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Art Institute of Chicago

798 works

Japanese woodblock print of a shrine maiden with a pole and streamers beside a flute player in a green robe.

Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series “Customs of Beauties Around the Clock”…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Japanese woodblock print of a shrike and bluebird above saxifrage and wild strawberry plants, with calligraphy and a red seal

Bull-headed Shrike and Bluebird with Saxifrage and Wild Strawberry (Mozu, ruri, yukinoshita, hebi-ichigo), from an un…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Woodblock print of porters changing loads and horses in a sunny inn yard, with crates and a figure in a black robe.

Fujieda: Changing Porters and Horses (Fujieda, jinba tsugitate), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono grooming their hair beside a black mirror stand, with a Japanese title car

Hour of the Horse (Uma no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a bush warbler perched on a branch of pink roses with green leaves against a muted landscape.

Bush Warbler and Rose (Kocho, bara), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Grey wash drawing of a swan spreading its wings over a nest of eggs as a dog approaches among reeds and plants.

A Wild Swan Attacked by a Dog

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, c. 1740

Woodblock print of a courtesan reading a long letter beside a kneeling attendant in green, with a writing box on a red mat.

Hour of the Dog (Inu no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a paddy bird beside white magnolia blossoms and blue-green leaves, with inscriptions in the upper right.

Paddy Bird and Magnolia Flowers (Buncho, kobushi no hana), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Woodblock print of horses grazing and being led across a grassy plain beside a pine tree, with the sea and a hill beyond.

Chiryu: Early Summer Horse Market (Chiryu, shuka uma ichi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tok…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Pen and brown ink sketch of cattle, a reclining cow, and a cart wheel with plants on the ground.

Cattle Beside Cart Wheel

Giovanni Francesco Castiglione, 1640/55

Japanese print of a bullfinch hanging upside down among pale pink weeping cherry blossoms against a deep blue background.

Bullfinch and Weeping Cherry (Uso, shidarezakura), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Japanese woodblock print of a lion on a rocky cliff with two smaller lions below, with calligraphy and red seals.

A Lion Training a Cub

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Engraving of a nude man beside an ox under a tree, surrounded by animals and birds in a landscape.

Adam Naming the Animals, from History of the First Parents of Man

Jan Saenredam, 1604

Woodblock print of two men washing a horse in a cascading waterfall among rocks and green trees.

Yoshitsune’s Horse-Washing Falls at Yoshino in Yamato Province (Washū Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no taki), from the…

Katsushika Hokusai, About 1833

Woodblock print of a blue and grey bird hanging from a branch among lavender wisteria blossoms and green leaves.

Bird on wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Engraving of a sleeping lion watched over by wolf, fox, hound and donkey, with sheep, geese and soldiers in a landscape.

Satires about the Situation in the Low Countries: The Sleeping Lion (Plate 2)

Attributed to Johannes Wierix, 1578

Engraving of a crowned lion seated among horse, bear, wolf, bull and monkey figures beside a tree, dated 1594.

Crowned Lion from Fighting Chimeras and Scenes from Aesop's Fables

Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1594

Woodblock print of a dark bird with pale head hanging from a red-leaved ivy vine, with calligraphy at left.

White-headed bird and ivy

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Engraving of two children with a bird, goat and deer beneath a tree, with cherubs in the sky and a distant village.

Spring (Two Children Playing with Bird), from The Four Seasons

Jan Saenredam, 1601

Engraved bird's-eye view of a town with a street climbing uphill past houses, church towers and distant walls.

Bird’s-eye view of a town with a street going uphill from bottom right to top left

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1562

Japanese woodblock print of a long-tailed bird flying beside yellow hibiscus flowers against a green background.

Long-tailed bird and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s-1840s

Engraving of three masquerade figures: a leaf-covered man with a candle torch, a feathered central figure, and an older man i

An Old Mummer Addressing a Couple Dressed in Leaves and Bird Feathers, from The Masquerades

Jacob de Gheyn II, 1595-96

Circular engraving of a robed figure surrounded by birds, fish, and animals in a coastal landscape with mountains and a rock

Fifth Day: The Creation of Birds and Fish, from The Creation to the Expulsion from Paradise

Nicolaes de Bruyn, c. 1610

Woodblock print of a blue bird perched on a yellow hibiscus flower, with green buds and calligraphy above.

Blue bird and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Etching of a river landscape with a castle on a cliff, village houses, travelers with a dog, and a leaning tree.

Tobias with the Angel and Dog, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Hieronymus Cock, 1558

Engraving with a dense hatched border framing a central oval, partly cropped, from a biblical creation series.

Sixth Day: The Creation of the Animals, Adam and Eve, from The Creation to the Expulsion from Paradise

Nicolaes de Bruyn, c. 1610

Woodblock print of a white-headed black bird perched on a branch of pink peach blossoms against a yellow background.

White-headed bird on peach branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Engraving of Samson grappling with a lion in a landscape, with a distant town and tall trees beside him.

Samson and the Lion

Pieter Serwouters, 1609

Etching of a light Frisian horse with a braided mane standing on a path before a river landscape with a windmill and church.

The Frisian Horse, from Series of Horses

Paulus Potter, 1652

Woodblock print of a blue bird perched on a thorny branch above purple clematis flowers against a pale background.

Blue bird on clematis

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.