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Asian Art

10,328 works

Woodblock print of three women and a child walking under cherry blossoms on a hillside, one holding a fan and parasol.

Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1788

Japanese woodblock print of five women in kimono gathered on a red floor with a teapot and sake cup, c. 1793/94.

Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793/94

Woodblock print of women on a veranda beside a bridge and pines, with a courtly figure and a boat on water behind.

Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Line drawing of children quarreling over a go board on a floor, with a latticed screen and distant landscape behind.

Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1790

Triptych woodblock print of a river scene with boats, a bridge, a tiled-roof hall, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Komagata Hall and O-umaya River Bank, from the series "A Selection of Horses (Uma zukushi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1822

Woodblock print of packhorses and drivers beside a wooden frame, with Mount Fuji rising across a marsh under a blue sky.

Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Japanese woodblock print of seated figures on a veranda under a pine tree, with a full moon over a bay and small red boats.

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833

Hokusai woodblock print of a rural village with thatched houses, a flowering tree, a bridge, and working villagers.

Vanity of Vanities

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of a duck with spread wings beside snowy reeds over blue water, with falling snow and calligraphy at upper le

Ducks in snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a blue Java sparrow on a branch with blue clematis flowers and a curling vine.

Java sparrow and clematis

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a hawk on a perch, a sparrow in flight, and white narcissus flowers with calligraphy above.

Falcon, sparrow, and narcissus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a flying blue swallow beside red poppies and a green seed pod, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Swallow and poppies

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink kimono with patterned collar, hand raised, against grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Line drawing of two kabuki actors in patterned robes beside a wooden staircase and blossoming tree.

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Morita Kanya VIII

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Fan-shaped Japanese print of a woman with a hairpiece throwing beans from a wooden box, with calligraphy beside her.

Otafuku Throwing Black Beans to Chase Away the Demons on New Year's Eve (Senmen Otafuku zu)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794/95

Woodblock print of two women in kimono approaching a shrine with a red lantern, a child at lower left, and a fern above.

Young Women Visiting a Shinto Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, 1814

Print of several cranes in flight across a pale background, with blue-grey and white wings and a red seal in the lower left.

Cranes in flight

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup and red eye markings, holding a sword in a red kimono.

The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono holding a folding fan, with a sword hilt and gray background.

The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a black topknot and grey patterned kimono against a purple background.

The actor Sakata Hangoro III as Fujikawa Mizuemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of an actor with yellow umbrella and sword walking in rain past a pine tree and waterfall, within a round fra

Evening Rain at Shukaku - the actor Nakamura Nakazo as Sadakuro, from an untitled series of actor prints

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actors Ichikawa Tomiemon (R) as Kanisaka Toma and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (L) as the Gion Prostitute Onayo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in elaborate hairpieces and patterned kimonos against a dark grey background.

The actors Segawa Tomisaburo II (R) as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando, and Nakamura Manyo (L) as the servant Wakakusa

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with an elaborate black hairstyle and pink kimono against a yellow background.

Tennojiya Riko (The actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as the maid Ebizo Okane of the Ouchiya [actually Iwate, wife of Sadato])

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Hamamuraya Roko

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green kimono and red cloak holding a fan, with white face makeup and black topknot.

Naritaya Sansho (The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Arakawa Taro Takesada)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono gripping a sword hilt, with a yellow background and calligraphy.

Kinokuniya Tosshi (The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kujaku Saburo Narihira)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned black kimono holding a sword over his shoulder against a yellow background.

Ichikawa Yaozo lll in the Role of Fuwa no Banzaemon Shigekatsu

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red kimono holding a sword, with rocks and calligraphy behind him.

Sakata Hangoro III in the Role of Yahazu no Yadahei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in monk's robes holding a staff, leaning against a wooden pillar with Japanese text.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Abe no Sadato in the guise of the itinerant monk Ryozan

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fan-patterned robe beneath a flowering branch and pine tree.

The actor Sakakiyama Sangoro as Princess Odae, the daughter of the Senior Regent Michinaga

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794