Artworks · Torii Kiyonaga

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri

1780 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

37.9 × 24.5 cm (right sheet), 37.9 × 24.7 cm (center sheet), 37.9 × 25.0 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri

1780 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

39.0 × 26.1 cm (right sheet), 38.5 × 25.4 cm (center sheet), 38.5 × 26.0 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Women Coming Ashore from a Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River

1780 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Right sheet: 39.4 × 26.4 cm (15 9/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Center sheet: 39.3 × 26 cm (15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.); Left sheet: 39.2 × 26.1 cm (15 7/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

By an Iris Pond

1780 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych

38.7 × 25.5 cm (right sheet), 39.0 × 26.1 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Carrying a lantern sponsored by the Motozaimoku-cho, from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno gosairei)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; koban

25.5 × 19.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Carrying a lantern sponsored by the Kojimachi, from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno gosairei)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.8 × 19.3 cm (10 3/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Nakasu, from the series "Ten Scenes of Enjoying the Cool in the Three Cities (Sangatsu ryo jikkei)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; koban

21.9 × 16 cm (8 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; koban

20.8 × 15 cm (8 1/4 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Matsuchi Hill after Snowfall

1780 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych

38.8 × 52.2 cm (overall), 38.6 × 26.2 cm (right sheet), 38.8 × 26.3 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Evening Rain at Shukaku - the actor Nakamura Nakazo as Sadakuro, from an untitled series of actor prints

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25 × 18.5 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ise watching a flock of geese, from an untitled series of court ladies

1780 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.4 × 24.6 cm (14 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother-in-Law Teasing the Bride, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 18.6 cm (10 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Actors Representing the Feat of Asahina Breaking the Armer of Soga no Goro (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho kusazuribiki odori yatai) from the series The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.3 × 19.4 cm (10 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Enoshima, from the series "Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.7 × 18.9 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uranosuke Plays Blind Man's Buff with the Women of the Ichiriki Joroya

1780 · Middle sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

14 1/3 x 10 in. (36.4 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On a Balcony a Woman is Seated Playing a Tsuzumi, below a Man in Daimyo Costume is Seated upon a Black Lacquer Box

1780 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

15 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (38.4 x 25.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carrying a Lantern Decorated with the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho shiki no hana mando) from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 19.7 cm (10 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Eighth Month, from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych, trimmed

25.3 × 37.8 cm (9 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ochiyo and Hanbei

1779 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e, nishiki-e

69 × 11.3 cm (27 3/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

1779 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2656)

37.7 × 25.6 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Walking under a Store Sign

1779 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

71.2 × 11.7 cm (28 1/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Cooling off After a Bath

1779 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.1 × 11.2 cm (26 13/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Geisha Carrying a Parasol under a Willow Tree

1779 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

70.3 × 11.6 cm (27 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hige no Ikyu, Nakamura Riko as Agemaki, and Ichikawa Ebizo as Agemaki's attendant in the play "Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura" at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1784

1779 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych

Right sheet: 35.4 × 24.4 cm (13 15/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Munesada, Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Sumizome, and Nakamura Nakazo I as Sekibei, in the play "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To," performed at the Kiri Theater in the eleventh month, 1784

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.4 × 25.4 cm (15 1/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Third Princess and Her Kitten, from an untitled series of court ladies

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.9 × 25.5 cm (14 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sei Shonagon and Her Companion, from an untitled series of court ladies

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

38 × 25.5 cm (15 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ferry on the Rokugo River

1779 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych

38.3 × 25.9 cm (15 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

1779 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right sheet: 1925.2657)

37.9 × 25.9 cm (14 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych (right sheet: 1934.257)

37.1 × 24.4 cm (14 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Murasaki Shikibu

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.1 × 24.5 cm (14 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mosquito Net, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.5 × 25.9 cm (15 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1779 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.8 × 18.7 cm (10 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Ninth Month, from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.2 × 26.4 cm (15 7/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

1779 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 19.5 cm (10 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Kichisaburo in the play "Junshoku Edo Murasaki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1779

1779 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.1 × 13.7 cm (12 1/4 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sixth Month, Enjoying the Evening Cool in a Teahouse, from the series The Twelve Months in the Southern Quarter (Minami jūni kō)

1779 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych

Overall: 39.1 × 52 cm (15 7/16 × 20 1/2 in.); Right sheet: 38.4 × 26 cm (15 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Left sheet: 39.1 × 26 cm (15 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pleasure Boats below Azuma Bridge

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Right sheet: 38.7 × 25.8 cm (15 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.); Center sheet: 39 × 25.4 cm (15 3/8 × 10 in.); Left sheet: 39 × 26.1 cm (15 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Entertainers of Nakazu, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych

Right sheet: 38.8 × 25.8 cm (15 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Left sheet: 39 × 25.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fourth Month, from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

1779 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych

38.4 × 50.6 cm (overall), 38.2 × 25.6 cm (right sheet), 38.4 × 24.9 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych

37.9 × 51.5 cm (overall), 37.7 × 25.6 cm (right sheet), 37.9 × 25.9 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

1779 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 19.1 cm (10 1/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Geisha Carrying a Parasol under a Willow Tree

1779 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

71.5 × 13.1 cm (28 3/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ferry on the Rokugo River

1779 · Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych

38.8 × 25.8 cm (15 5/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Entertainers of the Tachibana, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban

35.9 × 24.3 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Beauties Under a Maple Tree, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych (left sheet: 1925.2653)

38.6 × 25.5 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1779 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25 × 18.4 cm (9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesan Washing her Hands

1779 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

69.8 × 11.9 cm (27 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago