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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,088 works

Monochrome print of chrysanthemums in a dragon-decorated vase on a cloud base, with loose blossoms to the right.

Chrysanten in vaas

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1808

Round Japanese woodblock print of three figures in kimono under pink cherry blossoms, with a kneeling man, standing figure, a

Drie acteurs onder bloesemboom

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono, a man carrying a child, a fish seller, and dogs in an interior.

Visverkoper

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1801

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono seated by a waterfall with a golden dragon, with a poem cartouche above.

Dainagon Kintô

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

Woodblock print of a fierce samurai warrior with staff and sword, beside a poem cartouche showing a seated court lady.

Izumi Shikibu

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

Woodblock print of a samurai drawing a sword beside a boat, with a court lady and poem cartouche above.

Murasaki Shikibu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a sword and a seated woman beneath cherry blossoms, with a poem cartouche above.

Ise no Tayû

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1846

Woodblock print of a man in a striped kimono walking a moonlit Edo street beside wooden houses, with a poem panel above.

Akazome Emon

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki-style figures in patterned robes with a poem cartouche showing a seated woman above.

Sei Shônagon

Utagawa Kunisada, 1846

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a seated poet portrait and poem cartouche above.

Sadayori

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white kimono with red sash holding a sword, against a gray background.

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a figure in female dress with a black hairstyle, yellow hairpins and a floral kimono with chrysanthemums.

Portrait of an Actor in Female Dress

Utagawa Kunimasa, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with combs in her hair, holding a green round fan, with poem slips at upper left.

A Selection of Six Flowers - A Parody Rokkasen (Yatsushi rokkasen): Bishop Henjo

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1798

Woodblock print of a stern man with a topknot in a plaid kimono against a gray textured background.

Bust Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo in the play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga (Blooming Iris: Sog…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1794

Portret van Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch, 1753

Hand-colored satirical print of a crowd at an 1818 election hustings, with speech bubbles, a banner and a one-eyed officer.

The Freedom of Election

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published June 22, 1818

Woodblock print of figures with umbrellas walking through falling snow beneath a torii gate at a shrine in Edo.

Shinmei Shrine in Shiba (Shiba Shinmeigu), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man with a white ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions around the frame.

Portret van Edo Neuhusius

Jonas Suyderhoef, 1638

Woodblock print of women beating cloth by a river under a full moon, with a pine tree, flying geese and distant mountains.

The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Kinuta no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Various P…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/37

Woodblock print of a snowy temple with a red pagoda, a river, a stone bridge, and people with umbrellas in falling snow.

The Temple and Pond in Falling Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852 (Rat year) 10th month; 1852, Ne (Rat year) 10th Month.; 1852, Ne (Rat year) 10th Month

Woodblock print of a barefoot samurai with a drawn sword under willow branches and a moon, by Kuniyoshi, 1845.

Abe no Nakamaro

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Woodblock print of a bald armored samurai with arrows and sword beside him, with calligraphy and waves in the background.

Kisen Hôshi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man with a fan and sword beside a cherry tree, with calligraphy above.

Ono no Komachi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Woodblock print of a muscular bald monk in a dark robe striding over rocks above churning waves, with poem panels above.

Ariwara no Narihira Ason

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

Woodblock print of a richly robed rider on a black horse galloping through falling snow, with a poem panel above.

Emperor Kôkô

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Japanese woodblock print of two court figures in patterned robes beside a misty landscape, with a poem panel above.

Funya no Yasuhide

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beside a sword, with an attendant holding a fan at left.

Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a fan beside a river under a moon, with calligraphy above.

Ôe no Chisato

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a checkered kimono and plaid jacket holding a sword beside reeds and a stream.

Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1845

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child catching fireflies at night beside irises and reeds.

Catching Fireflies

Eshōsai Chōki, c.1790s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a teal kimono tying thread beside a sewing box and spool.

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Three women in kimono play poem cards on a pink mat in a room with shoji screens, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Young Women Playing Poem Cards

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67