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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,796 works

Woodblock print of a seated man with prayer beads beside an incense burner, and a kneeling figure in black looking up at him.

Memorial Portraits of Ichimura Takenojo V and Unidentified Actor

Utagawa Kunimaro I, 1851

Triptych of Japanese kabuki actors in costume: a figure with a parasol, a seated figure in green, and a standing figure in or

Näyttelijät Mimasu Gennosuke, Segawa Kikunojo V ja Nakamura Shikan näytelmässä Yoshitsune sembonzakura (Tuhat kirsikk…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya with Attendants Senkaku and Banki

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of a young woman with a brush and a young man behind her, beside a screen with a bird on a blossoming branch.

Young Couple in Front of a Screen, from the Series Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an updo holding up a patterned sheer cloth before her face.

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a blue kimono beside an incense burner, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Kikunojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1832

Japanese print of two women with ornate hairstyles, one holding a red tray with a tea bowl while the other adjusts a hairpin.

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono holding a round fan, with ornate gold hair pins on a yellow background.

Hinazuru of the Chojiya, Whose Attendants Are Tsuruji and Tsuruno (Chojiya uchi Hinazuru, Tsuruji, Tsuruno), from the…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and hairpins, in a patterned kimono with orange obi, against yellow.

Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in blue kimono and grey robe holding prayer beads, with calligraphy and seals.

Memorial portrait of the actor Ichimura Takenojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1851

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with elaborate hairstyles against a pale yellow background, one holding a folding fan.

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series "Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue kimono and headcloth, hand raised to his face, against a pale blue flora

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the dipty…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a shrine maiden with a pole and streamers beside a flute player in a green robe.

Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series “Customs of Beauties Around the Clock”…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a brown and blue kimono with an upswept hairstyle against a pale floral background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagam…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Woodblock print of a man in a grey-green robe holding a fan, with fireflies and calligraphy in a dark blue sky.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I in the Role of Shirai Gonpachi

Utagawa School, 1855

Takigawa, from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin zoroe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII kneeling in a red robe beside a sword, with calligraphy.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1826

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with ornate hairpins and a folding fan, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Miyahito of the Ogiya, Whose Assistants Are Tsubaki and Shirabe (Ogiya uchi Miyahito, Tsubaki, Shirabe)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793-94

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside a lacquered box and red lantern.

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1849

Woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins in a purple kimono with red collar, looking down, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazu…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of two kneeling kabuki actors in green and yellow robes beside vertical Japanese calligraphy.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon XIII and Ichimura Takematsu III

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1862

Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1802/03

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a round fan, beside an orchid in a planter, with a calligraphy scrol

Beauty Wearing a Summer Kimono, from the series “New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style" ("Nishiki-ori Utamar…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796/98

Woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono writing with a red brush, surrounded by Japanese inscriptions in an oval frame.

Memorial portrait of the actor Iwai Hanshiro VIII

Adachi Ginkô, 1882

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair pins wearing a white robe with patterned textiles, beside a calligraphy

The White Coat, from the series "New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style (Nishiki-ori Utamaro-gata-moyo)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796/98

Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with swords, beside a round portrait and Japanese memorial text

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Suketakaya Kodenji

Utagawa Kunisada III, 1899

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a pipe beside a folding screen, with a hanging peony panel above.

Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a brazier and kettle, with a hanging cartouche above.

Hour of the Tiger (Tora no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Ukiyo-e print of a standing woman in a green patterned kimono holding a sheet with a bearded figure, by Utamaro.

Hour of the Hare [6am] (U no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue hood and gray robe beside a waterfall, maple branch and flowers.

The Actor Sawamura Tossho II as Karukaya Doshin, No. 5 from the series "Flowers of Tokyo: Caricatures by Kunichika (A…

Toyohara Kunichika, 1872

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a fan, looking down at a crouching child beside a kneeling atten

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono in an interior, one tending the other's hair beside a folding screen.

Hour of the Dragon (Tatsu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794