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Edo prints

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Before 23 October 1868 - in a period called the Edo era (1603-1868), referring to the fact that the capital of Japan (Tokyo) was then still called Edo - Japan had isolated itself almost completely from the outside world, thus allowing its culture and art to evolve in a most idiosyncratic fashion. Apart from China and Korea only a very small delegation of people from the Netherlands - relegated to the island of Deshima located in the harbour of Nagasaki - were allowed to trade with Japan at that time.

The prints and illustrated books shown on this page were all originally designed during this time of Japanese history.

Please click on any of the images shown below to find out more about these prints and illustrated books: their size, publication date, provenance, enlargements, the English translation of the Japanese texts on each print, et cetera.

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Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - A story of love on the veranda	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - A girl collecting chrysanthemum dew by the stream	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Beauty visiting a shrine on a rainy night
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Cool mountain gust of the fan	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Night rain of the tea rack	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Autumn moon in the mirror
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Homing geese of the koto bridges		Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Evening glow of the lamp
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Returning sails of the towel rack	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Evening bell of the clock	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight Parlour Views: Evening snow
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Ehon Seirō Bijin Awase Ichi	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Ehon Seirō Bijin Awase Ni	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Ehon Seirō Bijin Awase San
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Ehon Seirō Bijin Awase Shi	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Gathering lotus flowers	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Ehon Seirō Bijin Awase Go
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Eight fashionable views of Edo: Descending geese on the Sumida River	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Rokō-musume: The wild pink	Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) - Picking plum blossom over a wall
	Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)- Eight views of Edo: Evening glow at Ryōgoku bridge
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Ten Physiognomic Classes Of Women (1)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Seven women applying make-up using a full-length mirror	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Ten Physiognomic Classes Of Women (2)
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Enjoying the cool on the banks of the Sumida river (left)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Enjoying the cool on the banks of the Sumida river (middle)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Enjoying the cool on the banks of the Sumida river (right)
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Above and below Ryōgoku bridge (top, left)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Above and below Ryōgoku bridge (top, middle)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Above and below Ryōgoku bridge (top, right)
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Above and below Ryōgoku bridge (bottom, left)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Above and below Ryōgoku bridge (bottom, middle)	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Above and below Ryōgoku bridge (bottom, right)
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Shiki no hana Jō	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Woman threading a needle and girl playing music	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Shiki no hana Ge
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Ehon Mushi Erami: Dragonfly and butterflies	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Poem of the Pillow	Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Ehon Mushi Erami: Grasshopper and dragonfly
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Large flowers: Tree peony and butterfly	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Large flowers: Irises and grasshopper	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Large flowers: Bellflower and dragonfly
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji: Under the wave off Kanagawa	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji: Mount Fuji in clear weather	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji: A sudden gust of wind in Ejiri province
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Going the rounds of the waterfalls in all provinces: Kirifuri waterfall at Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - One thousand pictures of the sea: Chōshi in Shimōsa Province	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Going the rounds of the waterfalls in all provinces: Ono waterfall on the Kisokaidō road
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - One hundred poems as explained by the nurse: Poem by Ariwara no Narihira Ason	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - One hundred poems as explained by the nurse: Poem by Bunya no Asayasu	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - One hundred poems as explained by the nurse: Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Famous bridges in Japan: Suspension Bridge between Hida and Etchū Provinces		Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Snow, moon, and flowers: Sumida river
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Ehon Sumida Gawa Ryōgan Ichiran Jō	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Ehon Sumida Gawa Ryōgan Ichiran Chū	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Ehon Sumida Gawa Ryōgan Ichiran Ge
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 1	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 2	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 3
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 4	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 5	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 6
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 7	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 8	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 9
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 10	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 11	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 12
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 13	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 14	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai manga, Volume 15
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Santei gafu	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Denshin gakyō	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Ippitsu gafu
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai Shin hinagata	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai gafu, Volume 1	Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - Hokusai Gaen
Totoya Hokkei (1780 1850) - Dōchu gafu jō	Totoya Hokkei (1780 1850) - Comparison of Japanese books: Snake and melons	Totoya Hokkei (1780 1850) - Dōchu gafu ge
Shōtei Hokuju (1763 1824) - The Eastern capital: View of Tsukudajima island	Shōtei Hokuju (1763 1824) - The Eastern capital: View of Nihonbashi bridge	Shōtei Hokuju (1763 1824) - The Eastern capital: View of Ryōgoku bridge
Shōtei Hokuju (1763 1824) - The Eastern capital: View of Ochanomizu	Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814) - A view of people enjoying the evening cool near Eitai bridge, Fukagawa	Shōtei Hokuju (1763 1824) - Dragnet fishing at Kujukuri Beach
	Yashima Gakutei (1786-1868) - View of a shower over Mount Tenpō in Ōsaka
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) -  The whirlpools at Naruto in the province of Awa (left)	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The whirlpools at Naruto in the province of Awa (middle)	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The whirlpools at Naruto in the province of Awa (right)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō road: Kameyama, weather clearing after snow	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō road: Shōson, sudden rain	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō road: The Mie river near Yokkaichi
	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō road: Hakone, view of the lake
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Eight Views of the Eastern Capital: Autumn moon at Takanawa	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Eight Views of the Eastern Capital: Snow At Ryogoku	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Eight Views of the Eastern Capital: Night Rain At Matsuchiyama
	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Eight Views of Shiba from the Eastern Capital: Returning sails at Takanawa
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The eight snow scenes in the Eastern capital: Evening snow at Takanawa	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - The sixty-nine stations of the Kisokaidō road: Seba	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Twelve views of the silver snowscape of the East: Part moon above both sides of the Sumida river
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - One hundred famous views of Edo: Suruga-chō	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Famous views of Edo in the four seasons: Winter - Sumida river in snow	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - One hundred famous views of Edo: Ryōgoku Ekōin temple and Moto-Yanagibashi bridge
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) -Famous restaurants of Edo: Viewing the snow from the Uekiya restaurant at Mokuboji temple	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Famous views in Edo: Ochanomizu	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Famous places in the eastern capital: Snowy morning in the Yoshiwara
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Famous Places in Edo: Ōmori		Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - The illustrated abridged biography of the Buddhist priest Nichiren: In the snow at Tsukahara, Sashū
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) - Twelve months of current fashion: Early winter garden (front)		Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) - Twelve months of current fashion: Early winter garden (back)

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