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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,785 works

Japanese woodblock print of two women by a stream under a moon, with flowering bush clover and a poem cartouche.

Hagi no Tamagawa

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a reclining figure in a striped kimono beside a kotatsu table, with a painted screen and calligraphy.

Bedroom Scene

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1739

Woodblock print of a snowy canal with a bridge, boats, pagoda and walkers under falling snow.

Winter Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1846

Woodblock print of sailing boats on a bay with travelers, porters and wooden buildings along a stone embankment at dusk.

River View at Takanawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1856

Woodblock print of a kabuki-style man in a patterned kimono holding a black horse's reins, with Japanese calligraphy.

Bando Hikosaburo as Hanaregoma Chokichi Holding His Black Horse

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1756

Japanese woodblock print of a young man in a plum-blossom kimono holding a toy horse beneath a flowering plum branch.

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

Ippitsusai Bunchō

Woodblock print of four men in red coats carrying New Year decorations of bamboo and pine at a year-end market.

The Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival, Bold First Love at the Year-End Market (Seirō niwaka, toshi no ichi isamu hatsukoi)

Eishosai Choki, ca. 1795-99

Black-and-white print of two cranes beside bamboo, rocks and rippling water within a lobed frame.

Cranes

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black ink print of a male pheasant with long tail feathers beside a smaller bird, under pine branches and bamboo.

Pheasants

Hishikawa Moronobu

Monochrome print of three women in kimono weaving and reeling silk beside a large wheel, loom and brazier.

Three Courtesans Weaving Silk

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a blossoming plum tree, with vertical Japanese calligraphy inscriptions.

Two Girls Under Plum Tree

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Japanese woodblock print of women and patrons at a teahouse under pine trees, with a torii gate and a village on a hillside b

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse at Kasamori Shrine with a View of Nippori in Yanaka

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a crowded arched wooden bridge over a river, with lantern-lit boats and riverside stalls below.

Ryogoku Bridge

Kuwagata Keisai, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of samurai in a town scene with lanterns, a tiled-roof building, and a hooded woman at a wooden door

The Loyal League (Chushingura)

Utagawa Toyokuni II

Three-panel woodblock print of women in pleasure boats on a river at night beneath a crowded bridge with fireworks.

Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo

Two sailing frigates in battle on rough dark seas, with smoke from cannon fire and American and British flags.

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

Thomas Chambers, 1850

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono beside a folding screen and sliding doors.

The House of Umegawa

Nishimura Shigenobu

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword and staff, with a stylized screen behind him.

Ikunojo III as Chiyosaki Striking the Chozubachi; a Shower of Gold Coin Flies

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe leaning on a long sword before a red geometric backdrop.

Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune, Richly Attired, Leaning on His Sword

Katsukawa Shunshō

Woodblock print of a wave breaking on a beach below a green cliff, with travelers, an island, and a distant snowy mountain.

Seven-ri Beach, Province of Soshu

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a crowded evening street lined with theatre banners, lanterns and wooden buildings.

Picture of the Theatres in Sakai Cho

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of two figures poling a boat and raft on a river past a snowy village with pine trees and shrine gates.

Clearing Weather after Snow at Massaki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of tea-houses by a river in heavy rain, with umbrella-carrying figures on a footbridge and terrace.

Tea-houses on the Bank of the Tadasu River in a Shower

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of boatmen poling a raft down a river past blooming cherry trees and walkers on a riverside path.

Arashiyama Manka

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a full moon over a river with willow trees, a poling boat, fishermen on the banks, and distant mountains.

Autumn Moon on the Tama River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of moored boats with tall masts beside a shoreline of rooftops, with birds flying over a pale evening sky.

Tsukudajima no Oborozuki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom, travelers on a riverbank, a boat on the water, and a red-streaked sky.

Gotenyama-no Hana

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theatre interior with balconies, seated audience, and costumed actors on a dragon-decorat

Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoy…

Okumura Masanobu, 1748 (Enkyō 5), first month

Woman in white dress and straw hat seated on sunlit rocks overlooking turquoise sea with breaking waves.

The South Ledges, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1910

Japanese woodblock print of a woman, a kneeling man with a letter, and a standing samurai beside a fence and pine.

Chuban of the Chushingura Drama

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath drooping willow branches.

Actors

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two men in kimono, one in a floral black robe gesturing, the other holding a folding fan.

A Daimyo Talking to One of His Retainers

Katsukawa Shunkō