Utagawa Toyoharu - Mother and Children at the New Year
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A young woman seated on the floor of a room brush in hand and a writin...
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Utagawa Toyoharu - Mother and Children at the New Year
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A young man leading a horse on which a young woman is seated, along th...
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Ishikawa Danjuro as Osaka Shoman no Aizenmyo-o in a Nagori Kyogen
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More
The oiran Segawa and Matsuto and attendants in the house called Matsub...
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The oiran Segawa and Matsuto and attendants in the house called Matsub...
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The oiran Adzumaya and Kokonoye and attendants in the house called Mat...
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The oiran Adzumaya and Kokonoye and attendants in the house called Mat...
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The oiran Koimurasaki and Hanamurasaki and attendants in the house cal...
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The oiran Koimurasaki and Hanamurasaki and attendants in the house cal...
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The oiran Utagawa and Nanasato and attendants in the house called Yots...
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The oiran Utagawa and Nanasato and attendants in the house called Yots...
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The oiran Hanaôgi and Takigawa and attendants in the house called Ogi
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The oiran Hanaôgi and Takigawa and attendants in the house called Ogi
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The oiran Hinatsuru and Chosonand attendants in the house called Chosh...
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The oiran Hinatsuru and Chosonand attendants in the house called Chosh...
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The oiran Hito noto and Takasode and attendants in the house called Da...
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Ishikawa Danjuro and Otani Hiroji as samurai walking in the road near ...
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More
A court lady, Torii Kiyonaga. 18th Century Japan. Public domain image.
Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More
Ichikawa Ebizo as Tsunokuni Watanabe no oba and Ichikawa Danjuro in th...
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More
An oiran looking at the superscription of a letter. In the upper corn...
Kunisada was a trendsetter in the art of the Japanese woodblock print. Always at the vanguard of his time, he continuously developed his style, which was sometimes radically changed, and did not adhere to styli... More
The actor Segawa Kikuno jo in the role of a joro pouring gold coins fr...
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More
Yellow: Potted Adonis Plant (Paper fans), Totoya Hokkei
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The actor Segawa Kikujiro in the role of Umegai, standing on the veran...
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More
Flower Shells (Hanagai), Ark Shells (Akagai) and Squirting Shells (Shi...
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Red shell, white shell, black shell, Totoya Hokkei
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Ichikawa Masugoro as a daimyo brandishing a sword and turning towards ...
Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) focused almost exclusively on producing billboards and other promotional material for Edo's kabuki theaters, the Torii style is especially distinguis... More
A woman carrying a large koto which her daughter is presumably about t...
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Two women dressing a youth for a game of football
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A girl writing a poem upon a fan, and two women looking on
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Torii Kiyomasu II - The actor Arashi Wakano in the role of Tomira
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Woman Representing Benzaiten, Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
Woman with fan (Fukurokuju?), Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
Woman Representing Hotei, Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
Woman Representing Jurojin, Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
Woman Representing Bishamon, Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
Woman Representing Shoshijin, Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of a man standing by a go tab...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Two women looking at a whirling lantern
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Torii Kiyomasu II - The actor Ishikawa Danjuro and Ichikawa Monnosuke
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Portrait of the taya Takigawa, Kitagawa Utamaro
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Portrait of the tayu Komurasaki of Tamaya, Kitagawa Utamaro
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Portrait of the tayu Hanamurasaki of Tamaya, Kitagawa Utamaro
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Portrait of the tayu Somenosuke of Matsubaya, Kitagawa Utamaro
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Ichikawa Danjuro as a man pouring a bucket of water on a makimono blaz...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
The oiran Toshi of Echizenya. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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Sanjo Kantaro in the role of Seiga no Kanshichi to Oatari
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
A woman carrying her infant daughter to a shinto temple for the Miya M...
Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More
A samurai taking his young son to a shinto temple for the Miya Mairi c...
Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More
Three women walking accompanied by a boy carrying a pot of fukujuso
Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More
Three women taking a small boy to a shinto temple for the Miya Mairi c...
Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More
Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Sukeroku and Takinaka Utagawa as Agema...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Two women playing with a small boy, whose clothing is so adjusted as t...
