These are some Ukiyo-e paintings that has captured Claude Monet attention in the past. Monet's collection of Ukiyo-e paintings are kept in his home in Giverny.Left: Akafuji (= The Red Mt Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai
Bijin Ju-ni-so (= 12 Beautiful Woman) by Kitakawa Utamaro
This is one of the 12 paintings of beautiful woman by Kitakawa Utamaro.
Oohashi Atake no Yudachi
(= The Bridge In
the Rain) by Utakawa Hiroshige
Painted during the Edo Era, the background was a river called Ookawa in the Hamamachi area (now, known as Nihonbashi Hamamachi)
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