Antique Print of a Wedding Ceremony in Japan, ca.1824

Antique print titled 'Japan - Japon - Japan'. Chromolithograph of Japanese scenes. This print originates from 'Le Costume Historique' by M.A. Racinet. Published, circa 1880.

Antique print titled 'Japanneezen in verschillende Kleeding'. This prints shows Japanese people and their costumes. Engraved by D. Veelwaard, circa 1820.

This is an original hand colored copper engraving, dated 1815, from Giulio Ferrario's Le Costume Ancien et Moderne (ancient and modern costume), showing a Japanese wedding ceremony. ...

Antique costume print titled 'Japonais en Costume de Cérémonie'. Original antique print of a Japanese ceremonial costume. This print originates from 'Moeurs, usages et costumes de to...

"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni Rare oversized early 19th century 5-tiered woodblock by Utagawa Ichiyosai Toyokuni, (Japan, 1769-1825), a Japanese lord and wife oversee a sekku festival of food, music, and dolls or toys. '"oshi" is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. Many kinds of hishi-mochi appear in this picture of hina ningyo (dolls associated with Hinamatsuri, or the Girl’s Day) from Omochae. The custom of eating special dishes at events throughout the year and at milestones in people's lives has existed since ancient times. This paragraph specifically focuses on the annual event called sekku, and life events that involve eating sweets. Joshi is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. According to the Keiso saijiki, in ancient China, on the third day of the third lunar month, people ate “ryuzetsuhan,” which is the juice of gogyo (Jersey cudweed) mixed with rice flour and nectar. In Japan, there is a record in the Heian period history book Nihon Montoku tenno jitsuroku [839-5] that it was an annual event to make kusamochi using gogyo on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which may have been influenced by Chinese customs. The tradition of eating kusamochi on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar continued after that. By the Edo period, however, hishimochi had come to be used as a sweet to serve on the third day of the third month. A picture of a hishimochi is included in the Morisada manko , which we mentioned in Part 1. According to it, hishimochi in the Edo period were often three layers of green-white-green instead of the now common red-white-green. However, it is possible to see from our collection that not all hishimochi were made in this way. Omochae published in 1857, is a good example. Omochae is a type of ukiyoe print...

Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Yoshiika 落合芳幾 (1833-1904), unframed. About the artist Yoshiiku was a popular ukiyo-e printmaker during the Meiji period. It is thought that he was the son of a tea house proprietor, hence his particular skill success in the portrayal of various beauties from teahouses and restaurants. Yet, he was an artist comfortable across subject matter and is recognized for his fierce portrayal of famous historical warriors. Yoshiiku was a student of Kuniyoshi and a contemporary rival of the famed Yoshitoshi. He signed his name Utagawa Yoshiiku...

Interesting and finely painted Japanese painting. Marked Kogyo. Additional information: Material: Paper Type: Paintings, Scrolls & Prints Region of Origin: Japan Period: ca 1900 Age...

Antique Japanese Wood Block Print Of Scene From Sumidagawa Play Signed By Kogyo Tsukioka 19thC Measures - 13 3/8" x 18" x 1 1/4" This antique Japanese woodblock print, signed by Ko...