Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, Yui Satta Ridge Not Even Parents Could Help : Fifty-three Famous Views No. 17, 7th month Ukiyo-e: polychrome...
The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya , from an untitled series of courtesans, Japan, circa 1797. Artist Kitagawa...
Naruto Whirlpools , from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces ", 1855. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
The Moon Pine on the Temple Grounds at Ueno , from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo ", 1857. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
The Ebisu Festival on the Tenth Day of the First Month at Imamiya , from the series "Famous Views of Osaka ", c. 1834. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
Morning Scene , from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road ," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
Imado, section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo ", 1857. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
Seikenji Fuji, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces ", n.d. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
The Shop of Sanogawa Ichimatsu, circa 1743. Detail from a larger artwork. Artist Ishikawa Toyonobu. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty...
Ichikawa Danjuro VII before a screen decorated with peonies, circa 1847/52. Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Teppozu, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital ", circa 1832/33. Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
Returning Sails at Tsukuda , from the series "Eight Views of Edo ", circa 1844/46. Artist Ando Hiroshige.
Evening Glow at Seta , No. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Omi", circa 1716/36. Artist Nishimura Shigenaga.
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo , Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. People promenading on the bank of the Sumida River in what...
Okita and Ofuji, Japan, circa 1793/94. The once famous but now middle-aged beauty Ofuji, wearing a gingko-patterned robe, hands a scroll to the young...
Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Shinagawa , 1740s. View from the veranda of a house on the coast, in the distance a man struggles with an octopus....雕版印刷
Parade of Courtesans, circa 1690. This print may depict a scene from a Soga brothers drama. Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu. Artist Hishikawa...
Torii Kotondo is known to have made only 21 prints - all of them images of bijin or beautiful women. They belong to the finest works of art of the...
Torii Kotondo is known to have made only 21 prints - all of them images of bijin or beautiful women. They belong to the finest works of art of the...日本
The Battle of Te-li-ssu , also called Battle of Wafangou after the nearby railway station, was a land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It was fought...
Yashima Gakutei was a Japanese artist and poet who was a pupil of both Totoya Hokkei and Hokusai. Gakutei is best known for his <i>kyoka</i> poetry...
Utagawa Kuniyoshi was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He is associated with the Utagawa...
Minamoto no Yorimitsu , also known as Minamoto no Raiko, served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Yorinobu, taking the violent...怪物, 畫 - 藝術品
Emperor Ingy_ was the 19th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life...
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaid_ or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige and...
The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaid_ or Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Road, is a series of ukiyo-e works created by Utagawa Hiroshige and...日本橋 - 東京
Okumura Masanobu was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some...
Ninja or shinobi was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included...忍者
Ninja or shinobi was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included...
Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with...
Tsuchiya Koitsu was an artist of the Shin Hanga movement. Shin hanga was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taish_ and Sh_wa...
Sansho Daiyu sold into slavery Yasu-hime and Zushiomaru, the daughter and son of the provincial governor Iwaka Masauji, who had been overthrown and...日本, 奴隸制度
Oiran were the courtesans of Edo period Japan. The oiran were considered a type of y_jo 'woman of pleasure' or prostitute. However, they were...
Oda Nobunaga was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the rule of the shogun in the late 16th century, a rule that ended only with the...織田信長
ÔThirty-six Views of Mount FujiÕ is an Ôukiyo-eÕ series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai . The series...葛飾北齋
Shirasuka Pass, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road , Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, Woodblock print on mulberry paper , ink with...
Okazaki, Tenshin Bridge, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road , Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858, Woodblock print on mulberry paper ,...
Spring Rain Collection , vol. 1: “Books from Kanazawa Library” and “Foreign Cat of Shomyoji Temple” , from the series History of Kamakura , early to...
