Artworks · Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Chunagon Atsutada, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Gon-Chunagon Masafusa (Oe no Masafusa), from the series “One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Lady Akazome Emon Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

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Mochi Making

1845 · Color woodblock print; surimono

21.3 × 27.9 cm (8 7/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jito Tenno (Workers Dyeing Cloth), from Hyakunin Isshu ubaga Etoki (The Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

1840 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

25.6 x 36.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dainagon Tsunenobu (Workers, beside the sea, dyeing cloth), from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki (A Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

1839 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

25.3 x 36.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Peasant Crossing a Bridge, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

1835 · Color woodblock print; nagaban

50 × 23.2 cm (19 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vanity of Vanities

1835 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Sangi Takamura, from the series "One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1835 · Color woodblock print; oban

26.2 × 37.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.6 × 16.1 cm (10 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 18.6 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.3 × 18 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Memorial Anniversary (Shunen), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24.3 × 18.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

19 × 25.7 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ehon sakigake (Picture book of Japanese and Chinese fighters), complete in 1 vol.

1831 · Book; woodblock printed

22.0 × 15.5 cm (8 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.) (closed); 22.0 × 28.2 cm (8 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.) (opened)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tokaido Okazaki, Yahagi no bashi (The Archers' Bridge at Okazaki, on the Takaido), from Sho-koku Meiko Kiran (Views of Bridges in Various Provinces)

1831 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

24.8 x 36.5 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Chrysanthemum and Horsefly, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

1831 · Color woodblock print, oban

26.5 × 38.8 cm (10 7/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.1 × 36.2 cm (9 7/8 × 14 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fuji from Ommayagashi with Twilight over Ryogoku Bridge (Ommayagashi yori ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.4 × 37.5 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Kanke, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.2 × 36.4 cm (9 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dainagon Tsunenobufrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko ōban

37.5 × 26 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

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Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.4 × 36.7 cm (10 × 14 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

The Brine Maiden

1830 · Color woodblock print; surimono

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

Harumichi no Tsuraki, thirty-second poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko oban

24.9 × 37.1 cm (9 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

26.5 × 38 cm (10 7/16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Sarumaru Dayu, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko ōban

26.4 × 38.6 cm (10 7/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kakinomoto Hitomaro from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1830 · Color woodblock print; ōban

37.6 × 25.7 cm (14 13/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

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Abe no Nakamaro, seventh poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko oban

24.9 × 36.4 cm (9 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

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Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.1 × 25 cm (9 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

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Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko oban

26.2 × 37.7 cm (10 3/8 × 14 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sojo Henjo, twelfth poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko oban

26.2 × 37.6 cm (10 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1830 · Color woodblock print, ōban

26.1 × 37.7 cm (10 1/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Sanjo-in, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.7 × 25.6 cm (14 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

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Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

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Self-Portrait as a Fisherman

1830 · Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban

21.3 × 18.5 cm (8 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Mat: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

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Nihonbashi Bridge, wrapper for the series "One Hundred Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto hyakkei)"

1830 · Color woodblock print

18.9 × 5.1 cm (7 7/16 × 2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cherry blossoms at Ueno, wrapper for the series "One Hundred Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto hyakkei)"

1830 · Color woodblock print

19.1 × 5.1 cm (7 1/2 × 2 in.)

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Bush Warbler and Rose (Kocho, bara), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

1829 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Cuckoo and Azaleas (Hototogisu, satsuki)

1829 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Bull-headed Shrike and Bluebird with Saxifrage and Wild Strawberry (Mozu, ruri, yukinoshita, hebi-ichigo), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

1829 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 17.8 cm (10 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paddy Bird and Magnolia Flowers (Buncho, kobushi no hana), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

1829 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Canary and Peony, from an untitled series

1829 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 19.1 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Japanese Grosbeak and Marvel of Peru (Ikaru, oshiroi no hana), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

1829 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.4 × 17.8 cm (10 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

One-Hundred Views of Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei)

1829 · Woodblock printed book; 3 volumes complete

22.6 × 15.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago