# Prints of the 18th century

Style galleries · hang 749 · 129 works

Prints made in the 18th century, from every museum.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [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/style/print-18/women-and-children-viewing-the-fireworks-aic-24478?hang=749)
2. [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/style/print-18/the-actor-segawa-tomisaburo-ii-as-the-otomos-maid-wakakusa-a-met-37180?hang=749)
3. [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/style/print-18/a-courtesan-met-40601?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [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/style/print-18/delaying-the-announcement-of-dawn-aic-20948?hang=749)
5. [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/style/print-18/the-shika-teahouse-cma-95355?hang=749)
6. [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/style/print-18/the-actor-morita-kanya-viii-as-tatsugoro-met-55241?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [The Doll Festival, Third Day of the Third Month](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-doll-festival-third-day-of-the-third-month-met-54565), Kubo Shunman, 19th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/the-doll-festival-third-day-of-the-third-month-met-54565?hang=749)
8. [July, from Twelve Months of Flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/july-from-twelve-months-of-flowers-aic-127986), Henry Fletcher, n.d.. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/july-from-twelve-months-of-flowers-aic-127986?hang=749)
9. [A Girl Writing a Letter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-girl-writing-a-letter-met-55793), Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/a-girl-writing-a-letter-met-55793?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

10. [Dyers at Work](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dyers-at-work-cma-101863), Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/dyers-at-work-cma-101863?hang=749)
11. [Catching Fireflies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/catching-fireflies-aic-90193), Eishosai Choki, c.1790s. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/catching-fireflies-aic-90193?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

12. [Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/net-fishing-at-night-on-the-sumida-river-cma-95356), Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/net-fishing-at-night-on-the-sumida-river-cma-95356?hang=749)
13. [The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Osan, Ippei’s elder sister](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-actor-osagawa-tsuneyo-ii-as-osan-ippei-s-elder-sister-aic-87259), Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/the-actor-osagawa-tsuneyo-ii-as-osan-ippei-s-elder-sister-aic-87259?hang=749)
14. [Outfit for the Game of Incense](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/outfit-for-the-game-of-incense-met-54894), Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/outfit-for-the-game-of-incense-met-54894?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

15. [View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort \[the Poecile\], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-the-remains-of-the-praetorian-fort-the-poecile-hadri-aic-48121), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/view-of-the-remains-of-the-praetorian-fort-the-poecile-hadri-aic-48121?hang=749)
16. [Flower Arranging](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/flower-arranging-aic-22426), Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1769. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18/flower-arranging-aic-22426?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Kitao Shigemasa's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-kitao-shigemasa?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [18th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-japan?hang=749&via=continue) (92 works)
- [Prints of the 18th century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-18?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiVTVpeEdtS3cifQ)