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Art Institute of Chicago

13,151 works

Woodblock print of two samurai raising swords over a seated man in grey robes, with calligraphy above and name labels beside

Sukenari (Soga no Juro) and Tokimune (Soga no Goro) assasinating Suketsune, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of four samurai fighting with swords in the rain beside a wooden fence, with text in the upper left.

Tokimune, Sukenari, Kikko Kojiro and Aiko Saburo fighting in the rain, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a samurai in armor with a raised sword facing a kneeling warrior in a rainy night scene beside a fire.

Juro Sukenari fighting Nitta Shiro Tadatsune, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two samurai in a wooden interior, one kneeling and one standing with a drawn sword, beside a blue curtain.

Goro Tokimune and Goromaru, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda at night, with a moon, willow tree and calligraphic text.

Tora Gozen, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a samurai on a veranda with a sword, garden shrubs, bamboo fence, and travelers on a mountain road.

Zenjibo, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two travellers near a shrine with a pine branch and snowy Mount Fuji behind, by Hiroshige.

The Soga Shrine, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Etching of a dark, dense forest over a marsh pool, with a distant hilltop town beneath a glowing cloudy sky.

The Cities Beyond the Marsh

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1868

Woodblock print of a multi-tiered pagoda among blue trees and cherry blossoms, with a vertical title cartouche on the left.

Cherry blossoms at Ueno, wrapper for the series "One Hundred Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto hyakkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, early 1830s

Blue woodblock print of a crowd on Nihonbashi Bridge with rooftops and trees behind, and a Japanese title cartouche.

Nihonbashi Bridge, wrapper for the series "One Hundred Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto hyakkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, early 1830s

Japanese woodblock print of red hibiscus blossoms and green leaves on a pale blue background, with a signature and seal.

Envelope with hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Print of an envelope with a pink mountain, pine trees, blue water and blue-roofed buildings in a small landscape.

Envelope with landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Narrow Japanese woodblock print fragment showing a boatman in pink holding an oar beside a grey sail and mast lines.

Envelope with hand shadow of boatman

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Narrow print of shoji sliding screens with grey shadows above a pink threshold, fading to blue and green below, with a signat

Envelope of woman behind sliding screens

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Etching of a carpenter swinging an axe in a workshop, with tools hanging on the wall and wood shavings on the floor.

The Carpenter

Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, c. 1635

Woodblock print of a man with a pole crossing a bridge at dawn, with pine trees, a red sun, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Man Crossing a Bridge as the Sun Rises, from an untitled edition (without poetry) of the illustrations for the series…

Attributed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830

Woman in red kimono at a water's edge, with a white horned demon mask figure behind her in a ukiyo-e print.

Shizuka Gozen, section of a sheet from the series "A Harimaze Mirror of Joruri Plays (Harimaze joruri kagami)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1854

Woodblock print of a robed man balancing on a sword over blue waves, with clouds and a dark gradient sky.

Joriken riding his sword across water, section of a sheet from an untitled harimaze series

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1858

Engraving of an elderly couple seated together under a radiant dove, with fruit, vegetables and bread beside them.

The Pious Old Couple

Jacques de Gheyn III, c. 1618

Engraving of a robed woman holding a basket beside a tree and dog, with a sunlit town in the distance, dated 1516.

The Cumaean Sibyl

Agostino Veneziano, 1516

Lithograph caricature of a spectacled man in a high-collared coat, with a hand-colored hat and scrolls emblem below.

DUP..., plate 171 from Célébrités de la Caricature

Honoré Daumier, 1832

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman holding a flowering branch and red fan beside a seated man with a sword.

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lovers Seijuro (right) and Onatsu (left), in the Elop…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black updo holding a round fan, wearing a dotted patterned kimono.

Woman Holding a Round Fan

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a river with bush clover.

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu T…

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Japanese woodblock print of six kabuki actor bust portraits inside folding fan shapes, with pink fans between them.

Bust Portraits of Actors in Folding Fans: Ichikawa Danjuro V, Segawa Kikunojo III, Ichikawa Monnosuke II (right, top…

Katsukawa Shunsei, c. 1788

Grey-toned watercolor of a woman in a white gown and feathered hat entering a room where three men stand near a desk.

She Came In...Her Hands Full of the Violets Stuart Loved

Gertrude A. Steel, 19th century

Woman in a patterned kimono with long black hair beside a panel of Japanese calligraphy on a cloud-patterned background.

The Poetess Shunzei no Musume, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), 1801

Japanese woodblock print of a temple with a pagoda, pine trees and green hills in a circular vignette with calligraphy.

Evening Bell at Mii Temple (Mii no bansho), from an untitled series of Eight Views of Omi

Utagawa Toyohiro, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in blue kimono before a night view of a bridge, river boats and rooftops.

Evening Amusements at Ryogoku in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogoku yoasobi no zu)

Toyohara Kunichika, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono with a kneeling man beside her, rain falling outside.

The Courtesan Yugiri and Her Lover Fujiya Izaemon, from the series "Tokiwazu Hakkei"

Katsukawa Shunshō, mid-1780s