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2,142 works

Woodblock print of boats on a river with paper streamers on a tall pole in the foreground and a distant mountain.

Asakusa River, Great Riverbank, Miyato River (Asakusagawa Okawabata Miyatogawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of red maple branches framing thatched houses, a pond, and rice fields with mountains beyond.

Maple Trees at Mama, Tekona Shrine and Tsugi Bridge (Mama no momiji, Tekona no yashiro, Tsugihashi), from the series…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of sailboats on a river below a cliff with pines, with thatched houses and Mount Fuji in the distance.

View of Konodai and the Tone River (Konodai Tonegawa fukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of figures with umbrellas walking a snowy street beside a canal and snow-laden bamboo, with birds flying over

Yabu Street at the foot of Atago Hill (Atagoshita yabukoji), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a green hill with cherry blossoms, a river, and snow-capped Mount Fuji on the horizon under a red sky.

New Fuji, Meguro (Meguro, Shin Fuji), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a plum orchard in bloom with thatched teahouses, a garden swing, and strolling figures under pink blossoms

The Plum Orchard at Kamata (Kamata no umezono), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a crowded wooden bridge over a river with sailboats, rowboats, and market stalls under a red sunset sky.

Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank (Ryogokubashi Okawabata), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Me…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Japanese woodblock print of a sailboat on a river with pines, reeds, thatched houses and two cranes flying overhead.

Scattered Pines on the Tone River (Tonegawa Barabara-matsu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a river beside cliffs and a waterfall, with a wooden bridge, pine trees and bathers.

The River of Waterfalls at Oji (Oji Takinogawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a supported pine tree over a river with a boat of passengers and boatmen, Edo-period scene.

The Five Pines on the Onagi River (Onagigawa Gohonmatsu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Ed…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Japanese woodblock print of a snowy town with a bridge over a blue canal, moored boats, and bare winter trees on a hill.

Clear Weather after Snow at Matsuchi Hill (Matsuchiyama no yukibare), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Ca…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a large spiraling whirlpool and crashing blue waves between rocky cliffs, with birds flying over a distant

Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fūha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Roku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

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

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

Print of an envelope with a pink mountain, pine trees, blue water and blue-roofed buildings in a small landscape.

Envelope with landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Watercolor and graphite landscape of tall trees, a misty lake and mountains, with sunbeams breaking through clouds.

Scottish Landscape

Gustave Doré, 1873

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono on river pleasure boats at dusk, with a crescent moon and riverbank buildings.

Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788/90

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a river with bush clover.

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Popular Customs (Fuzoku Mu T…

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Monochrome print of a grassy meadow with dark trees under a cloudy sky, with a bird flying at upper left.

Under the Hill

Joseph Pennell, 1881

Black line print on blue paper of a waterfall among rocks, a large tree, a cottage with a water wheel, and distant hills.

Landscape with a Waterfall, from Four Small Landscapes

Hendrick Goltzius, 1597/1600

Hand-colored print of a busy 1864 Chicago street corner with a brick bank building, horse carriages and pedestrians.

Corner of Lake and La Salle Streets, Chicago, Marine Bank Building in the Year 1864

Raoul Varin, 1927

Sepia drawing of a landscape with a ruined arch, a tall tree, distant mountains, a small figure, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Ruined Arch near Water, and Mountains in Distance

Style of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women by a stream beside flowering bush clover under a moon, by Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767.

The Jewel River of Bush Clovers (Hagi no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Etching of a thatched farm with a group of women walking past a large tree and a seated man by a fence.

Landscape with Gypsy Women Near a Farm Building

Andries Jacobsz. Stock, c. 1610

Woodblock print of a snowy mountain village with a figure crossing a wooden bridge over a blue river.

A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape, from the series "A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan roei…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1842/43

Woodblock print of farmers carrying baskets on poles beside rice fields and a water channel, with thatched houses and geese i

Dainagon Tsunenobufrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835-36

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red and white face paint, scowling, wearing an elaborate black topknot and patterned r

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Mod…

Attributed to Katsukawa Shun’ei, About 1791

Japanese woodblock print of two figures beneath a pine tree with plovers flying overhead and a reed fence below.

The Jewel River of Plovers in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Chidori no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Woodblock print of travelers on a frozen lake with snowy mountains and Mount Fuji, with pilgrims on a steep path in the foreg

No. 31: View of Lake Suwa from Shiojiri Pass (Sanjuichi: Shiojiri toge Suwa no kosui chobo), from the series "[Sixty-…

Keisai Eisen, c. 1835/36

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms on a hill above a bay, with picnicking figures, pine trees and sailboats on the water.

Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill (Gotenyama no hana), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38