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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,070 works

Woodblock print of children rolling a giant snowball beside a red building and snowy pine, with a woman in pink kimono watchi

Making a Giant Snowball

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono on a veranda beside a folding screen, with a pond and reeds behind her.

Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a young man with a lantern, an attendant holding a note, and a woman at a red lattice window under calligr

A Young Monk, Courtesan, and Attendant atLattice Window

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono resting her chin on her hand at a red temple balcony railing.

Young Woman Seated on the Balcony of Kiyomizu Temple

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of two women fishing from an orange boat with a sailboat behind, calligraphy above, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Poem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a child beside a white parrot on a branch near a screen.

Parrot Komachi (Omu Komachi), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana Komachi)

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono looking up at a cuckoo flying under a crescent moon beside a red stai

The Call of the Cuckoo from above the Clouds (parody of Minamoto no Yorimasa)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of a woman pulling a flower cart with a child on her back and a tall floral arrangement.

Pulling a Flower Cart

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda at night, with figures under umbrellas walking past rice paddies beyond.

Evening Rain at Nihonzutsumi (Nihonzutsumi no yau), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a plum tree, with a framed inset of farmers harvesting rice.

Benevolence (Jin), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior with a folding screen, a low table and a red lion mask.

Courteousness (Rei), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan and sword under a lattice ceiling.

The Actor Ichikawa Raizo I as Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the play "Nihon ga Hana Hogan Biiki," performed at the Nakamu…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1761

Woodblock print of women and a child practicing calligraphy at a writing table in a room with a shoji screen.

Knowledge (Chi), from the series "Five Cardinal Virtues"

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Color woodblock print of a woman writing on a veranda beside a river with fishermen in a boat and red maple leaves.

Fidelity (Shin), from the series Five Cardinal Virtues

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of two women in a room, one playing a shamisen and one kneeling by a lacquer box, with a poem cloud above.

The Moon (Tsuki), from the series "Fashionable Scenes of Snow, Moon and Flowers (Furyu setsugekka)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of two women at a well curb with a bucket and rope, plum blossoms, and a verse cartouche above.

First Love (Hatsu koi), a parody of the well-curb episode of the "Tales of Ise"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono adjusting her hair while riding a grey ox along a sandy shore.

Courtesan Riding an Ox

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of a woman, a man with a sword, and a child beside a pink fence under blossoming plum branches.

A Spring Outing

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reading a letter beneath a pink-edged mosquito net, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Woman Standing beside a Mosquito Net Reading a Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Vertical woodblock print of a swirling thunder god above a web, with a courtesan in patterned kimono on a veranda below.

The Smitten Thunder God Delivering a Love Letter to a Courtesan

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print: a fierce figure on a cliff holds a dangling child above a woman in striped robes combing her hair by a strea

Shoki in Love

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a red kimono holding yellow flowers beside a thatched house in the rain.

Young Woman Holding a Kerria Branch (parody of Ota Dokan)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1764/65

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono with papers blowing in wind, a demon above dark waves.

An Inauspicious Day

Suzuki Harunobu, c.1769

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reaching to pick plum blossoms beside a wooden fence.

Picking a Plum Branch

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and fan walking beside a boy carrying a hobby horse, in striped robes.

Boy on Hobby Horse Followed by Woman Holding Umbrella

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young man in striped kimono holding a fishing net and sword beside reeds and water.

Young Man with Fishing Pole and Net

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of two lions beside peonies and swirling clouds, in muted red, white and tan tones.

Two Fighting Lions

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Two costumed performers in black and floral kimono hold up horse-head sticks in a woodblock print with calligraphy above.

Nui and Chiyo from Daimon Fujiya performing the hobby-horse dance, from the series "Comic Performances by the Enterta…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Japanese woodblock print of two women by a brazier, one holding an infant, with a black bird on a stand and bamboo panel.

Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in kimono by a bamboo blind, with crows flying under a rising sun.

Sunrise, from the series "Fashionable Three Beginnings (Furyu mittsu no hajime)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a room with latticed screens, a potted plant, and a folding screen.

New Year's Day, from the series "Fashionable Three Beginnings (Furyu mittsu no hajime)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in green kimono gazing at a striped tiger painted on a folding screen beside a lacquer bo

Tiger, from the series "Fashionable Twelve Signs of the Zodiac (Furyu juni shi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770/72