UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Japanese Prints
Creators:
various
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. [Item credit line, if given]

Background

Scope and content:

The Grunwald Center's collection of 40,000 works on paper includes 950 prints by Japanese Edo and Meiji period artists. The Center acquired many of these prints in 1965 from the Estate of Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959). Artists represented in this impressive group include Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

The following collection guide comprises a selection from the Center's archive of Japanese prints and is arranged chronologically by Japanese periods: Middle Edo (approximately 1704 to 1789), Late Edo (approximately 1789 to 1868) and Meiji (1868 to 1912). Descriptions of prints included in this guide are based on cataloguing completed for the Center by Roger S. Keyes in the 1980s.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Edo (Japanese period)
Meiji

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Layna White
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from DAMD 3.0 (FilemakerPro 5 Database) developed by the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Date of source: 3/4/2003

Access and use

Restrictions:

Terms of access:

For publication information, please contact Susan Shin, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, schin@hammer.ucla.edu

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA. [Item credit line, if given]

Location of this collection:
University of California, Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201, US
Contact:
(310) 443-7000

Contents

Middle Edo

Contents

The courtesans Mandayu (reading) and Komurasaki (writing a verse), 1701

Summary

Dates:
1701
Creators:
Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686-1764

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Woodcut
Dimensions:
10 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
courtesans; leisure; writing (processes); reading; grooming

The actors Yamashita Kinsaku and Ichikawa Danjuro II as a courtesan of the Hirano House and a street vendor, 1725-1730

Summary

Dates:
1725-1730
Creators:
Torii Kiyomasu II, Japanese, 1706-1763; published by Igaya Kanemon

Background

Custodial history:

Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, UCLA Hammer Museum.

Physical facet:
Woodcut printed in black varnish-like ink (urushi-e), with hand-coloring and brass powder
Dimensions:
13 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; costumes and clothes; props (object genres); female impersonators

The actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Nakamura Kiyosaburo as a young seated couple playing a samisen, 1750-1758

Summary

Dates:
1750-1758
Creators:
Ishikawa Toyonobu, Japanese, 1711-1785; published by Urokogataya Magobei

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Two-color woodcut (benizuri-e)
Dimensions:
17 3/8 x 12 3/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; costumes and clothes; sitting; female impersonators; musical instruments

Courtesan dreaming of an affair on a pleasure boat on the Sumida River, 1770-1773

Summary

Dates:
1770-1773
Creators:
Isoda Koryusai, Japanese, active 1765-1780s

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
27 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
courtesans; dreams

The actor Nakamura Matsue as a woman holding a pipe, from A Picture Book of Theatrical Fans, 1770

Summary

Dates:
1770
Creators:
Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792; published by Kariganeya Ihei

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Orrel P. Reed, Jr. in Memory of Mr. Edwin Grabhorn.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; female impersonators

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kakogawa Honzo in act 9 of The Storehouse of Loyalty, 1776-1780

Summary

Dates:
1776-1780
Creators:
Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
12 13/16 x 5 7/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; costumes and clothes; props (object genres)

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a feudal lord, 1778-1782

Summary

Dates:
1778-1782
Creators:
Katsukawa Shunsho, Japanese, 1726-1792

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; costumes and clothes

Interior of Shoin style architecture with dancers performing horse dance or Festivities in a mansion on the first Rat Day of the year, from Perspective Views of Japan, ca. 1770

Summary

Dates:
ca. 1770
Creators:
Utagawa Toyoharu, Japanese, 1735-1814; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 3/8 x 15 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
interiors; rooms; perspective; decorative arts; ceremonies; dance; costumes and clothes; musicians; audiences

Couple pausing as they pass Mt. Fuji, 1782

Summary

Dates:
1782
Creators:
Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese, 1752-1815; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
27 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
genre; men; women; tying; shoes (footwear)

The actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as Sasaki ---tane, a feudal lord, 1775-1780

Summary

Dates:
1775-1780
Creators:
Katsukawa Shunko, Japanese, 1743-1812

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
12 3/8 x 5 15/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; swords; costumes and clothes

The actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as the lion dancer in The Stone Bridge, 1776-1785

Summary

Dates:
1776-1785
Creators:
Katsukawa Shunko, Japanese, 1743-1812

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
12 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; costumes and clothes; dance; flowers (plants); butterflies

