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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse rider on a road beside a pine tree and haystack, with pink clouds.

Nissaka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a parasol and sword, c. 1721.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro I as Soga no Juro in the play "Tsuru Kame Osana Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in…

Torii Kiyotomo, c. 1721

Red-toned Japanese print of a monkey trainer in striped kimono walking beside a monkey holding a bamboo fan.

Monkey Trainer with a Monkey at the New Year

Kishi Bunsho, c. 1780s (1782?)

Woodblock print of an armored samurai on a red horse under a pine tree, with bow and arrows.

Warrior on Horseback

Katsukawa Shunsei, late 1780s or early 1790s

Etching of slender bare trees and tangled branches in a woodland clearing, by James McNeill Whistler.

The Dam Wood

James McNeill Whistler, 1874/75

Woodblock print of a rider on horseback and an attendant under kites flying above pine trees and a river.

Kakegawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a pine tree and fence, with a lake and distant boats behind them.

Evening bell at Mii Temple

Katsushika Hokusai, Unknown

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono beside an attendant holding a fan, before sliding doors and a screen.

Courtesan and Attendant

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1770

Attention

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Woodblock print of three women in kimono, one kneeling by a miniature landscape tray, beside painted screens and a sliding do

Women viewing miniature landscape, from the series "Furyu moro hanami uwari"

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of a couple embracing under a willow by a river at night, with a full moon and a Katsuragawa signpost.

The Elopement Scene in Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami (Katsuragawa renri no shigarami, michiyuki), from the series "A…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Fosco

James McNeill Whistler, 1872

Compassion

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a road by a river, with a pine tree, red building and pink cloud bands.

Fukoroi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a long wooden bridge over a river, with a man watering a horse below and a castle on th

Okazaki: Yahagi Bridge on the Yahagi River (Okazaki, Yahagigawa Yahagi no hashi), no. 39 from the series "Famous Sigh…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of travelers wading a river past cliffs, thatched houses and a mountain, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Kakegawa: Crossing the Forty-eight Rapids on the Akiba Road (Kakegawa, Akiba michi shijuhachi segoe), no. 27 from the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a sailing ferryboat with passengers and straw bales, a rowboat in the foreground, and a castle town at daw

Kuwana: Ferryboats at Shichiri (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune), no. 43 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Etched portrait of a woman in a ruffled period dress, drawn in loose hatched lines on a pale sheet of paper.

Elinor Leyland

James McNeill Whistler, 1874

Woodblock print of sailing ferryboats crossing calm sea toward a green cliffed headland under a yellow sunset sky.

Maisaka: Ferryboats Crossing the Sea at Imagiri (Maisaka, Imagiri kaijo funewatashi), no. 31 from the series "Famous…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of snowy pine trees, wooden bridges, and travelers with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Numazu: Mount Fuji and Mount Ashigara in Clear Weather after Snow, no. 13 (Numazu, Ashigarayama Fuji no yukibare), fr…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a street beside a stone torii gate and tall pine, with wooden townhouses and people walking.

Mishima: The First Gate of the Mishima Daimyojin Shrine, no. 12 from the series "Famous Sight of the Fifty-three Stat…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Desire

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Woodblock print of a traveler with a staff beside a loaded horse, a pine tree and a winding river behind them.

Mitsuke, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Japanese woodblock print of figures on a wooden veranda with a striped-robed man, kneeling man, hooded woman and child by a r

Act Ten: Amakawaya House from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1807

Red chalk drawing of an angry bearded man with wild hair and clenched teeth, titled Despair.

Despair

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Woodblock print of two women and three men by a river with bundled straw, from Hokusai's Tokaido series.

Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Woodblock print of a lake at Chuzenji framed by pine trunks, with a red torii gate, distant mountain and travelers on a path.

The Lake at Chuzenji in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Chuzenji kosui), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green bamboo-patterned kimono holding a white cloth, with a stern expression.

The Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro

Toyohara Kunichika, 1867

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman and a bearded foreign man smoking a pipe, with geese in the foreground.

Russian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu)

Utagawa Yoshitoyo, 1860

Red chalk drawing of a bearded old man with a horrified grimace, knitted brows and wrinkled cheeks, with handwritten text bel

Horrour (sic)

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698