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Ukiyo-e and Japanese Sake

“Drinking Habits” Talking to Yourself

Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
“Drinking Habits” Habit of Using Farfetched Logic

Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
“Drinking Habits” Habit of Realizing One’s Lust

Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
“Thirty-Six Amusing Views of Famous Places in Tokyo” Mt. Sanno, Ueno

Artist: Shosai Ikkei
Published: Early Meiji (Second Half of the 1800s)
“Thirty-Six Amusing Views of Famous Places in Tokyo” Saruwakacho

Artist: Shosai Ikkei
Published: Early Meiji (Second Half of the 1800s)
“A Parent’s Moralizing Spectacles” Vulgarly Called the Wanton

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Published: Late Edo (Middle of the 1800s)
Men Forcefully Interrupting a Drinking Party

Artist: Adachi Ginko
Published: Early Meiji (Second Half of the 1800s)
About Sake Drinking Animals

In the late Edo period (late 19th century), many ukiyo-e prints that anthropomorphized animals were published, with Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) as the chief artist.
“Comical Twelve Signs of the Zodiac” Oxen Sensitive to Spicy Food

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Tenpo 12 (1841)
“Goldfish” A Drinking Party

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Tenpo 10-13 (1839-1842)
“Comical Twelve Signs of the Zodiac” Rat

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Ansei 2 (1855)
“Comical Twelve Signs of the Zodiac” Monkey

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Ansei 2 (1855)
Cats Enjoying the Cool of Evening

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Late Edo (First Half of the 1800s)
The Six Immortal Cat Poets

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Late Edo (First Half of the 1800s)
Bats

Artist: Hasegawa Settan
Published: Late Edo (First Half of the 1800s)
Fish’s Performances at Sea God’s Palace

Artist: Ochiai Yoshiiku
Published: Ansei 6 (1859)
A Depiction of a Battle Over Mochi and Sake

Artist: Ochiai Yoshiiku
Published: Ansei 6 (1859)
100 Ghost Tales

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Tenpo 13 (1842)
About Sake Business

The sake that we are accustomed to today is made using a mix of modern scientific technology and traditional technology that has existed since before the Edo period.
Masusakeya Kyushichi and Wife Otaki

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Ansei 4 (1857)
“Sake Shop Daughter Omiwa” Nakamura Utaemon Performance of a Lifetime

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Bunka 12 (1815)
Bando Mitsugoro at the Steps of Sugisakaya

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Bunka 15 (1818)
“Thirty-Six Poems by Artisans” Sake Brewer

Artist: Hishikawa Sori
Published: Kyowa 2 (1802)
Imayô Ôeyama-iri (The Story of Mount Ôe in Modern Style)

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Bunsei (1818-1831)
Liquor Store Delivery Boy

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Kaei 6 (1853)
Sake Shop Apprentice Nakamura Utaemon

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Bunka 12 (1815)
“Ten Select Flowers in Full Bloom” Hardy Begonia

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Kaei 7 (1854)
“The Fifty-Three Stations by Two Brushes” Hara

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Kaei 7 (1854)
New Apprentice White Sake Seller Ichikawa Aragoro

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Bunka 4 (1807)
“Eight Views of Edo” Clearing Weather at Nihonbashi

Artist: Keisai Eisen
Published: Late Edo (First Half of the 1800s)
“Collections of Views of Nihonbashi” A New Selection of Famous Places in Edo

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Published: Unknown
“The Flowers of Edo: A Collection of Famous Places” Arrival of a Boat Carrying Sake at Shinkawa

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Bunkyu 3 (1863)
A Scene Celebrating the Arrival of the Shinshu-bansen

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Unknown
A Scene of Prosperity After the Arrival of the Shinshu-banshu

Artist: Ochiai Yoshiiku
Published: Keio 2 (1866)
“Products of Greater Japan Series” Shipping New Brew Sake in Settsu

Artist: Unknown
Published: Meiji 10 (1877)
“Mirror of the True Loyalty of Each of the Faithful Retainers” Karahashi Zensuke Takeyuki

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Late Edo (First Half of the 1800s)
“Products of Greater Japan Series” Sake Brewing at Itami, Settsu

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Meiji 10 (1877)
“Celebrated Products of Mountains and Seas” Itami Sake from Sesshu

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Kaei 5 (1852)
About Meiji Era Sake Breweries

The series of paintings introduced here was illustrated by Ukiyo-e artist Toyohara Kunichika in 1887, as a dedication to Mt. Narita.
Rice Washing

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Published: Meiji 13 (1880)
Rice Steaming

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Produced: Meiji 13 (1880)
Koji Making

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Produced: Meiji 13 (1880)
Starter Making

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Produced: Meiji 13 (1880)
Pressing Sake

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Produced: Meiji 13 (1880)
Racking Process

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Produced: Meiji 13 (1880)

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