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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of two figures kneeling to practice archery while a standing woman in a striped kimono watches indoors.

Archery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ry…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

Woodblock portrait of a bald man in an orange checked kimono with a black collar, glancing sideways against a grey background

The actor Arashi Ryuzo II as Ishibe no Kinkichi, the moneylender

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an orange kimono with green robe, topknot hair, and clasped hands on grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as Otoma in a pink patterned robe, holding a staff and a large yellow fan.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of three women and a child walking under cherry blossoms on a hillside, one holding a fan and parasol.

Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1788

Japanese woodblock print of five women in kimono gathered on a red floor with a teapot and sake cup, c. 1793/94.

Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793/94

Woodblock print of women on a veranda beside a bridge and pines, with a courtly figure and a boat on water behind.

Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor playing a flute while seated on an ox beneath a willow tree, with reeds behind.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Na no Hana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1741

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono with a yellow umbrella and sword, by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1794.

Ichikawa Omezo

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1794

Etching of three women in robes looking up at a winged angel with a halo above an open tomb.

The Three Marys at the Tomb with the Angel

After Jacques Bellange, c. 1870-1940

Line drawing of children quarreling over a go board on a floor, with a latticed screen and distant landscape behind.

Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1790

Triptych woodblock print of a river scene with boats, a bridge, a tiled-roof hall, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Komagata Hall and O-umaya River Bank, from the series "A Selection of Horses (Uma zukushi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1822

Woodblock print of packhorses and drivers beside a wooden frame, with Mount Fuji rising across a marsh under a blue sky.

Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Woodcut of a crowned duchess on a canopied bed being approached by a skeleton, with a dog at the bed's foot.

The Duchess

Hans Holbein the Younger, before 1526

Japanese woodblock print of seated figures on a veranda under a pine tree, with a full moon over a bay and small red boats.

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833

Hokusai woodblock print of a rural village with thatched houses, a flowering tree, a bridge, and working villagers.

Vanity of Vanities

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of a duck with spread wings beside snowy reeds over blue water, with falling snow and calligraphy at upper le

Ducks in snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a blue Java sparrow on a branch with blue clematis flowers and a curling vine.

Java sparrow and clematis

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a hawk on a perch, a sparrow in flight, and white narcissus flowers with calligraphy above.

Falcon, sparrow, and narcissus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a flying blue swallow beside red poppies and a green seed pod, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Swallow and poppies

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Black and white print of a crowded café-concert, with top-hatted patrons watching women in gowns performing on a lit arched s

Sketch of a Café-Concert on the Rue Madame

Antoine-Gustave Droz, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink kimono with patterned collar, hand raised, against grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Line drawing of two kabuki actors in patterned robes beside a wooden staircase and blossoming tree.

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Morita Kanya VIII

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Fan-shaped Japanese print of a woman with a hairpiece throwing beans from a wooden box, with calligraphy beside her.

Otafuku Throwing Black Beans to Chase Away the Demons on New Year's Eve (Senmen Otafuku zu)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794/95

Print of several cranes in flight across a pale background, with blue-grey and white wings and a red seal in the lower left.

Cranes in flight

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono embracing a man among grasses, with calligraphy at upper left.

The Elopement

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1750

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup and red eye markings, holding a sword in a red kimono.

The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with curled hair in a satin gown, with a Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Portrait of Christine-Caroline, the Margrave of Brandenbourg-Onoltzbach, wife of Guillaume-Frédéric of Wurtemburg, 16…

Pierre Drevet, c. 1723

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono holding a folding fan, with a sword hilt and gray background.

The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a black topknot and grey patterned kimono against a purple background.

The actor Sakata Hangoro III as Fujikawa Mizuemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794