69 results filtered with: Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) - Japan
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Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.
Toshihide (Migita Toyohiko), 1863-1925.Date: [1900?]Reference: 36864i- Pictures
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Prince Genji in modern dress, seated beside an ornate lantern. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1858Reference: 36664i- Pictures
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A woman trying on a new pair of sandals and an inset view of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1857.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1857Reference: 36707i- Pictures
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Two women at a shrine; a kite is resting on a box and bundle on the right; part of a ceremonial gate is visible on the left and a stone lantern is seen beyond. Colour woodcut, ca. 1800.
Date: [1800?]Reference: 36908i- Pictures
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Two attendants are warming sake on a fire of autumn leaves; a woman stands like an apparition between them, holding the sake bottle. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1857Reference: 36778i- Pictures
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A woman as Ohara-me, of the Ohara village outside Kyoto, who carries a load of cut flowers on her head, attracting a butterfly. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.
Yamamoto, Shōkoku, 1870-1965.Date: 1906Reference: 36858i- Pictures
A woman with a walking stick, at Fukuroi station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37056i- Pictures
A woman dressing another's hair as she reads a text propped up on her mirror; Shinagawa on the Tōkaidō is in the background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1854.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: Month 7, 1854Reference: 36879i- Pictures
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Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.
Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880.Date: 1878Reference: 36736i- Pictures
A seated woman in a thick kimono with dishevelled hair. Colour woodcut by Yoshitsuya, 1860.
Yoshitsuya (Kōko Mankichi), 1822-1866.Date: 1860Reference: 36716i- Pictures
Women performing the tea ceremony. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1896.
Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912.Date: 1896Reference: 36735i- Pictures
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An older woman is undressing; her broad sash (obi) lies on the ground behind her. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1858.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1858Reference: 36669i- Pictures
Court performance of a Noh play: drummers in the foreground, performers on the stage and court women beyond. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1880.
Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912.Date: 1880Reference: 36734i- Pictures
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Prince Genji in elegant modern dress in an elegant apartment with the blinds rolled up so he can enjoy the autumnal garden and listen to the cricket's song; a girl attendant pours him sake. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1860Reference: 36794i- Pictures
A woman about to settle down at Kotetsu, at Hamamatsu station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37059i- Pictures
A kneeling woman is looking in surprise to the right: an ornate kimono hangs on the rack beside her. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1865.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1865Reference: 36847i- Pictures
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A child attendant for a courtesan in a brothel holds a western watch and looks towards the client. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1870Reference: 36889i- Pictures
A high-ranking courtesan promenading at the station of Ōiso. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37051i- Pictures
Women in court dress visiting Ueno hill, Kiyomizu Hall. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, ca. 1880.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: [1880?]Reference: 36900i- Pictures
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Courtesan Mori Murasaki of the brothel Kimpei Daikoku in the New Yoshiwara (licensed quarters), slides open a screen and looks at her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1870.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.Date: 1870Reference: 36886i- Pictures
Boys and dogs torment a blind man; a well dressed woman is on an outing, at Kusazu station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37064i- Pictures
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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: 1859Reference: 36645i- Pictures
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Prince Genji in modern dress with lady attendants visiting Ashikaya (north Kantō Plain) in the fifth lunar month; peasants in the broad, panoramic landscape setting are busy with the spring planting. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: 1860Reference: 36791i- Pictures
Court ladies accompanying the Imperial carriage to the train station in Kyoto in the rain. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, ca. 1880.
Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.Date: [1880?]Reference: 36902i- Pictures
A woman porter parodies porters who carried travellers across the shallow river at the station of Fuchū. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864.Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37052i