図

circa 1860–1870

Six-panel screen; ink, gold wash, and color on paper

Cage

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Album leaf; inks and color on paper

Calligraphy

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Album leaf; inks and color on paper

Carp Ascending Falls

late 19th century

Color woodblock print

Cherry Blossom Viewing Party (Hanami no en)

花見の宴

1862

Color woodblock print; two panels of a vertical ōban triptych

Chiyono Kotobuki (A Thousand Years of Long Life)

1863

Print

Complete set of the series: The Twelve Zodiac Signs with Heroes

c. 1868

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Crow on pine branch.

about 1868-1889

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Cuckoo and Moon (surimono)

月下時鳥摺物

1865

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper with metallic pigments

Curio Shop in Yokohama

3rd month, 1860

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Dai Nihon rokujū yo kyō no uchi (One of the Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan)

大日本六十余州之内

c. 1862

Color woodblock print