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Huang Shigong (Kosekiho) and Zhang Liang (Choryo), from "A Set of Two on the States of Han and Chu (Kanso niban no uchi)"
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; shikishiban diptych, surimono · 1834
Art Institute of Chicago

Court Lady Praising the Plum Blossom
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · 1830
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden (from a series of women compared to figures from Otsu paintings)
Yanagawa Shigenobu
color woodblock print (surimono) · 1830
Cleveland Museum of Art

New Year Greeting Card for "Rat" Year
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · 1828
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

No. 4: Personally Arranged Flower (Teike no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono · 1826
Art Institute of Chicago

No. 6: Flower of the Capital (Miyako no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono · 1826
Art Institute of Chicago

Two Children Flying Kite and a Woman
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; long surimono · 1824
Art Institute of Chicago
The Geisha Motozuru (?) of Kaideya as a Dancer in Court Robes (from the series The Parade in the Shimmachi District of Osaka)
Yanagawa Shigenobu
color woodblock print · 1820
Cleveland Museum of Art

Celebrated Waterfall
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · 1820
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), from the series "A Comparison of Incense (Takimono awase)"
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono · 1817
Art Institute of Chicago
Two Women on a Hilltop
Yanagawa Shigenobu
color woodblock print · 1816
Cleveland Museum of Art

Hinazuru of Naka Ogi-ya as an Onna Jittoku
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · 1815
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cock Eyeing a Free-standing Screen Painted with Cock, Hen, and Chicks, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 1
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Privately published woodblock prints (surimono) mounted in an album; ink and color on paper · 1813
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Courtesan with Flower Cart, from the series "Famous Flowers in Three Capitals (Santo meisho no hana)"
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; surimono · 1801
Art Institute of Chicago

Women Playing Music
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · 1800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene on the Veranda of a Teahouse
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · 1700
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scenting a kimono with incense
Yanagawa Shigenobu
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Art Institute of Chicago