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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,005 works

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono beside a wooden fence and pine branch.

First scene

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono trimming her nails on a bamboo bench under a weeping willow.

Trimming Her Nails

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1755

Hand-colored woodblock print of Shoki the demon queller in yellow robes sharpening a sword beside rocks and a winged creature

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1725

Japanese woodblock print of women, children and a man under yellow parasols walking in falling snow.

Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a mother and child behind teal mosquito netting, with a standing woman and paper lantern in a Japanese int

Mother and child behind mosquito netting

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Hotei carries a child piggyback through shallow water beside a woman under a willow tree, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Hotei carrying a young girl piggyback

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Black woodblock print of two robed figures in a boat under a crescent moon, with pine and willow trees on the riverbank.

Ukifune and Ukon approach the island of Tachibana

Okumura Masanobu, c.1740

Woodblock print of a man with a sword and a woman on a veranda, with a rooster and hen and blossoming plum branches.

A young dandy and a woman on a veranda

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a folding fan, with a red Japanese cartouche.

Ichikawa Yaozō III in the role of Yoshida-ya Kizaemon

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1804

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a drawn sword above his head, with water in the background.

Ichikawa Danzō I

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1776

Woodblock print of a rider and attendants crossing a wooden bridge over swirling water, with sailboats and a thatched house b

Sunset Glow at Seta (Seta sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"

Suzuki Harunobu, early 1760s

Woodblock print of a courtesan and male guest reclining in an interior with a painted screen and lacquer boxes.

Courtesan and her guest in bed

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a seated monk gazing at Mount Fuji under a red sun, with a pagoda and pine trees on a cliff.

Saigyo Hoshi gazing at Mt. Fuji

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1730s

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono, one standing and two seated, with tall black hats and crane moti

Fūryū onna shikisanba

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1788

Woodblock print of two women in a room, one looking at a hanging scroll of a man, the other kneeling near plum blossoms.

Courtesans admiring a painting by Okumura Masanobu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a harbor with sailboats, porters on the shore, thatched houses, and distant mountains across the water.

Otsu, 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 a courtesan in a patterned kimono adjusting her hair ornaments, with calligraphy at upper right.

Takigawa of the Ogiya in the First Sale of the New Year (Hatsu uri zashiki no zu), from the series "A Comparison of S…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of two men in patterned kimono crossing a wooden bridge with a servant, river and village behind.

Ichikawa Omezō and Sawamura Gennosuke crossing Azuma Bridge

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1804

Woodblock print of two women standing on a pier beside a seated man, with rippling water and a boat behind them.

A young man at Sanbashi

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of two women in kimono washing and stretching cloth beneath a weeping willow tree.

Washing and stretching cloth

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in a red robe on a veranda gazing at a moonlit bay with boats and a bridge.

Chinese Poet

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1761/65

Woodblock print of a reclining woman and sleeping child in a room with shoji screens, a seated attendant, and bamboo outside.

Taira no Kanemori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and two children looking into a peep box showing a landscape scene.

Viewing a peep box show

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a seated robed nobleman and attendant before a moonlit sea and distant hills, with an inscription.

Sugawara Michizane Going into Exile

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1763/64

Japanese woodblock print of a woman reading by a shelf of ceramics, with a small inset of figures on a ladder.

Shaving a monk's head [Daikoku shaving Fukurokujin's head]

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of poets seated on a rock by the sea under a full moon, with pine branches and a distant pavilion.

The Poet Nakamaro (Abe no Nakamaro), from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1763/64

Woodblock print of women washing cloth by a river under willow trees, with a child and a distant bridge.

Washing clothes in the river

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded poet in yellow robes writing by lantern light, with a pheasant, reeds and full moon.

Kakinomoto no hitomaro

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Woman in a floral robe riding a golden phoenix with long feathered tail, with a flowering plant in the lower right corner.

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woman in a pink kimono smoking a pipe on a bench under willow branches, with a bird and drifting smoke above.

Smoking on a Bench

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curved bridge over a river, with rooftops and a mountain behind and poem text above.

Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjo (Kyo, Sanjo Ohashi zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaid…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a woman in a plum-patterned kimono reading a scroll while kneeling on a large white crane.

Girl Riding a Crane (parody of Hi Chobo [Chinese: Fei Zhangfang])

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67