Late Edo

Contents

Okita of the Naniwaya tea stall and Shiratama, a courtesan of the Tama House, 1794-1795

Summary

Dates:
1794-1795
Creators:
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut with yellow background
Dimensions:
13 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
portraits; women; fans (costume accessories)

Two women with goldfish, 1796

Summary

Dates:
1796
Creators:
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806; published by Uemura

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut with yellow background
Dimensions:
14 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
genre; women; goldfish; fishes

Woman holding a dog, from Five Types of Beautiful Women, 1800-1805

Summary

Dates:
1800-1805
Creators:
Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806; published by Tsuruya Kinzo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 9/16 x 10 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
genre; women; dogs; pets

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Enya Hangan in act 1 of The Storehouse of Loyalty, Miyako Theater, 1795

Summary

Dates:
1795
Creators:
Katsukawa Shun'ei, Japanese, 1762-1819; published by Iwatoya Kisaburo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 7/8 x 9 11/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; costumes and clothes

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as the renegade samurai Sadakuro in act 5 of The Storehouse of Loyalty, Kiri Theater, 1795

Summary

Dates:
1795
Creators:
Katsukawa Shun'ei, Japanese, 1762-1819; published by Iwatoya Kisaburo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
15 9/16 x 10 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; samurai; swords

The courtesan Mitsuhama of the Hyogo House or The Courtesan Mitsuhama of the Brothel called Hyogo, from A Mirror of Beautiful Women in the Licensed Quarter, 1794-1796

Summary

Dates:
1794-1796
Creators:
Chokosai Eisho, Japanese, active 1790s; published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut with white mica background
Dimensions:
15 7/16 x 10 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
portraits; courtesans; hair ornaments

Procession before a temple complex, fifth panel from a pentaptych, 1794-1798

Summary

Dates:
1794-1798
Creators:
Utagawa Toyokuni I, Japanese, 1769-1825; published by Izumiya Ichibei

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
processions; men; women; lifting and carrying; artifacts

The actor Onoe Matsusuke II as the carpenter Rokusaburo, 1810-1815

Summary

Dates:
1810-1815
Creators:
Utagawa Toyokuni I, Japanese, 1769-1825; published by Hagiwara

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 7/8 x 10 3/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; sets (architectural elements); actors; carpenters; tools

Fuji behind the waves off Kanagawa (The Great Wave), from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1831-1833

Summary

Dates:
1831-1833
Creators:
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 3/16 x 14 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; Fuji-san; oceans; water waves; boats

Fuji and sunset over Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Bank of the Sumida River, from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1831-1833

Summary

Dates:
1831-1833
Creators:
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); rivers; bridges (built works); ferries; boats; passengers

Fuji from the sea off Kazusa Province, from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1831-1833

Summary

Dates:
1831-1833
Creators:
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
oceans; sailing ships

Fuji from the licensed quarter at Senju, from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1831-1833

Summary

Dates:
1831-1833
Creators:
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 x 15 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); Fuji-san; towns; buildings; men; processions; roadside rest areas

Kirifuri Waterfall on Kurogami Mountain, Shimotsuke Province, from A Tour of Waterfalls in the Provinces, 1833-1834

Summary

Dates:
1833-1834
Creators:
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 11/16 x 10 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); waterfalls; travelers; sightseers

Net fishing at night, number 3 from One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Old Nurse, 1835-1836

Summary

Dates:
1835-1836
Creators:
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760-1849; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 1/16 x 14 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); streams; laborers; pulling; nets (objects); smoke

Woman seated beneath a cherry tree, 19th c.

Summary

Dates:
19th c.
Creators:
Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1864; published by Joshuya Kinzo

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); leisure; sitting; women; cherry trees; smoking; pipes (smoking equipment)

The Osaka actor Kataoka Gado as An no Heibei in Iris as a Mirror for Men, Nakamura Theater, 1855

Summary

Dates:
1855
Creators:
Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1864; published by Tsutaya Kichizo

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
13 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; water lilies; kimonos; fans (costume accessories)

The wintry blast; Clear weather after a storm; The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Ashikaga Mitsuuji, from Eight Views for Chapters of The Tale of Genji, 1858

Summary

Dates:
1858
Creators:
Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786-1864; landscape by Utagawa Kunihisa II, Japanese, 1832-1891; published by Kadokin

