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10,328 works

Triptych woodblock print of women artisans working at crafts in a traditional Japanese interior with shoji screens.

Artisans, from the series "An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes"

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai holding a drawn sword beneath a hanging bell, with inscribed title panels.

Portrait of Tominomori Sukeyemon Masakata

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a bald samurai with a long sword on his shoulder, beside a blue potted plant, under a grey background.

Portrait of Oribe Yahei Kanamaru

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue and red robe holding a spear, with calligraphy panels above.

Kabuki actors play the role of 47 Ronin (Seichū gishi den)

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a samurai biting his thumb, holding a spear, beside a yellow screen with a bird design.

Portrait of Yoshida Sayaemon Kanesada

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of an eagle diving over a snowy plain with bare trees and distant snow-capped mountains.

“Jūmantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki,” from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of women swimming in rough blue waves beside a rocky cliff, with boatmen and a sailboat nearby.

Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of travelers battling wind across a grassy plain, with flying papers, windblown trees and Mount Fuji in the d

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshū Ejiri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of two women and a boy by a bamboo pole with paper banners and a red figure, with calligraphy.

Boys' Day on the Fifth Day of the Fifth Moon

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above a coastal village with pine trees and calm blue sea.

Shichirigahama in Sagami Province (Sōshū Shichirigahama), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanj…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned grey kimono beneath blossoming cherry branches, with a sword on the right.

Näyttelijä Nakamura Shikan näytelmässä Yoshitsune sembonzakura (Tuhat kirsikkapuuta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind green hills, with cranes wading in a river and flying across a pale sky.

Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province (Sōshū Umezawa zai), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrok…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of fishermen gathering shellfish on tidal flats beside thatched houses, a hillside, and a sailboat on blue wa

Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832-33

Japanese woodblock print of a Yokohama foreign settlement with people on a street, a veranda of diners, and sailing ships in

Foreign settlement house in Yokohama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono in an elegant interior with sliding screens and a garden view.

Bellflowers (Asagao), from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Asagao)

Chobunsai Eishi, 1789-92

Two women in kimono under cherry blossoms, one sweeping petals with a broom while the other looks up, with a poem above.

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of travelers in woven hats and horses on a Tokaido road beside a willow tree and stone wall at dusk.

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Toka…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of an acrobat balancing upside down on a tall ladder held by men in orange robes, with Mount Fuji behind.

Acrobats on a Ladder

Utagawa Toyokuni, 18th-19th century

Japanese print showing a steam train, horse tram, rickshaw, bicycle, fire engine and handcart with people in kimono.

Melange of vehicles

Unknown artist, 1870

Woodblock print of a man and two women on a teahouse terrace above a bay with sailboats and a village on the shore.

A Man and Two Women at a Teahouse at Wada no Ura Overlooking the Sea

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda by a stream under a full moon, with irises, reeds and a flowering shrub.

Two Girls on a Veranda beside a Stream with the Moon

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a seated woman writing a letter and a standing woman holding a bird in a room with flying geese.

A Girl Writing a Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono watching a monkey on a leash beside chrysanthemums and a lattice screen.

Two Girls Looking at a Monkey on a Leash

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a seated woman in patterned kimono gazing at a folding screen with a mountain landscape.

Young Woman with a Pipe in Her Hand Gazing at Landscape Painted on a Screen

Suzuki Harunobu

Color woodblock print of two women in kimono at a reedy riverbank with thatched houses behind them.

Two Young Ladies at the Shore

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono catching water from a waterfall beside a maple tree on a cliff.

Parody of the Legend of Kyoyu and Sofu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and a young attendant with a yellow parasol and lantern in windy grass.

Lady with Black Hood and Umbrella Out Walking with Young Attendant

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono climbing stone stairs beside a pine tree.

Young Woman Climbing Stone Stairs to a Shinto Temple

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of a woman peering around a screen at a sleeping young servant beside a plum branch.

Young Lady Looking through Door at Her Kamuro (Little Servant) who is Asleep on the Floor

Suzuki Harunobu

Two young women in kimono play cat's cradle with string in a room with a horse screen and a flower vase.

Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of a bridge over a moonlit gorge with rushing water, pine trees, a village and distant mountains.

The Monkey Bridge in Kai Province (Kōyō Saruhashi no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1841-42

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one standing in a striped robe and one kneeling under a green quilt beside a pap

Parting of Lovers: The Morning After

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-70