Introduction

Women in Japanese Prints

March 5 - May 9, 1993

Selected Objects

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Omiwa, representing the chapter Sakaki (The Sacred Tree) from the Tale of Genji (Sakaki omiwa ), 1845-47

Kikukawa Eizan

Fashionable Winding-Water Banquet (Furyu kyokusui no en), 1810s

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Nitta Tadatsune and the Goddess of Mount Fuji (Kennin sannen Minamoto no Yoriie-kyo Fuji no mikari), ca. 1844

Utagawa Hiroshige

Iris Garden at Horikiri in the Eastern Capital (Toto horikiri hana shobu), 1857

Yashima Gakutei

Court Lady at a Writing Table, possibly 1828

Kikukawa Eizan

Three elegant beauties enjoying the evening cool (Fūryū yusuzumi san bijin), ca. 1810

Utagawa Kunisada

The Ōdori Village Scene in Meguro hiyoku zuka, from an untitled series of jōruri libretti, ca. 1832

Kitagawa Utamaro

Left panel of the triptych Washing and Stretching Cloth (Arai-bari), ca. 1796-1797

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Kiyotaki of the Kamonoya (Kamonoya kiyotaki), 1843-1847

Utagawa Kunisada

Cherry blossoms, Ueno (Ueno no sakura no sato), 1847-1852

With a single arrow-shot, Tametomo sinks the finest ship of Mochimitsu as his mistress Sasaraye and his retainer Oniyasha and islanders look on in pride (Chinzei hachiro Minamoto no tametomo), ca. 1844

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Notes on women's conduct: stretching cloth (Zanketsu no sanpukutsui: Fujin kokoroegusa: harimono ), ca. 1842

Yashima Gakutei

View of the Yoshiwara, 1820s

Kitagawa Utamaro

A parody (mitate) of Act 5 of Chūshingura (Treasury of the Loyal Retainers) with a courtesan of the Naniwaya (go-danme (Act 5) Naniwaya (inscribed to l. of figure) ), ca. 1794-1795