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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

12,806 works

Triptych woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theater with costumed actors on stage and packed audiences in the balconies.

Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of travelers, horses and porters crossing a sandy riverbank with blue water channels and a pine tree.

Shimada

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a lattice screen, a reed in a tub, a hanging kimono and ducks.

Picture of the Middle Class

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a long wooden bridge over a river, with mountains and a temple complex behind.

Okazaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Triptych woodblock print of a steam train on an embankment beside a harbor with ships, carriages and pedestrians.

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1871

Watercolour of mounted cavalry troops in blue uniforms before a redoubt with buildings and a chimney on a grassy hill.

Right troop, Alexandra Cavalry, Manaia Redoubt

George Sherriff

Japanese woodblock print of pilgrims climbing a stone staircase to a shrine beneath tall trees, with a wooden gate in front.

Pilgrims at the Fudō Shrine, Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Woodblock print of travelers in yellow umbrellas wading a river toward thatched houses, trees and mountains at dusk.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of ferry boats crossing a river with poled boatmen and travelers under yellow umbrellas, hills beyond.

Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a thatched roadside stall under a large tree, with travelers and children on a dirt road.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of travelers on a red bridge over a river, with sailboats, a castle, and hills in the background.

Yoshida

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of travelers and shopkeepers on a stone-paved road beside wooden shops hung with cords, by Hiroshige.

Fujikawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a thatched teahouse beside a waterfall and misty mountains.

Sakanoshita

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Hiroshige woodblock print of travelers with hats passing a thatched house and tree, with the sea visible in the distance.

Minakuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Black-and-white woodcut of two torpedo boats colliding at sea, with spray and smoke, by Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1917.

Botsing tussen twee torpedoboten

Dirk Hidde Nijland, 1917

Woodblock print of a Tokaido roadside with pine trees, thatched buildings, and travelers by Hiroshige, 1848.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Painting of sheep penned in wicker fencing on open grassland, with shepherds, a dog, and distant buildings under a pale sky.

Un redil de ovejas en los alrededores de la Puerta de Bilbao, en Madrid

Mariano de la Roca y Delgado, 1862

Triptych print of three women carrying buckets on yoke poles along a seashore, with birds flying overhead and a pine tree.

Plovers of the Noda Jewel River of Mutsu Province

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853

Woodblock print of a standing nobleman in black robes by a pine and waterfall, with seated courtiers and a poem cartouche.

Poem by Dainagon Kintō

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono holding a box beside an open book with poetry and a seated figure.

Poem by Kamakura Udaijin

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a path beside pine trees, with a poem panel in the upper right.

Poem by Kanke (Sugawara no Michizane)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840

Woodblock print of a temple complex among blooming cherry trees, with red halls, tiled roofs and red clouds in the foreground

Hasedera in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai in teal robes and a kneeling woman in a floral kimono beside a pine tree.

Poem by Nōin Hōshi; Tatsuta no mae and Sukune Tarō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Woodblock print of pink cherry blossoms on a green hillside, a blue waterfall, and two travelers on a winding path.

Yoshino Mountain in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed kabuki figures in blue and black robes with a red kimono and a framed poem vignette

Poem by Sei Shōnagon; Hangandai Terukuni and Kanshōjō (Sugawara Michizane)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of a steep cliff with blossoming trees, a narrow path with travelers, and a distant sea and coast.

Mount Kaito in Iga Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of courtly figures on a tiled roof beneath maple and pine trees, with a poem cartouche and mountain.

Poem by Teishin Kō (Fujiwara no Tadahira)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835

Woodblock print of a mountain path lined with blooming wisteria, travelers, stone lanterns, and a pagoda above a river.

Path to Zenkōji Temple on Kusuri Mountain in Shinshū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a seated bald poet in a red robe and green sash gazing upward beside water, with calligraphy at right.

Poet Sōjō Henjō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Woodblock print of boats moored in a bay below rooftops and pine-covered hills, with a red-tinted horizon.

View of Niigata in Echigo Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a reclining woman with long black hair in layered yellow, green and floral kimono.

Poetess

Chobunsai Eishi, 1801

Woodblock print of a red-railed stone arch bridge over a river, with pink blossoms, willows, pines and mountains behind.

Megane Bridge at Ōtani in Yamashiro Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859