Ukiyo-e Galleries

The Collection of Alec Wood

No. 32 from the series His Figure: Related Copies of Other Pictures (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)
「其姿紫の写絵　卅二」
Utagawa Kunisada
1851
No. 48 from the series His Figure: Related Copies of Other Pictures (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)
「其姿紫の写絵　四十八」
Utagawa Kunisada
1852
Design from the series Contemporary customs of the floating world (Ukiyo imayō fuzōku)
「浮世今容風俗」
Keisai Eisen
c. late 1820s
Akashi of the Tamaya (Tamaya uchi Akashi) from the series A Collection of Brothel Beauties (Seirō bijin zoroe)
「青楼美人揃　玉屋内明石」
Kikukawa Eizan
c. late 1810s
Reproduction of Autumn: Moon above the Reception Room (Aki zashiki no tsuki) from the series The Four Seasons (Shiki)
「四季　秋座敷の月」
Nishimura Shigenaga
early 20th century (original design 1725-1730)
Wakamatsu of the Otawara-ya (Ōtawaraya uchi wakamastsu) from the series Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsumoyō)
「雛形若菜の初模様　大たわらや内　若松」
Isoda Koryūsai
1776-1778
Mitate of the Killing of the Nue from the series Picture Siblings (E-kyōdai)
「絵兄弟」
Kitagawa Utamaro
c. 19th century (original design c. 1798)
Adaptation of design from the series Fashionable Seven Komachi (Fūryū nana komachi)
「風流七小町」
Kitagawa Utamaro
c. 19th century (original design c. 1805)
Sekidera from the series Tōsei mitate nana komachi
「当世みたて　七こまち　関てら」
Utagawa Kunisada
1840-1842
Torii Kiyohiro
Early 20th century (original design c. 1750-1754)
Adaptation of Evening Snow Over Shizuka of the Tamaya (Tamaya Shizuka bosetsu) from the series Fūryū jorō hakkei
「風流女郎八景　玉屋しづか暮雪」
Isoda Koryūsai
Early 20th century (original design 1773-1775)
Loyalty of the Entire Nation (Banmin Kifuku) from the series Eastern Customs: Enumerated Blessings (Azuma fūzoku fuku zukushi)
「東風俗福づくし　万民きふく」
Toyohara Chikanobu
1889
Reproduction of The Ninth Month from the series Twelve Months In the South (Minami jūni kō)
「美南見十二候」
Torii Kiyonaga
20th century (original design c. 1784)
Kataoka Gadō II as Sasahara Hayato
Gosōtei Hirosada
1852
Kōtei from the series Pictures of Noh Performances (Nōgaku Zue)
「能楽図絵　皇帝」
Tsukioka Kōgyo
1898
Ninin Bakama from the series Pictures of Noh Performances (Nōgaku Zue)
「能楽図絵　狂言　二人袴」
Tsukioka Kōgyo
1897
Yūjo with a statue of a kamuro
Chōbunsai Eishi
Ichikawa Omezō I as Kobayashi no Asahina
Utagawa Toyokuni
1814
Reproduction of Three Beauties of the Present Day (Tōji san bijin)
「当時三美人」
Kitagawa Utamaro
late 20th century (original design c. 1793)
Design from the series Views of prosperity in Jōruri-machi (Jōruri-machi hanka no zu)
「浄るり町繁栄の図」
Utagawa Hiroshige
1852
View of Yamada-machi from Miyagawa Bridge (Miyagawa bashi yori yamadamachi o nozomu) from the series Ise meishō
「伊勢名所　宮川橋より　山田町　を望む」
Hirose Harutaka
1897
Instrumental Trio (Sankyoku) from the series Contemporary customs in the Eastern Capital (Imayo yamato sugata no uchi)
「今世倭姿之内　三曲」
Mishima Shōsō
1878
Inner Shrine At Ise (Tenshōkōtaijingū) from the series Ise meishō
「伊勢名所　天照皇大神宮」
Hirose Harutaka
1905
View of the Kagoshima Rebels' Last Stand (Kagoshima zokuto kusen [no] zu)
