Pheasants by Hirafuku Suian (1844-90)

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チャールズ・ウィリアム・バートレット – カシミール ダル湖遊覧船
Charles William Bartlett


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Whistler was an enthusiastic collector of Japanese woodblock prints and this one by Hiroshige is titled ‘Clearing Weather at Shibaura’. See it as part of ‘Whistler: Art and Legacy’ at the Hunterian Art Gallery. Open today, 10am–5pm. Book free tickets at: https://t.co/PPuNkXbyiP

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川 國芳; January 1, 1798 – April 14, 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.

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Hiroshige, "Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Linked Bridge", 1857, Woodblock print on paper, 14 5/16" x 9 7/8"

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Woman in Despair by Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)

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18C landscapist Francis Towne faded into obscurity after he died, but today is quite fashionable. His fresh watercolours of England & Italy sometimes resemble Japanese woodblock prints ~ Tarpeian Rock ■ Vale of St John (“drawn at one o’clock”)■ Looking Towards the Apennines

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For centuries, alluring young women (“ama” = “sea women”) have dived to depths of 30 metres for abalone and pearls in the seas off Japan. In this 1835 woodblock print, Katsushika Hokusai shows them in action, accompanied by men rowing a boat & divers resting on rock

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Rest in Autumn by Takehisa Yumeji (1884–1934)

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🔷🔹 Shodo Kawarazaki (Japanese, 1889 - 1973)

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Kierin or Bicycle Race

woodblock print
by Wado Sanzō (1883-1967)

from Occupations of Shōwa Japan in Pictures (3rd series 1954-6)

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The cover art for Ganbare Goemon: Karakuri Dochu is a combination of "Fine Wind, Clear Morning" and "The Great Wave off Kanagawa"; two popular woodblock prints by Hokusai.

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largely inspired by woodblocks of onna-musha, female samurai! (especially tomoe gozen)

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