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13,151 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue kimono gesturing from a seated pose beside a painted ceiling and garden.

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Sasaki Saemon in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku," performed at the Nakamur…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned black kimono holding a letter, with lilies at upper left.

Lilies: young woman holding a letter, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a woman carrying a baby on her back beside a stalk of red pink flowers.

Pinks: nurse and baby, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, with a Japanese title cartouch

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a fan beside a roundel showing blossoming cherry trees.

Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1820s

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in patterned robes before rough waves, with lantern boats and a ghostly

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin…

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1828

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol under falling cherry blossoms.

Flower (Hana)

Katsukawa Shunsen, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reaching toward yellow kerria flowers beside a river, with cherry blossoms a

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro kuni Ide no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of the Six Jewel…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/52

Watercolor of a standing woman in a black lace mantilla, ruffled black dress and red hair bow, holding a fan.

Young Spanish Lady in Costume of Manola

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a striped sheathed sword, with calligraphy in the margins.

The actor Sawamura Tozo as Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka

Utagawa Kunimitsu I, c. 1801/18

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono gesturing beneath willow branches and a fan.

The actor Fujikawa Tomokichi II as Okaru, wife of Kanpei

Utagawa Kuniyasu, n.d.

Woman in patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen, with a cat playing at her feet, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Beauty representing winter, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1818/30

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono holding a morning glory in a blue and white bowl, with calligraphy beside her.

Beauty representing autumn, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1818/30

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a plum-blossom kimono holding a red sash, with calligraphy and a fan beside her.

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1818/30

Woodblock print of a young child holding a fan in an oval blue frame, with white chrysanthemums and a patterned kimono.

Painting by Ogata Korin, from the series "Pictures of Famous Paintings (Meiga zue)"

Utagawa Kunimaro I, 1866

Woodblock print of a fierce warrior in patterned robes with a spear and straw hat, surrounded by swirling leaves and grass.

Yang Lin (Kinhyoshi Yorin), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikod…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

Woodblock print of tattooed warrior Wu Song wrestling a striped tiger beside a pine tree and bamboo.

Wu Song (Seikaken no san Busho), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the [Popular] Water Margin ([Tsuzok…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

Woodblock print of a standing man in an iris-patterned kimono holding a pink blossom branch, with a fan inset above.

Contemporary Six Jewel Faces (Tosei Mutamagao)

Utagawa Sadahide, c. 1830/43

Engraving of the Marriage of the Virgin: Joseph and Mary before a priest in a columned hall, with putti holding flowers above

The Marriage of the Virgin

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert, 1625/59, printed after 1750

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate urn with a lion mask and two merman handles on a stone pedestal.

Monumental Vase with Anthropomorphic Figures

Attributed to or after Jacques-François-Joseph Saly, after 1746

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing in black and green, one kneeling with an open fan.

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono leaning toward a smiling child in a black robe and cap.

Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Woodblock print of a woman in grey kimono adjusting her hair beside a child in green robe with a box on its head.

Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing in orange and black, one seated in blue checkered robe, with ca

Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Woodblock print of a woman in an ivy-patterned kimono with a monk in black robe, with calligraphy in the margins.

Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono holding a child on a bench, with calligraphy beside them.

Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814/17

Woodblock print of a woman holding a comic mask to a laughing child, with a framed view of a red bridge above.

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi noryo), from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Fu…

Kikukawa Eizan, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono with a naked infant, above an inset view of a red temple gate among cherry trees.

Kan'eiji Temple on Toeizan, from the series "Fashionable Eight Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Kikukawa Eizan, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a child, above a framed view of a shrine gate and Mount Fuji.

Benzaiten Shrine at Shinobugaoka (Shinobugaoka Benzaiten), from the "Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (…

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1824/29

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono reading beside a child, with a theater street view inset above.

The Theater District in Sakai-cho (Sakai cho shibai), from the "Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Furyu…

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1824/29