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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of a Japanese reception room with seated figures, paper lanterns, a folding screen, and a dancer in the cente

Views of Reception Rooms in Japan - Entertainments on the Day of the Rat in the Modern Style (Uki-e wakoku keiseki oz…

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1771/76

Ink architectural drawing with a floor plan above and a classical pavilion front elevation with columns and busts below.

Design Projects, Pavilion Plan and Elevation

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Pencil architectural drawing with two building elevations, a floor plan, and detail studies on aged paper.

Design Projects, Elevation Studies and Plan

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Pencil elevation drawing of a classical building with tiered colonnades, arched windows, and pediments on aged paper.

Design Projects, Building Elevation Study

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Pen and ink architectural elevations of a classical house facade with columns, arched windows, and a corner tower.

Design Projects, House Elevation Studies

Carl J. Furst, c. 1860-1870

Woodblock print of a pavilion on a wooded hill overlooking a bay with boats and townspeople, from Eight Views of Edo.

Autumn Moon at Atago Hill (Atago shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)"

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1804/18

Woodblock print of two wild geese among reeds and a bamboo branch, in black and grey on pale paper.

Wild Geese and Reeds

Utagawa Toyohiro, About 1810

Two white rabbits gaze up at a full moon above reeds on a grassy bank in a blue night sky, Japanese woodblock print.

Rabbits under full moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono near an ornate red-canopied railing, with a pine tree and temple buildings behind

New Year's Pilgrimage to Myohoji Temple in Horinouchi (Horinouchi Myohoji eho mairi no zu)

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1804/10

Watercolor portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair, white lace collar and olive dress against a brown-green background.

Caroline D. Wade

Frederick W. Freer, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono admiring a flowering branch in a fish-decorated vase on a low table.

Viewing Ikebana

Utagawa Toyohiro, c.1802

Woodblock print of a figure in striped robe holding a sword beside a lattice wall and tiled-roof house.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman of a Samurai Family

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1786

Japanese triptych print of women and men at a riverside banquet with lanterns, boats, and a shamisen player on a veranda.

A Banquet in a Pleasure House on the Bank of the Okawa (Okawa bata giro jo no yusen)

Angyusai Enshi, c. 1792

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers grappling in a ring, one holding the other from behind, with patterned loincloths.

The Sumo Wrestlers Uzugafuchi Kandayu and Takasaki Ichijuro

Katsushika Hokusai, 1783-84

Woodblock print of two seated figures smoking under a pine tree, with Mount Fuji and green hills behind them.

Evening Glow for Date no Yosaku and Seki no Koman, from the untitled series known as "Eight Views of Tragic Lovers (M…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801-04

Three women in kimono walk past a torii gate and fence beneath a pine tree, in a pastel Japanese woodblock print.

Visitors to the Hachiman shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1803/04

Japanese woodblock print of women and children near pine and cherry trees beside a wooden bridge and river bank.

A Wayside Scene (Oji)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801-04

Woodblock print of an artisan's shop with figures at work, a woman serving tea, and Mount Fuji in the background.

An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1798

Japanese woodblock print of women and children watching fireworks over a river with boats and dark shoreline trees.

Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798

Woodblock print of passengers seated in a ferryboat poled by a boatman, with a pagoda and trees on the shore at left.

Ferryboat

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798

Three women in kimono beneath a blossoming plum tree with a lantern, beside a bamboo fence and garden gate.

Three women beneath a plum tree at night

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1796

Woodblock print of courtly travellers on a path with a horse, pine trees, a pink mountain and cliffs beside the sea.

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's eastern journey

Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1803

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a draped woman with bowed head leaning on a pedestal, with white highlights on her cloak.

Study of a Draped Woman Leaning on a Pedestal

François Boucher, 1759/61

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners gathered around a dead body in a rocky landscape, with small figures in the background.

The Lamentation of Christ (recto and verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1527/35

Brown and white drawing of Apollo driving a chariot of four rearing horses, with a nude youth below.

Apollo Driving the Chariot of the Sun

Lelio Orsi, 1544/45

Drawing of a winged figure with a halo seated on a globe inscribed ETERNITAS, holding a candle, on blue-grey paper.

Allegory of Eternity

Giorgio Vasari, 1544/45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and horse beneath a figure in clouds, with startled onlookers around.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Giorgio Vasari, 1554

The Head of a Young Man in Profile to the Left (recto); Studies of Allegorical Figures (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1749/50 (recto); 1750/53 (verso)

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds, and angels above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Fontebasso, c. 1750

Brown wash drawing of white-hatted Punchinello figures around a collapsed man, with a donkey and rocky cliff at left.

Punchinello Collapses on the Road, from the series Divertimento per li regazzi (Entertainment for Children)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1791