Artworks · Torii Kiyonaga

Courtesan Standing Beneath a Shelf for Talismans

1778 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

69.1 × 12.6 cm (27 1/4 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1778 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.2 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesan Descending Stairs

1778 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

70 × 12.3 cm (27 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with Black Hood in Windblown Leaves, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)"

1778 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

66.8 × 11.5 cm (26 5/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tomigaoka, from the series "Ten Scenes of Teahouses (Chamise jikkei)"

1778 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.7 × 18.5 cm (10 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ushi-no-gozen, from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)"

1778 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.5 × 19.4 cm (10 7/16 × 7 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Minamoto no Yoshiie, in the play "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1778 (?)

1778 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

32.7 × 14.8 cm (12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III and his attendant making cermonial rounds at New Year's

1778 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

33.2 × 14.5 cm (13 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

1778 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

71.1 × 12.6 cm (28 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yushima from the series Scenes of Ten Teahouses (Chamise jikkei)

1778 · Color woodblock print; chuban, nishiki-e

25.6 × 18.3 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Lady with Three Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"

1778 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.6 × 26.8 cm (15 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Danjuro Fifth as Kyo no Jiro in Disguise as Dekuroku byoe the Stree Puppet-showman

1778 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

14 15/32 x 10 1/8 in. (36.8 x 25.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Young Woman with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e, left sheet of diptych

70.1 × 11.6 cm (27 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.3 × 19.3 cm (10 3/8 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fishing, from the series "A Set of Ten Beauties in Flowerlike Styles (Enshoku hana fuzoku ju awase)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 18.9 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dog (Inu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.4 × 11.9 cm (26 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Shrine Maiden Osute of the Tomigaoka Shrine (Tomigaoka miko Osute)

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.2 × 11.8 cm (26 7/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Love-Smitten Demons

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

67.5 × 12.2 cm (26 5/8 × 4 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

69.6 × 12.7 cm (27 7/16 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Courtesans Conversing through a Mosquito Net

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.9 × 12 cm (27 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Goro and Segawa Kikunojo III as Tsukisayo, in the play "Nanakusa Yosooi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1782

1777 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.6 × 25.5 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Watching the Water Festival from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25 × 18.6 cm (9 7/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Woman Wearing a Hat

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

67.8 × 11.5 cm (26 3/4 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women and a Child after a Bath

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

67.8 × 11.6 cm (26 3/4 × 4 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Nakamise Shopping Street, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan hakkei)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.9 × 19.6 cm (10 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Geisha Talking to Her Maid

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

61.7 × 12.1 cm (24 5/16 × 4 13/16 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)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.6 × 26.4 cm (15 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

69.7 × 11.1 cm (27 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Visiting the Shrine of Enmei Jizo, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.1 × 19.3 cm (10 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Man with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e, right sheet of diptych

74.1 × 11.9 cm (29 3/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Young Man Playing Flute as Three Girls Watch

1777 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

70.3 × 12 cm (27 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The View from Komagata Hall, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 19.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Asuka no Suika, form the series "Eight Scenes of Edo (Koto hakkei)"

1776 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.9 × 19.2 cm (10 1/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Geisha Struggling for a Letter (Fumi no arasoi), from the series "Flowers of Nakasu (Nakasu no hana)"

1776 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.7 × 18.8 cm (10 1/8 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Geisha and Her Maid Carrying a Shamisen Box

1776 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

70 × 12.3 cm (27 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Geisha Walking under a Cherry Tree

1776 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

65.7 × 11.1 cm (25 7/8 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1776 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.3 × 25.5 cm (14 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Nakamura Riko with a courtesan, from an untitled series of aiban prints depicting Actors in private life

1776 · Color woodblock print; aiban

32.8 × 23.3 cm (12 15/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman After a Bath, from "Comparison of Alluring Beauties (Irokurabe enpu sugata)"

1776 · Color woodblock print; chuban

28.1 × 18.4 cm (11 1/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uma no Naishi, from the series "Modern Versions of Famous Japanese Beauties (Wakoku bijin Yatsushishu)

1776 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 18.8 cm (10 3/8 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ono no Komachi, from the series A Collection of Fashionable Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin ryaku shu)

1776 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.6 × 19.1 cm (10 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Geisha Applying Makeup

1776 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.7 × 11.5 cm (27 1/16 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Yoshino and Tatsuta, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"

1776 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.3 × 25.3 cm (14 11/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Couple Under a Tree

1776 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

68.4 × 12.2 cm (26 15/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesan Toji of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Satoji and Uraji, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves" (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)

1776 · Color woodblock print; ōban

36.6 × 26.1 cm (14 7/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Mat: 71.2 × 50.8 cm (28 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

二階座敷に三人の女|Three Women on a Balcony

1776 · Upper sheet of a vertical diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in. (37.8 x 25.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kitchugi|Geisha of the Tachibana Street

1776 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (37.8 x 26 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Miyanoshita, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"

1775 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.9 × 18.8 cm (10 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago