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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,036 works

Ink sketch with light colour of two dancing men in green and brown robes and a child in red at lower right.

Twee dansers en een kind

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Woodblock print of three women fishing from a boat on choppy water, one standing in a pink checked kimono, two seated with ro

Fishing Excursion

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Line drawing of a woman and children on a veranda, with a figure sweeping a landscape and geese flying overhead.

Min Ziqian (Binshiken), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doj…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

Etching of a northern view of Lauffen in Salzburg, with a town by a river, a horse cart on a path and figures on a hill.

Paths in the Dukedom of Salzburg

Johann Christoph Erhard, early 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in pink robes with a white horse beneath plum blossoms, and a seated woman beside a scre

The Harugoma Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking past dark-blue shops with white signboards along an Edo street.

Cotton-goods Lane, Odenma-cho (Odenma-cho momendana), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hy…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and attendant, with a tall box sign bearing calligraphy, in pink and yellow kimono.

A Woman Peddler of Needles and Thread

Hanegawa Chincho, c. 1730

Woodblock print of two women in kimono walking a riverbank as geese fly over a winding river, by Isoda Koryusai.

Geese Descending on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of Prosperity in the Easte…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a butterfly-patterned kimono holding an open painted scroll.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kazoe Uta Ta Ue Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Thea…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe with a fan and sword, face painted red, against a lattice background.

Actor Sakata Hangorô III as Takechi Mitsuhide in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono with plum branch, two swords and wooden clogs.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Matano no Goro in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding two swords beneath a hanging curtain with a flower motif.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Saito Sanemori in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Th…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a striped parasol and a black object.

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo Disguised as Lady Hotoke (Hotoke Gozen) in the Play Yukimots…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1785

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned kimono holding a red maple branch against striped background.

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunkō, About 1785

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a patterned kimono raising a sword before a dark background and bamboo fence.

Actors Nakamura Nakazô I as Danshichi Kurobei and Ichikawa Danjûrô V as Issun Tokubei in “Mirror of Osaka in the Summ…

Katsukawa Shunkō, About 1779

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in checkered robes with a sword and red box beside a torii gate and water spray.

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a red kimono with checkered sleeves, by Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814.

Courtesan of the Chikiriya in Furuichi, Ise Province, from the series "Comparison of Proverbs and Customs (Tatoegusa…

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono standing before a bamboo fence and blooming chrysanthemums.

Fashionable Beauties in a Chrysanthemum Garden (Furyu bijin kikubatake)

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1810

Woodblock print of two women and two men viewing hanging votive paintings on a wooden gallery beside a pine tree.

Viewing votive paintings

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins and striped and patterned kimono, by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801.

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono leaning toward a child holding a staff, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1806

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle biting thread while holding a needle, in a patterned kimono.

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyobo), from the series "A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tosei onna fuzoku…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one in a pink floral kimono and one in a dark kimono.

The Courtesan Yosooi of the Matsubaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Woodblock print of a woman in a checked kimono tuning a shamisen, with an elaborate black hairstyle and red hair ornaments.

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a black hairstyle, holding a round fan and looking to the side.

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Two wild geese fly past a large full moon against a blue-to-turquoise night sky in a Japanese woodblock print.

Wild Geese Flying Across Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, late 1830s

Woodblock print of visitors strolling past a fenced plum garden with gnarled branches and a thatched hut.

Plum Garden in Full Bloom (Ume yashiki manka no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge with pedestrians and a boat, with Mount Fuji and pine trees in the background.

View of Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 1840s

Woodblock print of a figure poling a bamboo raft through reeds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind green hills.

View of Mt. Fuji from the Sagami River

Ichirusai Hiroshige, Unknown

Woodblock print of a night river scene with a pine branch, a bamboo-screened boathouse, rowboats and a starry sky.

The Pine of Success and Onmayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series One Hund…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of samurai retainers crossing a snowy wooden bridge, with a mounted rider at left and a red title cartouche.

The Night Attack, Part 4 [sic; actually 5]: The Retreat across Ryogoku Bridge (Youchi yon, Ryogoku hikitori), from th…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Woodblock print of blossoming cherry trees, a teahouse and torii gate along the Sumida River embankment, with boats and pedes

The Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eas…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862