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Ukiyo-e (Edo Period)

13,095 works

Japanese woodblock print of white-sailed boats on rough sea beside a stone seawall and pine-covered buildings at dusk.

Kuwana, Mouth of the Kiso River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a ferryboat with crew and sailing ships on blue water, with mountains and pines beyond.

Arai Ferryboat, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a stone bridge with palanquin bearers, vendors with baskets, and tall ceremonial poles under a morning sky

Nihon Bridge, Morning View, Nihonbashi, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of travelers on a grassy road beside a teahouse and turquoise sea, with pine trees on the hillside.

Futagawa Teahouse, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a boatman poling a flat boat on a river, with travelers crossing a sandbar and misty hills behind.

Mitsuke, Tenryu-gawa River, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of travelers outside a roadside teahouse with a large tree and misty mountains behind.

Ishibe (Megawa Sato), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of a bay framed by pine trees, travelers on a hillside path, small boats on blue water under a pale sky.

Shirasuka Pass, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curved wooden bridge beside thatched houses, a willow tree and hills under a pale sky

Hodogaya (Shinkame Bridge), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of travelers resting by a willow and stone wall on the Tokaido road, with a horse approaching at right.

Fujikawa, Approach of a Nobleman, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse at a teahouse beside a bridge, with thatched houses and a blue sea behind.

Totsuka Teahouse, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of New Year street performers with drummers, kimono-clad women and a man in a patterned robe near pine branch

New Years in Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai, 1840

Japanese woodblock print of a large black carp streamer over a city view with Mount Fuji, a bridge and figures on a riverbank

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1850

Japanese woodblock print of porters loading cargo onto horses at a roadside post station beneath a teal sky.

Fujiyeda Post Station, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Woodblock print of grazing horses and handlers in a green field beside a blue sea, with a large pine tree at center.

Chiryu, The Horse Fair, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Hanging scroll of a full moon over a misty river with a wooden bridge and small boats at night.

Night Scene on the Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1800s

Bearded man in blue robes reclines on rocks, looking up at two birds flying above, painted on a fan-shaped sheet.

Risshi by the Sea Watching Birds

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a woman in patterned robes beside a red maple tree and wooden buckets, with waves at her feet.

The Salt Maidens, Matsukaze with Yukihira's Coat

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period, c. 1800

Hanging scroll of a woman in a tan robe beside a red railing, with misty mountains and a waterfall behind her.

Yang Guifei

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1789-92

Hanging scroll of a young woman in a patterned kimono playing battledore and shuttlecock beneath slender trees.

Girl Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

Torii Kiyomasu II, 18th century

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono chatting on a wooden veranda beside a small tree and hanging lantern.

Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1792

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a blue kimono adjusting a hairpin, on a tan background.

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period, 1798

Hanging scroll painting of a courtesan in a blue kimono reading a long letter, with gold hairpins and peonies.

A Courtesan Reading a Letter

Chobunsai Eishi, 1820/25

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red and white kimono holding a red maple branch against a gold background.

Dancer with a Maple Branch

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1780-90

Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor crouched and gripping a pole, with calligraphy and red seals above.

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1788 (inscription 1829)

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a dark patterned kimono holding a fan, with calligraphy above.

Beauty (Bijin)

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1775-1849

Ink painting of a large sailing boat in calm water, with a tree-lined shore and small boats in the distance.

Shibaura Bay of Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a misty lake with snow-capped Mount Fuji, pine and cherry trees, a pagoda, and two travelers on a path.

Lake Suwa

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832-58

Folk painting of a standing man in blue with shackles beside an American flag, a mounted rider, an obelisk, palms and a river

Allegory of Freedom

Unknown artist, 1863 or after

Portrait of a woman in a red embroidered gown with pearl necklace against a red drapery background.

Eleonora di Toledo

Bronzino, c. 1560

Portrait of a mustached man in a dark suit seated in a green and red chair against a dark background.

Edouard Blau

Frédéric Bazille, probably 1869

Oil portrait of a bearded man in velvet hunting dress and bowler hat with a black dog in a misty forest.

Edouard Delessert

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1864

Hanging scroll of the wrathful deity Fudō Myōō with sword and rope, standing before a red flaming halo on a rocky pedestal.

Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 14th century