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Ichikawa Ebizo in his famous role of Kumasaka Chohan the noted robber ...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Scene from the fourth act of Chushingura
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Gihei sending away his wife Sono, and the servent lad Igo peering at t...
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Scene from the second act of the drama entitled "The Loyal League of t...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
The toilet of an oiran interrupted by the intrusion of a street singer...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
The actors Adzuma Tozo and Ichimura Manzo as Manzai dancers
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Konami, daughter of Motozo - Public domain portrait painting
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Segawa Kikujiro in the role of the "onna hinin katakiuchi" (avenging b...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Left Team, Round One: Golden Sake Cup (Hidari ichiban, ôgon no sakazuk...
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Right Team, Round Three: Tigerskin (Migi sanban, Tora no kawa)
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Yamamoto Matsusaburo as a woman seated in a house and talking to Yamam...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Portrait of the Tayu Karauta of Chojiya, holding in her hands a bounci...
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Torii Kiyomasu II - Matsushima Heitaro in the role of Hachikenriki
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Torii Kiyomasu II - The actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Dojoji shosa odor...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Risshun (The beginning of Spring), Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, J...
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese: 鈴木 春信; c. 1725 – 15 July 1770) was the first to produce full-color prints (nishiki-e) in 1765, rendering obsolete the former modes of two- and three-color prints. Harunobu was from ... More
Torii Kiyomasu II - Segawa Kikunojo in the Hagoromo no shosa odori
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
A young woman leading a carabao laden with faggots away from a stream ...
Unlike almost any other Japanese printmakers, Koryūsai was a samurai. He was born in 1735 and worked as a samurai in the service of the Tsuchiya clan. He became a masterless rōnin after the death of the head of... More
Torii Kiyomasu II - Sannogawa Ichitmatsu in the role of Soga no Goro
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Two women standing before a screen looking at a water plant growing in...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Two young women, one standing, the other seated by a tub in which iris...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Sannogawa Ichimatsu in the role of Sanada no Yoichi and Nakamura Tomij...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Court attendant with letter box, Yashima Gakutei
Yashima Gakutei (Born: 1786, Osaka, Japan, Died: 1868, Osaka, Japan) was an artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Besides his Ukiyo-e prints, Gakutei was known for his kyōka poetry,... More
Segawa Kikunojo in the role of Onna Narukami in the drama "Soga Katagi...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
An oiran painting her lips. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.
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Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Soga no Goro and Segawa Kikujiro as a ten...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Two waitresses in a tea house at Asakusa
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A visit to Meguro (Meguro Mairi)
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The oiran Miagi of Zoshiya watching a young mother and infant son
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Segawa Kikunojo as Onna Narukami hurling a huge rock at Soga no Goro T...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
The Evening boat at Tomigaoka, Torii Kiyonaga
Kiyonaga is considered one of the great masters of the full-color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, images of courtesans and other beautiful women. Like most ukiyo-e artists, however, he also produced a number o... More
Segawa Kikunojo in the role of a woman standing in a room listening to...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Segawa Kikunojo as a woman at her toilet before a mirror and Nakamura ...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Segawa Kikunojo as a Onna no Narukami, seated, holding a sake cup. By...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Evening breeze at Awaji, Lake Biwa, Province of Omi
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Sawamura Sojuro as a samurai looking out from a house at Nakamura Tomi...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Large head and bust of a woman partly seen through a curtain of bamboo...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Large head and bust of a woman wearing a bath robe and holding a towel...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Naramura Tomijuro as a woman dressing the hair of a man- the actor Oto...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More
Half length seated figure of a young man of dejected aspect and a youn...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
A woman looking over the shoulder of a young man who is smoking a pipe...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
A young man surreptitiously clasping the hand of a young woman who sta...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
A woman with a writing brush in her hand turning to speak to a young m...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Two drunken lovers; the woman attempting to prevent the man from risin...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
A young man bending forward to speak to a young woman who has grasped ...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
A man with a cloth tied around his head and a sword in his right hand,...
Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More
Bando Hikosaburo in the role of Tsuneyo Sano seated upon the veranda o...
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居 清倍, c. 1720–1750), like the rest of the Torii artists, in billboards and other images for the promotion of the kabuki theatres. His prints, like many at the time, were made largely using... More