Ukiyo-e of the Week

Tsukimaro: Painting Kitagawa Tsukimaro (1804-1836) was Utamaro 's student. This is a beautiful painting (colour on silk) in a st...

Nobukazu: A princess and her guard A  princess and her guard by Nobukazu . Not much is known about this print, but it is probably fro...

Yoshitoshi: Komori no godanme Komori no godanme (Bats in the Fifth Act of Chūshingura [Treasury of Loyal Retainers]), from an untilt...

During these almost two years since I stopped publishing new material here, I have received inummerable emails asking me to revive this blo...

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...