Old Time Japan

美しい自然、豊かな文化、幸せな人々の国　　Vintage Old Japan Photography,Art,Ukiyo-e,Shin-hanga,etc. http://oldtimejapan.sakura.ne.jp/

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Railway station of Moji, Japan

Japanese vintage postcard

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Bund of Yokohama, Japan

Japanese vintage postcard

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Geishas

Photographer might be Shinichi Suzuki II, whose studio went out of business in 1896.

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Japanese Noh costume, Meiji era (19th century). MFA.  Via Pinterest

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi. A collection of popular masks (Ryūkō menzukushi). Two fan prints, 1842.

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by artist Itō Jakuchu

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"The Cat's Dream" by Utamaro from Siegfried Bing's Artistic Japan v.6 (1891).

Full text here.

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Artist: Ito Shinsui Title: Mosquito Net, from the First Series of Modern Beauties Date: 1929 Medium: Color woodblock print; oban Credit Line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab

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Courtesan, Matsuno Chikanobu, 1716-1735, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art

A glamorous courtesan sports an outer robe decorated with large roundels featuring plant motifs including iris and bush clover. Little is known about the life and artistic training of the painter Matsuno Chikanobu, an ukiyo-e artist who painted in a style strongly reminiscent of that of the Kaigetsudō studio. Many of his known paintings are on silk, and executed with high quality pigments, indicating that his primary clientele were wealthy individuals. Size: Overall: 179.1 x 58.5 cm (70 ½ x 23 1/16 in.); Overall: 177.8 x 52.7 cm (70 x 20 ¾ in.); Painting only: 91 x 35.5 cm (35 13/16 x 14 in.); Painting only: 91.8 x 39.6 cm (36 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.) Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.249

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Evening Bell at Mii Temple (from the series Eight Views of Omi Province), Ando Hiroshige, late 1830s or early 1840s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art

Size: Sheet: 15 x 21 cm (5 7/8 x 8 ¼ in.) Medium: color woodblock print

https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1274

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Courtesan and Attendants, Engetsudo, c. 1748-1751, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art

The courtesan wears a pair of tall, lacquered wooden clogs and heavy robes, indicating it is winter. The elaborate span of her tortoiseshell comb in her fashionable coiffure enhances her glamorous appearance. Her blue-and-white striped obi is tied in a loose bow in front, typical for a her profession. The round, stylized cherry blossom crest of her “house” (brothel), partially visible on her shoulder just above the shawl, also appears on the robes of her two attendants (kamuro). The attendants hold shuttlecocks, used in a game associated with New Year’s. One girl stares out at the viewer; the other looks back. The frontal view of the attendant’s face is somewhat unique in ukiyo-e painting and prints. Size: Overall: 189.8 x 64.8 cm (74 ¾ x 25 ½ in.); Painting only: 90.2 x 43.8 cm (35 ½ x 17 ¼ in.) Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.255

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Japanese Noh costume, Meiji era (19th century). MFA.  Via Pinterest

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi. A collection of popular masks (Ryūkō menzukushi). Two fan prints, 1842.

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Artist: Ito Shinsui Title: Mosquito Net, from the First Series of Modern Beauties Date: 1929 Medium: Color woodblock print; oban Credit Line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab

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Tsukioka of the Kagaya.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  About 1800,  Japan.  Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I