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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,054 works

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono playing with a small cat beside a paper lantern.

Girl Playing with a Cat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a red lacquer box and a pine tree.

The Waitress Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse Holding a Fan

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of a crane standing on a blue wave beside reeds, with a large pink sun in the upper left.

Crane, waves, and rising sun

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a mallard duck swimming past snowy reeds and a snow-covered bank while snow falls over pale blue water.

A Wild Duck Swimming by a Snow-covered Bank beneath Snow-laden Reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of three mandarin ducks on blue water beneath drooping willow branches, with calligraphy at upper left.

Mandarin ducks

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a pine tree and bench, one seated with robe loosened, one standing.

Sunset Glow of Late Summer (Choka no sekisho), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Tall Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in patterned kimono beneath a shelf with vases and a shoji screen.

Courtesan Standing Beneath a Shelf for Talismans

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a courtesan in black bamboo-patterned kimono with two young attendants and a standing man.

Manzan of the Chojiya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1778/80

Woodblock print of two women, one holding a calligraphy scroll and one reading a book, with a flowering branch in a vase.

Calligraphy, from the series "Fashionable Versions of the Four Accomplishments (Furyu kinkishoga)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Woodblock print of two courtesans in patterned kimono leaning toward a seated attendant holding a red stick.

Two Courtesans Watching an Attendant Play with a Rat

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda and tatami floor, with a lattice window and clouds behind them.

Yu Kinro (Chinese: Yu Qianlou), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Woodblock print of a red-crowned crane beside bamboo and purple irises on a yellow bank, with calligraphy above.

Crane, Bamboo and Iris

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a cuckoo flying over deutzia shrubs with pink and white flowers, with poem text in the sky.

Cuckoo flying over deutzia flowers

Komatsuya Hyakki, c. 1766

Caricature drawing of three large heads labeled Duitschland, Rusland, Frankryk in smoke above a small figure with umbrella la

Gedonder boven de Conferentie van Genua, 1922

Patricq Kroon, 1922

Narrow Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono standing beside a decorated folding screen.

Taking Leave

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Woodblock print of travelers on a road crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with trees and rice fields beyond.

Tōkaidō gojo santsugi. Yokkaichi. Plate No 44. From the series: Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e print of a kabuki actor in plaid robes and white outer garment, crouching against a yellow background, 1794.

The actor Ichikawa Tomiemon as Inokuma Monbei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped red kimono beside a stone marker and bamboo grove.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kujaku Saburo Narihira

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono beside two men, one seated on a bench, near a lattice screen.

The Actors Onoe Matsusuke I and Ichikawa Omezo I at a Teahouse

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a mendicant monk in red robe and snow, with snowy pine branches above.

Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a Mendicant Monk in “Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide” (“Keisei Ide no yamabuki”)

Katsukawa Shunkō, About 1787

Woodblock print of figures at a teahouse, with a seated man holding a red bowl, women serving tea, and blossoming plum branch

De pleisterplaats Mariko

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono and pink obi, with gold hair ornaments and black branches behind.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III, Possibly as the Courtesan Kojoro of Hakata, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1785

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono and striped robe, hand raised to chin, before leafy branches.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Possibly as Matsuya Soshichi, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (Beginnings o…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1785

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned black kimono holding a round crested fan beside a flowering branch.

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Possibly as Misao Gozen, in the Play Chiyo no Hajime Ondo no Seto (Beginnings of Eterni…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1785

Japanese print of women playing shamisen on a veranda with a man in a black crested haori beside a garden stream.

Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1785/89

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding an umbrella in rain beside a willow tree.

Young Woman Walking on a River Bank in Rain

Kubo Shunman, late 18th/early 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of two bust-length figures in patterned kimono against a tan ground with blue borders and calligraph

犬塚信乃戍孝／杢作むすめ浜路

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue striped robe and patterned kimono, with a canal view inset at upper right.

江戸名所百人美女堅川

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono with a red helmet and bamboo pole behind him.

五斗兵衛盛次

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Woodblock print of a warrior with a drawn sword and lacquer box, with a servant and shelves of bowls behind him.

清書七以呂者たから子の児雷也

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate updo applying makeup, with calligraphy above and a patterned lantern below.

難有御代ノ賀界絵

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a floral kimono and an attendant in striped robe beside a screen with blossoms.

艶姿花の十二支亥の日のしんこう

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864