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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,105 works

Woodblock print of a formal archery ceremony with a concentric target, seated archers in kimono, and a blue striped banner.

千代田之御表御射場始

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume with two swords, a fan, and a patterned blue robe, before a lattice scre

The actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Ōboshi Yuranosuke

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of mounted soldiers with swords and a rising sun flag advancing under a smoky sky, with Japanese title text.

台南城占領之図

Woodblock print of a woman with a dark parasol in a striped kimono beside irises, pine trees and thatched buildings.

婦人風俗尽堀切の雨や菖蒲の愛競

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a red hairpin, beside large black calligraphy and a poem colum

難有御代ノ賀界絵

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a robed man on a veranda overlooking snowy hills, a red sunrise and castle in the distance.

撰雪六六談武江の風景

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1893

Colorful Japanese woodblock print of a circus with acrobats, hoop-jumping horses, and a woman riding with a parasol.

招魂社境内フランス曲馬図 : Cirque Soulie

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1871

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono startled by a ghostly shadow on a screen, with snow outside the window.

新形三十六怪撰清玄の霊桜姫を慕ふの図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1902

Woodblock print of a samurai in armor spearing a monstrous nue creature amid dark clouds, with a serpent tail.

新形三十六怪撰内裏に猪早太鵺を刺図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono with a lacquer box, beside a night vendor's banner and an inset scene

新柳二十四時午前一時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hair ornaments reading a letter in a blue kimono with paper cranes.

今様三十二相逢た相

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a seated man with a sword, with a poem cartouche above.

あけまき・すけろく

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of swordsmen fighting in fog, with a mounted commander holding a red crest banner and a text panel above.

鹿児嶌戦記〔木留、植木にて朝霧中の戦〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Japanese woodblock print of cherry blossom viewing on a green hill, with crowds, parasols and two riders on horseback.

Asukayama Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing at Asukayama). From the series Kōto meishō (Famous views of the eastern capi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1950

Woodblock print of a woman in an indigo kimono seated beside paper butterflies, bamboo and a flower arrangement.

The young maiden Omiwa of the liquor store Sugizake-ya

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of the Sumida River at sunset with geese flying over, a bridge, riverside houses, and figures walking near a

東都名所八景之内隅田川落雁

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai under cherry blossoms on a green hillside with a wooden fence.

Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Woodblock print of a fierce warrior in armor and checkered hakama holding a banner with a black horse emblem.

The warrior Heishino Masakado

Utagawa Kunisada, 1826

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda beside a willow tree, with a thatched villa and irises in the garden.

四季の詠別荘の花菖蒲

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Woodblock print of an Edo canal with a wooden bridge, boats, pedestrians with umbrellas, and figures on a riverside platform.

江戸名所道戯尽三十三柳島妙見の景

Utagawa Hirokage, 1860

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono beside a lacquer box, with a standing woman at a screen.

Tale of the courtesan Shiratama

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dragon-patterned robe holding a sword with a red scabbard.

其昔室町御所に重忠が琴責乃明断

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of three kimono-clad figures in a gold-screened interior, one holding a sword and another a folding fan.

加々見山局岩藤・中老尾上・召使はつ

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fish-patterned kimono holding a red checkered curtain, with a sword at his waist.

An actor in the role of Danshichi Kurobei

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Color woodblock print of mounted officers on white and brown horses with red banners and armed attendants, 1877.

鹿児嶋征討紀聞〔日向路にて官軍を迎え戦う賊徒〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of a bearded monk in a red robe seated on rocks under a full moon, with ivy vines.

月百姿破窓月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a rocky landscape with boulders receding toward distant buildings under a hazy sky.

Felslandschaft bei Toledo

Peter Burnitz, 1850

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono carrying a child, with a calligraphy scroll and poem cards beside her.

The courtier Teishin

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Woodblock print of a woman in floral kimono holding a red robe beside a torii gate, with calligraphy above.

May

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a young figure with a fan beside a seated woman and child before a patterned screen.

Ushiwakamaru and Imawakamaru

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono beside a calligraphy panel, umbrella and sword, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

One

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black cloak and green patterned robe holding a yellow staff, with red flecks.

The actor Mimasu Gennosuke in the role of Naniwa Jirosaku

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830