EditorialViews of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki ozashiki imayo ne no hi no asobi no zu). Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1766-1781. Dimensions: 25.3 x 37.3 cm (10 x 14 5/8 ...
EditorialSuo Province, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.2 x 21.3 cm (6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; bottom half of o...
EditorialIyo Province: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.5 x 21.7 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1...
EditorialViews of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki ozashiki imayo ne no hi no asobi no zu). Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1766-1781. Dimensions: 25.3 x 37.3 cm (10 x 14 5/8 ...
EditorialEdo street scene, 18th century. A dance teacher and pupil on the left, a nori (glue) seller is beckoned by workers in a small family business. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book...
EditorialAristocratic women parading passing a?yojiya, a shop selling brushes and toothpicks, Tokyo, 18th century. Young maids carry a mirror and a portable stove in front of four women in fine kimono Female pilgrim ichiko at left. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodbloc...
EditorialJapanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon ...
EditorialEdo street scene, 18th century. A shop girl sits in front of an archery range holding a bow. A tea shop girl stands on a bench with a candle. A woman and edemame seller with baby pass by. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Sh...
EditorialScene outside an office for servant placement with the entrance to a female bathhouse. An older woman talks to a nanny with baby and other working women. Two young town geisha (machigeisha) and flower seller walk past the baths entrance.. Handcoloured ...
EditorialWomen of the working class in Tokyo, Edo Era, 18th century. A laundress washing clothes in a tub, a menial maid carrying water pales with yoke, servant with brush, and nursemaid with baby. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from S...
EditorialWealthy townswomen, Tokyo, 18th century. Three young chonin women gather at the house of an older woman for a meeting. A maid brings tea to a young nursing mother. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo...
EditorialConcubine (mekake) of a high-ranking man with tobacco pipe watching a dancing girl accompanied by musicians on shamisen and blind koto harpist (koze). The dance instructor drinks sake near a large grilled sea bream on a plate. 18th century. Handcoloure...
EditorialAristocratic women parading passing a?yojiya, a shop selling brushes and toothpicks, Tokyo, 18th century. Young maids carry a mirror and a portable stove in front of four women in fine kimono Female pilgrim ichiko at left. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodbloc...
EditorialJapanese women picnicing in a field outside Tokyo, 18th century. Women smoking a tobacco pipe while waiting for a soba-shop woman to bring a kettle and tray of noodles. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon ...
EditorialWomen of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice. The tatami floor of the room is covered with folded kimono, tobacco pipes, boxes, mirror and hairdressing it...
EditorialEdo street scene, 18th century. A shop girl sits in front of an archery range holding a bow. A tea shop girl stands on a bench with a candle. A woman and edemame seller with baby pass by. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Sh...
EditorialScene outside an office for servant placement with the entrance to a female bathhouse. An older woman talks to a nanny with baby and other working women. Two young town geisha (machigeisha) and flower seller walk past the baths entrance.. Handcoloured ...
EditorialWoman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono with cypress fan walking in a garden under cherry blossoms. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book of the Modern Forms and Figures, ...
EditorialWomen of the working class in Tokyo, Edo Era, 18th century. A laundress washing clothes in a tub, a menial maid carrying water pales with yoke, servant with brush, and nursemaid with baby. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from S...
EditorialWealthy townswomen, Tokyo, 18th century. Three young chonin women gather at the house of an older woman for a meeting. A maid brings tea to a young nursing mother. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo...
EditorialWife of the elite samurai class reading books, with other women writing with a pen, one looking at ukiyo-e prints, and one folding paper. Another woman delivers reams of paper and ink. The alcove is decorated with coral, scrolls, feathers, etc. Handcol...
EditorialIyo Province: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.5 x 21.7 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1...
EditorialViews of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki ozashiki imayo ne no hi no asobi no zu). Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1766-1781. Dimensions: 25.3 x 37.3 cm (10 x 14 5/8 ...
EditorialIyo Province: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.5 x 21.7 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1...
EditorialViews of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki ozashiki imayo ne no hi no asobi no zu). Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1766-1781. Dimensions: 25.3 x 37.3 cm (10 x 14 5/8 ...
EditorialViews of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki ozashiki imayo ne no hi no asobi no zu). Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1766-1781. Dimensions: 25.3 x 37.3 cm (10 x 14 5/8 ...
EditorialSuo Province, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.2 x 21.3 cm (6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.). Color woodblock print; bottom half of o...
EditorialIyo Province: Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Minamoto no Yoshitune, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)". Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Japanese, 1797-1861. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 17.5 x 21.7 cm (6 7/8 x 8 1...
EditorialViews of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki ozashiki imayo ne no hi no asobi no zu). Utagawa Toyoharu; Japanese, 1735-1814. Date: 1766-1781. Dimensions: 25.3 x 37.3 cm (10 x 14 5/8 ...