Nishikawa Sukenobu
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personJapanese, 1671–1750play_circleStream Art
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Selected Works20

Museum Acquisitions

LACMA
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Acquired 2006
Black and white woodblock print with hand-coloring
LACMA
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Acquired 2006
Black and white woodblock print
LACMA
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Acquired 2006
Black and white woodblock print
LACMA
Women Gathered in a Greenhouse from One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank
Women Gathered in a Greenhouse from One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank, 1723
Acquired 2006
Double-page book illustration; hand-colored woodblock print
LACMA
Visiting a Shrine from Chrysanthemum, A Picture Book
Visiting a Shrine from Chrysanthemum, A Picture Book, 1740
Acquired 2006
Double-page book illustration; woodblock print
LACMA
Processing Rice from One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank
Processing Rice from One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank, 1723
Acquired 2006
Double-page book illustration; woodblock print
LACMA
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Acquired 2006
Black and white woodblock print
LACMA
Courtesans on Procession from Eternal Flowers, A Picture Book
Courtesans on Procession from Eternal Flowers, A Picture Book, 1730
Acquired 2006
Double-page book illustration; hand-colored woodblock print
LACMA
Women Playing Incense Game from One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank
Women Playing Incense Game from One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank, 1723
Acquired 2006
Double-page book illustration; hand-colored woodblock print
LACMA
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Acquired 2006
Black and white woodblock print with hand-coloring
LACMA
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Pair of Pages from an Illustrated Book (possibly Ehon Yamato bunko)
Acquired 2006
Woodblock prints
LACMA
Women of the Green Houses, from Eternal Flowers, A Picture Book
Women of the Green Houses, from Eternal Flowers, A Picture Book, 1730
Acquired 2005
Black and white woodblock prints, pair of pages from an illustrated book
Art Institute of Chicago
A Dancer
A Dancer
Acquired 1998
Color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman Looking at a Hanging Scroll
Woman Looking at a Hanging Scroll, 1740
Acquired 1921
color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman and Child Beside a Mirror Stand
Woman and Child Beside a Mirror Stand, 1740
Acquired 1921
color woodblock print
Art Institute of Chicago
Young Girl Carrying a Flower Arrangement
Young Girl Carrying a Flower Arrangement
In museum collection
Hand-colored woodblock print; page from an illustrated album

Previous Sales

Bonhams
Ehon Asakayama (Picture Book of Mount Asaka)
Ehon Asakayama (Picture Book of Mount Asaka), 1739
$1,920
Mar 2025
Christie's
BEAUTY TEASING A CAT WITH AN ORIGAMI CRANE
BEAUTY TEASING A CAT WITH AN ORIGAMI CRANE
$6,900
Oct 1998
Christie's
COURTESAN AND ATTENDANT LOOKING UP AT A CUCKOO
COURTESAN AND ATTENDANT LOOKING UP AT A CUCKOO
$4,025
Oct 1998

For Sale

British Museum · Artsy
Sexual dalliance between man and geisha
Sexual dalliance between man and geisha, 1711
For sale
Hand-coloured woodblock print
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Untitled
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2020 · Accession 2020.75.2 · Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Gift of Sue Cassidy Clark, in honor of Barbara Brennan Ford, 2020
Untitled
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.300.115 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Untitled
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.300.114 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Untitled
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.500.9.49 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
絵本雪月花; 絵本倭文庫(えほんやまとぶんこ)|Picture Book of Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Ehon setsugekka) 絵本雪月花; 絵本倭文庫(えほんやまとぶんこ)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.840 · Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
絵本小松原|Picture Book of Komatsubara (Ehon komatsubara) 絵本小松原
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.839 · Woodblock-printed book; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
絵本小倉山|Picture Book of Ogura Hill (Ehon ogurayama) 絵本小倉山
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.838 · Set of three woodblock-printed books bound as one volume; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
教訓註解絵本貝歌仙|Picture Book of Poems on Shells (Kyōkun chūkai ehon kai kasen) 教訓註解絵本貝歌仙
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.837a–c · Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
絵本都草紙|Picture Book of Life in the Capital (Ehon miyako zōshi) 絵本都草紙
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.836 · Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
絵本徒然草|Picture Book of Essays in Idleness (Ehon tsurezuregusa) 絵本徒然草
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.835 · Set of three woodblock printed books bound as one volume; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
『絵本浅香山』|Picture Book of Mount Asaka (Ehon asakayama) 絵本浅香山
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.834 · Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
繪本常盤草|Picture Book of the Evergreens (Ehon tokiwagusa) 繪本常盤草
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.833 · Woodblock printed book; ink and hand-coloring on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
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event
death
Nishikawa Sukenobu dies
Jan 1, 1750
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birth
Nishikawa Sukenobu born
Jan 1, 1671