「鹿児島賊徒苦戦図」
Utagawa Yoshimune II
1877
Gesturing Like an Actor at Grinding-Bowl Hill in Ueno (Ueno suribachiyama yakusha no miburi) from the series Humorous Famous Views of Tokyo (Tōkyō kokkei meishō)
「東京滑稽名所　上野　摺鉢山　俳優の　身振り」
Utagawa Hiroshige III
1883
Frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu 文芸倶楽部
Mizuno Toshikata
1899
View of Asakusa Kanzeon Temple (Asakusa Kanzeon no zu)
「浅草観世音之図」
Baidō Kunihide
1895
Right sheet of Distant View of Hatchō Embankment From Inamoto-rō In Sumi-chō, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Sumichō Inamotorō jōyori hatchōdzutsumi ichiran no zu)
「新吉原　角町　稲本　楼上より　八丁堤　一覧の図」
Shōsai Ikkei
1870s (original design 1872)
Torii Kiyohiro
Early 20th century (original design c. 1750-1754)
Travel Dance of the Groom's Journey (Michiyuki tabiji no hanamuko)
「道行旅路の花聟」
Utagawa Kunitoshi
1890
Kyōbashi renga tsukuri from the series Tōkyō meishō no uchi
「東京名勝之内　京橋煉瓦造り」
Kunimaro II
c. 1875-1885
Frontispiece illustration from Nochi no kaizoku 「後の海賊」 by Murakami Namiroku
Nakano Shunkō
1895
Frontispiece illustration from Chimori no osen 「乳守のお仙」 by Jokibō 如鬼坊
Utagawa Kunimatsu
1912
Sawamura Tosshō II as Mori Ranmaru in "Toki wa ima yakko ukejō" 時皞握虎券
Toyohara Kunichika
1862
Design from the series Picture Siblings (E-kyōdai)
「絵兄弟」
Kitagawa Utamaro
20th century (original design c. 1798)
Frontispiece illustration from Kumogiri nizaemon 「雲切仁左衛門」 by Yamada Toichirō
Murakami Toyosada
1898
Frontispiece illustration from Mikazuki 「三日月」by Murakami Namiroku
Murakami Namiroku
1891
View of the Great Battle of Tōmei (Tōmei dai-sensō [no] zu)
「東名大戦争図」
Utagawa Yoshitora
1890 (original edition 1874)
Left sheet of Kanjo funa-asobi no zu
「官女船遊之図」
Shinsai Toshimitsu
1879
Famous sights of Tokyo: Ueno Park landscape with the cherry blossoms in full bloom (Tōkyō meisho no uchi Uenokōen-chi sakurabana mankai no fūkei)
「東京名所之内上野公園地櫻花満開之風景」
Yamamura Seisuke
1888
Right two sheets of View of a kaichō at the shrine of Benzaiten on Shinobazu Pond in Ueno (Ueno Shinobazu Benzaiten kaichō no zu)
「上野 不忍 弁財天開帳之図」
Yōsai Nobukazu
Military parade at Aoyama, Tokyo (Tōkyō Aoyama kanpei shiki) from the series Tōkyō meishō
「東京名所　東京青山 観兵式」
Seishū
1895
Left sheet of triptych design View of Enoshima in Sōshū (Sōshū Enoshima no zu)
「相刕江之嶋之図」
Ippūsai Hisakuni
1849-1852
Design from the series Chiyū shiryaku zukai
「智勇史略図解」
Yamamura Kōitsu
1889
Fujikawa from the series Tōkaidōchū kurige no Yaji uma
「東海道中栗毛の弥次馬　藤川」
Yoshiiku
1860
Women dressed for travel in the style of the Heian and Kamakura periods, including ichimegasa (市女笠) hats with mushi no tareginu (虫の垂れ衣) veils
Ranshitsu(?)
c. 1850s
Memorialization of unidentified event on 4th day of 3rd month of first year of Genji (1864)
Seirō?
1866
Pufferfish courtesan and her jellyfish companion (Meiji "B" copy)
Yanagawa Shigenobu
c. 1880s-1890s (original design c. 1820s)
Fragment of a toy print
Iwai Umeyuki
c. 1870s
Musashibō Benkei
「武蔵坊弁慶」
Utagawa Kunitsuna I
before 1843
The Rabbits' Dream of a Time of Peace (Taiheiraku ne usagi no yume)
「泰平楽寝兎夢」
Kobayashi Eitaku
1873
Asakusa Kannon-ji no zu
「浅草観音寺之図」
Kangetsu?
