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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono gathering and carrying cut bamboo through a grove beside a river and a wooden hou

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1798

Triptych print of women at a banquet in an interior, with lattice screens, a lake landscape and pine branches behind.

Chinese Beauties at a Banquet

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788/90

Utamaro woodblock triptych of women in kimono around a carriage beneath cherry blossoms, with a railed veranda at right.

An Imperial Carriage

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/04

Triptych woodblock print of women on boats beneath and beside a wooden bridge over a river, by Utamaro.

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Triptych woodblock print of women fishing with a scoop net from a boat and riverside platform, with fish and river waves.

The Scoop-Net

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Triptych print of women cleaning a house on a veranda, with a broom, bamboo screen, lanterns and a serving tray.

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 1790s

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono under pink lanterns and wisteria, one playing shamisen beside a lattice screen.

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters (Mitate Yuranosuke yukyo)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Triptych Japanese print of women with a parasol and insect cages in a riverside landscape with pines and a carriage.

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono near cherry blossoms, with boats and a seaside town on the water.

Watching the Shellfish Gathering during Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari kenbutsu)

Chobunsai Eishi, n.d.

Engraving of mourners holding a shroud bearing a faint image of a body, with a haloed woman at center.

The Holy Shroud of Besançon

Jean de Loisy, 1634

Triptych print of women in kimono under autumn maple trees beside a pavilion and folding screen, in gold and muted colors.

Momiji no ga, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Gridded point paper design with stylized pink water lilies, green lily pads and swirling water, hand-painted in watercolor.

Point Paper (mise-en-carte)

France Roubaix, c. 1880

Monochrome print of a cathedral spire under a rainbow, with a horse cart fording a river in the foreground.

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows: the Rainbow

David Lucas, 1834

Black and white woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with iris motifs and a checkered hem.

Standing Beauty

Kaigetsudō Anchi, About 1714

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with pine trees and birds, c. 1715.

Standing Courtesan

Kaigetsudō Dohan, c. 1715

Woodblock print of two cranes standing on a snow-covered pine branch against a grey background.

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Grey wash drawing of mythological figures in a rescue scene, with two nude young men pulling a draped woman away from a falle

Amphion and Zethus Delivering their Mother Antiope from the Fury of Dirce and Lycus

John Flaxman, 1789

Woodblock print of a full moon over misty mountains, with an arched bridge, pine trees, and a boatman on a blue river.

Full Moon Over Mountain Scenery

Keisai Eisen, c. 1835

Watercolor sketch of moored sailing boats on a river beside trees, a thatched cottage, and a church tower in the distance.

Newport

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Triptych print of women washing and drying cloth on a wooden veranda beside a garden and river, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Women Washing Clothes

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with lanterns and a shamisen, overlooking a river and city.

A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Cornish cottage with cattle, a horse, figures and trees along a rural road.

Launcetown Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1789

Engraving of an old bearded man holding a candle, a younger man, a child, and a young woman with braided hair.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Hendrick Goltzius, 1598/1600

Japanese woodblock triptych of kimono-clad women and men walking past stone lanterns and a pine tree at a temple.

Visiting a temple dedicated to Fudo

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Watercolor drawing of a village square with a church tower, a stone well, market figures, horses and thatched cottages.

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Triptych print of women in kimono on a veranda and among irises in a garden with pine and green hills.

Iris Garden

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1781/89

Pen and watercolor drawing of cattle driven past a village church, with a horseman, a drover, and cottages.

Stanley St. Leonard Church, Gloucestershire

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Triptych Japanese print of women in kimono viewing hanging scroll paintings in an interior with a landscape beyond.

Women Viewing Scroll Paintings of the Gods of Good Fortune

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Watercolor street scene of a crowd at an auction of old houses near Westminster Abbey, with an auctioneer and lot-numbered bu

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

Thomas Rowlandson, 1800