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Hasegawa Sadanobu I, Kinkaku-ji in Snow, Edo period, Ukiyo-e woodblock print

Kinkaku-ji in Snow: Hasegawa Sadanobu I and the...

Hasegawa Sadanobu I's snow-covered Kinkaku-ji — a masterpiece of Edo-period Kyoto landscape printing, where deep indigo waters, a golden phoenix, and silently falling snow combine into one of Ukiyo-e's most...

Kinkaku-ji in Snow: Hasegawa Sadanobu I and the...

Hasegawa Sadanobu I's snow-covered Kinkaku-ji — a masterpiece of Edo-period Kyoto landscape printing, where deep indigo waters, a golden phoenix, and silently falling snow combine into one of Ukiyo-e's most...

Torii Kiyomine, A Geisha Applying Lip Rouge, c. 1804–1818, Ukiyo-e woodblock print

A Geisha Applying Lip Rouge: The Secret of Kōma...

A geisha caught in the act of applying Kōmachi-beni lip rouge — Torii Kiyomine's masterful bijinga reveals the secret science of Edo-period cosmetics, from iridescent rouge dishes to the fashionable...

A Geisha Applying Lip Rouge: The Secret of Kōma...

A geisha caught in the act of applying Kōmachi-beni lip rouge — Torii Kiyomine's masterful bijinga reveals the secret science of Edo-period cosmetics, from iridescent rouge dishes to the fashionable...

Torii Kiyomine, Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Soga no Gorō in Yanone, c. 1820, Ukiyo-e woodblock print

Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Soga no Gorō: A Rare Kab...

A c. 1820 surimono attributed to Torii Kiyomine depicts Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Soga no Gorō sharpening a giant arrowhead in the kabuki play Yanone. New Year poems and vivid...

Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Soga no Gorō: A Rare Kab...

A c. 1820 surimono attributed to Torii Kiyomine depicts Ichikawa Danjūrō II as Soga no Gorō sharpening a giant arrowhead in the kabuki play Yanone. New Year poems and vivid...

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Concise Illustrated Biography of Monk Nichiren: Calming the Stormy Sea at Tsunoda in Exile to Sado Island, 1835–36, Ukiyo-e woodblock print

Calming the Stormy Sea: Kuniyoshi's Vision of N...

In 1835–36, Utagawa Kuniyoshi captured the electrifying moment of Nichiren's exile across stormy seas — a vision of Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō rising from the waves. Bold, dramatic, and deeply...

Calming the Stormy Sea: Kuniyoshi's Vision of N...

In 1835–36, Utagawa Kuniyoshi captured the electrifying moment of Nichiren's exile across stormy seas — a vision of Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō rising from the waves. Bold, dramatic, and deeply...

Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments, 19th century, Edo-period painting on silk

Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments — At...

A rare silk painting attributed to master Utagawa Kuniyoshi, capturing three beauties in the timeless Edo motif of sankyoku gassō — koto, shamisen, and kokyū in harmony. Unlike woodblock prints,...

Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments — At...

A rare silk painting attributed to master Utagawa Kuniyoshi, capturing three beauties in the timeless Edo motif of sankyoku gassō — koto, shamisen, and kokyū in harmony. Unlike woodblock prints,...

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) and Utagawa Kunitoki, Prince Genji Visits the Gankirō Tea House, 1860, Ukiyo-e woodblock print

Prince Genji Visits the Gankirō Tea House — Kun...

In 1860, master Utagawa Kunisada and his pupil Kunitoki created this breathtaking triptych — a rare collaborative masterpiece reimagining Prince Genji's world through the glamour of newly opened treaty-port Yokohama,...

Prince Genji Visits the Gankirō Tea House — Kun...

In 1860, master Utagawa Kunisada and his pupil Kunitoki created this breathtaking triptych — a rare collaborative masterpiece reimagining Prince Genji's world through the glamour of newly opened treaty-port Yokohama,...