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Asian Art

10,328 works

Woodblock print of a man and woman in patterned kimonos sheltering from rain beneath an umbrella, c. 1800.

Husband and Wife Caught in an Evening Shower (Fufu no Yudachi), from the series "Three Evening Pleasures of the Float…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Etching of a beach with figures, a lamp post, and small sailboats on a distant sea horizon.

The Beach, Ostend

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono in a green palanquin, with two attendants leaning in beside her.

Geisha and a Palanquin, from the Series Thirtysix Best Courtesans

Woodblock print of courtiers on a palace veranda under a full moon, with the sea beyond and a painted screen at left.

Poem by Sanjō-in, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a pink kimono beside a kneeling attendant with a round fan, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Northern Quarter (Hokkoku), from the series "Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin sanyu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Etching of sailboats in a harbor with children and figures sketched on the shore in loose lines.

Children, Portsmouth

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Etching of a riverside town with a tall church tower, a rowing boat with figures, and mooring posts in the water.

Little Chelsea (Memorial)

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of a reclining figure in a black kimono beside a bamboo fence and pine branch.

Näyttelijä Iwai Shijaku näytelmässä Kanadehon chusingura (Uskolliset vasallit)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man, a seated woman, a hanging lantern and a blue screen in an interior.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono on a veranda beside a bamboo fence, with a standing swordsman and kneeling woma

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of women in a two-level wooden house with a veranda, a wooden tub, and a kneeling child.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of figures on a veranda with cherry blossoms, a seated woman behind a screen, and a lake view at left.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted archer on a tiled roof beside a balcony where women in kimono look on.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1851

Triptych print of women with parasols walking a causeway to a wooded island, with waves, sailboats and Mount Fuji.

Crowd Visiting Benzaiten Shrine at Enoshima in Sagami Province (Soshu Enoshima Benzaiten kaicho sankei gunshu no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Japanese woodblock print of four women in patterned kimono among lacquered chests, screens and a plum blossom branch.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1849

Japanese woodblock print of women in a snowy veranda and interior room, with plum branches and a mountain screen.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a blue robe with two kneeling attendants beside folding screens and a lacquere

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1849

Japanese woodblock print of kimono-clad figures with cherry blossoms, striped curtains, and fans beside a river.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1851

Etching of sailing boats on a wide river with a distant town skyline and domed building under a pale sky.

Dordrecht

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in kimono in an interior room with shoji screens and a blossoming garden view.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda beneath pink cherry blossoms, with a candle stand and shoji screen.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1849

Triptych print of women in kimono playing a card game in a room with folding screens and lanterns.

The Card Game

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono in an interior with sliding screens, swords on the floor, and a red title carto

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of a woman among morning glories by a bamboo fence, with three figures and a wooden house.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1849

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono and a seated man in an interior room with tatami floor and screens.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda beside bamboo and cherry blossoms, with a standing samurai figure.

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Utagawa Kunisada, 1851

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red kimono and patterned hakama, holding a katana with a stern expression.

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III in the Role of Shimada Jūzaburō, from the series "Image of Actors on Stage"

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral camellia kimono with a yellow sash, beside a cherry branch.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral pink kimono and green jacket, with a bamboo sword, glancing back against a dark

Bandō Minosuke (Mitsugorō III) in the Role of a Young Samurai

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796

Etching of a dilapidated half-timbered house with a sagging roof, a small girl in a doorway, and a dog on the ground.

The Unsafe Tenement

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Japanese woodblock triptych showing women in kimono with a small boy and wooden buckets in a bath house interior.

Women and an Infant Boy in a Public Bath House

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1799

Two kabuki-style figures in patterned kimono face off with long staffs against a grey background in a Japanese woodblock prin

Scene from an Unidentified Drama

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800