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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,781 works

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in heavy rain, one kneeling in a straw hat, the other standing with a drawn sword.

Kataoka Nizaemon VIII näytelmässä Kanadehon chusingura (Uskolliset vasallit)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women working on fishing boats with nets beneath a crowded wooden bridge over a river

Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with a servant holding a paper lantern and shamisen box behind them.

Young Woman at Night accompanied by a Servant Carrying a Lantern and a Shamisen Box

Kitagawa Kikumaro

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman combing her hair above a young girl in a red floral kimono.

Man and Girl

Kitagawa Kikumaro

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono and a child walking by a railing, with boats on water behind them.

Returning Boats at Komagata

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a blind and potted plant, with a child kneeling to wash a book on the floor.

Washing the Book

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono at a lattice gate, one holding a striped parasol, with plum branches and rain

"Visiting," from the Series Seven Fashionable Komachi

Woodblock print of two geisha in patterned kimono, one kneeling and playing a shamisen, the other standing beside her.

Two Geisha

Woodblock print of a seated woman and a child under gourd vines, with calligraphy at upper left and birds in the sky.

Tama-joen kuutamo

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a boy in a pink robe wrestling a reddish monkey on the ground, with a cloud and shrub behind.

Chinese Boy and Monkey Wrestling

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770-72 (Meiwa 7-An’ei 1)

Japanese print of two women on a veranda by bush clover, one reading a scroll, with calligraphy and a rocky stream below.

Bush Clover in Province of Omi

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono by a lattice fence under a red maple tree and crescent moon.

One of the Seven Komachi: Amagoi (Praying for Rain)

Woodblock print of two women in kimono smoking pipes beside a blossoming tree, with a bench and lacquer box.

Sotoba; One of Seven Komachi

Woodblock print of three elegant women in patterned kimono with two young attendants, hair ornaments and bamboo motifs.

The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya Brothel, from the series “A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as…

Isoda Koryusai, 1777-78

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral red kimono with a horned headdress, surrounded by fox silhouettes.

Princess Yaegaki

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a tall oiran courtesan and a young attendant walking together in patterned kimono.

Oiran and Attendant out for a Stroll

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono standing on a grassy riverbank, one holding a fan.

Three Young Women Strolling on the Bank of the Sumida River

Woodblock print of five figures in patterned kimono, one holding an open fan and another pointing, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Ichikawa Danjūrō V and His Family

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Japanese woodblock print of two women at a temple shrine with a kneeling figure, stone lantern, and Jizo image.

Enmei Jizo

Woodblock print of an older man scolding a young woman with a red hairpin beside a bowl, in a doorway setting.

"A Scolding" (Ochiyo), illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Woman in blue robe touching a blossoming plum branch beside a red railing, in a Japanese woodblock-style print.

Chinese Beauty Beside a Plum Tree, leaf from the album “A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past” (Chūko…

Gen Ki, 1895

Woodblock print of falling snow at a Japanese shrine, with umbrella-carrying figures and snow-covered pine trees.

Famous Places of Edo: Shiba Shinmei

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 19th century

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above mountains, with travelers and a horse on a river plain below.

Numazu, Number 13, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847-52

Woodblock print of two windblown pines over a wave-lapped beach, with travelers and small boats on the sea.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of men in festival garb running and pulling ropes beside a horse near a red torii gate.

Festival at Atsuta Temple

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a steep pine-lined mountain path, with a distant blue peak and sea.

Station Twenty-six: Nissaka, Sayo no Nakayama, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Woodblock print of a woman in a snowy bamboo grove digging with a tool, wearing a patterned kimono and woven hat.

Gathering Bamboo Shoots

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin through morning mist past a torii gate and pine trees.

Morning Mist

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of travelers with umbrellas in heavy rain beside trees and a blue stream on the Tōkaidō road.

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama (50th Station of the Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono beside a pine tree and a yellow pillar, with rippling water behind her.

Casting a curse at the hour of the ox (ushi no koku mairi)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms on a riverbank with two boatmen poling a raft down a blue river.

Full Blossom at Arashiyama on the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of women in kimono passing a wooden gate at night under a crescent moon, with a large traditional building be

Gate of the Shimbara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858