Ukiyo-e of the Week

Shunsen: Kingfisher on Bamboo   Here we have a kachô-e , Kingfisher on Bamboo . It is also an aizuri-e , that is to say that the ...

Sekkyô: White Falcon in a Pine Tree This is White Falcon in a Pine Tree, by Sawa Sekkyô , who was active in the late 18th and early 1...

Hiroshige II: Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826-1868), originally Shinpei Suzuki, was a student of Hiroshige I...

Eisen: Summer This is a kachô-e by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). It is called "Summer" and is from a series named "Th...