# Japan

Time and place · hang 749 · 250 works

Works made in Japan, from every century in the collection.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Distant View of Mount Fuji at Dawn from Hakone](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/distant-view-of-mount-fuji-at-dawn-from-hakone-aic-23469), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/distant-view-of-mount-fuji-at-dawn-from-hakone-aic-23469?hang=749)
2. [Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell Games](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cherry-shell-from-the-series-genroku-poetry-shell-games-met-54194), Katsushika Hokusai, probably 1821. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/cherry-shell-from-the-series-genroku-poetry-shell-games-met-54194?hang=749)
3. [Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan shashin no zu)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/foreign-business-establishment-in-yokohama-yokohama-ijin-sho-met-73414), Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide, 1861. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/foreign-business-establishment-in-yokohama-yokohama-ijin-sho-met-73414?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/women-and-children-viewing-the-fireworks-aic-24478), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/women-and-children-viewing-the-fireworks-aic-24478?hang=749)
5. [Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/evening-snow-at-asuka-hill-from-the-series-eight-views-of-th-cma-120222), Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837–38. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/evening-snow-at-asuka-hill-from-the-series-eight-views-of-th-cma-120222?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

6. [Painting Nine from Album of Paintings by Haizan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/painting-nine-from-album-of-paintings-by-haizan-cma-448485), Yoshitsugu Haizan, late 1800s–early 1900s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/painting-nine-from-album-of-paintings-by-haizan-cma-448485?hang=749)
7. [Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-aic-80071), Oguri Sotan, 15th century. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/landscape-aic-80071?hang=749)
8. [The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-actor-segawa-tomisaburo-ii-as-the-otomos-maid-wakakusa-a-met-37180), Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794–75. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/the-actor-segawa-tomisaburo-ii-as-the-otomos-maid-wakakusa-a-met-37180?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [Beauty Turning Her Head](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/beauty-turning-her-head-aic-249461), Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1685-94. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/beauty-turning-her-head-aic-249461?hang=749)
10. [A Courtesan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-courtesan-met-40601), Kitagawa Utamaro. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/a-courtesan-met-40601?hang=749)
11. [Procession of Russian Marching Band, from the Album of seven prints of Russian Army and Warship (Roshia seigi shashin kan), 1853](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/procession-of-russian-marching-band-from-the-album-of-seven-aic-14889), Keiga, 1853. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/procession-of-russian-marching-band-from-the-album-of-seven-aic-14889?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

12. [Delaying the announcement of dawn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/delaying-the-announcement-of-dawn-aic-20948), Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/delaying-the-announcement-of-dawn-aic-20948?hang=749)
13. [The Shika Teahouse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-shika-teahouse-cma-95355), Utagawa Toyokuni, early 1790s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/the-shika-teahouse-cma-95355?hang=749)
14. [Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kinryusan-temple-at-asakusa-from-the-series-one-hundred-famo-met-56689), Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/kinryusan-temple-at-asakusa-from-the-series-one-hundred-famo-met-56689?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

15. [The Actor Morita Kanya VIII as Tatsugorō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-actor-morita-kanya-viii-as-tatsugoro-met-55241), Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1794 (Kansei 6). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/the-actor-morita-kanya-viii-as-tatsugoro-met-55241?hang=749)
16. [Foreigners Enjoying a Party (Gaikokujin yūkyō no zu)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/foreigners-enjoying-a-party-gaikokujin-yukyo-no-zu-met-73488), Utagawa Yoshitora, 1st month, 1861. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan/foreigners-enjoying-a-party-gaikokujin-yukyo-no-zu-met-73488?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Utagawa Yoshitora](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/utagawa-yoshitora?hang=749&via=continue) (6 works)
- [More Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e?hang=749&via=continue) (172 works)
- [Japan, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/japan?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoieWtIMzBSQ04ifQ)