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53 works by 8 artists

53 works featuring “Obi” by 8 artists, from the 18th to the 20th century, held in 9 museums.

January: Celebrating the New Year, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

January: Celebrating the New Year, 1860s.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Omuro, Yoshida Hiroshi

Omuro, 1940.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

White, Utagawa Kunisada

White, c. 1847–1852.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin gosetsu no asobi"), Kitagawa Utamaro

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin gosetsu no asobi"), c. 1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: The Year-end Fair at Asakusa, Utagawa Kunisada

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: The Year-end Fair at Asakusa, 1854.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, Kitagawa Utamaro

Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, c. 1801–1802.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Cherry Tree at Kawagoe, Yoshida Hiroshi

The Cherry Tree at Kawagoe, 1935.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net, Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net, c. 1798.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River, Kitagawa Utamaro

Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River, c. 1797–1798.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles, Kitagawa Utamaro

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles, c. 1797.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Kumoi Cherry Trees, Yoshida Hiroshi

Kumoi Cherry Trees, 1926.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Goldfish, Kitagawa Utamaro

Goldfish, c. 1794–1795.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Chushingura: Act V of The Storehouse of Loyalty, Kitagawa Utamaro

Chushingura: Act V of The Storehouse of Loyalty, 1790s.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Cats Enjoying the Evening Cool, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Cats Enjoying the Evening Cool, 19th century.

猫のすゞみ (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Three Courtesans, Kitagawa Utamaro

Three Courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman, Kitagawa Utamaro

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman, c. 1797.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Oiran Hanaogi of Ogiya, from the series “Six Jewel Rivers” (Mutamagawa), Kitagawa Utamaro

The Oiran Hanaogi of Ogiya, from the series “Six Jewel Rivers” (Mutamagawa), c. 1795–1796.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita, Kitagawa Utamaro

Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita, c. 1793.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times), Kitagawa Utamaro

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times), 1790s.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, sheet of a pentaptych, Kitagawa Utamaro

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, sheet of a pentaptych, 18th century.

松葉屋内喜瀬川 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise, Kitagawa Utamaro

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Chōzan of Chōjiya from the series Triptych of Beauties Before Blinds, Kitagawa Utamaro

Chōzan of Chōjiya from the series Triptych of Beauties Before Blinds

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Musashi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa), Kitagawa Utamaro

Musashi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa), c. 1804.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

絵になる最初, Takeuchi Seihō

絵になる最初, 1913.

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

Elopers in Musashino, Kitagawa Utamaro

Elopers in Musashino, 19th century.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Maiko, Yoshida Hiroshi

Maiko, c. 1929.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Great Bridge of Sanjō in Kyoto, Yoshida Hiroshi

The Great Bridge of Sanjō in Kyoto, 1927.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Honest Greengrocery, Nezu, Yoshida Hiroshi

Honest Greengrocery, Nezu, 1926.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

“Woman Holding Up a Parasol” from the series Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninsō juppen: Higasa o sasu onna), Kitagawa Utamaro

“Woman Holding Up a Parasol” from the series Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninsō juppen: Higasa o sasu onna), c. 1792–1793.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi, Kitagawa Utamaro

Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi, 1790s.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Fishing, Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing, 18th century.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya as the Sennin Tekkai (from the series Eight Immortals of Sensuality), Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya as the Sennin Tekkai (from the series Eight Immortals of Sensuality)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Looking Observant: The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress of the Meiji Era, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Looking Observant: The Appearance of a Kyoto Waitress of the Meiji Era, 1888.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Ueno Park, Yoshida Hiroshi

Ueno Park, 1937.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge, Kitagawa Utamaro

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge, c. 1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Dipping for Goldfish, Yoshida Hiroshi

Dipping for Goldfish, 1928.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print on silk

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Little Girl, Yoshida Hiroshi

Little Girl, 1927.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Woman Playing the Koto, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woman Playing the Koto, 1832.

Vrouw spelend op de koto (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Tomimoto Toyohina, Kitagawa Utamaro

Tomimoto Toyohina, 1792–1796.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Sôshû Kamakura Shichirigahama fûkei, Kitagawa Utamaro

Sôshû Kamakura Shichirigahama fûkei, c. 1788–1790.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Japanese Bush Warbler, Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese Bush Warbler

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Looking Shy: The Manners of a Young Girl of the Meiji Era, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Looking Shy: The Manners of a Young Girl of the Meiji Era, 1888.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Crossing a Bridge in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1, Kitagawa Utamaro

Crossing a Bridge in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1, 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors, c. 1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night, Kitagawa Utamaro

Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night, c. 1797.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer, Kitagawa Utamaro

A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer, c. 1795–1796.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Courtesan with Koto, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Courtesan with Koto, c. 1830–1835.

Courtisane met koto (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty, Kitagawa Utamaro

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty, 1790s.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Woman by a Harbour, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woman by a Harbour, c. 1825–1830.

Vrouw bij een haven (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Oiran Yoyogiku of Matsubaya Standing under a Cherry Tree, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Oiran Yoyogiku of Matsubaya Standing under a Cherry Tree

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States