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"Lucidario di Ricam;" Book containing 60 printed designs, also 26 examples of lace, among which a tiny sampler all mounted together in a book bound in red silk damask. Book probably bound later and samples pasted on stuff. — Tracings for Fancywork, 16th century
Francesco Calepino

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vertical ōban diptych;bind in a book with 96.146.106* — Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori (R) and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Inukawa Shōsuke Yoshitō (L), 1850
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi

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vertical ōban diptych;bind in a book with 96.146.106* — Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V as Banzui Chōbei (R) and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Shirai Gonpachi (L), 1850, 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Sanoya Kihei

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vertical ōban triptych; seated male figure baring his chest and holding a sword in his PR hand, while an older figure in a yellow patterned kimono puts one hand on the young man's chest and another hand on the man's wrist holding the sword; standing man wearing a kimono with a black ground and white and orange flowers holding a text scroll, with a seated woman in a red kimono holding a sword in an orange scabbard, at center; two seated women at right, with front woman in red kimono with pink lines holding a dagger in her PR hand; woman seated behind woman with dagger holds wrist and arm of frontmost woman and wears a blue kimono with swirling clouds or water and purple, blue and red flowers; sumptuous interior with sliding door and windows and black lacquer chest; pairs of round cartouches, red circular seals and lines of text at bottom of each panel; characters' names written aside each figure in rectangular cartouches: man on right: {Higashiyama Yoshimasa kō}, woman in red (palace attendant): {Koshimoto tama??}, man on left: {Jirōkaja}, old woman: {Sazano ????} — Actors Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae, Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata (R); Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Lord Higashiyama Yoshimasa, Bandō Tamasaburō II as Koshimoto Tamanae (C); Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja, Morita Kan'ya XI as Saga no Kōshitsu (L), c. 1851, 8th month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei

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vertical ōban diptych; left: standing man wearing primarily purple striped kimono, holding his PL hand behind his ear, at a bamboo gate; blossoming tree behind man; right: started woman looking toward right, with PR hand held out, holding the skirts of her purple and turquoise striped kimono; pink blossoms at top; tray with blue and white plates and bowls behind woman; red cartouche with black text in each top outer corner; five cartouches--three round--in LLC of left sheet with text; five cartouches--three round--in LLC and LRC of right sheet with text — Scene from the Kabuki Play, "Yowa nasake ukina no yokogushi", 1853, 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi

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vertical ōban diptych; two images of the same actor separated by a white curtain with fragments of text in black with jagged torn edges, being ripped by sword of figure at left; figure at left holds one end of an extended scroll with a black horse at end; figure at right wears blue kimono with red flowers and blue patterned vertical stripes on pants; two rectangular cartouches with text in URC on b; round cartouche with text and one character at bottom center on a; round cartouche with text and three lines of text at bottom center on b; the letters on the white cloth may identify the title and scene of the play; c: awkwardly-positioned, slightly crouching figure with PL knee bent; figure wears a yellow necklace with many pendants, black kimono with blue irises, blue underkimono with white stars, blue leggings and red pants; crescent moon in sky; two rectangular cartouches with text in ULC; three lines of text and round cartouche with text in LRC — Actors Ichikawa Ebizō V in a quick costume change as Shizuma Ishitarō (R) and Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado (C) and Iwai Tojaku as Oyama, a woman of lowly birth (L), 1837, 11th month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi

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vertical ōban diptych; a (left): squatting figure wearing a white headscarf and holding a green box with yellow flowers, tied with a red cord, wearing a black kimono with white symbols; b (right): standing man holding a man and wearing a brown and blue kimono with white symbols, leaning on a bamboo gate with two doors, which separate the figures; bold text in top outer corners and center outer edges; round cartouches with text at center of left sheet and LRQ of right sheet; rectangular cartouches with text in LRQ of each sheet — Actors Onoe Eizaburō III as Ōboshi Yuranosuke (R) and Iwai Kumesaburō II as Ōboshi Rikiya (L), early 1830s
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei

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Actors Yamashita Kinsaku IV as Kumagai's wife Sagami (R) and Nakamura Shikan II as Kumagai Jirō Naozane (L), c. 1833, 7th month

Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Daikokuya

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vertical ōban diptych; two figures engaged in a battle on a black, blue and white roof, with clouds below and moon in ULC; figure at left wears kimono with purple and gold fringes, and an orange headband tied at top forehead, and defends himself with a blue staff; figure at right is advancing with a sword, and wears a primarily red jacket with flowers and a blue flowered kimono; three rectangular and two round cartouches with text in ULC; four rectangular and two round cartouches with text on right panel--one in URC and the remainder in LLQ — Koryū Castle Act, 1852, 1st month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Yorozuya Kichibei

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vertical ōban triptych; a (left): two kneeling men; man at left wears white kimono with grey geometric patterns and grey obi; man at right wears blue kimono with black obi; both men look upward toward right; b (center): man seated on raised platform, wearing expansive garment that is primarily purple with grey and white arc pattern and round medallion with white flowers; c (right): two kneeling and bowing figures; man at left wears black and gold garment with hexagonal medallions with flowers on sleeves and shoulders and skirt of blue, grey and black stripes; woman at right wears purple and pink kimono with flowers and floral obi with red ground — Trial Scene from The Story of the Judge Aoto Fujitsuna, 1849, 1st month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei

