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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,786 works

Multi-panel Japanese print of women in kimono on a verandah, some playing music, overlooking a river with boats and a wooden

Recital on a verandah overlooking Sumida River

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790/95

Ink painting of a grey pigeon with pink beak and feet pecking at scattered grains on a beige background.

Pigeon

Katsushika Hokusai

Woman in red kimono writing on a veranda overlooking a river with boats, pine and cherry trees, and distant mountains.

Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Gakutei Harunobu, 1810

Woman with raised sword battling a giant octopus at sea, with a sailing boat in the upper cartouche.

The Jeweled Chaplet

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845-46

Ink wash sketch of a stooped animal figure in a dark robe leaning on a staff, with a second figure at the right edge.

An old mouse (?) dressed in a black robe

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a tea bowl on a red tray beside wooden shelves.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Waitress Otake in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura T…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a raised sword over a man on a wooden floor, with a boat in a top vignette.

A Boat upon the Waters

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845-46

Woodblock print of two women in kimono under yellow parasols beside a wooden building, with sandals and calligraphy.

Rain in the Fifth Month (Samidare)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1755

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman in hair ornaments unrolling a long written scroll beside a snowy wooden structure.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Naoe in the Play Tsuma Mukae Koshiji no Fumizuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Hand-colored woodblock print of scholars and women in pavilions and a garden, with a pine tree and columns of Chinese text.

The Last Three Months of the Year

Hanging scroll of a snowy riverside landscape with pine trees and distant hills, mounted in gold-patterned silk.

Arashiyama in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman carrying a child beside a seated man and a toy shrine, with poem text above.

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Printed sheet of standing Bodhisattva Guanyin on a lotus base, with flanking inscriptions and a column of Chinese text below.

The Greatly Merciful, Greatly Compassionate Rescuer from Suffering, Bodhisattva Guanyin

Lei Yanmei, dated 947

Ink sketch of two seated figures in robes, surrounded by small studies of exaggerated faces and heads.

Various Faces

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a standing woman in layered kimono beside a snowy tree and lattice fence, in pale pink and black.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisewata (Tagasode) (?) in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki (?), Perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a mountain landscape with pine trees, a waterfall, wooden houses and a figure crossing a footbridge.

Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai, first edition printed in 1679

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors on a rocky shore with waves and bamboo, by Kunisada, 1857.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Ichizo ja Shiko näytelmässä Irifune Soga Nihon no torikachi (Sogan suku valloittaa Japanin)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black updo and long hairpins, head bowed, wearing a patterned pink and cream kim

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Sh…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a long robe holding prayer beads, standing before water and a yellow ground.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga,…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned green kimono holding a white bottle beside reeds and water.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei in the Play Higashiyama Momiji no Kadode, Performed at the Ichi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Woman in patterned kimono reaching into a bamboo birdcage on a yellow tub, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika k…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

Ink line drawing of a young woman in a patterned kimono swinging a battledore, with shuttlecocks sketched at upper left.

Girl playing with a battledore and shuttlecock

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a fierce blue deity with a raised sword and rope, surrounded by flames, standing on rocks.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Stone Image of Fudo Myoo in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at th…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Japanese print of a shirtless man with a fan beside a willow, and a woman pouring water over fans in a tub.

The Sixth Month (Rokugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Ink and wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, a river with boats, and a riverside village of wooden houses.

Landscape: mountains, stream and boats

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a white cloud-patterned robe with a black sword and tall headdress, c. 1773.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor raising a red lantern, wearing a butterfly-patterned kimono before a striped backdrop.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Ageha no Chokichi Disguised as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawara…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Japanese woodblock diptych of women in kimono serving tea in a tatami room with lanterns and a garden view.

Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Ink line drawing of a man in a crane and bamboo patterned kimono beside a tied box, on beige paper.

A court messenger

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with hair ornaments, holding a fan beside lacquered boxes and bare branches.

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Osai, a Female Hairdresser, in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the I…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a snowy harbour with moored boats, pine trees, snow-covered rooftops and hills beneath falling snow.

Uraga Harbour in Snow, from Nihon minato zukushi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Woodblock print of an actor in a black kimono and gold hood holding a striped umbrella before a red fence.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lady-in-Waiting Suho Disguised as Tsunokuniya Tsuna, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781