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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,095 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red face makeup and gold armor beside a younger warrior in purple robes.

熊ケ谷陣屋場

Toyohara Kunichika, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of samurai battling on a steep cliff, one mounted warrior thrusting a spear amid maple leaves.

瓢軍談五十四場四十三賎ケ嶽七本鎗の内佐藤富久知間高名

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman leaning over a balcony as children play below among paper figures.

あげまき

Utagawa Toyokuni

Open Japanese newspaper spread: left page printed text, right page color woodblock of a woman in blue and a man in green bene

錦画百事新聞.第百五十六号

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1876

Woodblock print of a river curving past a forested hillside with a shrine, buildings, pine trees and labeled places.

淀川八幡山勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Woodblock print of a lake with a rowboat, wooden houses, a tree-covered hill with temple roofs, and a dark decorative border.

江戸不忍弁天ヨリ東叡山ヲ見ル図

Woodblock triptych of women gathering shellfish on tidal flats with a sailboat and mountains in the distance.

Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1852

Woodblock print of a red-robed procession near a red torii gate, with riverside teahouses, lanterns and pines.

京都下加茂糺の森勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue robe and patterned kimono, with a riverside landscape roundel above.

The Kiyomizurō Restaurant: The Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII as Kiyomizu Seigen

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of men brawling with poles beside an ornate yellow palanquin, with a text panel above.

郵便報知新聞第五百六十八号

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of two Western men in dark uniforms, one crowned with a sword, beside a striped flag, with text colu

亜墨利加

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of a shrine beside a blue pond with pine trees, visitors, pavilions and fields under a dusk sky.

The Kumano Shrine and the Pond of the Twelve Shrines at Tsunohazu in Yotsuya

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Woodblock print of a figure in black kimono with a fan among autumn maple leaves, with a book-page inset at upper right.

三十九ばん参議等

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child in kimono walking past a shrine gate, with birds flying in a pale sky.

安津末風俗十一

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1901

Woodblock print of a seated woman in blue kimono beside a patterned kimono on a stand, with cherry blossoms.

美人十二ヶ月其十一嫁

Miyagawa Shuntei, 1899

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono holding a bamboo basket beside a cabinet, with calligraphic text.

誹諧七福神之内恵比寿

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two samurai by the sea under a full moon with a poem, a boat on the water, and wooden shutters.

忠臣蔵八景.十だん目の帰帆

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated muscular man smoking a pipe beside a yokai face emerging from smoke near a lantern.

和漢百物語小野川喜三郎

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one carrying fruit and the other a tray, beside pampas grass.

千代田の大奥月見之宴

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1895

Colorful Japanese sugoroku board game print showing travel stations with landscapes, boats, bridges and Mount Fuji around a c

有楽道中双六

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of Heian court women in an interior with scattered letters, a blossoming tree and a stream beyond the veranda

早蕨

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a figure with dark hair and patterned kimono holding a battledore paddle, under a starry night sk

春見立当羽子板鬼神おまつ

Toyohara Kunichika

Woodblock print of a mounted officer with raised sword on a brown horse, beside a banner-carrying attendant.

鹿児嶋県暴徒高橋并川尻戦争ノ図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a mounted samurai leading retainers past pine trees, a river, and Mount Fuji at dusk.

末広五十三次.金谷

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1865

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in an interior, one reading, one holding a fan, with pine branches and a round poem ca

The actors Ichikawa Kuzō, Sawamura Tanosuke, and Nakamura Shikan

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a seated woman reading a scroll beside a lantern and lacquer box, with a kneeling figure and patterned scr

雲井

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor seated with folded arms in a purple patterned kimono against a dark blue background.

An actor in the role of Iwagawa Jirokichi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a blue kimono holding white cloth beside a turtle-patterned screen and a stream.

的田次郎

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated woman and a man in a blue crested kimono beside a railing under blossoming branches at night.

Mitsūji preparing tea

Utagawa Kunisada, 1849

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a horned oni demon mask and patterned kimono amid swirling smoke in an interior.

偐紫田舎源氏

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a grey checkered kimono and blue sash, barefoot, with arm folded across his body.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII in the role of Yosaburō

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Japanese woodblock print of a fan-wielding figure in patterned robes flying over a green landscape with a waterfall and maple

末広五十三次.京都

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865