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 9 11/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors; landscapes (representations); wind; fans (costume accessories)

Snowy twilight at Itabana, number 15 from Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road, 1835

Summary

Dates:
1835
Creators:
Keisai Eisen, Japanese, 1790-1848; published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido)

Background

Custodial history:

Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 x 14 5/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; winter; landscapes (representations); trees; snow; people; walking

Outdoor tea stall at Fukuroi, number 28 from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (The Hoeido, or Great Tokaido), 1832-1833

Summary

Dates:
1832-1833
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 14 13/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); agricultural land; trees; cooking and dining; kettles; fires

Procession at a boundary marker near Fujikawa, number 38 from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (The Hoeido, or Great Tokaido), 1832-1833

Summary

Dates:
1832-1833
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 14 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); markers (monuments); men; horses

Beach at Hamamatsu, number 30 from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (The Marusei, or Reisho Tokaido), 1848-1850

Summary

Dates:
1848-1850
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Maruya Seijiro (Marusei)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 14 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); oceans; water waves; beaches; people; pine; trees

Women on balcony of a teahouse in Kanagawa, number 4 from the Fifty-three Stations (Jimbutsu Tokaido), 1851-1852

Summary

Dates:
1851-1852
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Muraichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
balconies; women; kimonos; lanterns (lighting devices)

Snow at Fujisawa, number 7 from the Fifty-three Stations (Jimbutsu Tokaido), 1851-1852

Summary

Dates:
1851-1852
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Muraichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 11/16 x 6 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; winter; snow; trees; women, walking; umbrellas

Fording the Oi River at Shimada, number 24 from the Fifty-three Stations (Jimbutsu Tokaido), 1852

Summary

Dates:
1852
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Muraichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); rivers; watercraft; ferries; men; women; lifting and carrying

Women washing cloth in Toya River near Okazaki, number 39 from the Fifty-three Stations (Jimbutsu Tokaido), 1852

Summary

Dates:
1852
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Muraichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); rivers; bridges; women, washing

Abalone, sayori and blossoming peach branch, from an untitled set of ten prints of fish, 1832-1834

Summary

Dates:
1832-1834
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
still lifes; abalone shell; fishes; flowers (plants)

Night rain at Karasaki, from Eight Views of Omi Province, 1833-1834

Summary

Dates:
1833-1834
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Yamamoto Heikichi (Eikyudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); lakes; coastlines; pine; trees; dwellings; rain; boats

Yase Village, number 7 from Famous Places in Kyoto, 1834

Summary

Dates:
1834
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Kawaguchi Shozo (Eisendo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 5/8 x 14 9/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); paths; laborers; lifting and carrying

Karuizawa, number 19 from Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road, 1835-1836

Summary

Dates:
1835-1836
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
10 x 14 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); fires; trees; agricultural land; paths; men; horseback riding

Rain at Suhara, number 40 from Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road, 1835-1836

Summary

Dates:
1835-1836
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 15/16 x 14 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; rain; temples; people; running; equestrians

Ferry boats at Ota, number 52 from Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road, 1838-1839

Summary

Dates:
1838-1839
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo)

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); rivers; pulling boats; ferries; travelers

Isami Rokichiro meets Rokuyaon Gundayu, the man who murdered his parents, number 57 from Pictures to Match the Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Poems, 1843-1846

Summary

Dates:
1843-1846
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Ibaya Senzaburo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 9 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
legends (folk tales); combat; anger; weapons

Takano Moronao wooing Lady Kaoya, number 90 from Pictures to Match the Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Poems, 1847-1848

Summary

Dates:
1847-1848
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Ibaya Senzaburo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 1/4 x 9 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
sitting; men; women; courtship; kimonos; butterflies

Hawk in pine with rising sun, 1852

Summary

Dates:
1852
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Sanoya Kihei

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
29 3/4 x 9 13/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
birds of prey; hawks; pine; trees

Plum orchard at Kamata, number 27 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

Summary

Dates:
1857
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Uoya Eikichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 1/16 x 9 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); orchards; parks (grounds); huts; trees

Night views of Matsuchi Hill and the entrance of the Sanya Canal from the Sumida River, number 34 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

Summary

Dates:
1857
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Uoya Eikichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
13 11/16 x 9 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; night; rivers; trees; women, walking; kimonos