1899
Frontispiece illustration depicting crowds arriving for a performance at the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo
「斎席の月かけ」
Yamamoto Shōun
Asakusa Kanzeon no zu from the series Tōkyō meishō
「東京名所　浅草観世⾳之図」
Kuniteru III
1892
Page from Shōnen Keinen gafu 松年景年画譜
Suzuki Shōnen
1913
Sericulture in Pictures (Yōsan zue)
「養蚕図絵」
Otake Chikuha
c. 1890s
No. 1: Shishiko from the series Kaiko yashinai gusa
「蚕養草　一　獅子蚕」
Utagawa Kunitoshi
1880
Nihon shin no ryō daijin oite Hokukin ōsetsu no zu
「日清両大臣於北京応接之図」
Toshimitsu
1874
Shūsai?
Chapter 48 from the series Fifty-four Chapters of Genji (Genji gojūyon jō)
「源氏五十四帖　四十八」
Utagawa Kunisada
1898
Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken Under the Protective Gaze of Emperor Jimmu
Utagawa Kunitoshi
1881
Shamisen Player
Yoshimune II
Surimono With Festival Accessories
Mizuno Kōho
Izutsu-hime / Shizuka Gozen / Tokiwa Gozen from the series Kenjo kagami
「賢女鏡　井筒姫」
「賢女鏡　静御前」
「賢女鏡　常盤御前」
Nakai Yoshitaki
View of a Promotion Ceremony for Army and Navy officers (Riku-kaigun shōkō shōtō no zu)
「陸海軍将校昇等ノ図」
Yamazaki Toshinobu
1878.12
The Eleventh Month (Jūichigatsu) from the series Twelve Months of Children at Play (Kodomo asobi jūnitsuki)
「子供遊び十二つき　十一月」
Nakajima Yoshiume
c. early 1840s
Right sheet of Echizen Province: View of the Siege of Kanegasaki (Echizen no kuni: Kanegasaki kōjō no zu)
「越前国金ヶ崎　城攻之図」
Utagawa Sadanobu
1843-1846
Right sheet of True View of the Steam Engine at Takashima-cho, Yokohama (Yokohama shin kaichi Takashima-chō tetsudō no shinkei)
「横浜新海地高嶋町鉄道之真景」
Utagawa Kunimatsu
1875
Fan print
Shima
c. 1885
Grasshopper on a Gourd
「松梅齋英圖」
c. 1880s
New Year's Amusements of the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin haru no asobi)
「七福神春の遊」
Inano Toshitsune
1882
Calendar Advertisement (Hikifuda-goyomi 引札暦) for Meiji 17 (1884)
1883
Battle Scene from the Sino-Japanese War
Kasai Hōsai
1894-1895
The Fifth Month (Satsuki) from the series Customs of the Five Festivals (Gosekku fūzoku)
「五節句風俗　五月」
Katsukawa Shunzan
View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu) from the series Famous Views of Edo (Edo meisho)
「江戸名所　霞ヶ関の圖」
Utagawa Kunisato
c. 1857
Left sheet of a scene from "Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e" (aka "Shiranami Gonin Otoko")
「青砥稿花紅彩画 (白浪五人男)」
Yōshū Chikanobu
1862.3
Concise Solar Calendar for the Year Meiji 17, Year of the Wood Monkey (Meiji jū-nananen taiyō ryakureki: Kinoe-saru)
「明治十七年大陽略暦 甲申」
Adachi Ginkō
1883.11.17
Nakayama Isshi as Older Sister Miyagino and Nakayama Miyoshi as Younger Sister Shinobu in "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi"
「碁太平記白石噺」
「中山一枝　姉宮ぎの」
「中山みよし　妹しのぶ」
Shunshō
1825
Unidentified actor as Matsushita Issaku
Utagawa Sadaharu
c. 1850s
Left sheet of View of the Flower Garden at Yokohama Station (Yokohama sutēshon hanazono no zu)
「横濱ステーション花園乃圖」
Utagawa Kunitsuru
1875.8
Toba-e
Utagawa Kunifusa
The Seven Lucky Gods' Wresting Play-Match (Shichifukujin sumō asobi)
「七福神　相撲𨔼」
Otake Kunikazu
Travelers in the snow
Ekigi