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triptych; a (left): little girl at right, wearing a kimono with blue patterning and red field with multicolored flowers, holding a beaded bell with a windchime, decorated with floral motifs; girl hands windchime to woman in a grey kimono with red flowers and green leaves, standing on a yellow stool; b (center): seated woman wearing a purple kimono with blue flowers and green leaves, holding one end of an orange banner with green birds and green and red flowers; candle on tall black and white pedestal at right; c (right): orange banner extends into this panel, with opposite end behind a seated man wearing a blue kimono with stylized orange and blue flowers across the middle; man holds a brush and paper; woman with heavy face behind man, wearing purple and blue striped kimono and holding a black box with yellow flowers; seascape with moon at left behind figures; text at lower right corners of a and c and at bottom center of b — Autumn, c. 1849-1851
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Sanoya Kihei

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vertical ōban diptych; a (left): seated man with a coy expression, with PR index finger held to his lips, wearing a blue kimono with grey hem; food on blue and white plates and blue and white jug and cup, with red tray, in LLQ; text in red rectangular cartouche, ULC; two rectangular and three round cartouches with text, LRC; b (right): standing woman at right wearing garments with many patterns including red with pink circles and arcing lines, blue with yellow and green birds, with yellow brocade and similar birds and purple with orange and white star shapes and lines; woman wears a hair ornament with a large purple ball; text in yellow cartouche, ULC; text in two rectangular and three round cartouches, LRC; snow-covered cherry blossoms visible outside windows on both sheets — Scene from the Kabuki Play "Kyō ningyō", 1853, 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Kiya Sōjirō

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vertical oban diptych; young man at left wearing purple kimono with gold birds and flowers facing off a standing monk wearing a gold kimono with purple and green flowers, holding a tan above his head; two women look coyly at the scene--one in LRC wearing black kimono with multicolored flowers and one in ULQ wearing pink kimono; two rectangular cartouches with text on a, URQ right of center, and on b, URC; lines of text, round and oval cartouches of text, LLC, on each image; characters' names: Besshitsu Fuji no kata (woman on right), Yamana So_zen (monk), Katsuro_ no kimi (young man), Kashizuki Hisao (woman on left) — Actors Onoe Kikujirō II as Fuji no Kata, Nakayama Ichizō I as Yamana Sōzen (R), and Iwai Kumesaburō III as Jirō Kaja and Azuma Ichinojō I as Sugibae (L), c. 1851, 8th month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Ōmiya Heihachi

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vertical ōban diptych; a (left): seated man wearing black robe with subtle brocade and yellow headdress with blue cord under chin; b (right): standing woman wearing kimono with many patterns and gold headdress with rooster and hanging strands of multicolored beads, holding a white fan with a large orange cord; cherry blossoms at top — King and Queen of the Doll's Festival, 1853, 3rd month
Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Kiya Sōjirō

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I-ching, 18th-19th century

China

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The Adventure Dreamt by the Governor of Nanke, 1601

Tang Xianzu; Editor: Zang Maoxun; Publisher: Shuye Tang Bookshop

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triptych in inverted T shape; top image (a): two figures on a balcony; standing man at right pouring brown liquid down from a small brown pitcher; man wearing kimono with yellow feather and scroll patterns and grey tassels at hem; upside down figure wearing black garments and straw sandals, reaching out across floor of balcony with PL hand lower left image (b): standing female with long ponytail wearing a pink kimono with yellow waves and birds at hem; obi has large crab at back; figure is looking at text written in liquid by man on balcony; screen (?) in background with patterns of white and blue birds and spiral elements lower right image (c): standing man holding a lantern aloft in his PR hand; man wearing a black kimono with grey tassels at hem; screen (?) in background with patterns of white and blue birds and spiral elements — Actors Nakamura Utaemon III as Mino no Shōkurō, Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Gantetsu, actually Miura Arajirō, and Nakamura Karoku I as the Prostitute Hinazuru, actually Shōkurō’s wife Kochō, c. 1823, 1st month
Shunkōsai Hokushū; Publisher: Izutsuya Denbei

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seven panel print affixed together, with tear/separation between center panel and third panel from right; woman seated on giant grey spider at center, with huge spider web in background extending through all panels; six outer panels have one male figure on each panel, armed with swords, sticks and bows and arrows; red cartouches with text on each panel; some mica highlights in backgrounds; vivid purples, blues and reds with greys and black in background, fading to green at bottom — Visual Parody of the Tale of Shiranui, first half 1870s
Utagawa Yoshitaki; Publisher: Wataya Masasuke

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The True Perfection of Design, 1584

Giovanni Oftaus

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Three Paper Banner Chains, from Trinket Carro/Chuchería Cart, 2001

Alexa Horochowski

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N by E, 1930

Rockwell Kent; Printer: William Kittredge; Publisher: New York Literary Guild

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Bairei's Bird and Flower Album, 1880s

Kōno Bairei; Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei

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Actors Bandō Shūka I as Inuzuka Shino (R), Seki Sanjūrō III as Inukai Genpachi, Ōtani Tomoemon IV as Konaya Bungobei (C), Arashi Kichisaburō III as Inuta Kobungo, and Sawamura Chōjūrō V as Yamabayashi Fusahachi (L), 1852, 1st month

Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi

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Actors in The Subscription List, Old Style, 1849, 2nd month

Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Ebisuya Shōshichi

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Actors Bandō Shūka I as Kinshōjo (R), Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Enpeiō Kokusen'ya (C), and Ichikawa Ebizō V as Gojōgun Kanki (L), 1850, 5th month

Utagawa Kunisada; Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi

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Album of landscape prints, c. 1881

Unknown Japanese

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Twenty-Six Prints from the Series Fifty-Four Chapters of Genji, 1870-1871

Utagawa Yoshiiku

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