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Kitagawa Utamaro. The Fancy-Free Type , from Ten Types of Female Physiognomy , c. 1792-93, color woodblock with mica ukiyo-e (floating world)/ “iki,” the idea of “stylish chic”.
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Kitagawa Utamaro. The Fancy-Free Type, from Ten Types of Female Physiognomy, c. 1792-93, color woodblock with micaukiyo-e (floating world)/ “iki,” the idea of “stylish chic”
Suzuki Harunobu. Evening Bell at the Clock, from Eight Views of the Parlor series, c.1765, woodblockbrocade prints/ haiku clubs in Edo/ diminutive features/ suggestion of voyeurism/ architecture composed of diagonals
Suzuki Harunobu. Shimizu, from Seven Komachi, c.1767, woodblock
a courtesan and her teenage apprentice/ inscribed verse suggests a melancholy mood/ the knots of an obi/ mitate (parody)
Sakai Hoitsu. Kosode with blossoming plum tree, early nineteenth century, hand-painted ink and pigment on silk satin
Furisode with scenes of tea cultivation, early nineteenth century, paste-resist dye on habutae
Katabira with garden landscape, mid-eighteenth century, paste-resist and indigo dyeing, silk and metallic thread embroidery, and pigment on plain-weave ramie
Suzuki Harunobu. Pilgrimage on a Rainy Night, late 1760s, color woodblock print
Suzuki Harunobu. Whispering, c. 1766-68, color woodblock print
Katsukawa Shuncho. Two Young Men by the Riverside, c. 1780s, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
kabuki actors/ wakashu/ gesture of greeting/ suggestion of male innocence and sexuality
Katsukawa Shunsho. The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro in Shibaraku Role, c. 1777, woodblockarchetypal aragoto role
Utagawa Kunisada. Hour of the Monkey, 1816-7, oban depiction of the onnagata/ oban woodblock
Katsushika Hokusai. The Greave Wave off Kanagawa, from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1826-33, woodblock print oban, ink and colors on paper
influence of Western perspective/Mount Fuji/ nature as an active force/ meishoe/ Manga
Katshshika Hokusai. Mount Fuji in Clear Weather from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 1830-2, oban woodblock print
Katsushika Hokusai. Amida Waterfall on the Kiso Highway from A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces, c.1883-4, color woodblock print
Ando Hiroshige. Fireworks over Ryoguku Bridge, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, woodblock print
Ando Hiroshige. Sudden Shower over Ohashi Bridge, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock printFamous views of Edo
Ando Hiroshige. Scattered Pines, Tone River, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print
Ando Hiroshige. Plum Garden at Kameido, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856, color woodblock print