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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,003 works

Two-panel woodblock print: a man at a balcony under a red lantern, and three women in kimono with hair ornaments.

Theater loge

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe with a black hair ornament, with calligraphy beside him.

Blad uit het boek Haiju raku Hotsu (toneelspelers van Yedo) 1799

Utagawa Kunimasa

Ink drawing of a bat flying below a gnarled pine tree with pine needles, a column of Japanese calligraphy, and a red seal.

A Bat Flying near a Pine Tree

Isshō, 19th century

Japanese print of white narcissus and green leaves beside a red lacquer box, with black calligraphy and red seals.

Narcissus and lacquer box

Mori Shunkei, c. 1820s/30s

Japanese woodblock print of pink morning glories and white flowers on a trailing green vine against a pale background.

Flowers

Sato Suiseki, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a sea bream and lobster in a bowl with pine and bamboo, with poem inscriptions.

New Year's Offering

Niwa Tōkei, c. 1806/11

Japanese print of pine branches above colorful folded paper cranes with calligraphy and a red seal.

Pine Branches and Paper Cranes

Niwa Tōkei, c. 1821

Lithograph of a man in a suit pointing upward while a kneeling man with broken chains is freed, a woman and children behind.

Freedom to the Slaves

Anthony Berger, 1860

Japanese print of a red poppy with green leaves, beside columns of black calligraphy and red seal marks.

Two Poppies

Yokoyama Seiki, c. early 1820s

Print of a bush warbler on a signboard beside bamboo fence and plum blossoms, with columns of Japanese text.

Bush Warbler Perched on a Signboard alongside a Bamboo-fenced Plum Garden

Shibata Zeshin, 1886

Japanese woodblock print of white cranes flying in curving flocks past a large red sun, with calligraphy below.

Multitudes of Cranes

Bokushin, spring 1863

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono combing her hair beside a bamboo trellis of morning glory vines.

Vrouw na haar bad

Suzuki Harunobu, 1768

Charcoal portrait of a mustached man with swept-back hair in a dark suit and necktie, signed F. Gras, on speckled paper.

Retrat d'Enric Granados (F. Gras) - CAT CEDOC 1.09.16

Francesc Gras i Elias

Japanese print of an old man riding an ox beside a child, with calligraphy panels and a lattice window above.

Celebration: Bunraku chanter takes a new stage name

Japanese print of a red-haired shojo figure seated on a patterned bowl with a small swimming creature, beside calligraphy.

Floating Shojo

Chomu, 1870s

Woodblock print of a plump white rabbit with red eyes on pink ground, with calligraphy across its body.

Portrait of a Rabbit

Yabu Chosui, 1867

Japanese print of a shamisen and black lacquer box on a red and blue cloth, with calligraphy text beside them.

Shamisen and Box

Yabu Chosui, 1860s

Etching of women in a garden with a snake at their feet, a Cupid with bow at right, and a dog in the foreground.

Eurydice gedood door een slang

Daniël Herreyns, 1600

Print of a hunched rooster in pale tones against a dark textured background, signed JM in the lower right corner.

Ineengedoken haan

Jan Mankes, 1912

Japanese print of two painted clam shells, one showing a mountain and fence, beside handwritten calligraphy on paper.

Clam Shells

Yabu Chosui, 1860s

Colored allegorical print with a central legislative chamber scene, Lincoln and Sumner statues, soldiers, and a plantation vi

The Shackle Broken by the Genius of Freedom

Edward Sachse & Co, 1870

Japanese woodblock triptych of a festival procession with floats, lanterns, parasols, and uniformed men beside a pavilion.

Ulysses S. and Julia B.D. Grant

Hiroshige III, 1861

Engraving of a veiled woman teaching a young girl to read from a book, with an older man behind them, in an oval frame.

Matrem edocet verbi verbum

Joseph Wagner, 1780

Japanese New Year greeting print with a plum branch, red kite, printed characters and handwritten calligraphy on cream paper.

New Year Gift

Kamata Gensen, 1863

Red woodblock print of the demon-queller Shoki with a raised sword, beside handwritten Japanese calligraphy on cream paper.

Shoki Banner

Matsukawa Hanzan, 1864

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and armour holding a baton, framed by an ornate inscribed cartouche.

Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon

Simon de Passe, 1610

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a blue kite beside a flowering plum branch, with calligraphy at left.

Actor on Kite

Satō Hōdai, 1865

Japanese woodblock print of women performing acrobatic poses on bamboo ladders across twelve panels, with an Edo riverside sc

Serie van twaalf koban Shunga met prostituées in de rol van acrobatische brandweerlieden

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Japanese surimono showing twelve zodiac animals in a silhouette band above columns of calligraphy, by Indai, 1866.

Zodiac Surimono

Indai, 1866

Woodblock print of a striding tiger on a hanging scroll with blue patterned mount and Japanese calligraphy above.

Tiger

Jujoen, 1866

Woodblock print of travelers crossing Nihonbashi bridge over boats on the river, with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Nihonbashi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a bay with sailing boats, thatched village roofs on the shore, and travelers on a street in the foreground

Shinagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido w…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42