Distant view of Azuma Bridge and Kinryuzan Temple from a pleasure boat, number 39 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

Summary

Dates:
1857
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Uoya Eikichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
13 15/16 x 9 9/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; boats; passengers; coastlines; buildings

Komagata Hall and Azuma Bridge, number 62 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

Summary

Dates:
1857
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Uoya Eikichi

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 8 15/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); birds; pulling boats; rivers; buildings

Mountains and rivers on the Kiso Road, 1857

Summary

Dates:
1857
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Tsutaya Kichizo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
15 x 30 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); mountains; rivers; snow; winter

Waterfall in the mountains of Izu, number 22 from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1858

Summary

Dates:
1858
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Tsutaya Kichizo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; Fuji-san; landscapes (representations); waterfalls; mountains

The pine forest of Mio in Suruga Province, number 24 from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1858

Summary

Dates:
1858
Creators:
Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797-1858; published by Tsutaya Kichizo

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 5/16 x 9 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; Fuji-san; landscapes (representations); mountains; bodies of water; boats

Night street in the Yoshiwara brothel district, after 1844

Summary

Dates:
after 1844
Creators:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797-1861; published by Iseya Soemon

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; city and town life; intoxication; dancing; walking; men; women; street vendors; lanterns (lighting devices)

Battle of Uji River or Hatakeyama Shigetada fording the Uji River

Summary

Creators:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797-1861; published by Enshuya Hikobei

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
14 3/4 x 10 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); rivers; water waves; warriors; horses; swimming

Flower viewing in the third month or Girls painting a moustache on a sleeping lute player, from Five Seasonal Festivals, 1835

Summary

Dates:
1835
Creators:
Hashimoto Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873; published by Tsujiyasu

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 11/16 x 11 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); girls; musicians; sleeping; lutes; tents; practical jokes

Geisha watching a rainbow arch across the Sumida River, from Famous Places in the Eastern Capital, 1830-1840

Summary

Dates:
1830-1840
Creators:
Hashimoto Sadahide, Japanese, 1807-1873; published by Ibaya Kyuhei

Background

Custodial history:

Purchased from the Frank Lloyd Wright Collection.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
8 11/16 x 11 3/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; landscapes (representations); rivers; coastlines; rainbows; geishas

A view of Akabane or Women and children at a tea stall before a daimyo's mansion, from Famous Places in the East, 1855

Summary

Dates:
1855
Creators:
Utagawa Kunisato, Japanese, died 1858; published by Sanoya Kihei

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
15 x 10 1/8 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
women; children; kimonos; buildings

The actors Nakamura Shikan IV and Sawamura Tossho as Tsukamoto the fox of Kawachi and Chieda the fox of Izumi, from A New Selection of Actors Reflected in Scattered Square Paintings, 1868

Summary

Dates:
1868
Creators:
Toyohara Kunichika, Japanese, 1835-1900; published by Gusokuya Kahei

Background

Custodial history:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald.

Physical facet:
Full-color woodcut (nishiki-e)
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
drama; actors

Meiji

Contents

Yodo no Kimi seated in smoke, from A Yoshitoshi Miscellany of Figures from History, 1873

Summary

Dates:
1873
Creators:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839-1892; published by Masadaya Heikichi

Background

Custodial history:

The Eugene L. and Davida R. Trope Collection.

Physical facet:
Color woodcut
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
legends (folk tales); mistresses; kimonos; smoke; destruction

Ushiwaka and Benkei duelling on Gojo Bridge or Gojo Bridge, an episode from the Life of Yoshitsune, Chronicles of Yoshitsune, 1881

Summary

Dates:
1881
Creators:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839-1892; published by Morimoto Junzaburo

Background

Custodial history:

The Eugene L. and Davida R. Trope Collection.

Physical facet:
Color woodcut
Dimensions:
14 x 27 15/16 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Japan; bridges (built works); battles; warriors; weapons

The ferocity of Tametomo driving away the small-pox demons, from New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts, 1890

Summary

Dates:
1890
Creators:
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839-1892; published by Sasaki Toyokichi

Background

Custodial history:

The Eugene L. and Davida R. Trope Collection.

Physical facet:
Color woodcut
Dimensions:
14 3/8 x 10 inches

Indexed terms

Subjects:
rulers (people); samurai; weapons; demons; disease