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

Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of a yellow bird on a branch beside pink hibiscus flowers against a teal background.

Yellow bird and hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of a bird among pink wild carnations and green leaves, with calligraphy at upper left and a red seal.

Bird and wild carnation

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Japanese print of a green bird above a branch of pink gentian flowers and green leaves on a tan background.

Bird and gentian

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Japanese woodblock print with panels of moon and flowers, a seated woman, a pier, a sailboat, and a large tuna fish.

Eitai Bridge, Nihon Bridge, Susaki, Flower Garden, and Dokan Hill (Eitaibashi, Nihonbashi, Susaki, Hanayashiki, Dokan…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print with a courtesan, boats under a moon, sparrows over bamboo, blossoms, and patterned fabrics.

Plum branch, Susaki, courtesan, sparrows, and clothes behind screen

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Hiroshige Tokaido cutout print with actor, willow, Mount Fuji, pine branch and wrestling figures in fan panel.

Ejiri, Fuchu, Mariko, Okabe, and Fujieda, no. 5 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Japanese woodblock print with a sea view and sailboats, a woman in red kimono, a horse, a fan, and a foliage panel.

Oiso, Odawara, Hakone, Mishima, and Numazu, no. 3 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze z…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Brown wash drawing of a crowned female saint beside a tall cross, with cherub heads and clouds in an arched frame.

Saint Helena and the True Cross

Unknown artist, 1580/90

Japanese woodblock composite print with a koto player, a hillside road, white birds over waves, and a seated man by irises.

Okazaki, Fujikawa, Narumi, and Chiryu, no. 10 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi har…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print with a cherry blossom fan, a monk portrait, a landscape panel, and a black decorative cartouche.

Kameyama, Seki, Shono, and Ishiyakushi, no. 12 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi ha…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print with a koto player, a bell, and a river scene with travelers and a green hill.

Shimada, Kanaya, and Nissaka, no. 6 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Japanese woodblock print with pheasant, coastal seascape, seated woman in robe, bird in flight, and mushrooms in cutout panel

Kakegawa, Fukuroi, Mitsuke, Hamamatsu, and Maisaka, no. 7 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido Road (Tokai…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Japanese woodblock print with cutout panels showing a woman at a basin, a monk with banner, pines, a pagoda and pink vine.

Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, Tsuchiyama, and Minakuchi, no. 11 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokai…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Japanese woodblock print with a river mountain landscape, a woman in a red kimono, pine branches, and a fan with flowers.

Ejiri, Fuchu, Mariko, and Okabe, no. 6 from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Japanese woodblock print with a fan-shaped Mount Fuji, a grapevine panel, and two sumo wrestlers in combat.

Suruga, Kai, and Izu, no. 5 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a green-maned lion on a rock above a waterfall, with a cub clinging to vines below.

Lion training a cub

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a green mountain over a waterfall and rocky river, with pine trees and a wooden walkway.

Takino in Harima Province (Harima Takino), no. 44 from the series "Sixty-eight Views of the Various Provinces (Shokok…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862

Woodblock print of figures on a sandy shore at low tide, with pine trees, a teahouse, sailboats and a pink dusk sky.

Low Tide at Susaki (Susaki shiohi no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of the New Yoshiwara with lantern-lit rooftops, cherry trees, green fields and a willow under a blue sky.

The New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1839/42

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers in a ring under a roof, with referees and a large crowd watching.

Sumo Match in the Precints of the Ekoin Temple (Ekoin keidai sumo no zu), from the series "Ryogoku in the Eastern Cap…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Lithograph of a top-hatted Parisian talking with a cowherd leaning on a cane, with cows grazing in a field behind them.

The Parisian “- Tell me, good man, what are you doing with all these cows once they have become old and don't give mi…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Woodblock print of a costumed kagura dancer with peacock feathers performing before drummers and flute players at a shrine at

The Sacred Dance at the Shinmei Shrine in Shiba at Dawn (Shiba Shinmei, Omiya gengyo kagura no zu), from the series "…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a red shrine gate with green roof beside a large tree, figures on path, sailboats on bay.

Scenic View from the Summit of Mount Atago in Shiba (Shiba Atago sanjo chobo no zu), from the series "Newly Selected…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1839/42

Woodblock print of a large temple gate with visitors in kimono walking toward it past blossoming trees and pines.

Gomonzeki at Tsukiji (Tsukiji Gomonzeki), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of figures in kimono on a stone path before an Edo teahouse, with a pine tree and a server with a tray.

The Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of Daionji (Daionji mae, Tagawaya), from the series "Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1838/40

Pen and wash drawing of rolling farm fields with hedgerows sloping toward a distant sea with sailing ships and a windmill.

View of Farm Land Near the Sea

M. Venner, c. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of a palace courtyard with kneeling samurai, a woman in red kimono on stone steps, and a tree.

Act 1 (Daijo), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai in a room with a bamboo screen, a kneeling woman, and a garden with a pine tree.

Act 2 (Nidanme), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Woodblock print of women on a veranda arranging cherry blossoms while samurai walk on a raised walkway in a garden.

Act 4 (Yondanme), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Lithograph of a top-hatted hunter and a peasant pointing across a field, with a dog seated beside them.

“- Listen... I saw a hare over there... - Was that a long time ago? - Not at all... it was less than three months ago…

Honoré Daumier, 1857