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13,054 works

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins and striped and patterned kimono, by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801.

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono leaning toward a child holding a staff, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1806

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle biting thread while holding a needle, in a patterned kimono.

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyobo), from the series "A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tosei onna fuzoku…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one in a pink floral kimono and one in a dark kimono.

The Courtesan Yosooi of the Matsubaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Woodblock print of a woman in a checked kimono tuning a shamisen, with an elaborate black hairstyle and red hair ornaments.

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

Charcoal drawing with white highlights of a bent woman in a long dress, hands covering her face, standing on cobblestones.

Weeping Woman

Vincent van Gogh, 1883

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a black hairstyle, holding a round fan and looking to the side.

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Two wild geese fly past a large full moon against a blue-to-turquoise night sky in a Japanese woodblock print.

Wild Geese Flying Across Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, late 1830s

Woodblock print of visitors strolling past a fenced plum garden with gnarled branches and a thatched hut.

Plum Garden in Full Bloom (Ume yashiki manka no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge with pedestrians and a boat, with Mount Fuji and pine trees in the background.

View of Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 1840s

Woodblock print of a figure poling a bamboo raft through reeds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind green hills.

View of Mt. Fuji from the Sagami River

Ichirusai Hiroshige, Unknown

Engraving of St. George on horseback in armor, holding a lance with banner, trampling a dragon below.

St. George on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Woodblock print of a night river scene with a pine branch, a bamboo-screened boathouse, rowboats and a starry sky.

The Pine of Success and Onmayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series One Hund…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Etching of two women carrying large wicker laundry baskets, one with a checkered cloth, against a pale background.

Laundresses Carrying Back Their Work

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1898

Brown ink and wash drawing of two sailing frigates with full sails and small rowboats near the shore.

Two Frigate

Claude Lorrain, 1641

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue patterned kimono with a yellow fan and tall headdress on a green background.

Hamamatsu, no. 9 from the series Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a stooped man with a bundle of brooms on his back, carrying a gourd, against a cream background.

A Hachi-tataki Peddlar of Chazen

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Woodblock print of a woman in a green jacket and red skirt gathering seaweed in shallow water beside a basket and shrubs.

Woman gathering seaweed

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of two figures in conical hats planting rice in a field, with calligraphy above and a blue-toned landscape.

Planting rice

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Etching of a seated nude woman beside a reclining nude figure, with two faces in the background against a textured brown grou

Two Sisters

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono walking with a child under a willow tree beside a bamboo fence.

Yamashiro Province, section of sheet no. 1 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a large blue fish above a bamboo tray of fish pieces on a pink background, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Morning Market at Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi, asaichi), section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places in…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a bearded scholar in a dragon-embroidered blue robe beside an armillary sphere under a starry sky.

Wu Yong (Chitasei Goyo), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

Woodblock print of a tattooed muscular warrior in a patterned robe, gripping a figure below, with text panels.

Yan Qing (Roshi Ensei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden g…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

Woodblock print of two travelers in straw raincoat and blue kimono walking the Tokaido road, one holding a yellow parasol.

Yui, section of a sheet from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan ts…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a pink and a red peony on stems with green leaves and buds against a cream background.

Fukagawa Tomigaoka, section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Harimaze Koto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a hooded figure in a blue hood and dark cloak beside a bucket, under a cedar-lined hill.

Mount Koya in Kii Province (Kii, Koya), section of sheet no. 16 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Ku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woman in grey kimono kneeling at a koto inside a circular frame, from a Hiroshige woodblock print, 1852.

Okazaki, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with firewood and a red maple branch inside a fan-shaped frame.

Visitor from Yase in Kyoto (Kyoto Yase no marebito), section of a sheet from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Oval Japanese woodblock print of patterned cloth, a folded fan and a paper label with calligraphy on a cream background.

Odawara, section of sheet no. 3 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52