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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,061 works

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

Japanese woodblock print of a costumed warrior pulling a toy boat on a rope while a child follows, with cherry blossoms.

The Festive Custom of Asahina Continued by Jihinari for Twenty-three years (Nijusan-nen tsuzuki Jihinari kichirei Asa…

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1820

Woodblock print of a seated woman reading a poem slip beside a peony, with calligraphy, a fan, and a folding screen in an int

Young woman holding poem slip

Utagawa Toyohiro, n.d.

Ukiyo-e print of two women on a veranda, one reaching for a plum branch, with garden stones and calligraphy above.

The Daughter of Tomoyasu (Tomoyasu no musume), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1820

Woodblock print of rice-laden cargo boats poling along a river past wooden houses and trees, with a heron at right.

Boats transporting rice on the Sumida River

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800/05

Woodblock print of six robed poets writing on paper slips on a veranda, with a woman fanning herself and pines beyond.

Six immortal poets preparing for the Tanabata festival

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women netting goldfish in a garden, with a seated woman at a low table and a crouching figure by a tub

Goldfish farm

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Travelers rest by a bay with pine trees and a sailboat, Mount Fuji rising in the distance, in a Japanese print.

Looking at the Fuji Mountain on the Route (Dochu fuji o nozomu)

Teisai Hokuba, 1805-1808

Woodblock print of peasants planting rice in paddies and a man washing a red horse beneath trees.

Rural Scene in Early Summer: Peasants Transplanting Rice and a Man Washing a Horse

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s

Japanese print of two court women by a river under a moon, with pine trees and a wooden veranda at right.

Illustration of The Bluebell (Asagao), Chapter 20 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Two women in patterned kimono walk under a checkered canopy beside a flowering tree in a Japanese woodblock print.

Yushima, from the series "A Comparison of Famous Things in the Eastern Capital (Toto meibutsu awase)"

Hotei Gosei, c. 1811/12

Etching of a woman leaping over a bull in an arena while another bull charges and spectators watch from city walls.

Blandina door een stier gedood

Jan Luyken, 1685

Etching of a bearded, bare-chested man surrounded by a violent crowd in a classical city square with columns and a domed buil

Schoolmeester Cassianus van Imola door zijn leerlingen gedood

Jan Luyken, 1685

Engraving of a bare-backed man hanging from a hook as a bearded man in a feathered cap whips a kneeling figure in an arcaded

Julitta van Iconië gegeseld terwijl haar kind wordt gedood

Jan Luyken, 1685

Etching of Christians killed by Lombards for refusing to sacrifice a goat, with soldiers, a smoking altar and ruined building

Christenen door Longobarden gedood omdat ze weigeren mee te werken aan het offeren van een geitenbok

Jan Luyken, 1685

Japanese woodblock print of a couple on a veranda bench while a hooded woman watches from the right.

Caught in the Act

Suzuki Harunobu, 1769

Woodblock print of a courtesan and two attendants in patterned kimono walking under a cherry tree in blossom.

Courtesan and Attendants Parading under Cherry Tree

Komai Yoshinobu, c. 1771