Five-Minute Museum

Eye-popping prints from Japan's Edo period

By Emma Mustich

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Suzuki Harunobo, "Courtesan with Attendants on Parade," 1766.
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Kabukido Enkyo, "Ichikawa Yaozo III as Umeomaru," 1796.
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Katsushika Hokusai, "Kirfuri Falls Near Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province" from "A Journey to the Waterfalls in Various Provinces," c. 1831-1832.
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Katsushika Hokusai, "The Manor's Dishes" from "One Hundred Tales," c. 1831-1832.
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Katsushika Hokusai, "Frog and Morning Glories," c.1832.
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, "Inuzaka Keno" from "The Loyal Heroes from the Legend of the Eight Dog Warriors," c. 1852.
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Utagawa Hiroshige, "Maple Trees at Mama with View of Tekona Shrine and Bridge," 1857.
Courtesy of the Eileen Harris Norton

Yoshitomo Nara, "Punk Ebizo (in the floating world)," 1999.
Courtesy of the University of Virginia Art Museum

Iona Rozeal Brown, "One for the Money, Two Faux the Show (Still Pimpin')," after Katsukawa Shunei's "The Actor Ichikawa Komazto III," 2006.