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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,005 works

Japanese woodblock print of travelers and porters with a palanquin, with the title Shimada in the upper right corner.

Shimada

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Woodblock print of travelers and moored boats beside a red torii gate on a blue sea, with a poem in the sky.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Monochrome woodblock print of travelers walking along hillside paths past thatched houses and pine trees.

Emon Hill, from the series "The Appearance of Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)"

Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1681/84

Black-and-white Japanese print of samurai and women in a Yoshiwara street scene with wooden buckets and a fence.

Scene in the Yoshiwara, from the series "Views of Yoshiwara"

Hishikawa Moronobu, About 1680

Japanese woodblock print of a busy post station with teahouse, travelers, braziers and a calligraphy poem.

Kuwana: The Post Station at Tomita (Kuwana, Tomita tachiba no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokai…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one painting a willow screen, beside an inkstone and lacquer box in a tatami room.

Courtesan Painting a Screen, from a series of 12 erotic prints

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1711

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with a shamisen riding a mythical beast above a boat, watched by a monk beside a blossoming tree.

A Floating World Version of Saigyo at the Village of Eguchi (Ukiyo Saigyo Eguchi no sato)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

Ink line drawing of a kneeling woman in a kimono beside columns of Japanese calligraphy and a seal stamp.

Happy Ending

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

Woodblock print of a temple beside waterfall and steep green mountains, with small figures on a path below.

Nihon Temple on Mount Yokogiri at Bōshū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Three women in patterned kimono stand before a lattice screen with calligraphy, Japanese woodblock print, c. 1729.

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Edo (right), Kyoto (center), and Osaka (left)

Attibuted to Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1729

Small colored sketch of a seated woman in a dark kimono beside a green shrub, wooden fence and pink flower.

Oiran zu

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Ukiyo-e print of travelers with a black horse crossing diagonal fields lined with pines, with calligraphy in the upper right.

A parody of Narihira's eastern journey

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1764

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in patterned kimono walking past willows, a torii gate and a tea house, by Torii Kiyohir

Girls of Fukagawa - A Triptych (Fukagawa musume sanpukutsui)

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1755

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai on horseback beside waves, a boat with banners, and a battle scene above.

Kumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori at the battle of Ichi-no-tani

Kondo Kiyoharu, c. 1720

Woodblock print of armored samurai by a waterfall, with a helmeted warrior hiding inside a tree hollow at upper right.

Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1758

Woodblock print of Kirifuri Falls with white water cascading over rocks, travelers in robes at its base and on a path.

Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimosuke

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of travelers on a road approaching a wooden bridge over a river, with thatched village roofs and blooming tre

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall framed by trees, with travelers in wide hats on a path beside a thatched hut.

Yōrō waterfall in Mino Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of five women in kimono dancing under a large parasol, holding fans and a lantern.

Sumiyoshi dance

Chobunsai Eishi, 1791

Woodblock print of a monk sweeping snow with a broom beside a latticed wooden building, with calligraphy above.

A Priest Sweeping in the Snow

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1731

Woodblock print of children gathered at a painting class with brushes, fans, bowls and paper on red mats.

Children in a painting class

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in colorful costume, one standing beside a tall stack of boxes and cloth bundles.

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1720

Woodblock print of a bald, fierce-faced man in a patterned robe seated on rocks, holding a bowl, with a golden dragon above.

Actor in the role of Nakasaina Sonja

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of a boatman, porters and a loaded horse by a shore with pine trees, thatched house and distant sailboats.

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No. 5 from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a standing man with a yellow fan and a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono.

Arashi Hinasuke in the role of Minamoto no Raikō and Iwai Kumesaburō in the role of Yosoi Hime

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1799

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one holding a puppet figure aloft over his shoulder.

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku I and Hayakawa Hatsuse as puppeteers in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu"…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1725

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a black kimono resting on a wooden box beside a screen and flowers.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Kuzunoha

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1737

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin past rice paddies and a large tree, with distant mountains and a poem above.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a timber yard by a canal, with workers, stacked lumber, wooden houses and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Tategawa at the capital

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a yellow floral kimono holding a small basket, with a title cartouche at upper left.

The Courtesan Komurasaki (Tayu Komurasaki)

Torii Kiyotada, c. 1730

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono walking by a river with bushclover, hills and a moon above.

Bushclover at Tamagawa (Six Jewel Rivers)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a black court robe beside a flowering plum branch, with Japanese signature.

Sugawara no Michizane

Kondo Kiyoharu, c. 1720