# Ukiyo-e

Style galleries · hang 748 · 172 works

Japanese woodblock prints of the floating world: actors, courtesans, landscapes and the sea.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [The Monkey Bridge](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-monkey-bridge-cma-103360), Katsushika Taito II, early 1830s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/the-monkey-bridge-cma-103360?hang=748)
2. [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/ukiyo-e/a-girl-writing-a-letter-met-55793?hang=748)
3. [Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plate-from-the-erotic-book-mounds-of-dyed-colors-a-pattern-b-met-55597), Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1736–44. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/plate-from-the-erotic-book-mounds-of-dyed-colors-a-pattern-b-met-55597?hang=748)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Osada no Tarô in The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith (Ima o sakari suehiro Genji)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/actor-nakamura-nakazo-i-as-osada-no-taro-in-the-genji-clan-n-aic-88267), Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1768. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/actor-nakamura-nakazo-i-as-osada-no-taro-in-the-genji-clan-n-aic-88267?hang=748)
5. [Picture of Men and Women from Many Countries (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/picture-of-men-and-women-from-many-countries-bankoku-danjo-j-aic-32372), Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1861. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/picture-of-men-and-women-from-many-countries-bankoku-danjo-j-aic-32372?hang=748)
6. [Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/danjuro-vii-s-benkei-as-fudo-myoo-met-54383), Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1824. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/danjuro-vii-s-benkei-as-fudo-myoo-met-54383?hang=748)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [Chushingura: Act I (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/chushingura-act-i-from-the-series-perspective-pictures-for-t-cma-152519), Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/chushingura-act-i-from-the-series-perspective-pictures-for-t-cma-152519?hang=748)
8. [Fudō Myōō Threatening a Novice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fudo-myoo-threatening-a-novice-met-72828), Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/fudo-myoo-threatening-a-novice-met-72828?hang=748)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [Miyako Shell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/miyako-shell-met-54195), Katsushika Hokusai, probably 1821. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/miyako-shell-met-54195?hang=748)
10. [A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-view-of-the-large-new-room-at-sakurai-cma-123462), Utagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/a-view-of-the-large-new-room-at-sakurai-cma-123462?hang=748)
11. [Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/night-rain-at-the-double-shelf-stand-from-the-series-eight-p-met-37145), Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/night-rain-at-the-double-shelf-stand-from-the-series-eight-p-met-37145?hang=748)

## Section 3, north wall

12. [A View of the Large New Room at Sakurai](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-view-of-the-large-new-room-at-sakurai-cma-123463), Utagawa Kunisada, early or mid 1830s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/a-view-of-the-large-new-room-at-sakurai-cma-123463?hang=748)
13. [Kanagawa in Musashi Province: Distant View of Yokohama (Yokohama enbo), from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Shoga gojusan eki)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kanagawa-in-musashi-province-distant-view-of-yokohama-yokoha-aic-150412), Utagawa Yoshimori, 1982. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/kanagawa-in-musashi-province-distant-view-of-yokohama-yokoha-aic-150412?hang=748)
14. [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/style/ukiyo-e/cherry-shell-from-the-series-genroku-poetry-shell-games-met-54194?hang=748)

## Section 3, south wall

15. [Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funabashi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kabuki-actors-asao-yujiro-as-sano-genzaemon-and-ichikawa-ebi-met-76556), Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1822. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/kabuki-actors-asao-yujiro-as-sano-genzaemon-and-ichikawa-ebi-met-76556?hang=748)
16. [Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama (Yokohama ijin shōkan uriba no zu)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/foreign-business-establishment-in-yokohama-yokohama-ijin-sho-met-73415), Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide, 9th month, 1861. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e/foreign-business-establishment-in-yokohama-yokohama-ijin-sho-met-73415?hang=748)

## Doors

- [More by Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/utagawa-gountei-sadahide?hang=748&via=continue) (6 works)
- [19th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-japan?hang=748&via=continue) (99 works)
- [Ukiyo-e, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e?hang=748&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ4LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiRFZ4VGxDMkEifQ)