New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome and Firefox. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome Add to Firefox

Japanese

8,941 works

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji beyond a blue lake with green hills, rocks, pine trees and a figure in a hat on the shore.

Lake in the Hakone Mountains (Hakone sanchu kosui), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1851/52

Woodblock print of three turtles swimming in a blue swirling stream among green water plants, with Japanese calligraphy.

Turtles swimming in a stream

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a crescent moon over a gorge with a wooden bridge, waterfall and pine trees at night.

Bow-shaped Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series "Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijuhakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832

Woman with a bucket on her head walks holding a child's hand beside flowers and a rock, with a poem cartouche above.

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple (Seki), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana K…

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in kimono strolling by a wooden bridge, with pink blossoms and pines behind.

Strolling near Mihashi in Ueno

Chobunsai Eishi, late 18th-early 19th century

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda watching a boy with a performing monkey beside a stream.

The Young Monkey Showman (Wakashu sarumawashi)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing in a patterned robe and one kneeling with a sword, with calligraphy.

Twee kabuki acteurs

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1800

Painting of a bearded apostle in yellow and blue robes holding a large book, gesturing with one hand against a dark backgroun

Apostle St James the Less

Ukiyo-e woodblock print of a woman in a white headdress and dark kimono, with a small picture-riddle panel in the upper right

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen) (Tomimo…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a seated woman with a mirror beside a monkey in a patterned robe, with calligraphy and scattered cards.

Vrouw speelt met aap

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of two boys with a dog on a leash beside bamboo and a firewood bundle, in muted colors.

Twee jongens met hond

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a boat with two figures, pine branches, a bamboo fence and calligraphy by Hokusai, 1821.

De eik onder de golven

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Woodblock print of a night street lined with striped wooden buildings, a hanging lantern, figures walking, and a starry sky.

Yoshiwara bij nacht

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a woman with an ornate black hairstyle and gold hairpins, with a small inset landscape of birds and an isl

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Hanging scroll of a misty forest with gnarled trees, a stream, a thatched pavilion, and robed figures below.

Happy Forest, from Water Margin

Matsumura Goshun

Woodblock print of a man in a straw rain cape walking through diagonal rain beneath plum branches, with calligraphy.

A Man in Nightly Rain

Utagawa Kunisada, 1835

Ink landscape scroll with misty river, distant tree groves, rocky shore with pine, and a small sailboat on the water.

Returning Sails off a Distant Shore, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

Sesshū Tōyō, 1460s to 1550s

Ink painting of a seated monk beside pine trees and misty mountains, with calligraphy inscriptions on the left.

Listening to the Wind in the Pines

Ikkyū Sōjun, 1400s

Hanging scroll of misty cliffs, pine trees and a small boat by a river, painted in muted ink tones on silk.

Sunset Glow over a Fishing Village, from Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

Sesshū Tōyō, 1460s-1550s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a black coiffure holding a tea bowl on a pink saucer, with an inset landscape.

Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Hanging scroll of two women beside a willow: one seated at a red table with a fan, one kneeling at a stream washing cloth.

Beneath the Willow

Tsukioka Sessai, after 1778

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of two round-bodied Zen figures, one peering from a robe, the other seen from behind.

Hanshan and Shide

Ike no Taiga, c. 1745-76

Woman in red kimono holding a large parasol while snow falls around her, in a Japanese hanging scroll painting.

Lady with a Parasol

Koikawa Harumasa, early 1800s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red and patterned robes with red face makeup, swords at his back, on a yellow floor.

Actor as evil imperial messenger

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms framing riverside wooden houses, figures on a balcony, and a small boat on green water.

Hayase

Hiroshi Yoshida, 1930

Japanese woodblock print of a rocky cove with pine-covered cliffs, a sailing boat on the sea, and figures on the sandy shore.

De elegante prins Genji te Suma

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Woodblock print of two figures in kimono beneath cherry blossoms, with a lake, bridge and pagoda behind them.

De derde maand

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman in orange robe and yellow hat beside a river, wooden bridge, boats and mountains.

東海道五十三次之内吉田之図

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a fierce armored warrior in blue and red armor striding forward with a raised bow.

暫鎌倉権五郎景政

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a hooded woman in a striped robe beside a red lacquered chest, with a round river-view cartouche.

江戸花見尽

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print page of three kabuki actor portraits with a sword-holding man, a woman with hairpins, and a man in gray.

中村加賀家附録中村鶴助・中村千之助・中村駒之助

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of a noblewoman on a veranda watching two men in a garden with pine trees and a poem above.

蓬生

Utagawa Kunisada