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Art Institute of Chicago

24,211 works

Woodblock print of heavy snowfall with small figures in conical hats carrying loads across a snowy ground.

Heavy Snow (Oyuki furishikiru zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1840s

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe seated in a boat beneath willow branches on a river.

Shirabyoshi dancer in asazuma boat

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a cloaked warrior with a long sword under a full moon, with a pagoda and bridge at right.

Yoshitsune Awaits Benkei at Gojo Bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a mounted armored warrior with a bow on a dark horse beside waves, rocks and pine trees at sunset.

Warrior on horseback

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Etching of a shepherd tending sheep in a landscape with trees, a cottage, distant mountains and birds under a cloudy sky.

Early Morning

Samuel Palmer, published 1880

Japanese print of a couple walking barefoot past tall reeds on a riverbank, with distant figures in pursuit.

Couple eloping, from the Akutagawa episode in the Tales of Ise

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of two standing classical figures in draped robes, one in armor, with a small sketched head at lower left.

Two Standing Female Allegorical Figures: Anger and Sloth

Circle of Pirro Ligorio, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a wagtail among purple monochoria flowers and leaves beneath a crescent moon in a blue sky.

Wagtail and monochoria

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of two blue geese flying past a full moon, with clouds, a red calligraphy banner, and a blue wind chime.

Moon, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flower in a Cool Breeze (Furyo setsugekka no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, Early to mid-18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a young warrior carrying a giant's head, followed by dancing women, children, and soldiers.

Truimph of David Over Goliath

Andrea Passanini, n.d.

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin and torches up a night mountain path beside tall pines and misty cliffs.

Traveling at Night in the Hakone Mountains on the Border of Izu and Sagami Provinces (Zuso Hakone-yama yako no zu), f…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830/44

Engraving of Medea seated nude offering a cup to a standing armored Jason beside curtains, by Georg Pencz, 1539.

Medea and Jason, from Greek Heroines

Georg Pencz, 1539

Woodblock print of two women with umbrellas walking through falling snow past wooden shops and a snowy stone lantern in Edo.

Snow (Yuki), from the series "Famous Places of Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1849/52

Woman in striped kimono by a willow on a riverbank, with sailing boats and a dog on the shore at dusk.

Returning Sails at Sakai (Sakai no kihan), from the series "Eight Views from the Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushin…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/46

Blue fan-shaped print of a crowded flower-viewing party under parasols beneath trees on a grassy hill.

Flower-viewing Party from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro hanami ryaku zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige, mid-1830s

Color woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden bridge in Edo, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising above clouds in the di

Edo Bridge and Nihon Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Toto Edobashi Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of M…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a seated boy holding an hourglass and a fan with a phoenix design, in a patterned kimono.

Boy Holding Hourglass and Chinese Fan

Attrib. Kitao Shigemasa, 1780s

Woodblock print of Hotei holding a child while a woman in a striped kimono gazes at a lattice window.

Hotei, from the series "Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi-fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a pine branch, with waves breaking on rocks and small boats on the sea.

Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Japanese woodblock print of two women in a garden, one fanning herself on a platform and one tending a kettle by a stream.

Two Girls Enjoying the Evening Cool in a Garden

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Woodblock print of two plovers flying under a full moon above stylized blue waves with white crests.

Plovers, full moon, and waves

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Woodblock print of a bay with sailboats, pine trees, figures hauling a net on the beach, and thatched houses.

Odawara: Fishermen's Houses on the Beach (Odawara, kaigan gyosha), no. 10 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above blue mountains, with travelers, a pack horse and thatched houses by pines.

Hara: View of the Ashitaka Mountains and Mount Fuji (Hara, Ashitakayama Fuji chobo), no. 14 from the series "Famous S…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Etching of ruined stone arches and columns in the foreground with Mount Etna rising over the sea in the distance.

Aetna from Taormina

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor striking a drum beneath a blossoming plum branch, in red and patterned robes.

The Actor Ichimura Shichijuro (Uzaemon X) as Senzaimaru

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1759

Etching of a rocky quarry with steep striated cliffs, pine trees, boulders, distant hills and clouds.

Quarry on Pentelicon

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Woodblock print of a monk with a red umbrella praying in rain on a cliff above waves, with boats on the sea.

Praying for Rain at Ryozengasaki in Kamakura, 1271 (Bun'ei hachi Kamakura Ryozengasaki ame inoru), from the series "C…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830/35

Etching of the Acropolis above a busy Athens street with a domed mosque, a large tree, and pedestrians.

Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Athens, the Mosque

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Woodblock print of a hillside road station with teahouse stalls, travelers with baggage, pines and blue mountains.

Futakawa: The Station at Surugababa (Futakawa, Sarugababa tateba), no. 34 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green and pink kimono beside a black lacquer chest against a striped backdrop.

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Osen of the Komatsuya House (?) in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga (?), Performed at the N…

Katsukawa Shunjo, c. 1782