Edo period posters & prints

The Tale of Genji, 17th century Shoren'in Sonjun Shinno

Merchant's store and fireproof warehouse, Edo period, Japan Anonymous

Beauty of the Kanbun Era, late 17th century Unknown

Rock and Bamboo, 18th century Yanagisawa Kien

Hollyhocks and Prince?s-Feather Flowers, early 19th century Sakai Oho

Courtesan as Daruma, ca. 1800; inscription ca. 1810 Utagawa Toyoharu

Itinerant Actors Kengetsudo

The Brine Maiden Matsukaze, early 18th century Nishimura Shigenobu

Seki, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, c. 1848-49 Utagawa Hiroshige

An Ivory Netsuke, Edo Period (18th Century) Signed Mitsuharu Anonymous

Bamboo in Snow, late 18th century Kuwayama Gyokushu

Landscape with Waterfall, ca. 1817 Kameda Bosai

Otsu-e of Shomen Kongoyasha, 17th century Unknown

Landscape, 17th century Kusumi Morikage

Three Girls on a Riverbank, early 19th century Torii Kiyonaga

Gyoran Kannon Miyagawa Choshun

Tartars Playing Polo, early 18th century Kano Eisen'in Furunobu

Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid, 1834 Yamamoto Baiitsu

Bamboo and Crane, Edo Period Japanese School

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, late 17th century Unknown

Detail of Flower Carts Edo Period Screen Anonymous

Woman on Veranda, ca. 1730 Takizawa Shigenobu

Courtesan and Attendant in Early Spring, early 18th century Kakondo

Edo period Noh costume Anonymous

Flowers and Goldfish, 18th century So Shizan

Portrait of Yinyuan Longqi, 1676 Unknown

Bando Mitsugoro II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play 'Sukeroku', late 18th-early 19th century Utagawa Toyokuni I

Parody of Murasaki, from 'Lavender', chapter 5 of the Tale of Genji, 18th century Kawamata Tsuneyuki

The Geisha Motozuru of Kaideya as a Dancer in Court Robes…, early 1820s Yanagawa Shigenobu

The wrestler Shiranui Mitsuemon, wearing an apron (kesho-mawashi), 1860 Anonymous

Squirrels on Bamboo and Rock, 19th century Kano Osanobu

Buddha and Attendants, 17th-18th century Unknown

Kokugikan in East Edo, 1853 Anonymous

Yukihira and Two Brinemaidens at Suma, 18th century Okumura Masanobu

Landscape, 17th century Unkoku Toban

Quail and Millet, late 17th century Kiyohara Yukinobu