Artist : text1
Title : Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji : The Paddies of Ono in Suruga Province

Artist : text 2
Title : Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji : The Paddies of Ono in Suruga Province

Artist : Sharaku Toshusai
Title : Segawa Kikunojo III as Oshizu

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Woodblock diptych print, oban tate-e.

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Funya no Yasahide

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Gyojia Busho(The Priest Wu Song) "108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin"

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Hida Kago-watashi / Rokuju-yo Shu Meisho Zue

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Kyobashi Bridge- One Hundred Famous View of Edo

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Matsui Tamijiro

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Kayoi ?(Travelling Komachi) / Imayo nana Komachi (Modern Seven Komachi)

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi)

Artist : Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
Title : Ishiyama Moon

Artist : Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
Title : Moon above the Sea at Daimotsu Bay - One Hundred Aspects of the Moon

Artist : Kunisada Utagawa
Title : Geisha Kashiku Ogami Eizaburo

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Mikawa Horaiji sanroku / Rokuju-yo Shu Meisho Zue

Artist : Sharaku Toshusai
Title : The Actors Sawamura Yodogoro II and Bando Zenji, plate 22 from the portfolio Sharaku, Vol. 1

Artist : Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
Title : Flute Player Triptych

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Sagami River - 36 Views of Mt. Fuji

Artist : Toshusai Sharaku
Title : Actor Otani Oniji III as the Manservant Edohei

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Fireworks at Ryogoku

Artist : Eiichi Kotozuka
Title : Fireworks at Kamo River

Artist : Gekko Ogata
Title : Fireworks in the distance

Artist : Shinsui Ito
Title : Fireworks

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Fireworks Over the Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku hanabi no zu)

Artist : Kunitora Utagawa
Title : Great Fireworks at the Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogoku bashi yusuzumi dai hanabi no zu)

Artist : Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
Title : Looking Tiresome

Artist : sample 1
Title : Hida Kago-watashi "Basket ropeway in Hida"

Artist : sample2
Title : Hida Kago-watashi "Basket ropeway in Hida"

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Snow in the Precincts of the Tenman Shrine at Kameido

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Viewing Sunset over Ryogoku Bridge from the Ommaya Embankment

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Gaifu Kaisei

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: The Paddies of Ono in Suruga Province

Artist : Kunisada Utagawa
Title : Dawn at Futami-ga-ura (Futami-ga-ura akebono no zu), from an untitled series of landscapes

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Nihonbashi: Morning Scene (Nihonbashi, asa no kei)

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Tokaido 53 Station - Shono

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Kazusa no Kairo - from 36 Views of Fuji

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Sokokura, from the series Seven Hot Springs of Hakone

Artist : Toyoharu Utagawa
Title : A Winter Party

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Honjo Tatekawa

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Bushu Tamagawa - from 36 Views of Fuji

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Fuji from Gotenyama near Shinagawa on the Tokaido, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

Artist : Hiroshige Utagawa
Title : Karuizawa, pl. 19 from a facsimile edition of Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Highway (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsui)

Artist : Kunisada Utagawa
Title : A beauty writing a poem, titled

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Kambara to Hara

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Umezawazai - Fugaku Sanju-rokkei

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Poem by Sanjo-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Artist : Hokusai Katsushika
Title : Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Artist : Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Title : Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton-Specter

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Ukiyoe & Shogi

Japanese Edo-Life

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Sharaku Toshusai

Known for Ukiyoe of kabuki actors

Hokusai Katsushika

Famouse for the woodblock print series

Kuniyoshi Utagawa

One of the last great masters of Ukiyoe

What is Ukiyoe ?

"Ukiyoe" is the art during 17th through 19th centuries in Edo period in Japan. Many famouse artists like Hokusai, Sharaku, Kuniyoshi produced various masterpieces.

Gallery

Fire fly was the soul of people in Edo. Fire fly was the soul of people in Edo. Fire fly was the soul of people in Edo.

Fire flies

The light of fireflies is fleeting yet beautiful, so it has been seen as a symbol of the souls of the dead.
It is said that it felt like meeting a deceased person.
Many Ukiyoe picture was drawn using firefly as a painting theme.

Starve and Epidemic

In 1732, many people starve to death, and also epidemic occurred. Fireworks was the pray for the souls of those who lost their lives and the epidemic to disappear.
"Edo" had many exciting entertainment like Ukiyoe, Fireworks, and Shogi, but on the contrary these kind of darkness also existed.

Ryogoku Festival

The first fireworks festival was held in Ryogoku, and it became a summer pleasure for the people of Edo. It is expensive to make fireworks, and they disappear in an instant, even after a lot of effort. The people of Edo were willing to spend money on such a fleeting beauty. It also had the meaning of consoling the spirits of the dead who died of famine or epidemics.

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Living with pets

People in the Edo period enjoyed living with small creatures. They lived happily with various creatures, such as goldfish, mice, cats, and dogs. In addition, a law to pity animals was enacted in this era. Since then, people have come to cherish their pets.

Artist : KuniYoshi Utagawa
Title : Saraitonbi

Artist : Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
Title : Looking Tiresome

Artist : Yoshitoshi Tsukioka
Title : Saigo Takamori
walking with a dog

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title : Neko Asobi

Shogi

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Another entertainment that was popular in Edo was "Shogi". This is like a Japanese chess. It's a strategy board game for two players.Also, Shogi puzzle was one of the ways of training to become stronger for Shogi.

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