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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,086 works

Woman and boy in kimono beside grass, with torch-bearing men on a green hill and calligraphy above, Japanese woodblock print.

"Chi": Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of two women in kimono leaning over a well curb beneath an ivy-covered tree, with calligraphy above.

"Ri": The Well Curb, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono with seated musicians playing shamisen on a raised stage.

The Actors Nakayama Kojuro VI (Nakamura Nakazo I) as Chidori, Sawamura Sojuro III as Shigemori, and Ichikawa Yaozo II…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woman in red kimono seated by a stream beneath a red maple, with a Japanese poem written above in the sky.

"O": Catalpa Bow, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woman in white and red robes stands by a stream under a drooping willow, with poem calligraphy above.

"Ka": A Court Lady Thinks Disconsolately of Her Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a seated man, a kneeling attendant with a brazier, and a woman in a floral kimono on a veranda.

"Yo": A Man Meets a Former Lover, now Serving in a Provincial Household, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a courtier reading a scroll by a river beside a pine, with an elderly man and child and purification wands

"Ta": Purification Ceremony to Remove the Pains of Love, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Picture…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of courtiers with a pink parasol in snow beneath a pine tree, with calligraphy above.

"Tsu": Narihira in the Snow at Ono, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Is…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and patterned kimono standing before a diagonally striped background.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe beside a pine tree, with a basket holding an infant and a river lan

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo, in Act Four…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a room, with a figure peering through a lattice screen behind them.

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Five kabuki actors in black and striped kimono stand in a row before pink blossoming plum branches on a pale background.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as Karigane Obun, Nakayama Tomisaburo I as An no Oyasu, Iwai Kiyotaro II as Kaminari n…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a wooden box and a pipe before wavy water.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as the Boatman Jirosaku in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater i…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and red hat holding a cage, beneath a lattice ceiling and chrysanthem

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage So…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow robe and straw hat beneath snowy willow branches, c. 1766.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of a young warrior with a sword beside a white heron on a post, standing on a bridge over water.

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge

Ippitsusai Bunchō, reprint of c. 1769 design

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono with a fan and flower hair ornaments, against a pale background.

The Actor Ichikawa Benzo in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a crane-patterned kimono beside a screen and hanging letter.

Hinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda by a maple tree, gesturing to two children below.

Actor Arashi Hinaji I, (possibly) as Yuya Gozen in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (Ima o Sakari Genji)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, About 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a sword in heavy rain beneath a pine branch, with a hat on the ground.

Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c.1770

Woodblock print of two women on a teahouse veranda overlooking rice fields, one seated in blue and one standing in a patterne

Teahouse overlooking rice fields, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jik…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Triptych print of courtesans and attendants walking past blooming peonies beside a bamboo fence, in patterned kimono.

Courtesans of Yoshiwara and their attendants viewing the peonies on Nakanocho

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Woodblock print of women in kimono with a parasol and a child walking past a lantern on a shopping street.

The Nakamise Shopping Street, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woman in patterned kimono with parasol on stone steps beside red gate, snowy mountain and pine behind, Japanese woodblock pri

Evening Snow at Kinryuzan Temple (Kinryuzan no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo h…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1778

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono beside a screen, looking out at geese descending over a field.

Descending Geese at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no rakugan), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1778

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child in an interior beside a birdcage and screen.

Two Women and a Child after a Bath

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Vertical woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono looking up at a shuttlecock near bamboo and pine.

Geisha Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a fierce mask beside a pine-painted screen.

The Actor Yamanaka Heikuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1705

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan beside a lantern, a child sleeping under a mosquito net below.

Mother Watching her Son Sleeping under a Mosquito Net

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in a traditional interior with sliding screens and a garden view.

Women in a Mansion

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checkered summer kimono and red robe beside a green curtain.

Actor Segawa Kikunojо̄ III as a Beauty in a Summer Kimono

Katsukawa Shunjo, Early 1780s

Black-and-white woodblock print of a fierce demon figure with a studded club beneath blossoming branches.

The actor Yamanaka Heikuro I as a demon

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1706