Genroku period posters & prints

Genroku no hanami, Cherry blossom viewing during the Genroku period Totoya Hokkei

Two Women on a Red Cloth Spread on the Ground behind a Screen, and Three Men Walking Away, Looking Back... Anonymous

A fine Arita blue and white charger with peony sprays on on veranda Anonymous

Scene from a Nara-e-hon Entitled The Bowl Girl Anonymous

Scene from a Nara-e-hon Entitled Urashima Taro Anonymous

Gold-decorated dark blue wrapper of Tales of Ise and Tale of Sagoromo, the bowl girl, Urashima Taro Anonymous

Genkuro Yoshitsune and Musashibo Benkei Utagawa Toyokuni

Kamakura no Gengoro Seizing Torinoumi Tasaburo, early 1830s Katsushika Hokusai

On the Road, A Lady of the Genko Era, from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894 Mizuno Toshikata

Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Young Samurai, 1750s Torii Kiyohiro

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night, ca. 1400 Unknown

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

Japanese warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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

The First Month, 1782 Torii Kiyonaga

Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy, early 17th century Unknown

Arashi Rikan II as Kizu Kansuke, 1829 Gigado Ashiyuki

'Mistflowers', late 16th-early 17th century Tosa Mitsuyoshi

Rock and Bamboo, 18th century Yanagisawa Kien

The Eighth Month, 1779 Torii Kiyonaga

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

Spring Landscape, 17th century Yukinobu Kiyohara

Beauty of the Kanbun Era, late 17th century Unknown

The Brine Maiden Matsukaze, early 18th century Nishimura Shigenobu

The Tale of Genji, 17th century Kaiho Yusetsu

Carp and Waterweeds, c. early 1830s Katsushika Taito II

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol, late 1770s Katsukawa Shunsho

Rakan, 15th-16th century Unknown

Plums, Bamboo, and Orchid, 1834 Yamamoto Baiitsu

Landscape, mid-1500s Kano Motonobu

Sawamura Gennosuke as Satsuma Gengobei, c. 1805 Utagawa Toyokuni

Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime, 1753-1806 Unknown

Twelve Scenes from The Tale of Genji, mid-17th century Unknown

Priest in Meditation, 15th century Unknown

Portrait of the Priest Dokuryu, 1671 Kita Genki

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro, c. late 1770s Katsukawa Shunsho