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10,328 works

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono and headscarf working at a hand loom.

A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1796

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a traditional interior, one drawing water from a basin on a veranda.

The Returning Sails of the Towel Rack

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda, one drawing water at a well beside a pine branch, with a bird and sun abo

Drawing the First Water of the New Year

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769-70

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young woman dressed as a komuso monk, holding a flute and basket hat.

A Girl as a Komuso

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a standing woman with a fan and bamboo flute, with a seated monk and distant mountains above.

A Young Komuso

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a sword and a woman in a kimono walking through rice fields beside a bare tree.

A Man and a Girl Walking in the Rice Fields

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a blossom-decorated fan beneath a red lantern.

A Girl with a Fan

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock diptych of elegant women in kimono with a parasol, carriage wheel, and wooden veranda among pine trees.

Fuji no Uraha

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1790

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in patterned kimono walking under autumn maples and paper lanterns.

The Yoshiwara Parade in Autumn

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1793

Triptych print of courtesans and attendants in patterned kimono walking through a busy street toward a large gate.

Oiran and Attendants at the Ō Mon or Great Gate of the Yoshiwara

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1794

Triptych print of noble women and attendants beneath cherry trees beside an ox-drawn carriage, in soft pastel colors.

A Cherry-Viewing Excursion by a Noble Lady and Attendants

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1797

Woodblock portrait of a kabuki actor in pink kimono and black collar, gripping a sword, with a grey background.

Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an elaborate hairstyle with ornamental pins, wearing a patterned kimono and holding a fa

Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, ca. 1794

Triptych print of women in patterned kimono parading with feathered standards and parasols, Mount Fuji behind them.

Women Parading in an Imitation of the Cortege of a Daimyo

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1797

Triptych woodblock print of women and a standing man in a New Year-decorated mansion with lanterns and screens.

New Year's Celebration in a Large Mansion

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Triptych print of women crossing a river in a palanquin carried by porters, with stylized swirling water and patterned kimono

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800

Triptych print of kimono-clad women and attendants building a giant snowball in falling snow, one holding a parasol.

Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1796

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women and a child gathering clams on a beach beside a boat and pine trees.

Picking Clams

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Ukiyo-e print of two women with gold hairpins and patterned kimono, with chrysanthemums in the lower right corner.

Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru

Kikukawa Eizan, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in red and black robes beneath drooping pink cherry blossoms.

Album of Forty-eight Actor Prints

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a struggle on a stage, with three onlookers in floral robes above.

Album of Thirty Actor Prints

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of workers at a smoking kiln beside a river, with a distant mountain and a bare tree at right.

Asakusa Imado

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of red boats and divers harvesting from rippling sea with a distant coastline and hills.

Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of paulownia trees in heavy evening rain, with umbrella-carrying figures walking a path beside a yellow fence

Paulownia Trees at Akasaka in the Evening Rain

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a yellow wagtail perched among pink roses and green leaves, with calligraphy at upper left.

Eastern Grey Wagtail and Rose

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 1830s

Woodblock print of red pinks and sprays of Chinese agrimony on tall stems against a pale background, with calligraphy.

Superb Pinks and Chinese Agrimony

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of a sparrow in flight above pink roses and thorny branches on a yellow background.

Roses and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Woodblock print of a blue-headed bird perched on a branch beside a pink camellia flower and green leaves on yellow.

Camellia and Blue-Headed Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Blue and green woodblock print of a songbird on a camellia branch with open blossoms and buds.

Camellia and Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Woodblock print of two white egrets among irises and reeds beside a blue pond, with calligraphy at upper right.

Egrets amid Irises and Grasses

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1830s-1842

Woodblock print of a flying sparrow beside a blue iris flower and green leaves above rippling water.

Iris and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a dark blue bird with pale head on a looping vine, with hanging wisteria blossoms at left.

Wisteria and White-headed Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1842