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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,796 works

Woodblock print of a ferry boat on a river with a poling boatman, seated passengers under a thatched roof, and a cook in a sm

Ferry boat on the Yodo River

Teisai Hokuba, c. 1815/25

Woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins reading a scroll, wearing a red kimono with butterfly patterns.

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Ukiyo-e print of a hawk on a red perch beside a screen, with a painted fan, pavilion and poem text.

Sekiya, E-awase, and Matsukaze, from the series "The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1819/20

Japanese woodblock print of a pearl diver rising from waves while figures in patterned robes struggle with a pole and net.

The Jewel Taker (Tamatori), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1820

Japanese woodblock triptych of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one raising a staff, against bamboo screens.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danzo VI, Kataoka Ichizo ja Nakamura Fukusuke näytelmässä Ki-ichi Hogen sanryaku no maki (Ki-ich…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles in patterned kimono, one holding a sheet with a plum branch.

Kaksi geishaa

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese woodblock print of a mesh cage with rocks before a painted screen, with horsemen, a book and a fan.

Frogs in a Cage Before a Painted Screen, illustration for The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series "A Matc…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono leading an ox carrying a bundle of brushwood with blue flowers.

A woman from Ohara leading an ox, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Ciricle (Katsushika gosek…

Katsushika Taito II, 1822

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a blue parasol, holding a shamisen and lantern on a stone path.

Itinerant female musician, from the triptych "Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830

Japanese print of a woman in a blue kimono watching a fox near a small trap, with calligraphy above.

Vrouw bij een vossenklem

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1890

Woodblock print of a seated man with a brush beside an attendant grinding ink, with rolled scrolls on a yellow floor.

Tachibana no Hayanari preparing to make the first writing of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor crouching in snow with a sword and wicker basket, charcoal scattered nearby.

Näyttelijä Kataoka Ichizo näytelmässä Kanadehon chusingura (Uskolliset vasallit)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a small figure, with willow branches and calligraphy.

Willow Bath (Yanagiyu), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono reading a book beside a decorated New Year pull toy with a pine tree design.

Woman with book sitting next to a New Year pull toy

Totoya Hokkei, late 1810s

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono with a patterned obi, holding a fan, with ornate hair ornaments.

Kaunotar. Bijin-ga

Kikukawa Eizan, 1843

Woodblock print of a warbler in a red cage beside a ceramic pot and blossoming plum branch, with calligraphy.

Warbler in a cage, from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Japanese woodblock print of passengers on a boat with a poling boatman and a kite flying over a river.

Crossing the Sumida River on New Year's Day

Totoya Hokkei, 1830s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a kimono beside a fish basket, with an alcove scroll and children playing in the backgro

Lady Seated by a Tokonoma Alcove

Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Woodblock print of a robed man holding a paper umbrella by a stream, with a frog and willow branches.

Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1820

Woodblock print of two decorated fans: one with Mount Fuji and red-green pattern, the other with a pheasant and plum blossoms

Fans decorated with motifs of the three auspicious dreams of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

Woman in white kimono and red hakama seated beside a hanging incense burner, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Court lady sitting beside hanging incense burner

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned robes seated on a veranda beside a lantern and pine branch.

Courtesan sitting on a veranda next to a lantern

Totoya Hokkei, 1814

Japanese woodblock print of a white goat beneath a blossoming plum tree, with calligraphy and a pink background.

Goat beneath a plum tree

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a red arched bridge over a steep mountain gorge beneath a red sun.

Crossing the Monkey Bridge

Totoya Hokkei, 1824

Woodblock print of two men tending a bonsai pine in a planter, with a stone lantern and potted plants beside a veranda.

Potted Plant (Ueki), from the series "Eighteen Illustrations of the Ladder of Ancient Words (Kogentei juhachiban tsuz…

Totoya Hokkei, 1831

Japanese print of a seated robed man beside a white ox and blossoming plum branches, with calligraphy and a patterned canopy.

A painting of Daoist immortal Huang Chuping (Jp: Ko Shohei)

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Woodblock print of women resting on a bench under a pine tree while two men stand nearby, with green hills behind.

Fujieda station on the Tokaido

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1796

Woodblock print of a woman in a green floral kimono holding a pipe, with an elaborate black hairstyle and long hairpins.

Geisha piippu kädessä; Tamayan teetalon geisha Shiratama

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child by a marsh, with a snipe flying overhead and a thatched pavilion behind.

The Marsh Where the Snipe Takes Flight (Shigi tatsu sawa), from the series "Three Evening Poems (Sanseki no uchi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a coast, with islands, sea and a snow-capped mountain in the distance.

Pilgrimage to Enoshima

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1821

Two Japanese woodblock print sheets of kabuki actors, one in a striped robe and one in a violet kimono with a green robe.

Näyttelijät Iwai Hanshiro V ja Ichikawa Danjuro VII näytelmässä Imose no en risho kumi-ito (Miehen ja vaimon kohtalon…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1817

Woodblock print of three women in kimono beside a large tiger, with a bamboo-painted folding screen behind them.

The Four Sleepers in Spring Dawn (Shisui shunsho)

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806