Paper Lantern Collection

Looking Capable: The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress of the Meiji Era, 1888. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Looking Capable: The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress of the Meiji Era, 1888. Series: Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

Street with a lantern and figures, 1931. Creator: Marius Bauer
Street with a lantern and figures, 1931

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Papierlaternen-Fabrik Riethmüller [maker's catalog], ca. 1880. Creator: Anon
Papierlaternen-Fabrik Riethmuller [maker's catalog], ca. 1880

Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns, c. 1780/1801. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns, c. 1780/1801. Detail from a larger artwork

Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns, c. 1780/1801. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns, c. 1780/1801. Detail from a larger artwork

A Banquet in a Pleasure House on the Bank of the Okawa (Okawa bata giro jo no yusen), c. 1792. Creator: Angyusai Enshi
A Banquet in a Pleasure House on the Bank of the Okawa (Okawa bata giro jo no yusen), c. 1792. Detail from a larger artwork

The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views...", c. 1766
The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor... c. 1766
Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of e... 1788
The Actors Yamashita Mangiku, Iwai Hanshiro IV, and Iwai Kumesaburo from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers, 1788

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo II and Ichikawa Komazo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors cel... 1788
The Actors Arashi Ryuzo II and Ichikawa Komazo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers, 1788

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III, from a pentaptych of eleven acto... 1788
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III, from a pentaptych of eleven actors celebrating the festival of the shrine of the Soga brothers, 1788

A Banquet in a Pleasure House on the Bank of the Okawa (Okawa bata giro jo no yusen), c. 1792

The Lantern Shop, c. 1765. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
The Lantern Shop, c. 1765. Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, with Child Attendants Yoshino and Tatsuta, c. 1793. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya, with Child Attendants Yoshino and Tatsuta, c. 1793

Festivity at a teahouse, from a parody of Chushingura, c. 1797 / 98
Festivity at a teahouse, from a parody of Chushingura, c. 1797/98

The Courtesans Misayama of the Chojiya and Wakana of the Matsubaya Parading... c
The Courtesans Misayama of the Chojiya and Wakana of the Matsubaya Parading under Cherry Blossoms, c. 1789/1801

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles", c. 1795
Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series " Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)", c. 1795. Tragic lovers

Women Boarding a Pleasure Boat, 1780s. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Women Boarding a Pleasure Boat, 1780s

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters... late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters (Mitate Yuranosuke yukyo), late 18th-early 19th century

Shono, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido, Japan, c. 1804

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, c. 1797 / 99
House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, c. 1797/99

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo... Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Kitao Masayoshi
Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei), Japan, late 18th-early 19th century. People promenading on the bank of the Sumida River in what is now Tokyo

Cooling Off on a Summer Evening, c. 1715. Creator: Okumura Masanobu
Cooling Off on a Summer Evening, c. 1715

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor, Japan, c. 1795. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor, Japan, c. 1795

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River, Japan, c. 1795 / 96. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Women watching fireworks at Sumida River, Japan, c. 1795/96

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year, Japan, late 1790s

The Seventh Month (Shichigatsu), from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami)
The Seventh Month (Shichigatsu), from the series " Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)", c. 1783/84

Eleven Actors Celebrating the Festival of the Shrine of the Soga Brothers, 1788. pentaptych: Arashi Ryuzo II and Ichikawa Komazo III; Azuma Tozo III and Otani Tokuji; Ichikawa Danjuro V

Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns, c. 1780 / 1801
Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns, c. 1780/1801

The Sumo Wrestler Kurogumo Otozo with the Teahouse Waitress Naniwaya Okita, early 1790s

Act Ten: The Amakawaya from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers), Japan, c. 1779/80. Creator: Shunsho
Act Ten: The Amakawaya from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers), Japan, c. 1779/80

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin, Japan, c. 1783. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Loyal Ronin, Japan, c. 1783

11 p. m. from the series "Twenty-Four Hours at Shinyanagi (Shinyanagi nijuyoji)"
11 p.m. from the series " Twenty-Four Hours at Shinyanagi (Shinyanagi nijuyoji)", 1880

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Tomita Hyotaro (Shodai Ichikawa Omezo no Tomita Hyotaro), 1794. Creator: Toshusai Sharaku
The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Tomita Hyotaro (Shodai Ichikawa Omezo no Tomita Hyotaro), 1794 (Kansei 6)

Oiwas Ghost (Oiwa no borei), n. d. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Oiwas Ghost (Oiwa no borei), n.d

Perspective Picture of a Kabuki Theater (Uki-e Kabuki shibai no zu), c. 1776

Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei), c. 1789 / 93
Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei), c. 1789/93

The Four Seasons in the South (Minami Shiki): Summer Scene, n. d
The Four Seasons in the South (Minami Shiki): Summer Scene, n.d

Flourishing of Edo Pictures Depicting Dances (Odori keiyo Edo-e no sakae), 1858

Night scene aboard a pleasure boat, c. 1830s. Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Night scene aboard a pleasure boat, c. 1830s

Kiyomizu Temple, from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)", c. 1834

Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flower in a Cool Breeze (Furyo setsugekka no uchi)", n. d
Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flower in a Cool Breeze (Furyo setsugekka no uchi)", n.d

Belated, 1901. Creator: Helen Hyde
Belated, 1901

Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya, early 1800s. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya, early 1800s

Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya... ca. 1798-99
Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya, from the series " True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love" (Jitsu kurabe iro no Minakami), ca. 1798-99

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