Ukiyo-e of the Week

For a number of different reasons, I have decided to wind up the blogs  Ukiyo-e of the Week and  Japankonst .  That is, I'm not going...

Shunsen: Geisha entertaining a client at a teahouse garden Here is a scene from Japan at the time, Geisha entertaining a client at a ...

Shigeharu: Nakamura Utaemon III as Shōki This is a yakusha-e from 1822-1826, which shows actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Shōki. It i...

Hiroshige: Matching the World and Music This is a rare and beautiful triptych by Hiroshige . The name of the print is Onkyoku sekai ...

Ginkô: Disguised as Woman Here we have Disguised as Woman by Adachi Ginkô . It is from his most famous series: "Pictorial Outli...

Chikanobu: The brave wife of Shinozuka Iga no Kami standing on the bank of a lake This is "The brave wife of Shinozuka Iga no Kam...

Gakutei: Carp This is Carp , a beautiful painting by Yashima Gakutei  (1786-1868) from 1818-1830. Gakutei, technically a very skilled...