Artworks · Yanagawa Shigenobu

Huang Shigong (Kosekiho) and Zhang Liang (Choryo), from "A Set of Two on the States of Han and Chu (Kanso niban no uchi)"

1834 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych, surimono

41.3 × 16.5 cm (16 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Court Lady Praising the Plum Blossom

1830 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

8 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (21.1 x 18.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden (from a series of women compared to figures from Otsu paintings)

1830 · color woodblock print (surimono)

Sheet: 20.2 x 18.5 cm (7 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

New Year Greeting Card for "Rat" Year

1828 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (21 x 18.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

No. 4: Personally Arranged Flower (Teike no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

1826 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.1 × 18.2 cm (8 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

No. 6: Flower of the Capital (Miyako no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

1826 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

20.8 × 18.2 cm (8 3/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Children Flying Kite and a Woman

1824 · Color woodblock print; long surimono

19.6 × 48.5 cm (7 11/16 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Geisha Motozuru (?) of Kaideya as a Dancer in Court Robes (from the series The Parade in the Shimmachi District of Osaka)

1820 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 25.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Celebrated Waterfall

1820 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

13 x 6 3/4 in. (33 x 17.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), from the series "A Comparison of Incense (Takimono awase)"

1817 · Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21 × 18.2 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women on a Hilltop

1816 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 18.5 x 53.4 cm (7 5/16 x 21 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hinazuru of Naka Ogi-ya as an Onna Jittoku

1815 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1

1813 · Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

7 11/16 x 10 7/8 in. (19.5 x 27.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtesan with Flower Cart, from the series "Famous Flowers in Three Capitals (Santo meisho no hana)"

1801 · Color woodblock print; surimono

21.5 × 18.7 cm (8 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Women Playing Music

1800 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

8 1/4 x 11 1/16 in. (21 x 28.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene on the Veranda of a Teahouse

1700 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

8 9/16 x 7 5/16 in. (21.7 x 18.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scenting a kimono with incense

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

21.1 × 18.5 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago