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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,002 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono and straw cape holding a sword against a dark background.

Actors Mimasu Tokujirô I as Hayano Kampei (Left) and Nakayama Kojûrô VI as Ono Sadakurô (Right) in “Treasury of the 4…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1786

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono with folded arms, beside bamboo and a lattice window.

The Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Hayakawa Matabei (?) in the Play Furiwake-gami Aoyagi Soga (?), Performed at the Mi…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1796

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor bent over with red lanterns on his back, against a yellow checkered screen.

Actor Asao Tamejûrô I as Drunken Gotôbei in “Yoshitsune’s Koshigoe Petition” (“Yoshitsune Koshigoe jô”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beneath a flowering plum branch, signed Shun'ei.

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as the Lady-in-Waiting Iwafuji in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a woman with a lit taper and a man crouching over a box on a red tray, with a warrior inset.

Catching a mouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in green kimono holding a child beside a bamboo fence and wooden gate.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tokiwa (Tokiwa Gozen) (?) in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba (?), Perfo…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1791

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a waterfall, with golden coins falling around him.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Dragon Maiden Disguised as Osaku in the Play Sayo no Nakayama Hiiki no Tsurigane…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned yellow kimono leaning on a lattice beside plum blossoms.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Kojoro-gitsune (Female Fox) Disguised as Omiki in the Play Komachi-mura Shibai no Sh…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1789

Woodblock print of a young kabuki actor in a patterned kimono blowing on his hands in a snowy scene with plum blossoms.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as a Boy Blowing on His Hands beside a Large Snowball, in the Play Nigiwai Genji Hana Saku…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes gripping a katana, with bamboo and a lattice ceiling behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as the Boatman Takihei (?) in the Play Ofunamori Ebi no Kaomise (?), Performed at the Kawa…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1792

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono, with four seated musicians above and three performers below.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Ichimura Kamezo I as Wankyu, and Nakamura Kiyosaburo I as Matsuyama in the play "Mi…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1750

Three women in kimono stand by a river with a wooden bridge, boats, and timber stacks in an Edo-period woodblock print.

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1788

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted samurai actor with raised sword and a kneeling kabuki actor holding a box, in colored c

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Fur…

Kitao Shigemasa, 1765

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon Vll as Iyo no Taro in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed at the Miyako Theater…

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a red parasol and sword in a patterned kimono, with rain falling beside him.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono beside two young attendants in grey floral robes, on an oval tan ground.

Courtesan and Two Kamuro

Komatsuya Hyakki, 1766

Woodblock print of a young man with a yellow umbrella and lantern in night rain, with maple leaves and a lattice window.

Night Rain of Genjo (Genjo no yau), from the series "Parodies of Eight Scenes from Noh Chants (Furyu utai hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in a pale kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a willow tree and bamboo.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysa…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a bowl, with swords at his side, beside a lattice window.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimu…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in bold costumes and poses with swords, set beneath bamboo and pine branches.

Hagitsubo - A Parody of Shibaraku

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785 (?)

Woodblock print of a man carving a block beside a kneeling woman, with a large calligraphy board behind them.

Surimono maken voor Nieuwjaar

Katsushika Hokusai, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red face paint being dressed by a young assistant beside a patterned box.

De acteur Ichikawa Danjuro VII maakt zich op voor een Shibaraku voorstelling geassisteerd door een jongen

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of artisans in kimono working among fans, paper and boards in a Tokyo workshop interior.

Een voorstelling van de productie van waaiers in Tokyo (''Tokyo nishiki-e seizo no zu'')

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1877

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black patterned kimono holding a sword, with a fierce expression, by Utagawa Toyokuni

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon in the play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri," performed at the Ichimura Theate…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue kimono gesturing from a seated pose beside a painted ceiling and garden.

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Sasaki Saemon in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku," performed at the Nakamur…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned black kimono holding a letter, with lilies at upper left.

Lilies: young woman holding a letter, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a woman carrying a baby on her back beside a stalk of red pink flowers.

Pinks: nurse and baby, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, with a Japanese title cartouch

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a fan beside a roundel showing blossoming cherry trees.

Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1820s

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in patterned robes before rough waves, with lantern boats and a ghostly

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin…

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1828

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol under falling cherry blossoms.

Flower (Hana)

Katsukawa Shunsen, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reaching toward yellow kerria flowers beside a river, with cherry blossoms a

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro kuni Ide no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of the Six Jewel…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/52