Artworks · Torii Kiyonaga

Surimono commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the actor Iwai Hanshiro III

1804 · Color woodblock print; surimono

42.7 × 30.4 cm (16 13/16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Saruwaka Dance

1804 · Color woodblock print; surimono

38.3 × 52.9 cm (15 1/8 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Doll Festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

39 × 25.1 cm (15 3/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Tanabata Festival, from the from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.4 × 23.4 cm (14 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The New Year's Festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.5 × 25.7 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chrysanthemum festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.8 × 24.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Outdoor Amusements at the Kankanro Teahouse in Yoshiwara

1789 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych

36.9 × 24.3 cm (14 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesan Going to Bed, from the series "Ten Types of Beauties in Pictures (Jittai e-fuzoku)"

1789 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.2 × 25.8 cm (15 7/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boating Party on the Sumida River

1789 · Triptych of color woodblock prints

Overall: 35.6 x 23.8 cm (14 x 9 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Actors Azuma Tozo III and Otani Tokuji, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

1788 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, pentaptych (second sheet from the right)

31.8 × 14.6 cm (12 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hairdressing Room (Kamibeya), from the series "Ten Kinds of Incense in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro jisshu ko)"

1788 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24.9 × 18.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo II and Ichikawa Komazo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

1788 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, pentaptych (first sheet from the right)

31.1 × 13.8 cm (12 1/4 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

1788 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, pentaptych (fifth sheet from the right)

31.4 × 13.8 cm (12 3/8 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

1788 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, pentaptych (fourth sheet from the right)

31.5 × 14.3 cm (12 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V and Ichikawa Ebizo IV, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers

1788 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, pentaptych (third sheet from the right)

31.4 × 14.5 cm (12 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788

1788 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.3 × 24.6 cm (14 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The First Day of Business (Akinai hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

1787 · Color woodblock print; oban, page from an illustrated book

26.1 × 38.8 cm (10 5/16 × 15 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The One-Page Preface and Colophon from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

1787 · Color woodblock print; pages from an illustrated book

Right sheet: 25.3 × 18.8 cm (10 × 7 7/16 in.); Left sheet: 25.3 × 18.8 cm (10 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Feast in the Komeikan Teahouse

1787 · paper

height: 365 cm, width: 246 cm, height: 375 cm, width: 249 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Kusunoki Masatsura and Arashi Murajiro as Ben no Naishi, in the shosa "Sode Furu Yuki Yoshino Shui," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1786

1786 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.8 × 24.3 cm (14 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

No. 4: Chinese boys playing a raffle game, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o mite yori sono gai ni asobu)"

1786 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 19.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

No. 2: Chinese boys copying paintings and writing Japanese, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They See in Picturebooks (Yodo iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezoshi o mite yori sono gai ni asobu)"

1786 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.1 × 18.7 cm (9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sawamura Sojuro III and Arashi Murajiro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Koto no Naishi

1786 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Miyukinosuke, Segawa Kikunojo III as Hatsune-hime, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Ninnaji no Saibei, in the joruri "Shitenno Oe no Yamairi," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.7 × 26.8 cm (15 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Chidori, Sawamura Sojuro III as Shigemori, and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yoshibei, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.4 × 24.9 cm (15 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans and Their Child Attendants under Blossoming Cherry Trees

1785 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Nakamura Riko I as Tanbaya Otsuma and Ichikawa Yaozo III as Furuteya Hachirobei, in the joruri "Sakamachi Yoi no Yotsutsuji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1785

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.5 × 25.9 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Party in the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarters

1785 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych

38.7 × 25.2 cm (15 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman and Two Maids, from the series "A Mirror of Feminine Manners (Onna fuzoku masu kagami)"

1785 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24.4 × 18.1 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Noble Young Lady, from the series A Bright Mirror of Feminine Manners (Onna fuzoku masukagami)

1785 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.9 × 19.1 cm (10 1/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesans Nioteru, Namiji, and Omi of the Ogiya

1785 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

39.6 × 26.5 cm (15 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesans Senzan, Yasono, and Yasoji of the Chojiya

1785 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban triptych

38 × 25.3 cm (15 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene at the Daifukuya (Daifukuya no dan), from the series "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi"

1785 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.9 × 19.2 cm (10 1/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Discovering the Address of a Husband's Lover, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

1785 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24 × 18.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scene at the Ishido Mansion (Ishido yakata no dan), from the series "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi"

1785 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 19.2 cm (10 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo III as Shiragiku, Ichikawa Danjuro V as the puppeteer Dekurokubei, and Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, in the joruri "Shinobukoi Yanagi no Katsura Otoko," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1785

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.4 × 25.9 cm (24 15/16 × in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Hatchotsubute no Kiheiji, Otani Hiroji III as Miura Arajiro, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Akugenta Yoshihira, Sawamura Sojuro III as Taira no Shigemori, in the shosa "Fukyoku Edo Geisha," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1785

1785 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.7 × 26 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans and Their Child Attendants under Blossoming Cherry Trees

1785 · Color woodblock print; right and center sheets of oban triptych

38.0 × 25.3 cm (right sheet), 39.1 × 25.8 cm (center sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hagitsubo - A Parody of Shibaraku

1785 · Color woodblock print; o-oban

22.9 × 36.4 cm (9 1/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sode no maki

1785 · color woodcut on paper

width: 694 cm, height: 127 cm

Rijksmuseum

Visitors to Enoshima

1784 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

39 × 25 cm (15 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kuzunoha, Ichikawa Yaozo III as Yakanpei, and Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Abe no Doji, in the play "Ashiya Doman Ouchi Kagami," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1784

1784 · Color woodblock print

38.5 × 26 cm (15 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Visitors to Enoshima

1784 · Woodblock print; center sheet of oban triptych, keyblock proof impression

38.9 × 26.7 cm (15 5/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women Waiting for a Ferry on the Sumida River

1784 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

37.5 × 25.3 cm (14 13/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Visitors to Enoshima

1784 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

37.4 × 24.5 cm (right sheet), 37.5 × 25.1 cm (center sheet), 37.2 × 24.2 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Echigoya on New Year's Day

1784 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

37.7 × 25.8 cm (14 7/8 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Twelfth Month (Harumachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (Furyu shiki no tsuki mode)"

1784 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 18.6 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Actors' Boating Party on the Sumida River

1784 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Right sheet: 36.8 × 25.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.); Center sheet: 36.8 × 25.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.); Left sheet: 36.9 × 25.2 cm (14 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago