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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Japanese woodblock print of a robed figure lifting a wooden tray above his head beside a lattice window, with a kneeling armo

Sato Shirobei Tadanobu (Sato Shirobei Tadanobu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1776-80

Japanese woodblock portrait of a sumo wrestler in a striped kimono holding an inscribed black fan.

Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1845

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in pink kimono holding prayer beads beside a lacquer table, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1836

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono before a latticed building, one holding a sword, with a calligraphic

Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Nakayama Tomisaburo, the left hand sheet of a triptych entitled “Six Actors Likened to the I…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1784

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in a purple robe holding a bowl beside a wooden box, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1817

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a purple robe with a blue collar, holding prayer beads, with calligraphy at upper righ

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Bando Shuka I

Utagawa School, 1855

Woodblock print of a grey hawk perched on a gnarled branch beside white plum blossoms, with pink and yellow accents.

Hawk on a Plum Branch

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796/1804

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one gesturing toward a pagoda in clouds, the other holding prayer beads and bl

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Danjuro VII)

Utagawa School, 1859

Poster of a seated nurse holding swaddled infants and bandages beside a large red cross, with the text The Greatest Mother in

The Greatest Mother in the World

Alonzo Earl Foringer, c. 1918

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in a room, a woman in patterned kimono beside a seated woman and a man lifting a cu

Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1783

Woodblock print of a seated man with prayer beads, sword and incense burner, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Engraving of four nude women standing in an arched interior, two seen from behind, with a skull on the floor.

The Four Naked Women

Albrecht Dürer, 1497

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking on a wooden walkway, one wearing a large pale hat, with hills behind.

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783

Japanese woodblock print of four women in kimono gathered around a bench, one seated, beside a bamboo plant.

Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, right (Furyu hana no ka asobi, jo)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in grey robes holding prayer beads, with an incense burner and calligraphy.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV

Utagawa School, 1860

Three women in patterned kimono in a garden by a stream, one holding a tea bowl on a tray, with green shrubs behind.

Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, left (Furyu hana no ka asobi, ge)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono holding round fans, with ornate hairpins and patterned robes.

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child on a verandah, one reading a scroll, with a swallow flying above.

Evening Cool on the Verandah (Ensaki no yusuzumi): Genre scenes with kyoka poems, in aiban format (Kyoka-iri aiban fu…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1788/90

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono and hakama with a sword, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III

Attributed to Utagawa Kunisada I, 1849

Japanese woodblock print of a robed figure with a basket beside a memorial stone, grasses and calligraphy around them.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Utagawa Kuninaga, 1817

Japanese woodblock print of a man in black kimono with women holding a lantern and parasol, near cherry blossoms.

Seiro niwaka

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women in a tatami room beside a shoji screen with grass and moon, with calligraphy above.

The Ninth Month (Kugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a lavender kimono with gold crests, beside columns of calligraphy.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Senjo (Segawa Kikunojo III)

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810

Woodblock print of a seated man in a pink kimono holding prayer beads, with calligraphy inscriptions beside him.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Sojuro IV

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Etching of a man embracing a young woman in a rustic interior beside a barrel with cards and a bottle.

A Man Caressing the Young Hostess

Cornelis Pietersz Bega, 1660/64

Engraving of a nude male figure seen from behind, turning his head left, with detailed muscles drawn in fine lines.

Man Turning His Head to the Left

Juste de Juste, c. 1543

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue robes standing over a red demon with a tiger-skin loincloth, with calligraphy above

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichimura Takenojo V

Utagawa Kunimaro I, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in blue robes reading a scroll beside an incense burner and prayer beads.

Memorial portrait of the actor Arashi Rikan III

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1863

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in blue robes beside a red stool and tea bowl, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Kunisada I (Kochoro Toyokuni shozo)

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1864

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman pouring tea beside a chrysanthemum, with a framed portrait of a man above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III

Utagawa School, 1849