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24,211 works

Japanese print of a red lantern stand, peacock feathers, and a framed portrait of a woman holding blue flowers.

Foreign Goods in Osaka (Osaka hikita karamono), from the series "Three Cities (Santo no uchi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1818/30

Woodblock print of a red parrot with blue wings perched on a blue-tinted pine branch against a cream background.

Bird on pine tree

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1857

Woodblock print of a bearded figure with a staff and sword beside a white rooster, against gold clouds and blue sky.

Sarutahiko, No. 2 (Sono ni) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Woodblock title page with Mount Fuji in a fan cartouche, surrounded by cherry blossoms, maple leaves, irises and text panels.

Title page for the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Meisho sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1859

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers grappling as attendants and spectators watch beneath a pine tree and tents.

Kawazu Saburo Sukemichi wrestling Matano Goro Kagehisa, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two archers in red and blue armor aiming bows beside tall trees, with a valley path and calligraphy above.

Yawata Saburo and Omi Kotoda ambushing Kawazu Saburo, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga mo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a samurai with drawn sword facing two kneeling boys on a shore beside a pine and blue waves.

Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) about to be executed at Yuigahama, from the series "Illustrat…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two brothers on a riverbank with their mother on a veranda, with calligraphic verse in the sky.

Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) with their mother, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the S…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a kneeling samurai and a young boy before a veranda of seated courtiers, with a waterfall and pine.

Hakoomaru meets Kudo Saemon Suketsune, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of three seated samurai in blue robes with an ornate helmet on a stand, beside calligraphic text.

Hojo Tokimune and Soga no Juro Sukenari celebrate Goro's coming of age, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan admonishing a seated young man on a veranda beside plum blossoms and a pond.

Soga on Goro admonished by his mother, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Two women kneel in a room working on cloth beside a bamboo screen and persimmon branch, with a poem slip on the wall.

Cloth-fulling Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a man in a straw hat and red kimono beside a wooden gate, with mountains and cedar trees behind him.

Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) leaving the temple, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono on a veranda gazing at a moonlit river, with ducks and reeds and poem text.

Poem by Minamoto no Saneakira Ason, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman seated by a shoji screen with a snowy plum branch and falling snow behind her.

Returning Sails (Kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Snow Scenes (Yukimi hakkei)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c.1810s

Japanese woodblock print of two warriors on a rocky cliff by a waterfall and pine, one lifting a boulder.

Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro), from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two blue-robed men in a garden by a pond with flowers and butterflies, with text panel above.

Soga brothers bid farewell to the summer grasses, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monoga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a kneeling courtesan with ornate hair pins playing a flute, wearing a black kimono with blossoms.

The Courtesan Seyama of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Pastel print of a woman in bed with striped and floral bedding, a yellow lamp, and a pink folding screen behind her.

The Birth of Annette

Edouard Jean Vuillard, c. 1899

Woodblock print of samurai confronting attackers beside a wooden fence and pine tree, with sea and text panel above.

Asahina Saburo saves the Soga brothers from Hachiman Shichiro, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black patterned kimono playing a drum with two sticks, hair decorated with long pins.

The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted samurai and two straw-caped warriors in snow before a stone wall.

Soga no Juro and Soga no Goro ambushing Suketsune, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monog…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a kneeling courtesan in a black floral kimono playing a small drum, with an ornate hairstyle.

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono before a banquet, with seated men, an attendant, and a sea view.

Tora Gozen at the banquet of Wada no Yoshimori, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogata…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two samurai in armor struggling on a wooden veranda beneath a blue banner, with calligraphy above.

Asahina Saburo pulling Goro Tokimune's tasset, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatar…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a fan at a gate, two women nearby, and a cherry tree in bloom.

Tokimune (Soga no Goro) visiting his lover Kewaizaka no Shosho, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brother…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman cutting her hair at night beside a kneeling child, with a paper lantern and moonlit veranda.

Kewaizaka no Shosho cutting her hair to become a nun, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga mo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman seated on a balcony above the sea while a horseman rides on a path below.

Soga no Juro's lover Tora Gozen seated on a balcony, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga mon…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two samurai on horseback riding past pine trees and rice fields, with calligraphy at top.

Goro Tokimune and Juro Sukenari on horseback, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two young men, one dancing with a fan and one playing a flute, with a seated woman holding a tray.

Sukenari (Soga no Juro), Tokimune (Soga no Goro), and their mother at a farewell party, from the series "Illustrated…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47