Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints

Parody of Chushingura, no. 6 Parody of Chushingura, no. 3
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)
Signature: Utamaro hitsu
Publisher: Eijudo
Oban, woodblock colour print
Early 19th c.
38.5 x 26 cm

Beauty and treasures (Fukujin takara awase)
Hosoda Eishi (1756-1829)
Signature: Eishi zu
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi, Eijudo
Censor's seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print
Ca. 1795
39 x 26.2 cm

Wakamurasaki of (Kado) Sumi-Tamaya House
From the series "Contest of Beauties of the Pleasure Quarter" (Kakuchu bijin Kurabe)
Chokusai Eisho (active 1780-1800)
Signature: Eisho zu
Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Chusuke
Oban, woodblock colour print
Ca. 1796
38.2 x 25.1 cm Courtesan Opening a Love-Letter
Kishi-Buncho Ippitsusai (active ca. 1765?-1792)
Signature: Ippitsusai Buncho hitsu
Hosoban, woodblock colour print
1766-1770
30 x 14.3 cm Geisha leaning against a Kotatsu (foot-warmer/table) playing a Shamisen
Utagawa Toyohiro (1773-1828)
Signature: Toyohiro ga
Publisher: Takasu
Chuban, woodblock colour print, benigirai, surimono
Late 1790s
25.8 x 19.4 cm The Kabuki Actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the Role of Matsushita Mikinoshin
From the Play "Katakiuchi Noriai Banashi" played at Kiri theatre in 1794
Toshusai Sharaku (active ca. 1794-1795)
Signature: Toshusai Sharaku ga
Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo, Koshodo
Censor's seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print on mica background
1794
37.2 x 25.2 cm

The drama was presented at the Kiri-ze theatre in May 1794


"Chushingura", Act 10: in Amakawaya's shop
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Publisher: Yorozuya
Censor's seal: kiwame
Hosoban, woodblock colour print
1792
32.7 x 15.5 cm

The 10th print in the series of 11 scenes from the drama "Chushingura".

Kabuki Actor Onoe Eizaburo in the Role of Tsujigimi in the Play "Shitennoji Momijino Yosoi"" Performed at the Kawarazaki Theatre in 1804
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Publisher: Shimizuya
Oban, woodblock colour print
1804
38.7 x 25.9 cm Kabuki Actors Sawamura Sojuro III and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Izumura Shinnosuke and Tamaya Shinnosuke in the Play "Tomiyoka koi no Yamabiraki", performed in the Kiri Theatre in 1798
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
Signature: Toyokuni ga
Publisher: Iwaya
Oban, woodblock colour print
1798
37.3 x 25.3 cm Girl Looking at Plum Blossom
Kubo Shunman (1757-1820)
Greeting card for the new year with poem by Kogetsukan Sencho
Rround seal of Shunman
Woodblock colour print (surimono)
1816
14.1 x 19.2 cm Greeting Card for the New Year Depicting a Picnic The Great Wave at Kanagawa
From the series "36 Views of Mt. Fuji"

Mountain Village in winter
From the series "Poems by One Hundred Poets as Explained by a Wet Nurse" (Hyakunin Isshu uba ga etoki)
Swallow and Wisteria Crane and Flowers Tsukudajima, the First Cuckoo of the Year
From the series "Famous Places of the Eastern Capital" (Toto meisho)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Ichiyusai Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shozo, Shoeido
Censor's seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print
1831
22.2 x 36.1 cm

The first cuckoo of the year was heard in Edo in May.

Shono, White Rain (Shono, haku-u)
No. 46, from the series "53 Stations of the Tokaido" (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi, Hoeido
Censor's seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print
1833 or 1834
22.6 x 35.1 cm



Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no yau)
From the series "Eight Views of Omi' (Omi hakkei no uchi)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publishers: Yamatoya Heisuke, Eikyudo and Takenouchi Magohachi, Hoeido
Censor's seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print
Ca. 1835
22.9 x 35.3 cm

Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu)
From the series "Eight Views of Omi' (Omi hakkei no uchi)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publishers: Yamatoya Heisuke, Eikyudo and Takenouchi Magohachi, Hoeido
Censor seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print
Ca. 1835
22.9 x 35.4 cm

Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa, Kinryuzan)
No. 90 in the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" (Meisho Edo hakkei)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: aratame
Oban, woodblock colour print
1856 (first edition)
34.4 x 22.3 cm Plum Garden, Kameido
No. 30 in the series "One Hundred Famous Views in Edo" (Meisho Edo hakkei)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Censor's seal: aratame
Oban, woodblock colour print
1857
34.1 x 22.6 cm

Chushingura, Act XI: The Night Attack (Courtesan) Killing a Mosquito
From the series "Time: Present-Day Customs"