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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one kneeling adjusting her hairpin, the other holding a round fan, with call

Returning Sails at Ryogoku River (Ryogoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Parodies by Contemporary Beauties (Tosei…

Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a shamisen and one reading a song book.

Two Geisha Holding a Shamisen and a Song Book

Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1777

Hand-colored print of a tall stem of orange spotted lilies with buds and green leaves against a dark cliff landscape.

The Superb Lily, from The Temple of Flora

Richard Earlom, 1799

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono standing beside a tree with maple leaves.

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Haya no Kanpei in "Chushingura Nagori no Kura."

Santō Kyōden, October 1780

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono, a child with lanterns, a dog, and a boy peeking from a sign.

Enjoying the Evening Cool in Hirokoji (Hirokoji no ryosho), from the series "Eight Contemporary Views of Ryogoku (Tos…

Santō Kyōden, late 18th/early 19th century

Woodblock print of three women in kimono with a small dog, one holding a round fan, dated late 1780s.

Flowers of Yamashita (Yamashita hana), from the series "Contest of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin iro kurabe)"

Santō Kyōden, late 1780s

Hand-colored engraving of roses, blue and yellow blossoms, and green leaves in a blue vase on a stone ledge.

Vase of Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1660

Japanese print of three travelers pausing at a stream beside yellow flowering shrubs, with a kneeling attendant and sandals.

The Ide Jewel River

Kubo Shunman, c. 1781/89

Hand-colored engraving of a spiny African aloe plant in a blue ornate urn, numbered plate 47.

African Aloe, plate 47 from Phtanthoza Iconographia

Published by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, 1736

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child by a fence, with men reading on a veranda above under a pine tree.

Returning from a Poetry Gathering

Kubo Shunman, c. 1785/89

Ukiyo-e print of three women in patterned kimono with a child, beside a lantern, irises and small white spirit figures.

Good and Evil Influences (Zendama akudama)

Eishosai Choki, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of four women in kimono walking beneath cherry blossoms against a yellow background.

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya and Her Attendants

Eishosai Choki, early 1790s

Woodblock print of two women with upswept hair and gold ornaments in patterned kimono, facing each other against grey.

Kan, a waitress of the Izutsuya, and the geisha Fuseya of the Ogiya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Osumi, a Tayu of the Tsuchiya in the Shinmachi Quarter in Osaka

Eishosai Choki, c. 1796/97

Woodblock print of a woman washing her hair beside a wooden tub, with a bamboo screen and attendant behind her.

Mirror of Elegance (Furyu kesho kagami)

Tamagawa Shūchō, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan painted with a white rabbit, and a scroll with a rooster in the corner.

An Elegant Series of Amulet Paintings (Furyu nanatsume e awase): Rabbit and Cock

Tamagawa Shūchō, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol beneath blossoming cherry branches.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Shizuka Gozen (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a sword beside bamboo, with a screen behind him.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Kichisaburo in the play "Junshoku Edo Murasaki," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1779

Japanese woodblock print of a seated older man in patterned robes holding a pipe, with bonsai trees in pots before a lattice

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sansho Dayu (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an autumn garden, with geese flying overhead and a flowering shrub nearby.

Geese Descending in Mid Autumn (Seishu no rakugan), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Woodblock print of three women in kimono in a interior setting, one arranging flowers beside a kettle, one standing with a ha

Morning of Iris, from the series "Five Festivals in the Pleasure Quarters (Hanakuruwa gosechi no asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Woodblock print of women in kimono and children playing with a rope under falling grass blades, yellow ground.

The Fifth Month (Satsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Seasons (Furyu juni kiko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Japanese woodblock print of travelers by a pine tree, with a palanquin, a woman with a parasol, and a man smoking a pipe.

Yumoto, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a wooden room, one lifting a bamboo blind, with a flowering plant and fence outsid

Discovering the Address of a Husband's Lover, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman in a straw hat beside a kneeling porter, with pine trees and Mount Fuji behind them.

Totsuka, from the series "Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

Woodblock print of a man with a sword and two women in kimono beside a shrine rope and pine branches.

A visit to a shrine, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned robe beside a seated man in green and a young attendant, with a folding screen.

The Actor Nakamura Riko with a courtesan, from an untitled series of aiban prints depicting Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781/82

Japanese woodblock print of a figure leaning on a mossy rock beside chrysanthemums and a waterfall, with calligraphy.

Chrysanthemum Boy leaning on a rock, from the series "Five Prints on Longevity (Kotobuki goban no uchi)

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, mid-1820s

Woodblock print of five Japanese women in patterned kimono with elaborate hairstyles, standing in a group.

The Courtesan Maizumi of the Daimonjiya with Her Attendants Shigeki and Naname, from the series "Models for Fashion:…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Four women in patterned kimono walk in a row, with bamboo, plum and fan designs, in an 18th-century Japanese woodblock print.

The Courtesan Toji of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Satoji and Uraji, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Design…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784