New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and patterned kimono standing before a diagonally striped background.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe beside a pine tree, with a basket holding an infant and a river lan

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo, in Act Four…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a room, with a figure peering through a lattice screen behind them.

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a wooden box and a pipe before wavy water.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as the Boatman Jirosaku in the Play Oyafune Taiheiki, Performed at the Ichimura Theater i…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and red hat holding a cage, beneath a lattice ceiling and chrysanthem

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage So…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow robe and straw hat beneath snowy willow branches, c. 1766.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of a young warrior with a sword beside a white heron on a post, standing on a bridge over water.

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge

Ippitsusai Bunchō, reprint of c. 1769 design

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono with a fan and flower hair ornaments, against a pale background.

The Actor Ichikawa Benzo in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a crane-patterned kimono beside a screen and hanging letter.

Hinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda by a maple tree, gesturing to two children below.

Actor Arashi Hinaji I, (possibly) as Yuya Gozen in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (Ima o Sakari Genji)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, About 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a sword in heavy rain beneath a pine branch, with a hat on the ground.

Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c.1770

Woodblock print of two women on a teahouse veranda overlooking rice fields, one seated in blue and one standing in a patterne

Teahouse overlooking rice fields, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jik…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of women in kimono with a parasol and a child walking past a lantern on a shopping street.

The Nakamise Shopping Street, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woman in patterned kimono with parasol on stone steps beside red gate, snowy mountain and pine behind, Japanese woodblock pri

Evening Snow at Kinryuzan Temple (Kinryuzan no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo h…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1778

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono beside a screen, looking out at geese descending over a field.

Descending Geese at Mimeguri (Mimeguri no rakugan), from the series "Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1778

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child in an interior beside a birdcage and screen.

Two Women and a Child after a Bath

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Vertical woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono looking up at a shuttlecock near bamboo and pine.

Geisha Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a fierce mask beside a pine-painted screen.

The Actor Yamanaka Heikuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1705

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan beside a lantern, a child sleeping under a mosquito net below.

Mother Watching her Son Sleeping under a Mosquito Net

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in a traditional interior with sliding screens and a garden view.

Women in a Mansion

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checkered summer kimono and red robe beside a green curtain.

Actor Segawa Kikunojо̄ III as a Beauty in a Summer Kimono

Katsukawa Shunjo, Early 1780s

Black-and-white woodblock print of a fierce demon figure with a studded club beneath blossoming branches.

The actor Yamanaka Heikuro I as a demon

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1706

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe with a sword, standing beside a lattice wall and thatched eave.

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro V) as Banzui Chobei in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono with a sword and staff, before a patterned screen.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Shirai Gompachi in the Play Gozen-gakari Sumo Soga, Performed at the Kawarazaki Theater…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a hawk perched on a plum branch with white blossoms, gripping a small bird.

Hawk on a Plum Branch

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate updo holding a red tray with a tea bowl, wearing a grey kimono with red collar.

Southern Teahouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one holding a round fan, beneath a wooden eave with calligraphy.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ich…

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, 1715

Woodblock print of a woman with an updo looking into a round hand mirror, wearing a pink patterned kimono and green striped f

Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series "Famous Beauties of Edo (Edo komei bijin)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/94

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one whispering close to the other's ear, in pink and floral kimonos.

The Habit of Criticizing Others (Ta o soshiru kuse), from the series "Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797