early 20th century (original design c. 1790s)
Sumō Fanatics at the Ekō-in in Eastern Ryōgoku (Higashi Ryōgoku Ekō-in sumō kichigai) from the series Famous Places and Humorous Images of Modern Life in Tokyo (Tōkyō kaika kyōga meisho)
「東京開化狂画名所　東両國回向院相撲狂人」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1881
Design from the series Kokon harimaze zukushi
「古今張交盡」
1864
Fan print
Hashinobu
Two woodworkers(?) in a comic scene
Two beauties
Ikkō
1897.1.20
Right sheet of View of the Flower Garden at Yokohama Station (Yokohama sutēshon hanazono no zu)
「横濱ステーション花園乃圖」
Utagawa Kunitsuru
1875.8
Katō Kiyomasa and Shiōden Tajima no Kami from the series A Collection of Heroic Warriors (Eiyū musha zoroe)
「英勇武者揃」
c. 1880s
Center sheet of View of the Masudaya Storefront (Masudaya misesaki zu)
「増田屋店先図」
Kunisada II
1867
Ichikawa Danjurō IX in an unidentified role
Toyohara Kunichika
1875.8
Concise Calendar for the Year Meiji 16 (Meiji jū-rokunen ryakureki)
「明治十六年略暦」
Manda(?)
1882.12.5
Scene from the Sino-Japanese War
1895
Travellers Viewing Mount Fuji
Utagawa Kunifusa
1837-1842
Goryōban and Ichibugin
Utagawa Kunifusa
1837-1842
Portrait of Tenjin
Keisai Eisen
Street fighting in Newchang (Gyūsōjō shigaisen minka ni shin'nyū no zu)
「牛荘城市街戰民家ニ侵入之圖」
1895
Memorial Portraits of Sawamura Sōjūrō IV and Segawa Rokō IV
Utagawa Kuniyasu
1812
Procession at Higashi Honganji Temple, Nagoya
「東本願寺別院御門上三尊佛像御供養會御行列之圖」
1881
Tsujiura
「つじうら」
1871
Courtesans Ariwara of the Kadoebirō and Azumaji of the Daimonjirō
Bōsai Shūgetsu
1885
Iwai Kumesaburō III as the courtesan Chōjiya Hitoe
Utagawa Kunisada
1859
Ten Paths of Good and Evil Before the Open-Hearted (Zen'aku jikkai dō kokoro no yukimichi)
「善悪十開道心の行路」
Nagashima Shungyō
1885
Comical Warriors: New Rice Cakes for the Reign of Our Lord (Dōke musha miyo no wakamochi)
「道外武者　御代の若餅」
Utagawa Yoshitora
1849
View of the Nagoya Garrison Drilling
「名古屋鎮䑓練兵之圖」
Hirokuni
1888
Evening Cool at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku no yūsuzumi) from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho no uchi)
「江戸名所之内　両國の夕涼」
Kohōen Morinobu
c. 1855-1860
Unknown actor as Jiraiya
Kuninobu
early 1850s
Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu) from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)
「近江八景　比良暮雪」
Gakutei Harunobu
c. 1836-1839
Daikoku Under a Money Tree ("Kane no naru ki")
「金のなる木」 大黒
Umegawa and Chūbei in "Michiyuki koi no sandogasa"
「梅川　忠兵衛　道行恋三度笠」
Utagawa Yoshinao
1857
Kanda Myōjin from the series Famous Views of Modern Tokyo (Tōkyō kaika meishō)
「東京開化名勝　神田明神」
Utagawa Kunitoshi
1888
Everlasting SNOW
「スノー」
Masumoto Harumichi
c. 1890s
Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō)
「菊児童」
Takahashi Kōko
Seki Sanjūrō III and Nakamura Utaemon IV in Chūkō homare no takanawa
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1848
Chūshingura: The Twelve Acts
「忠臣蔵十二段続」
Kunitane
1901
Ichikawa Danjurō VII as Misuji no Tsunagorō
Utagawa Kunisada
1830
Kisegawa of the Owariya (Owariya uchi Kisegawa)
「尾張屋内喜瀬川」
Utagawa Kunitomi
c. early 1830s