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Nishikawa Sukenobu

28 works

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Hanging scroll of three women in patterned kimono, one playing a shamisen, with a lacquer tray of writing items in front.

Three Beauties

18th century

Three women in patterned kimonos share tea beside lacquer trays and a black teapot on a golden background.

Three Girls Having Tea

19th century

Painting of a family group in kimono visiting a shrine, with a shrine attendant on a wooden veranda beside sake and paper str

Infant's first visit to a Shinto shrine

1615

Woman in patterned kimono holds string to a dog on a wooden veranda as an attendant in red reaches for a ball.

Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog

ca. 1716-1736

Hanging scroll of a woman in a floral kimono standing by reeds at a riverbank, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Lady Ise by the Riverbank

late 18th century

Hanging scroll of two robed figures on a cloud bridge above water, with a small bird on a rock, in a patterned silk mount.

The God Izanagi and Goddess Izanami

18th century

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a red kimono holding a kitten, with a shamisen and lacquer box beside her.

Courtesan with a Kitten

early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono raising a poem card toward blossoming cherry branches, with a rock at right.

Prostitute Reading a Poem-Card

1735

Hanging scroll of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a fan, on a golden ground with brocade mounting.

Woman and Attendant

1700

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red kimono holding a kitten, with a shamisen and lacquer box beside her.

Beauty with a Kitten

1750

Black-and-white woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono looking at a scroll, with a garden and cherry blossom

Woman Looking at a Hanging Scroll

c. 1740s

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a mirror stand and a standing woman in a patterned kimono.

Woman and Child Beside a Mirror Stand

c. 1740s

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a green patterned kimono adjusting her hair with both arms raised.

A Dancer

Late 17th to 18th century

Woodblock print of a lady and three attendants with umbrellas walking through heavy rain past a wooden house.

A Lady with Three Attendants in the Rain

1731

Black and white Japanese print of umbrella-carrying figures in rain by a river, with a pine tree and a young woman holding a

Nuori runoilijatar Komachi laskee sateessa vesille malliveneen, jonka purjeeseen hän on kirjoittanut viisirivisen runon

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono standing over a seated man playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen

Monochrome print of three women in kimono weaving and reeling silk beside a large wheel, loom and brazier.

Three Courtesans Weaving Silk

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a blossoming plum tree, with vertical Japanese calligraphy inscriptions.

Two Girls Under Plum Tree

Woodblock print of a woman playing a shamisen beside a kneeling man, with an open book and calligraphy in the corner.

Young Lady Taking a Lesson on the Shamisen

Woodblock print of two women reclining on a tatami floor, one reading an open book beside a sliding screen and potted plant.

Two Women Reclining on the Floor of a Room and Reading a Book

ca. 1730

Woodblock print of a man with a sake cup and two women in kimono seated on tatami beside a sliding door.

A drinking party

1716

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman and a child lying on the floor with an open book in a traditional room.

A mother and son [her son doesn't want her to read]

1716

Woodblock print of travelers on a flowering path, a woman with parasol beside a winding river, with calligraphy above.

Wandelaars in een landschap met bloemen

1700

Woodblock print of a riverside teahouse with women on a balcony, a shamisen player, a basket carrier and calligraphy.

Theehuis langs een rivier

1700

Woodblock print of travelers walking past a bare tree and a winding stream, with a bald man gesturing and birds flying overhe

Wandelaars in een landschap

1700

Monochrome woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a coast with pines and boats, a seated figure in a room at right.

Dromend over de Fuji

1700

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono carrying a bamboo vase of yellow and white chrysanthemums.

Young Girl Carrying a Flower Arrangement

first half of 18th century

Monochrome woodblock print of two women and a child in kimono, one holding a shadow puppet and one playing a shamisen indoors

Shadow puppets

1716

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