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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,788 works

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in checkered kimono beside irises at night with fireflies.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Gado ja Yoroku näytelmässä Gonin otoko isoji no tateire (Viiden miehen viisikymmentä urotekoa)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Color woodblock print of a blue arched bridge over a river, with red brick buildings, smokestacks and reeds at dusk.

Edo Bridge and its neighborhood, no. 22

Koizumi Kishio, 1932

Woodblock print of women in kimono and a man gathering flowers in a grassy field, with butterflies overhead.

Gathering spring flowers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated holding a sake cup, with calligraphy and floral patterns.

Kurtisaani Ohyodo pitelee sakekuppia

Japanese print of two women with water buckets on a shore beneath a red maple tree, with a sea horizon at left.

Matsukaze and Murasame

Kubo Shunman, c. 1810

Japanese print of a woman carrying a kettle and food box past rice planters bent over paddies under a pine tree.

Taking Food to Rice Planters

Kubo Shunman, late 18th/early 19th century

Japanese print of three travelers pausing at a stream beside yellow flowering shrubs, with a kneeling attendant and sandals.

The Ide Jewel River

Kubo Shunman, c. 1781/89

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child by a fence, with men reading on a veranda above under a pine tree.

Returning from a Poetry Gathering

Kubo Shunman, c. 1785/89

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of a woman crouching in kimono and a man in plaid robe raising a sickle among willows.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VII ja Iwai Shijaku näytelmässä Date kurabe O-Kuni kabuki (Tanssinäytelmä Daten sukuriid…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Ukiyo-e print of three women in patterned kimono with a child, beside a lantern, irises and small white spirit figures.

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)

Eishosai Choki, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of four women in kimono walking beneath cherry blossoms against a yellow background.

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya and Her Attendants

Eishosai Choki, early 1790s

Woodblock print of two women with upswept hair and gold ornaments in patterned kimono, facing each other against grey.

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped robe and patterned blue trousers under flowering plum branches.

Näyttelijä Nakamura Fukusuke (?) Imayo Kurosuken roolissa tunnistamattomassa näytelmässä

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Osumi, a Tayu of the Tsuchiya in the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka

Eishosai Choki, c. 1796/97

Hanging scroll of a seated figure in a blue kimono on a green cushion, with red seals at the right edge.

Portrait of Iwai Kumesaburō II

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1827-29 (Kansei 10-12)

Woodblock print of a woman washing her hair beside a wooden tub, with a bamboo screen and attendant behind her.

Mirror of Elegance (Furyu kesho kagami)

Tamagawa Shūchō, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a seated man with a fan beside a low table, and a reclining man spinning a large top with his feet.

Hayatake Torakichi from Osaka: Spinning Tops in Ryogoku

Utagawa Yoshiharu, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan painted with a white rabbit, and a scroll with a rooster in the corner.

An Elegant Series of Amulet Paintings (Furyu nanatsume e awase): Rabbit and Cock

Tamagawa Shūchō, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a reclining courtesan in a floral kimono beside a koto and shamisen, with calligraphy above.

Courtisane met koto

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol beneath blossoming cherry branches.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Shizuka Gozen (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a sword beside bamboo, with a screen behind him.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Kichisaburo in the play "Junshoku Edo Murasaki," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1779

Japanese woodblock print of a seated older man in patterned robes holding a pipe, with bonsai trees in pots before a lattice

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sansho Dayu (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and green costume holding a yellow fan, with a red sun behind him.

Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside chrysanthemum plants, by Torii Kiyonaga, 177

Bando Mitsugoro II as Tennen no Mansaku-kitsune and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Nikaido Shinanonosuke and Iwai Hanshiro…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1778

Two kabuki actor woodblock prints on checkered yellow ground; left in purple robe with crests, right raising a sword.

Kabuki Actors Asao Yūjirō as Sano Genzaemon and Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Miura Arajirō, in the play Keisei Sano no Funab…

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1822

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an autumn garden, with geese flying overhead and a flowering shrub nearby.

Geese Descending in Mid Autumn (Seishu no rakugan), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white face paint wearing a black robe with skeleton motifs over red kimono.

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, R…

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1822

Woodblock print of three women in kimono in a interior setting, one arranging flowers beside a kettle, one standing with a ha

Morning of Iris, from the series "Five Festivals in the Pleasure Quarters (Hanakuruwa gosechi no asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, one holding a sword.

Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1821

Woodblock print of women in kimono and children playing with a rope under falling grass blades, yellow ground.

The Fifth Month (Satsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Seasons (Furyu juni kiko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Two men in kimono sit on a bench by a river at night, with boats, lanterns and a starry sky in a Japanese woodblock print.

“Enjoying the Evening Cool near Lord Nabeshima’s Warehouses” (Fūryū Nabeshima yūsuzumi)

Jukakudō Masakuni, ca. 1825

Japanese woodblock print of travelers by a pine tree, with a palanquin, a woman with a parasol, and a man smoking a pipe.

Yumoto, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780