Kimono Collection (#55)

Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit, ca. 1780. Creator: Isoda Koryusai
Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit, ca. 1780

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara... early 19th century. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or " Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring", early 19th century

Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth, 1756-1815. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth, 1756-1815

Courtesan and Attendants, late 18th century. Creator: Shunsho
Courtesan and Attendants, late 18th century

Beauties and Young Gallants, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Beauties and Young Gallants, 17th century. Edo period (1615-1868)

Woman Cooling Herself, ca. 1800. Creator: Utagawa Toyohiro
Woman Cooling Herself, ca. 1800

Five Beauties, 1840. Creator: Hokuba
Five Beauties, 1840

Courtesan Resting on the Veranda, 18th century. Creator: Furuyama Moromasa
Courtesan Resting on the Veranda, 18th century

Young Woman on a Veranda, second half of the 17th century. Creator: Furuyama Moroshige
Young Woman on a Veranda, second half of the 17th century

Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net, ca. 1720. Creator: Fuhiken Tokikaze
Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net, ca. 1720

Female Chanter for Joruri Puppet Theater, ca. 1920. Creator: Arai Kou
Female Chanter for Joruri Puppet Theater, ca. 1920

Three Beauties, 18th century. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Three Beauties, 18th century

Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog, ca. 1716-1736. Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog, ca. 1716-1736

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening, 1741. Creator: Haritsu Ogawa
Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening, 1741

Enjoying the Cool Breeze. Creator: Kaseki
Enjoying the Cool Breeze

Tartar Officer with Blond Lady Playing Musical Instruments, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Tartar Officer with Blond Lady Playing Musical Instruments, 19th century

Beauty Writing a Letter (copy of a section of the Hikone Screen), 17th-18th century

Spring Pictures. Creator: Unknown
Spring Pictures

Joseph Sherburne, ca. 1767-70. Creator: John Singleton Copley
Joseph Sherburne, ca. 1767-70

Japanese boy, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Japanese boy, 1898. Portrait of a boy with his kimono tucked up round his waist, and wearing sandals. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Woman playing the shamisen, Mentaki Falls, Kobe, Japan, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Woman playing the shamisen, Mentaki Falls, Kobe, Japan, 1898. A Japanese waitress in a kimono playing the traditional stringed instrument at the Nunobiki Falls

Hsi Wang Mu, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Hsi Wang Mu, 1922. Hsi Wang Mu one of the most ancient and powerful goddesses in the Chinese pantheon thought to have once been a wild demon, most often associated with Taoism

As she spoke, Urasato leaned far out over the balcony... 1919. Creator: Unknown
As she spoke, Urasato leaned far out over the balcony, the picture of youth, grace and beauty, 1919....her figure supple and fragile as a willow branch wafted to and fro by a summer breeze

He was suddenly startled to see a girlish form coming towards him in the wavering shadows, 1919. Hayashi was walking along the Sumida riverbank one evening

Frontispiece to Romances of Old Japan, 1919. Creator: Unknown
Frontispiece to Romances of Old Japan, 1919. Woman wearing a kimono and holding a fan, surrounded by cherry blossom. From " Romances of Old Japan", by Madame Yukio Ozaki

The picture he so much admired had actually taken life 1919. Creator: Unknown
The picture he so much admired had actually taken life...and was gliding lightly towards him, 1919. Toshika felt unaccountably happy, he could not tell why and sat alone

What was the young mans astonishment to see a pretty young girl standing just within the gate, 1919. A young samurai happened to pass a deserted Buddhist temple

The box, which served her as a shield, was speedily cut in two... 1919. Creator: Unknown
The box, which served her as a shield, was speedily cut in two... 1919....and there appeared, unfolding and fluttering in the breeze as they fell, a little winding-sheet

Courtesan looking at prints, 1770, (1924). Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Courtesan looking at prints, 1770, (1924). From the " Ehon Seiro Bijin Awase" by Suzuki Harunobu, [1770]. The work depicts courtesans of the great houses (the Green Houses )

Man with swords, and man with a lantern, 1681, (1924). Creator: Hishikawa Moronobu
Man with swords, and man with a lantern, 1681, (1924). From the " Wakoku Shoshoku Edzukushi" (Collection of Pictures of Various Occupations in Japan) by Moronobu, [1681]

Women on a boat, 1801, (1924). Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women on a boat, 1801, (1924). From the " Ehon Shiki-No-Hana" (Picture-book of the Flowers of the Four Seasons), by Kitagawa Utamaro, [1801]

Three figures, 1693, (1924). Creator: Torii Kiyonobu I
Three figures, 1693, (1924). From the " Kokon Shi-Shibai Hyakunin Isshu" illustrated by Torii Kiyonobu, [1693]. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan"

The Kinuta, 1775, (1924). Creator: Kitao Shigemasa
The Kinuta, 1775, (1924). Women beating cloth, and listening to a cricket. The Japanese word kinuta refers to a fulling block, a wooden mallet for beating washing or to give a shine to cloth

Woman serving tea, 1790, (1924). Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Woman serving tea, 1790, (1924). Guests sitting on benches by the shore of a lake. From the " Ehon Eigadane" by Churinsha Shuncho, [1790]

Women and a male servant, 1802, (1924). Creator: Utagawa Toyokuni
Women and a male servant, 1802, (1924). Busy scene including a woman carrying a baby, another woman reading, and a man with a box strapped to his back, holding a bundle of plants on his head

Three women and male servant, 1730, (1924). Creator: Nishikawa Sukenobu
Three women and male servant, 1730, (1924). From " Ehon Tokiwa-Gusa" by Nishikawa Sukenobu, [1730]. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan"

Kamada Masakiyos Wife, 1757, (1924). Creator: Tsukioka Masanobu
Kamada Masakiyos Wife, 1757, (1924). From the " Onna Buyu Yosooi Kagami" by Tsukioka Masanobu, [1757]. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan"

Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Posting Station No 5 of the Tokaido Series - Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Totsuka-juku in 1830s, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Courtesans, 1661, (1924). Creator: Hishikawa Moronobu
Courtesans, 1661, (1924). From the " Taka Byobu Kuda Monogatari" by Moronobu, 2 volumes, Manji 3, [1661]. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan"

Poetess, 1801-1804, (1924). Creator: Shinsai
Poetess, 1801-1804, (1924). From the " Shinsen Kyoka Goju-Nin Isshu" by Ryuryukyo Shinsai. Published in " Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan", by Louise Norton Brown

Le Kinh-Luoc, (Viceroy), 1900. Creator: Unknown
Le Kinh-Luoc, (Viceroy), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule VI". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900]

The Golden Days of Autumn in Japan, 1896. Creator: Underwood & Underwood
The Golden Days of Autumn in Japan, 1896. Woman in a kimono with parasol. Stereocard by Underwood & Underwood

Maidens of the Land of the Rising Sun, beneath the Kogijoku waterfalls... c1900
Maidens of the Land of the Rising Sun, beneath the Kogijoku waterfalls where Nature ever smiles, c1900. Japanese women by a waterfall. Stereocard by Realistic Travels Publishers

Painting Pottery for Export, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Painting Pottery for Export, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

A Study by the Shoji, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
A Study by the Shoji, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Passing the Lantern, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Passing the Lantern, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

In An Iris Garden, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
In An Iris Garden, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

A Fishermans Children, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
A Fishermans Children, 1910. On the Izu peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

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