Tokyo in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Landscape, 19th century.

風景図 (museum title)

Kawakami Tōgai (Japanese), oil on canvas

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Bamboo, Plum, Orchid and Chrysanthemums (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), Kawakami Tōgai

Bamboo, Plum, Orchid and Chrysanthemums (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), 19th century.

山水花鳥雑画帖 (museum title)

Kawakami Tōgai (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Going Back Home After Fishing, Hishida Shunsō

Going Back Home After Fishing, 1901.

帰漁 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese), color on silk, hanging scroll

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Reflection in the Water, 1897.

水鏡 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese), color on silk, hanging scroll

The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan Bentenyama setchu no zu), Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan Bentenyama setchu no zu), 1853.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Whole, 1940.

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

"Blackening Teeth" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Blackening Teeth" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・鉄漿 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

May Evening on Kudanzaka, Kobayashi Kiyochika

May Evening on Kudanzaka, 1880.

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese), color woodblock print

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

Fondness for Children, from the series Eight Views of Present-Day Favorites, Kitagawa Utamaro

Fondness for Children, from the series Eight Views of Present-Day Favorites, 19th century.

當世好物八景・子供好 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Seven Eccentric Drunk Men, sheet of a triptych, Kitagawa Utamaro

Seven Eccentric Drunk Men, sheet of a triptych, 19th century.

酩酊の七変人 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Woman and Child with Puppies, Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman and Child with Puppies, 1806.

美人子供に小犬 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Waterfalls in Spring and Autumn (autumn scroll), Hishida Shunsō

Waterfalls in Spring and Autumn (autumn scroll), 1909.

春秋の滝 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese), color on silk, hanging scroll

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

A Man Coughing Up Blood, 1921.

血を吐く男 (museum title)

Nakamura Tsune (Japanese), pastel and watercolor on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Self-portrait, 1906.

自画像 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on wood

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Playful Depictions of Cats, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Playful Depictions of Cats, 1852.

猫あそび (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Banner for Boys' Day, 1849.

五月幟 (museum title)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

"Kintarō and a Mountain Witch ("Yamanba")" from the Series "Manipulations of Love with Musical Accompaniment", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Kintarō and a Mountain Witch ("Yamanba")" from the Series "Manipulations of Love with Musical Accompaniment", 19th century.

音曲恋の操・山姥、金太良 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Yamanba and Kintarō: Kissing, Kitagawa Utamaro

Yamanba and Kintarō: Kissing, 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・接吻 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Mother, Child and Shop Boy, Kitagawa Utamaro

Mother, Child and Shop Boy, 19th century.

母子と丁稚 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Circassien tenant un cheval par la bride son, Eugène Delacroix

Circassien tenant un cheval par la bride son, 1858.

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Bird Feeding Its Young in a Flowering Tree (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), Kawakami Tōgai

Bird Feeding Its Young in a Flowering Tree (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), 19th century.

山水花鳥雑画帖 (museum title)

Kawakami Tōgai (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Two Birds and Nandina in the Snow (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), Kawakami Tōgai

Two Birds and Nandina in the Snow (Album of landscapes, flowers and birds), 19th century.

山水花鳥雑画帖 (museum title)

Kawakami Tōgai (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Mahākāśyapa Smiling at the Lotus Flower, Hishida Shunsō

Mahākāśyapa Smiling at the Lotus Flower, 1897.

微笑 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese), color on silk

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

A Roman Studio, 1874.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dutch), oil on panel

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Portrait of Dr. Tanakadate, Nakamura Tsune

Portrait of Dr. Tanakadate, 1916.

田中館博士の肖像 (museum title)

Nakamura Tsune (Japanese), oil on canvas

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Landscape, Island Oshima, Nakamura Tsune

Landscape, Island Oshima, 1914–1915.

大島風景 (museum title)

Nakamura Tsune (Japanese), oil on canvas

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

"Mirror" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Mirror" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・鏡 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Yamanba and Kintarō: Making Faces, Kitagawa Utamaro

Yamanba and Kintarō: Making Faces, 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・あかんべえ (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

"Komurasaki of the Tamaya" from the Series "Courtesans for the Six Poetic Sages", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Komurasaki of the Tamaya" from the Series "Courtesans for the Six Poetic Sages", 19th century.

遊女見立六歌仙・玉屋小紫喜撰法師 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

“The Precocious Girl”from the Series "Variegations of Blooms According to their Speech", Kitagawa Utamaro

“The Precocious Girl”from the Series "Variegations of Blooms According to their Speech", 19th century.

咲分ヶ言葉の花・おちやつぴい (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Waterfalls in Spring and Autumn (spring scroll), Hishida Shunsō

Waterfalls in Spring and Autumn (spring scroll), 1909.

春秋の滝 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese), color on silk, hanging scroll

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Bodhisattva Kenshu, 1907.

賢首菩薩 (museum title)

Hishida Shunsō (Japanese), color on silk, hanging scroll

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Portrait of Vasilii Eroshenko, Nakamura Tsune

Portrait of Vasilii Eroshenko, 1920.

エロシェンコ氏の像 (museum title)

Nakamura Tsune (Japanese), oil on canvas

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Woman and Flower, 1926.

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Ueno Park, 1937.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

"Bathing" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Bathing" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・行水 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Squall on the Horizon, c. 1872.

Avant de tempête à l'horizon (museum title)

Gustave Courbet (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Yamanba and Kintarō: Tobacco Smoke, Kitagawa Utamaro

Yamanba and Kintarō: Tobacco Smoke, 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・煙草の煙 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

"Tanabata" from the Series "The Five Traditional Japanese Festivals", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Tanabata" from the Series "The Five Traditional Japanese Festivals", 19th century.

五節句・七夕 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Daughter of Fisherman, William Bouguereau

Daughter of Fisherman, 1872.

Pêcheuse (museum title)

William Bouguereau (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

The Economist Fukai Eigo, 1937.

深井英五氏像 (museum title)

Yasui Sōtarō (Japanese), oil on canvas

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Wrestling in the Field, 1937.

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink, cinnabar, charcoal and shell white on paper

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

Princess Yusupova, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Princess Yusupova, 1797.

Princess Youssoupoff (museum title)

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Lady’s Cove, Langland Bay, Wales, Alfred Sisley

Lady’s Cove, Langland Bay, Wales, 1897.

Alfred Sisley (British), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Shakujii, 1937.

Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese), color woodblock print

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Goosegirl, c. 1866.

La gardeuse d'oies (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan

Yamanba and Kintarō: Ear Cleaning, Kitagawa Utamaro

Yamanba and Kintarō: Ear Cleaning, 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・耳かき (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

A Village by the Sea (House with White Wall), Nakamura Tsune

A Village by the Sea (House with White Wall), 1910.

海辺の村（白壁の家） (museum title)

Nakamura Tsune (Japanese), oil on canvas

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Kintarō's Siblings: Youngest Child, Kitagawa Utamaro

Kintarō's Siblings: Youngest Child, 19th century.

金太良三人兄弟・末子 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Norvins Street, Montmartre, Maurice Utrillo

Norvins Street, Montmartre, c. 1916.

Maurice Utrillo (French), oil on canvas

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Japan