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13,165 works

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a yellow and black kimono beside a gold box, with calligraphy in the margins.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye

Hanekawa Wagen, c. 1727

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono reading a paper, with a flowering plant cartouche at upper left.

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a seated man in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beside a wooden bench and calligraphic signs.

The Actor Yamashita Kosasaburo

Katsukawa Terushige, c. 1720

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono reading a calligraphy scroll beside an ink stone and brush.

Hanamurasaki of the Kadotamaya, from the series Six Flowery Immortals of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin rokkasen)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Engraved portrait of a man in a tall top hat and frilled cravat, labeled B. Reading, Engraver, mounted on cream paper.

Portrait of B. Reading, Engraver

Samuel de Wilde, June 16, 1798

Portrait of François Claudius Ravachol

Charles Maurin, c. 1892-94

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and gold hairpins, wearing a pink floral kimono.

Misayama of the Chojiya, from the series Beauties of the Licensed Quarter (Kakuchu bijin kurabe)

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1795

Portrait of Degas

Pierre Georges Jeanniot, 1891

Japanese woodblock print of Kannon beside a willow tree above a reclining man, with a temple scene and text panels.

Imakumano in Kyoto, Yamashiro Province, No. 15 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jugoban Yamashiro Kyo…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a temple above a boy riding a turtle and two figures in a boat on water.

Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijuniban Settsu no kuni Sojij…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe with painted face, holding two swords before a yellow curtain.

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the fisherman Fukashichi, actually Kanawa Goro Imakuni (Ryoshi Fukashichi jitsu wa K…

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a blossoming branch, with a paper strip hanging from another branch.

Oshichi Carrying a Blossoming Cherry Branch

Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1727/30

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpieces, one holding a cup, in patterned kimono.

Moto, a Waitress of the Yoshidaya, and the Geisha Mizue

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fur-textured costume leaping with a sword, with calligraphy in the margins.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Fujiwara no Kanemichi in the play "Otomo no Matori," performed at the Nakamura Theat…

Tsunekawa Shigenobu, 1726

Woodblock print of a courtesan with tall hairpins holding a pink patterned robe over her shoulder, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from a…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Hand-colored woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono, one holding a fan and one wearing a woven hat.

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1728

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one standing by a bamboo veranda, one seated at a go board.

The Actors Kameya Jujiro I as Soga no Juro and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oiso no Tora in the play ”Hatsu Hikage Maizuru So…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1737

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actress in patterned yellow robes with an attendant beside a calligraphic banner, 1718.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Sanada, the daughter of the spinner Itoya, with an attendant in the play "Hiragana Yo…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1718

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe holding a figure in a yellow floral kimono and headdress.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funad…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1725

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in pink kimono holding a hand drum, with a pine tree and moon behind her.

Courtesan Playing a Hand Drum

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink patterned kimono holding two swords and a staff, by Torii Kiyonobu II.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1745

Woodblock print of Hotei holding a gourd with a young boy in a pink robe looking up at him.

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green patterned robes holding a fan and scroll beside a plum branch.

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theate…

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1745

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono under a striped parasol, with plum branches behind them.

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Kanto Koroku and Arashi Tominosuke I as Hayasaki in the play "Hokazo Yunzei Hachinoki…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748

Oval print of a winter scene: skaters on a frozen lake, a seated man fixing his skate, and three women in fur muffs by a dog.

January

William Nelson Gardiner, April 4, 1788

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one holding a lute beside a wooden veranda and bare tree.

The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuk…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a standing man with a fan and a seated woman reading a letter at a low table.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Oguri Hangan and Segawa Kikunojo I as Terute no Mae in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Y…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Hand-colored oval print of women tending hens and chicks in a farmyard, with a rooster, barn, cow, and threshing men.

March

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 20, 1793

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one seated with a drum and sword, one standing by a shoji screen beneath a tree branch.

The Actors Takinaka Hidematsu I and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1745

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree, by Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746.

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Se…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746