Artworks · Utagawa Toyokuni II

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō

1824 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

7 x 6 3/4 in. (17.8 x 17.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Night Rain at Ōyama, from the series "Eight Famous Views of Kanagawa"

1820 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 14 5/16 in. (36.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804

1804 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.1 × 25.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1804

1804 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.1 × 25.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fuwa Banzaemon

1800 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 15 7/8 × 21 7/16 in. (40.3 × 54.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 44 11/16 × 25 5/16 in. (113.5 × 64.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 44 11/16 × 27 3/8 in. (113.5 × 69.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Keisei Ichikawa Denzo

1797 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

16 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (41.3 x 28.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

1795 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.8 × 26.1 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

1795 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.8 × 26.1 cm (15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro and Toyokuni (Toyohiro Toyokuni ryoga juni ko)"

1793 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro and Toyokuni (Toyohiro Toyokuni ryoga juni ko)"

1793 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fourth Month

1791 · Two sheets of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

14 1/8 x 19 15/32 in. (35.9 x 49.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

1787 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.6 × 24.5 cm (14 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

1787 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.6 × 24.5 cm (14 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mieidō Fan Shop

1785 · Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Each H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gathering shell fish at low tide

1784 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Each sheet approx: 40 × 25.4 cm (15 3/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gathering shell fish at low tide

1784 · Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Each sheet approx: 40 × 25.4 cm (15 3/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crowds on a Bridge

1769 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Right sheet: 36.4 × 26 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Center sheet: 36.6 × 25.4 cm (14 7/16 × 10 in.); Left sheet: 36.5 × 25.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crowds on a Bridge

1769 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Right sheet: 36.4 × 26 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Center sheet: 36.6 × 25.4 cm (14 7/16 × 10 in.); Left sheet: 36.5 × 25.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Loyal League (Chushingura)

1615 · Pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

a: 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (39.4 x 26 cm); b: 15 1/4 x 10 in. (38.7 x 25.4 cm); c: 15 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (39.1 x 26.7 cm); d: 15 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (39.1 x 25.7 cm); e: 15 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (38.7 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art