Playing the "Hand Game" (c. 1760): Art, History and Details
Playing the "Hand Game" at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1760, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
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Playing the "Hand Game" at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1760, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Woman Looking at the Moon at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Courtesan Reading a Letter at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1800s, two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Courtesan at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s, hanging scroll; ink and color paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hell Courtesan at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1871–89, Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Four Accomplishments at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1620–50, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

A Beauty at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1800s, hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Beneath the Willow at the Cleveland Museum of Art: after 1778, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Two Beauties at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1700s–early 1800s, hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Beauty Receiving a Visitor at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1600s–early 1700s, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Portrait of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1800s, hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Stand-in Fugen at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1700s–early 1800s, hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Festival Scenes at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1615–99, pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1793–96, Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Young Woman Looking at a Pot of Pinks at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1767, color woodblock print, with embossing. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Righteousness, from The Five Virtues at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1767, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Courtesan and Sleeping Attendant at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 1760s, color woodblock print, with embossing. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Heron Maiden Standing Beneath a Willow Tree at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1868–1912, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1853, Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution

Night Rain at Karasaki, from Eight Views of Ōmi at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1835, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Mandarin Ducks and Flowering Plants at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early or mid-1830s, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide at Susaki, from Famous Places in Edo at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1830s, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1833, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1857, Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collec

The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1857, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Shimosuwa, from Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1835–38, Color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone at Sayo no Nakayama, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1848–50, Color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1835–36, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1835–36, Color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection histor

Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1784, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1814, color woodblock print, with mica. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Ōmori, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1830s, Color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Three Courtesans with a Client at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 1700s, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Child Reaching for a Fishbowl at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. mid 1720s, hand-colored woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke at the Cleveland Museum of Art: mid-1700s, color woodblock print. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1793–97, Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1793–97, Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1797, Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1801–2, Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.