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13,158 works

Ukiyo-e print of a woman reading a letter while a man kneels beside her, with patterned kimonos and calligraphic text.

The joruri, Nure tsubame negura no karakasa, from the series Joruri libretti (Joruri-bon) (Nure tsubame negura no kar…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

Ukiyo-e print of two women with a child in a red robe, one holding a folding fan, against a pale background.

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/05

Woodblock print of a comic male poet in black robe sticking out his tongue beside two women in patterned kimono.

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/05

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in bold costume with a fan headdress beside a kneeling boy and bucket.

The Actor Otani Hiroji I as Asahina Saburo

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1723

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a glass bowl of goldfish, the other reaching toward a basin of fish.

Goldfish

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair looking down at a child in a patterned blue and green kimono.

Mother Nursing Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1806/31

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role with an elaborate hairstyle and floral black kimono.

The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a blue-tinged shaved head, glaring, holding a green sword hilt in a tan kimono.

The actor Tanimura Torazo as Washizuka Hachiheiji

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Hand-colored woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one with a fan and a crest, with calligraphy.

The Actors Tamazawa Rinya, Uemura Kohachi, and Ichikawa Monnosuke

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1715

Woodblock portrait of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black kimono and topknot against a grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono by a stone wall and stream, with a pine tree on a green hill.

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Japanese woodblock print of a banquet with two women in kimono, a man in a black robe, and lacquer trays with fish.

A Banquet Scene

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and striped hakama, with two swords at his sash.

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Woodblock print of a woman leaning on a man in a green robe, with a paper lantern and long stick at lower right.

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hair ornaments and a man shielding his face with a large fan, in pink and black kimo

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a red kimono holding yellow chrysanthemums, with a hanging red lacquer box beside her.

The Courtesan Tsukioka of the Hyogoya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hairpins, holding a black parasol, in a pink and green patterned kimono.

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, 1790/1823

Woodblock print of a reclining courtesan with patterned red cloth over her head, decorative hairpins, and a fan on green grou

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795/1800

Three Beauties of Our Time (Tosei san bijin)

Chokosai Eisho, n.d.

Black-line woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in patterned kimono beside a pine tree, on ochre paper.

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a purple patterned kimono with pink and green lining, hair pinned with ornaments.

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Katanaya Ohana, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Takinoya: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no suga…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of two Edo-period women in kimono, one holding a paper lantern on a pole, the other in a patterned black robe

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Seven Fashionable Figures of Ono no Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi yat…

Utagawa Toyokuni

Mezzotint portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair holding a pen over a sketch, dark coat and white cravat.

Mosland, Glo

Attributed to William Ward, n.d.

Woodcut of a helmeted archer drawing a bow beside a winged figure fighting a serpent in a dense forest.

Alcon Slaying the Serpent

I Hans Wechtlin, 1510-15

Etching of tall houses on a riverbank with a stone arch bridge, a rowboat with passengers, and birds in a cloudy sky.

Watermill

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1866

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in studded armor and lace collar, with a Latin inscription below, 1634.

Hendrik Count van de Bergh

William Jacobsz. Delff, 1634

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono and striped hat beside chrysanthemums and a bamboo fence.

Young Man Dressed as Mendicant Monk

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1755

Hand-coloured print with floral bouquets, ribbon bows and a central silver urn in a green medallion.

Decorative Floral Print, from A Collection of Flowers Drawn after Nature

John Edwards, 1793

Woodblock print of a river between green and blue mountains, with two boats and a pine tree, and Chinese calligraphy in the u

Crossing the Yellow River, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/44