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Isoda Koryusai

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Woodblock print of a woman lifting a kite for a child beneath drooping willow branches on a wooden veranda.

Young Man Holds a Kite for a Child

c. 1774

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned pink kimono beneath a cherry tree, with a veiled man behind her.

Courtesan Walking with Veiled Man under Cherry Tree

c. 1772

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol admiring a flowering vine, in a striped kimono with a patterned sleeve.

Young Woman Holding Parasol Admires Hirugao (noon-face) Flowers

c. 1772

Woodblock print of a young woman in a tall black hat and patterned kimono holding a fan, performing a dance.

Young Woman Performing Sanbaso Dance

c. 1775

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a letter, beneath a pine tree.

Delivering a Love Letter

c. 1777

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black hood speaking to a boy in a checked robe under a crescent moon.

Woman Wearing Black Hood Speaks to Young Boy

c. 1772

Vertical Japanese print of two figures in kimono lighting pipes beneath a blossoming plum tree.

Couple Lighting Pipes Under a Plum Tree

c. 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman with a basket beneath a bamboo lattice where two women look outward.

Two Young Women Looking out at Young Man Dressed as Komuso

c. 1774

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan leaning above a young man in striped kimono holding an umbrella.

Courtesan Pulling a Young Man's Umbrella (parody of Rashomon)

c. 1773

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one with a woven basket, with birds flying above clouds.

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks (Genpachi and Komurasaki?)

c. 1777

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono under an umbrella, beside blossoming cherry branches.

The Courtesan Shirotae of the Okanaya

c. 1776/81

Woodblock print of a woman using a feather duster to sweep a cobweb from a ceiling as a kneeling woman watches below.

Sweeping a Cobweb

c. 1775

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one behind a bamboo lattice window.

Young Man Admiring a Girl through a Barred Window

c. 1770

Woodblock print of a rider in orange kimono on a white horse beside a patterned folding screen and pine branch.

The First Horseback Ride (Uma norizome), from the series "The Five Fashionable Days of Starting (Furyu go kotohajime)"

c. 1773/75

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of seven elderly sages gathered around a scroll in a bamboo grove, with a young boy.

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

1760

Three women in patterned kimono walk together, wearing ornate hair ornaments, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Sugawara of Tsuruya

1789

Two boys on a log raft on a river, one gathering leafy branches and one poling, under drooping willow trees.

Twee jongens verzamelen hagi (takken met blad) vanaf een vlot op een rivier

1771

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior beside a lattice blind, by Isoda Koryūsai, 1775.

The courtesan Nishikini of Yotsumei-ya

1775

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child on an arched red bridge with wisteria and koi fish below.

Drum Bridge at Kameido

1772

Japanese woodblock print of a young man flying a kite below a woman beside a blossoming plum tree.

Youth flying a kite

1772

Vertical Japanese print of a woman leaning over a railing above a standing man in a striped kimono.

A modern version of act seven from the Kanadehon Chushingura

1772

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a robe and black cap standing beneath willow branches beside rocks.

Zhanggui painted by Sesshu

1782

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in patterned kimono reading a book beside a lacquer tray and scattered books.

Lezende vrouw

1764

Woman in kimono kneeling by a flowering branch and vase, looking toward a bird outside a latticed window.

May: Cuckoo

1772

Woodblock print of a courtesan with a floral parasol, flanked by two attendants and a man in a checked robe.

The courtesan Tsurunoo of Tsuru-ya

1776