Ukyo posters & prints

The God Izanagi and Goddess Izanami, 18th century Nishikawa Sukenobu

Three Beauties, 18th century Nishikawa Sukenobu

Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog, ca. 1716-1736 Nishikawa Sukenobu

Woman and Attendant, 18th century Nishikawa Sukenobu

Lady Ise by the Riverbank, late 18th century Nishikawa Sukenobu

The yokyoku tamanoi (jewelled well) Anonymous

The yokyoku tamanoi (jewelled well) Kosetsu

Tattooed Man Anonymous

Cats Anonymous

Night snow scene at Motonoyanagi Bridge Utagawa Toyokuni

Dream Ukihashi Utagawa Toyokuni

Autumnal Maple Trees Anonymous

Autumnal Maple Trees Anonymous

Midsummer traffic under the awnings of Shijo Bashidori, a busy thoroughfare of Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Standing woman with a parasol Toyokuni II

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro III in the Role of Oboshi Yuranosuke Utagawa Toyokuni

Kinokuniya Sawamura Sanj-ro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke Anonymous

Full-Length Portraits of Wrestlers from the Eastern Group, Uzugafuchi on the Right and Onogawa on the Left Shunsho

Travellers resting under the pines at Suzukawa, old post road from Tokyo to Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Looking west over the Kamo River (Kamogawa) at Shijo bridge, Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Full-length portraits of wrestlers from the Eastern Group, Uzugafuchi on the right and Onogawa on the left Katsukawa Shunsho

A Teahouse by the Water Torii Kiyonaga

Japanese warlord Minamoto no Yoritomo Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Okubi-e portraits of the wrestler Onogawa Kisaburo and the noted beauty Ohisa of the Takashimaya Katsukawa Shuncho

Kyomachi nichome kirihishiya uchi manyo, The courtesan Manyo of the house of Kirihishi at Nichome Kyomachi in Yoshiwara Torii Kiyonaga

Hikyoku No Biwa No Hana Matsunami Kengyo Jitsuwa Akushichibyoe, Secret Song of the Biwa (Loquat) Blossom: Matsunami Kengyo As Akushichi... Anonymous

Edocho echizenya uchi morokoshi, The courtesan Morokoshi of the house of Ichizen on Edocho Utagawa Kuninaga

Courtesan Hanaogi of Ogi-ya Utagawa Kunisada

English merchant sorting fabrics for trade in Yokohama, 1861 Utagawa Sadahide

A potter and his wheel, fashioning a vase of Awata porcelain, Kinkosan works, Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Ploughing flooded ground for rice planting, north of the main road at Uji, near Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Egawa from the Maruebiya House, late 1820s Utagawa Kuniyasu

Kobayashi no Asahina Print Anonymous

The west side of the five-storey Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

The Jewel River at Ide Suzuki Harunobu

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