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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono leaning on a railing beside a girl, against a yellow background.

Hour of the Sheep [2 pm] (hitsuji no koku), from the series “Sundial of Young Women" ("Musume hi-dokei")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a Noh performer in a golden patterned robe and ornate headdress, holding a fan, with calligraphy above.

Ikkyoku, from an untitled series of No plays

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

Woodblock print of a kneeling Noh performer in a pale patterned robe with calligraphy and red seals beside him.

Ninnaraku, from an untitled series of No plays

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

Woollen-toned Japanese print of a kneeling Noh performer with white blossom headdress, green cloak and calligraphy.

Soriko, from an untitled series of No plays

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

Kneeling noh performer in a pale robe and patterned headdress holds a small bird on a perch, in a light-colored Japanese prin

Saisoro, from an untitled series of No plays

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

Woodblock print of a kneeling noh performer in a red robe with green roundels and white patterned trousers.

Kishunraku, from an untitled series of No plays

Takashima Chiharu, 1823

Japanese woodblock print of a red wine bottle, patterned bowl, and white plum branch with calligraphy, by Yashima Gakutei.

Wine bottle, bowl, and plum branch, from the series "Two Famous Products from Bizen Province (Bizen meibutsu futashina)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1823

Japanese woodblock print of a pocket watch, embroidered pouch, and chain with calligraphic inscriptions, c. 1823.

Pocket watch

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1823

Woodblock print of an open floral-patterned lacquer box holding carved seals, red and green ink pastes, and an inkstone.

Collection of seals in lacquer trays

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1820

Woodblock print of wasabi root, dried bonito and a knife on a round lacquer tray, with calligraphy above.

Wasabi root with dried bonito and knife on a lacquer tray

Totoya Hokkei, early 1820s

Japanese woodblock print of a court lady in patterned robes standing among pine branches under a red sun.

Court lady standing amidst pines

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1823

Japanese print of plum branches with white blossoms and dark buds, with calligraphy in the upper right and a red seal.

Plum Branch

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a dancer in a patterned robe with maple-leaf sash holding a fan, with calligraphy at left.

Dancer in Momijigari, from an untitled series of nerimono festival dancers

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, c. 1823

Japanese woodblock print of a blue patterned jar, bowl, scales and cloth with calligraphy above.

Jar, scales and bowl, no. 6 from the series "The Rabbit's Boastful Exploits (Usagi tegarabanashi)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1819

Lithograph of Holland House seen down a hedge-lined garden path, with large trees framing the Jacobean mansion.

Holland House

Thomas Robert Way, 1898

Saskia Van Ulenburgh

Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1862

Woodblock print of a sparrow in flight beside black and red bamboo stalks, with calligraphy and red seals.

Sparrow and bamboo

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Japanese woodblock print of a golden pheasant with a long tail among curling ferns and grasses, with calligraphy and a red se

Golden pheasant and bracken ferns

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Portrait of Thomas Rowlandson, from Reproductions of Drawings by Old Masters in the British Museum

After John Raphael Smith, 1894

Japanese woodblock print of a grey bullfinch on a branch beside red camellia flowers and dark green leaves.

Camellia flowers and bullfinch

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a red and blue macaw perched on an ivy-covered pine branch against a pale yellow background.

Macaw on ivy-covered pine branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks with falling leaves, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal at upper left.

Mandarin ducks crossing icy pond amid falling leaves

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks on blue water beneath drooping reeds, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Makomo ni Oshidori

Utagawa Hiroshige, c.1848

Vertical woodblock print of a yellow canary on a branch with pink camellias and green leaves, with calligraphy above.

Canary and camellias

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Susan and Child Facing each Other

Mary Cassatt, 1883

Woodblock print of a mandarin duck with a crested head on a snowy reed bank above blue water, with calligraphy at top.

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a flying kingfisher above dark reeds rising from blue water, with a red seal beside the reeds.

Kingfisher and reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a blue kingfisher in flight below a cluster of blue hydrangea blossoms and leaves, with calligraphy.

Kingfisher and hydrangea

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1857

Woodblock print of a green Japanese white-eye perched on a branch of white weeping cherry blossoms against pink.

Japanese white-eye and weeping cherry

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of three purple irises with green leaves on a yellow background, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Iris at Horikiri Village (Horikiri no sato hanashobu), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857