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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,003 works

Japanese surimono print of a black teapot, cups on a lacquered tray, a screen, and calligraphy text.

Takemoto-School Surimono

Nagayama Kien, 1847

Woodblock print of a river at Kawasaki with a sailboat, rowboats, timber rafts, pine trees and travelers on a road.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of sailboats and rowing boats on a blue bay, travelers on a road, and a thatched teahouse by a pine tree.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Japanese print of a red-framed lantern with pine motif beside rippling water and rope, with calligraphy on the right.

Moon Viewing

Yoshimura Koichi, 1863

Hand-colored print of a court carriage with a lattice cabin and spoked wheel, beside columns of Japanese calligraphy.

A Court Carriage

Yoshimura Koichi, c. 1870

Woodblock print of a tangerine with a green leaf and seeds beside Japanese calligraphy text on cream paper.

Tangerine and Chinese Legend

Kosei, spring 1871

Woodblock print of thatched houses among flowering trees beside a stream, with calligraphy in the upper half of the sheet.

Village in Cherry Blossom Forest

Koseki Hisashi, 1851

Japanese print of a blue-green rock with a leafy branch and red berries, beside handwritten calligraphy.

Mount Horai

Kosetsu Ogino, 1860s

Woodblock print of travelers and teahouse under tall pine trees on a hillside, with distant mountains and hanging red lantern

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a road lined with pine trees, travelers with baskets, thatched village and sea beyond.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Engraving of a tower siege: a figure drops a millstone from the parapet while men with bundled sticks and a fire gather below

Abimelech door een molensteen gedood

Jan van Vianen, 1705

Woodblock print of two women in kimono stretching cloth, one bending over the other, with a diagonal pole at left.

Doeken spannen

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Japanese print of women and men fishing at night from a wooden platform and boat, with nets and water waves across three pane

Nachtelijke visvangst

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan in bust portrait with long black hair, hairpins, and a patterned fan against a yellow backgrou

Busteportret van de courtisane Kisegawa uit het Matsubaya huis

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Busteportret van de courtisane Shiratsuya uit het Wakanaya huis

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Busteportret van de courtisane Shinowara uit het Tsuruya huis

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a wild-haired woman with a knife and a boy in green clinging to her back, with persimmons below.

Kintoki en Yamauba

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of two women walking under a parasol, one in a red floral kimono, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Oume en Kumenosuke

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman combing her long black hair, with calligraphy in the upper left corner.

Haren wassen

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Black ink woodblock print of three horses with flowing manes, one grazing, beside rocks and a calligraphic inscription.

Drie paarden

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono nursing an infant, with an elaborate hairstyle and hairpin.

Moeder met kind aan de borst

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of people shopping at a seaside fish market with baskets of fish and waves behind.

Gezicht op de vismarkt op het strand te Shiba

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1807

Woodblock print of a torii gate, bridge and willow-lined village street with travelers beneath a distant mountain.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Japanese woodblock print of ink-wash bamboo leaves and stalk beside vertical calligraphy and a red seal on pale green.

Bamboo

Yagi Oshuku, 1854

Woodblock print of ferryboats carrying travelers on a river, with pine trees, village roofs and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Hiratsuka: Ferryboats on the Banyu River (Hiratsuka, Banyugawa watashibune), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a coastal village with thatched houses, pine trees, boats on a blue bay, and green hills under a pink sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of pine trees on a sandy coast with travelers on a road and a blue sea with sails beyond.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers on a stone mountain road among pines, with misty peaks and red streamers.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Print of a striped grey fish beside green bamboo leaves, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Fish and Bamboo

Maezawa Otei, 1860s

Woodblock print of a hooded kabuki-style figure holding an umbrella in falling snow, with a red banner and snowy trees behind

見立三幅対雪石川五右衛門

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue robes with yellow chrysanthemums, plus a circular portrait inset of a second figure

今昔児手柏武部源蔵・松王丸

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of a woman in a green patterned kimono beside willows, a thatched stall and a wooden tub under a sunset sky.

東海道五十三次之内藤川ノ図

Utagawa Kunisada