Woodblocks

Color woodblock print C. 1859. A collaboration with Toyokuni II and Hiroshige II. From the series "Miracles of Kannon," a large series that pairs miracles performed by Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, with scenes of temples in the Western, Central, and Eastern provinces of Japan. An earlier state. Print measures 13 x 8 7/8 inches on 13 3/4 x 10 inch thick laid paper.

Color woodblock print C. 1859. A collaboration with Toyokuni II and Hiroshige II. From the series "Miracles of Kannon," a large series that pairs miracles performed by Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, with scenes of temples in the Western, Central, and Eastern provinces of Japan. A later state. Print measures 13 x 8 7/8 inches on 13 3/4 x 10 inch thick laid paper.

Color woodblock, triptych, image size 14 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches, censor seal: 1847-48

Color woodblock print C. 1886. From the series "Collection of Night Tales." Print measures 13 x 8 7/8 inches on 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inch japanese rice paper.

Woodblock color print C. 1897. From his series "Jidai Kagami," meaning "Mirror of the Ages." Print measures 12 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches on 13 7/8 x 9 1/4 inch laid paper.

Color woodblock print from the series "24 Paragons of Filial Piety." Print measures 13 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches on 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inch laid paper.

Color woodblock print measures 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches on 13 3/4 x 9 3/8 inch japanese rice paper. A very detailed print, with burnishing in the black obi fabric and wooden geta sandals, and embossing in the white kimono trim. This print depicts the Lady Tsukiyama being arrested for treason.

Later printing. From the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō." ca. 1833-34. Print measures 9 x 14 inches on 10 1/8 x 15 1/4 inch wove type paper.

Print measures 9 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 10 1/4 inch paper. Red publisher's seal in the lower right corner. In Japan, the carp is the personification of perseverance and the will to win. Swimming pairs of carp are considered a symbol of marriage.

Color woodblock print. Print measures 21 x 14 3/4 on 23 1/4 x 17 inch wove type paper. Pencil numbered 154 in an edition of 200 in the lower left. Pencil signed in English: "F. Ueda" and "Ueda Fujo" in Japanese. C. 1962. Red block signature in the lower left.