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Art Institute of Chicago

13,165 works

Japanese woodblock print of four women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a cherry tree and lattice screen.

Sugawara of the Tsuruya with Attendants Mumeno and Takeno

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1787

Woodblock print of three women and a child with a parasol walking past a tree in a rural landscape with fields.

Parrot Komachi, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1788

Japanese woodblock print of a standing samurai facing a kneeling old man beside a stone statue and rice fields.

Act Five: Yamazaki Highway from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1807

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman offering a flower sprig to a standing figure in patterned kimono.

Onoe Shōroku I as the Ghost of the Shirabyōshi Hanako Standing over Osagawa Shichizō II as Tsumagi, Maid Servant to S…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1810

Etching of a woman's head with long, flowing hair and curls, shaded with fine hatched lines on a pale background.

Head of a Woman with Long Hair

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Etching of a young woman's head and shoulders with curly hair falling over one shoulder, set against a pale background.

Head of a Girl

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Etching of two women working in a cluttered Venetian interior, one reaching up beside a shelf of bottles, the other seated at

Bead Stringers, Venice

Robert Frederick Blum, 1886

Head of a Girl, Profile

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Etching of tall slender trees and bushes on a grassy rise, with the lower page left mostly blank.

Unfinished Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Etching of a seated, partly nude man with clasped hands against a dark, cross-hatched background.

Half Nude Figure of a Man

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Etching of a Venetian canal with an arched stone bridge, a gondola on the water, figures on the quay, and old brick buildings

Venetian Canal and Bridges

Robert Frederick Blum, 1886

Etched portrait of a woman with curly hair in a loose sketch style, with a small boat at the right edge.

Jennie Gerson

Robert Frederick Blum, c. 1880

Japanese woodblock print of women in a hairdressing room, one standing in pink kimono while others kneel attending to hair.

Hairdressing Room (Kamibeya), from the series "Ten Kinds of Incense in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro jisshu ko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1793/94

Small Head

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Girl Reading

Robert Frederick Blum, 1883

Engraved portrait of a seated archbishop in cassock and lace, holding a biretta, with a desk, books and draped curtain.

Portrait of Charles-Gaspard-Guillaume de Vintimille, Archbishop of Paris

Claude Drevet, 1736

Omiya Kinsha (The actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Ohide, wife of Sazanami Tatsugoro [actually Teriha, younger sister o…

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Engraved morning street scene with a woman smoking a pipe, vendors around a fire, and Tom King's Coffee House at right.

Morning, Plate One from The Four Times of Day

William Hogarth, 1738

Hand-colored engraving of a wicker basket overflowing with striped tulips, peonies and other flowers on a stone ledge.

Basket of Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, c. 1660-90

Hand-colored engraving of a flower bouquet in a blue-grey urn with lion-head handles, resting on a stone ledge.

Vase Bleu

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, n.d.

Lithograph of a pony's head and neck turned right, with hatched mane and pointed ears against a pale background.

Philibert the Pony

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Woodblock print of two women in kimono under cherry blossoms, one writing, with boats on water behind them.

Goten Hill (Gotenyama), from the series "Famous Places for Flowers in the Eastern Capital (Toto hana meisho)"

Attributed to Kitao Masanobu, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a sleeping woman in a floral kimono, with a flowering branch and Mt. Fuji visible in the distance.

Sleeping Young Woman with Mt. Fuji Above

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1740s

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow patterned kimono holding a garment on a rack, with Mount Fuji above and plum branches

Woman Holding Kimono with Mt. Fuji above

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1740s

Lithograph of a coiled serpent body with a human head and halo on a pedestal, beside a stone archway with carved faces.

A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6

Odilon Redon, 1889

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a white robe holding a tall staff against a blue background, c. 1768.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV possibly as Tenjiku Tokubei in the play "Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home (Te…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and striped hakama, with a sword, against a blue background.

Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Osada no Tarô in The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith (Ima o sakari suehiro Genji)

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1768

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono in an autumn setting, one holding a bamboo flute and yellow basket hat.

Lovers Dressed as Komuso Monks in an Autumn Landscape

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a black horse with ornate saddle tethered beneath a blossoming cherry tree.

Black Horse Tethered under a Blossoming Cherry Tree

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a brown kimono with a sword and green basket before a lattice screen.

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho Disguised as a Komuso in the Play Furisode Kisaragi Soga, Performed at…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772