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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in costume, one on a spotted horse, with swords and patterned robes in green and cream

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo I as Miura Osuke, Ichikawa Danjuro lV as Okazaki Akushiro, and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Kato…

Torii Kiyohiro, 1754

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe holding a long spear, with calligraphy above.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I performing the spear dance

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1756

Etching of an arched doorway with a recessed panel holding a faint figure, set against a hatched, softly toned wall.

Wool Carders

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/80

Woodblock print of a woman in floral kimono pulling a large fan held by a striped-robed man beside a railing.

Beauty of Ibarakiya Pulling at a Man's Umbrella - a Parody of the Legend of Watanabe no Tsuna and the Ibaraki Demon

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1759

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimonos, with a woman holding a fan beside a dark horse.

The Actors Segawa Kichiji II as Okichi, Bando Hikosaburo II as Shuntokumaru, and Onoe Kikugoro I as Sagizaka Bannai i…

Torii Kiyohiro, 1754

Etching of a woman's bowed head at upper left, hair trailing down, on a large pale plate with handwritten inscriptions below.

Jo's Bent Head

James McNeill Whistler, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor with a fan, two kneeling figures, a hanging lantern and blossoming branch

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II, Ichikawa Komazo II, and Arashi Otohachi I in the play "Fude Hajime Soga no Tamazusa,"…

Torii Kiyotsune, 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned costume with crests, carrying a young figure on his shoulders.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Usami no Saburo in the play "Yukun Yoroi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in t…

Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu II, 1736

Woodblock print of a woman carrying flowers on a pole, standing among bamboo screens and blossoming chrysanthemums.

A Flower Vendor

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1737-38

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing with a sword and one kneeling beside a pine arrangement, in yellow and bla

The Actors Segawa Kikujiro I as Oshichi and Sanjo Kantaro II as Kichisaburo in the play "Shochikubai Kongen Soga," pe…

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1732

Japanese woodblock print of a figure holding a pink parasol, wearing a patterned kimono with a black outer robe.

The Actor Anegawa Chiyosaburo from Kyoto

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1734

Hand-colored woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono carrying a tray with a miniature pine and figurines.

Beauty Carrying a Wedding Decoration

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1735

Japanese woodblock print of a blue macaw and a red macaw perched on a branch with green leaves and white blossoms.

Blue and Red Macaws

Shunko, early 20th century

Engraving of an elderly man with a staff addressing a kneeling woman and child before a brick tower and wooden fence.

The Prophet Elijah Arriving at the House of the Widow of Sarepta

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono facing a full moon beside billowing orange flames and smoke.

Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Japanese woodblock print of a waterfall beside a shrine with a torii gate, set among blue misty mountains and pines.

Nunobiki Falls at Jakko Shrine (Jakko Nunobiki no taki), from the series "Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nik…

Keisai Eisen, 1843/46

Woodblock print of a grotesque old figure with wide eyes and open red mouth peering from a doorway in a garden.

Amago buyuden

Hosai Shugetsu, c. 1880-90

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in green kimono tending incense beside a temple veranda, with calligraphy and bamboo.

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of twelve months

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1750

Two women in patterned kimono walk under a large parasol in an 18th-century Japanese woodblock print.

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I and Segawa Kikunojo I as lovers under an umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1740s

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a sword reading a book beside two women in patterned kimono, c. 1750.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I looking at a guidebook to the pleasure quarters

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1750

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing with a fan and swords, one seated in a floral kimono, 1750.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II (formerly Utagawa Shirogoro) as Matsuomaru and Azumo Tozo I as Sakuramaru in the play "S…

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1750

Woodblock print of three dancers in patterned kimono, one playing a drum and two carrying a hobby horse on a pole.

The Hobby Horse Dance (harugoma odori)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1750

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling friar holding a lily, surrounded by sketched figures on clouds.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua Handing a Lily to the Child

Andrea Sacchi, n.d.

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a pink kimono with plum blossom and pine patterns, hair ornament, c. 1755.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1755

Woodcut of nude men on a bathhouse terrace, one playing a flute, with a walled town and castle in the background.

The Men’s Bath

Albrecht Dürer, 1496/97

Etching of a bearded man in dark clothing playing a guitar, rendered in loose, sketchy hatched lines.

The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

James McNeill Whistler, 1874/1875

Printed portrait of an elderly bearded man with his fist pressed to his cheek, rendered in muted grey tones on cream paper.

Self-Portrait with Fist to Face

Max Klinger, 1918

Hand-colored botanical print of a balsam plant with red and white flowers, green leaves, a seed pod, and roots.

La Balsamine (Impatiens, from the Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et etrangeres)

Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, 1767

Hand-colored botanical print of iris plants with brown and cream flowers, green leaves, buds, and a rhizome.

Iris Florentina, from Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et étrangères

Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reading a letter beside a folding screen, flowers and a lacquer box.

Beauty Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1758