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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a black floral kimono flanked by two attendants in maroon robes before latticed sh

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Utano

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Architectural first story floor plan of the Ashland Block showing shops, buffet, rotundas, vaults and elevators, by D.H. Burn

Ashland Block, Chicago, Illinois, Floor Plans

D.H. Burnham & Company, c. 1892

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono beside a blossoming tree, with a child attendant in front.

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Shirabe

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1791

Japanese woodblock print of three women at a riverside washtub, one carrying a bucket, with pines and a rowing boat behind.

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

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

Pen and ink drawing of seated Venus embracing winged Cupid beside a quiver of arrows and bow.

Venus and Cupid

John Deare, 1789

Etching of heaped fur muffs, gloves, a black mask, a fan and lace kerchiefs arranged as a still life.

Still-Life with a Group of Muffs, a Pair of Gloves, and Two Kerchiefs

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono under cherry blossoms, with an attendant and a lantern at left.

Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1787

Pencil drawing of a robed priest and kneeling companions raising their hands to a nude statue of Apollo on a pedestal.

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Pencil drawing of Achilles restrained by Athena beside a seated Agamemnon and an altar, with soldiers watching.

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1765/66

Japanese woodblock print of two women in ornate kimono, one playing a koto beside bamboo and a screen, on yellow ground.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): M…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a bamboo folding screen, one holding a small doll.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): S…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a seated woman in green playing a shamisen beside a standing attendant holding a kettle, with a screen beh

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): M…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Ukiyo-e print of two kneeling courtesans in patterned kimono, one serving tea beside a bamboo-painted screen.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): M…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two women reading in an interior before a bamboo-painted folding screen, by Chobunsai Eishi.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): T…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, one seated writing, one standing in green robe.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): H…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan reading a scroll beside a kneeling attendant with a white dog, under bamboo.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): K…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Architectural elevation drawing of a multi-story factory building facade with rows of windows and a cornice.

Brunswick Balke and Collender Company Factory Building, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 1891

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman kneeling and reading beside a candlestand and folding screen, c. 1794/95.

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono writing at a low lacquer table beside a lamp and books.

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a dark floral kimono and a kneeling woman tuning a drum beside a lacquer box.

Ohana and Ofuku, from the series "A Selection of Entertainers from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro geisha sen)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining court woman in patterned robes with a fan, beside a panel of calligraphy and sunset c

The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

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

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamay…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted man raising a dagger over a crowd, beside a dead woman on a couch and mourning figures.

Brutus Exhorting the Romans after the Death of Lucretia

Étienne Barthélemy Garnier, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a black lacquer box beside her.

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hairpins holding a branch of pink blossoms, wearing a purple patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Woodblock print of three elegantly dressed women with ornate hairpins, one holding a round hand mirror, in pastel kimono.

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman bending by a river beside a willow tree, with mountains and a wooden tub of cloth.

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Three women in kimono on a veranda under paper lanterns, with boats and bathers on the water behind them.

Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789/93

Head of a Bearded Man in Half-Profile

Adolf von Menzel, 1894

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda overlooking a bay, with a kneeling man reading beside lacquered trays and a tea bow

Overlooking the bay at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790