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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,120 works

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with attendants and a horse on a shore, with sailing boats and a pine tree.

Women and Attendents by the Beach of Tanakawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800-10

Woodblock print of women in kimono walking past a pine tree toward red torii gates and shrine banners.

Women Visiting the Shrine of Shoichii Taro Inari Daimyo

Katsushika Hokusai, about 1804

Woodblock print of women, children and a porter walking a shore toward a bamboo-covered islet with Mount Fuji in the distance

Visitors to Enoshima

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/04

Woodblock print of women in kimono entering a garden past shelves of potted plants, a stone lantern and a bare tree.

A Group of Young Women Entering the Garden of a Horticulturist

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Engraving of a helmeted warrior fighting an armed man in a boat, with other figures in rowboats and a bird above.

Melinte vecht tegen Eurymedon, kapitein der zeerovers

Abraham Bosse, 1639

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors on a veranda by the sea, with a tea tray, bowls, and fishing boats.

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III, Onoe Matsutake III, and Iwai Kumesaburo II

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1825

Woodblock diptych of armored warriors fighting in falling snow, with pine trees and vertical calligraphy in the sky.

Warriors Fighting in the Snow

Utagawa Kunisada I, 19th century

Woodblock print of three bearded warriors seated at a banquet table in a circular frame with dragons and clouds.

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1825

Woodblock print of figures in patterned kimono at a banquet in a restaurant interior with food, teapot and hanging scroll.

Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro Restaurant (Manpachiro jo…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Woodblock print of a kabuki samurai crouching on a rooftop in rain while a demon-masked woman floats on clouds above.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1833

Woodblock print of a flaming Fudo Myoo deity with sword and rope above a kneeling warrior behind falling water.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo Myoo

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1829/32

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in armor and bare-chested pose, one wielding a raised sword against an olive background.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga Goro and Bando Mitsugoro III as Kobayashi no Asahina

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and green hood beneath cherry blossoms, with a sword.

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Japanese print of three women playing koto, shamisen and flute in a room, with falling cherry blossoms outside.

Ladies Playing Instruments

Utagawa Kuniyasu, early 19th century

Five-panel Japanese print of women and children gathering shellfish on tidal flats at low tide, with boats in the distance.

Low Tide at Susaki - A Set of Five (Shiohi goban no uchi)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828-30

Woodblock diptych of a night boat scene with a woman under a canopy and two women with a paper lantern on a landing.

Night scence aboard a pleasure boat

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830's

Japanese woodblock diptych of two women in kimono by a bay with boats and a distant mountain.

Two women by a tea house in Takanawa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in an orange kimono holding a fan to her mouth, surrounded by ivy leaves and calligraphy.

Women holding fan in her mouth

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. early 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono holding an umbrella in falling snow beside a river and willow tree.

Snow: Onoe Kikugoro III, from "A Set of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1829

Japanese print of a woman in kimono beside plum blossoms, with a river landscape, bridge and boat on the right panel.

Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Woodblock print of a black kimono with bird motifs draped over a basket and incense burner, beside a red sash on a screen.

Scenting a kimono with incense

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, n.d.

Woman in blue kimono seated on tatami beside a tray, bowl and plate, with calligraphy and blossom garland on the wall.

Summer Robes (Natsugoromo), from the series "A Comparison of Incense (Takimono awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, c. 1822

Woodblock print of a round rust-colored bird cage with a bird inside, beside irises and a flowering branch, with calligraphy

Bird cage and flowers

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, early 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of crowded Nihonbashi bridge and market with Mount Fuji rising in the distance.

Nihonbashi

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, early 19th century

Japanese print of writing tools, inkstone, seal stones and ink box with a potted flower and handwritten verse above.

Writing Implements and Seals

Kubo Shunman, 1799 or 1811

Japanese print of travelers with a palanquin on a shore, with Enoshima island and sea behind them and poems above.

Visitors to Enoshima, from the album "Mountains of the Four Quarters (Yomo no yama)"

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Japanese print of a long-haired yamauba beside a waterfall watching a boy wrestle a grey boar.

Yamauba Watching Kintaro Wrestle a Boar

Kubo Shunman, late 18th/early 19th century

Woodblock print of an armored samurai in horned helmet beside an orange banner, with waves and pine branches behind.

No. 3: Kato Kiyomasa, from the series "Three Tales of Valor (Buyu sanban tsuzuki)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1820

Woman with comb beside round mirror, child reaching for paper fish on bamboo, plum blossoms and calligraphy in a blue border.

A Woman as Ebisu, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren…

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Japanese print of a seated court lady in a brown robe beside a veranda with plum blossoms and a kneeling attendant.

A Court Lady as Daikoku, from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanag…

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Woodblock print of seated figures in robes with armor, a sword, and a bonsai tree in an interior with a wave screen.

Watanabe no Tsuna receiving the sign post for Rashomon Gate from Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Katsukawa Shun'ei, n.d.

Woodblock print of court ladies on a veranda watching a chase in a yard under pine trees, with a bamboo fence and stream.

Court Ladies on a Balcony Watching a Woman and a Girl Chasing a Man in the Yard under Blossoming Cherry Trees

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s