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Art Institute of Chicago

24,198 works

Woodblock print of a street beside a stone torii gate and tall pine, with wooden townhouses and people walking.

Mishima: The First Gate of the Mishima Daimyojin Shrine, no. 12 from the series "Famous Sight of the Fifty-three Stat…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Desire

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Woodblock print of a flying robed woman above boys reaching upward beside a pavilion, with a ship on the sea.

Dong Yong (Toei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kaga…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Woodblock print of a boatman poling passengers beneath a wooden pier past sailing boats, with drifting paper and a moon.

Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1832/33

Woodblock print of two fishermen casting rods from rocks beside a boat with a canopy on calm blue water.

Teppozu, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1832/33

Etching of a Gothic market square in Bruges with spires, arcades, and small figures walking across the open foreground.

The Market, Bruges

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry crossing a wide river, with Mount Fuji rising on the distant horizon.

View of the Rokugo River Crossing at the Kawasaki Station (Kawasaki-juku Rokugo kawa watashi no zu), from the series…

Shōtei Hokuju, c. 1789/1818

Woodblock print of a traveler with a staff beside a loaded horse, a pine tree and a winding river behind them.

Mitsuke, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Etching of three people seated around a round table under a lamp in a dim interior with shutters and a framed picture.

The Music-Room

James McNeill Whistler, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of figures on a wooden veranda with a striped-robed man, kneeling man, hooded woman and child by a r

Act Ten: Amakawaya House from the play Kanadehon Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1807

Etching of a cluttered shop interior with figures in a doorway, hanging cloth, a chair, and children at left.

The Rag Shop, Milman's Row

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Red chalk drawing of an angry bearded man with wild hair and clenched teeth, titled Despair.

Despair

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Woodblock print of two women and three men by a river with bundled straw, from Hokusai's Tokaido series.

Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Two red-haired children in blue robes pound a large mochi rice cake on a mat, with calligraphy at left.

Mochi Making

Katsushika Hokusai, 1845

Etching of a dark-sailed boat on a calm river with trees on the far bank and a small house with a jetty at right.

The Little Putney

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Woodblock print of a lake at Chuzenji framed by pine trunks, with a red torii gate, distant mountain and travelers on a path.

The Lake at Chuzenji in Shimotsuke Province (Shimotsuke Chuzenji kosui), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views in…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green bamboo-patterned kimono holding a white cloth, with a stern expression.

The Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Jinriki Tamigoro

Toyohara Kunichika, 1867

Etching of a river with factory chimneys and sheds on the bank, a sailing barge and rowing boats in the foreground.

Price's Candle Factory

James McNeill Whistler, 1876/77

Etching of a dark railway arch on a city street with stone piers, small figures, and arched openings in the surrounding build

Railway Arch, American Square

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman and a bearded foreign man smoking a pipe, with geese in the foreground.

Russian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu)

Utagawa Yoshitoyo, 1860

Etching of a London street corner with awninged shops, pedestrians, gas lamps and a distant church spire.

Rochester Row, Westminster

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Etching of a row of gabled town buildings with a crowd of small figures gathered in the street in front.

Salvation Army, Sandwich

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Red chalk drawing of a bearded old man with a horrified grimace, knitted brows and wrinkled cheeks, with handwritten text bel

Horrour (sic)

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in checkered kimono beside a sword-bearing man under pink cherry blossoms.

Woman holding puppet of actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Karigane Bunshichi

Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1820s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono beside a man in purple with a sword, under pink peony blossoms.

Woman holding puppet of actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Gokuin Sen'emon

Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1820s

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono with elaborate hair ornaments beside a gold screen with blossoms.

The Courtesan Nareginu of the Wakanaya

Attributed to Kikugawa Eishin, c. 1804/30

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one standing in a striped robe, one kneeling with hair ornaments.

Kiyokawa and Bunshichi, from the series "Elegant Dew of Flowers (Furyu hana no tsuyu)"

Kikugawa Eishin, c. 1804/30

Woodblock print of two pack horses and travelers at a seaside teahouse, with yellow hills and calm sea behind.

Arai, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Red chalk drawing of a young man with curly hair and a gentle smile, titled Joy with Tranquility, with handwritten caption be

Joy with Tranquility

Eduardus Jacobus, after 1698

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a patterned kimono among yellow blossoms and mountains, with butterflies.

The Actor Nakamura Karoku I as Fujiya Azuma

Shunshosai Hokuchō, 1827