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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,782 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a bow and arrows, with calligraphy in the upper left.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II Holding a Bow and Arrows

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1766

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding incense beneath cherry blossom branches, with calligraphy beside.

The Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV as Sakura Hime, the Cherry Princess

Torii Kiyotsune, 1767

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a wide black hat and floral kimono, holding a fan, with red and ochre accents.

Kabuki Actor

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1708

Woodblock print of a misty river valley with boats, pine trees, a bridge, and a distant conical mountain.

Landscape in the Mist

Utagawa Kunisada, mid-19th century

Black-and-white woodblock print of a woman with raised arms placing a hairpin in her hair, wearing a chrysanthemum-patterned

Courtesan Placing a Hairpin in Her Hair

Kaigetsudō Anchi, ca. 1714

Woodblock print of a young man in a checkered and striped kimono playing a flute while standing on high geta clogs.

Young Man Walking Toward the Left on High Geta and Playing the Flute as He Walks

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1745

Woodblock print of a young man in a patterned kimono on high geta opening a striped umbrella, with a sword at his waist.

Young Man Moving Toward the Right on High Geta and Opening His Umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1745

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned summer kimono holding a lantern and fan beside willows and a river.

Young Lady in Summer Attire

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1748

Ink sketches of two grotesque heads, one snarling and one crowned with a toothed open mouth, on beige paper.

Käärmepedon pää, 5. luvun loppukuva Lusifeerus, 10. luvun loppukuva

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906

Japanese woodblock triptych of figures in kimono on a festive river boat, with red lanterns, musicians, and smaller skiffs be

Sumida River Holiday

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788-90

Woman in patterned kimono kneels beside a folding screen with a figure, bamboo, and incense burner in a Japanese print.

Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugorō I

Yamamoto Yoshinobu, ca. 1750

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins and patterned kimono inside an oval frame.

Miuraya Kokonoe sarjasta Imayo oshi-e kagami (Kuvien peili)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Three seated women in kimono beneath a phoenix and large red feathers, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Chōjiya Pleasure House by Day (Chōjiya hiru-mise)

Chokosai Eisho, ca. 1798

Three travelers cross a wooden bridge under a full moon beside a river, with dark silhouetted trees in a Japanese woodblock p

Moonlit Night at Miyanokoshi, from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Ink line drawing of a seated woman on a wooden veranda beside reeds and trees, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Kujō Yoshitsune

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of travelers sheltering from heavy rain under a thatched roof beside a large tree, with horses in the misty b

Suhara, from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Two-panel Japanese print of women and men at a tea house feast, with a parasol, lantern, pine trees and a veranda view.

Feest in het Komeikan theehuis

Torii Kiyonaga, 1788

Triptych woodblock print of women playing blindman's buff on a veranda, with a teahouse and garden scene beyond.

Blindemannetje spelen

Torii Kiyonaga, 1792

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in bold costumes and samurai attire around a stage scene with pine branches.

Acteurs in een shibaraku voorstelling

Torii Kiyonaga, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a misty river gorge with pine trees on steep cliffs and a faint distant mountain.

Ochanomizu in the Mist

Utagawa Kunisada, mid-19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a snowy mountain gorge with pine trees, a frozen blue river, and a waterfall.

Kiso Gorge in the Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of two women in kimono seated on a red bench beside flowering branches, with calligraphy above.

The Hagi Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Shiba Kôkan, c. 1770/71

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono examining a chrysanthemum-patterned cloth, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792.

Portret van Tomimoto Toyohina

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a snowy gorge with a blue river, red boats, pine trees and steep snow-covered cliffs.

Snowy Gorge

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono and black hoods, facing each other in conversation against a yellow

Two Women Conversing

Katsukawa Shun'ei

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji beyond a wide river, with a boat on the water and a horse and traveler on the shore.

Fuji - The Tama River, Musashi Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a woman adjusting her hair by a window overlooking sailboats, with two kneeling attendants in an interior.

Window Opening Toward the Sea

Suzuki Harunobu

Ink sketch of a robed woman seated on an elephant, with a bald monk and a seated figure in a tall hat below.

Preparatory sketch for <em>The Courtesan Eguchi as the Bodhisattva Fugen and the Monk Saigyo</em>

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Two women in Japanese print; one holds up a pale kimono with calligraphy while the other kneels and watches.

Two Beauties Looking at Kimono

Japanese woodblock diptych of two kabuki actors by a riverbank at night, one holding a sickle, amid bamboo and willows.

Näyttelijä Ichikawa Danjuro VIII ja Ichikawa Kodanji IV näytelmässä Mimasu no Date-zome (Upea näyttelijän viitta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Woodblock print of snowfall at Asakusa temple, with a large red lantern, pagoda, and people under umbrellas.

Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Ink sketch of a laughing man in flowing robes stretching one long arm across the page, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Long-armed man stretching

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800