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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,002 works

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono carrying a smiling child holding a yellow chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)"

Torii Kiyomine, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a striped-sail boat on blue waves, with hills, village houses and a poem cartouche at upper right.

Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Woman in pink kimono tossing a ball over a railing to a man in striped robe below, Japanese woodblock print.

Young Woman Throwing a Ball at a Young Man

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono beneath blossoming cherry branches, with vertical calligraphy.

Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan beside a seated companion, cherry blossoms overhead and sailing boats behind.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1788/89

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a pole beside a wooden tub, one seated.

Washing Clothes

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with ornate hair pins, hand to cheek, in a patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Komurasaki of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a green bell tower, with plum branches and scattered coins.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theate…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1746

Ukiyo-e triptych of women at work in a printmaking workshop, carving blocks, sizing paper and drawing designs.

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints,…

Kitagawa Utamaro, About 1803

Woodblock print of a woman in a purple kimono holding an inscribed folding fan, wearing a broad white hat.

The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black hairstyle and gold hairpins, looking down at a cup and paper in her hands.

Geisha of the West District

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Ichikawa Danjuro Vl

Utagawa Kunimasa, n.d.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in…

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1721

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes and an ornate headdress against a cloud background.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Juro in the play "Hanabusa Bunshin Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1733

Hand-colored woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside reeds, a river, rice sheaves and a house.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with figures in kimono, wooden gates, and lattice-windowed houses.

The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada, c. 1745

Woodblock print of a girl playing battledore and a woman looking up at plum blossoms, with a shuttlecock in the air.

Battledore and shuttlecock

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow floral kimono and grey robe, with two swords and a horse on the hem.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I

Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1719

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono holding a branch of pink and white plum blossoms.

Young Woman Holding Flowers

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1730

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono leading a white horse, with vertical calligraphy above.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Koroku in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in t…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1765

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned green kimono holding a woven basket hat, with calligraphy above.

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

Japanese woodblock print of a group in kimono walking beneath plum blossom branches, with a man carrying baggage on a pole.

Party on their way to view plum blossoms

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a parasol leaping by a railing, a smoking man and a child beside a waterfall.

Girl Leaping from Kiyomizu Temple

Torii Kiyotsune, c. 1765

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono with floral patterns and red hair ornaments, one in green.

Two Women Taking a Stroll

Santō Kyōden, c. 1781/89

Woodblock print of two women by a stream beside flowering bush clover under a moon, by Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767.

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a man in grey kimono standing by a yellow mosquito net where a woman kneels, with a paper lantern nearby.

Lovers Parting at Dawn

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of women in kimono and a man beneath autumn maple trees, with strollers on a hillside path beyond.

Picnic in Autumn

Katsukawa Shuncho, late 1780s

Woodblock print of three kimono-clad figures by a pine tree, with a samurai holding a pipe and a harbor of boats behind.

Act Eight: The Bridal Journey from the play Chushingura (Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, early 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding a tea cup beside a decorated screen.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1784

Woodblock print of two women on a moonlit balcony with a pine tree and water beneath a full moon.

Two Courtesans on a Moonlit Balcony at a House of Pleasure in Shinagawa, from the series "Nan'eki Shufu"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black hat and iris-patterned kimono holding a kettle beside stylized water.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Court Servant Shoheida Sadamori in the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki, Per…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Two kabuki actors in white costumes with red sashes hold swords at night in a Japanese woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunsho.

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774