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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,036 works

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with an ox carrying firewood, autumn maples and hills in the background.

Ox (Ushi), from the series "Twelve Hours of the Floating World (Ukiyo juni shi)"

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Japanese woodblock print of two women viewing a moon above reeds, one tending a small brazier beside a fan.

Moon viewing

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Woodblock print of two women reclining under a patterned kimono, with Japanese calligraphy above, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790.

Minnend paar

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of a reclining Hotei playing with a child while a woman in a coral kimono watches by a lattice window.

Hotei, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Ukiyo shichi fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an elderly bearded man reading beside a woman playing shamisen, with a crane and plum-blossom screen.

Fukurokuju, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of Tamonten with two women beside a brazier, folding screen and chrysanthemums, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Tamonten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a floral kimono preparing ink beside a fan, scrolls and blue-and-white bowls.

Woman Preparing to Inscribe a Fan

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1822

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono beside a wooden fence under pine branches, with calligraphy above.

Woman Walking Past a Fence

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono tuning a shamisen beside a cat and a blossoming plum branch.

Geisha Tuning her Shamisen

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1825

Woodblock print of a man on rice bundles, a child hanging a paper charm on a pine tree, and a woman beside a shop stall.

Daikokuten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a seated man, a woman and a boy with a basket under willow branches on a veranda.

Ebisu, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an old bearded man tending a seated woman's foot beside a blossoming plum branch and shoji screen.

Jurojin, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a rider on a white horse crossing a wooden bridge through a snowy landscape with mountains and pines.

Crossing the River at Sano

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono standing beside a seated man under red lanterns on a veranda.

Benzaiten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of two boys reading a scroll before a mountain landscape with pagodas.

Two Boys as the Eccentric Monks Kanzan (Chinese: Hanshan) and Jittoku (Chinese: Shide)

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Black-ground woodblock print of Hotei and two children in a boat on night waters, with a bird flying overhead.

Hotei and Two Children on a Boat

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Engraved oval portrait of a bald, bearded man in a fur-trimmed cloak and ruff, with an inscribed label below.

Portret van Jacobus Kimedoncius

Hendrick Hondius, 1690

Japanese print of folded paper ornament and iris flowers with a flying bird and crescent moon above.

Crescent Moon with Flying Little Cuckoo

Harukawa Goshichi, 1825

Japanese print of a red lobster behind three inscribed boxes, with iris leaves and a pink peony in the foreground.

Lobster, Three Sake Measure Boxes, Iris and Penny Flower

Kokei Ueda, c.1831

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono with an umbrella beside a river, under a willow, with two frogs.

A Young Woman Watching Frogs (parody of Ono no Tôfû)

Torii Kiyomitsu, c. 1760

Black and white woodblock print of a man seated at a table gazing at a moon above willow trees beside a hut.

Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1740s

Japanese woodblock print of Yamauba with long black hair nursing the red-faced child Kintaro in a floral purple kimono.

Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/06

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned robes seated on a white elephant above clouds, holding a scroll.

Courtesan on White Elephant

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono playing battledore, with a shuttlecock in the air above.

The Actor Nakamura Gentaro as a woman playing battledore and shuttlecock

Torii Kiyomasu I, c. 1704

Woodblock print of a samurai with a sword and a kneeling woman before crashing ocean waves, with a poet cartouche above.

Teika

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in checkered kimono in a room with a blue screen, with a poem cartouche above.

Shôsanmi no Ietaka

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red hair and patterned robes on a veranda, with an oval portrait inset above.

Juntoku In

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of a pale ghost with long dark hair rising from a paper lantern beside lightning and reeds at night.

O-Iwa het lantaarn spook

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Woodblock print of an embracing couple on patterned kimono fabrics, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Man en vrouw in innige omarming

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a child, with a sewing box and vertical text in the background.

Vrouw met kind

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of an intimate embrace between a nude man and woman against a patterned textile, with text in the ma

In borst bijtende man

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of a couple in a patterned kimono and checked robe beside calligraphic text and lacquer objects.

In de buitenlucht

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815