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Art Institute of Chicago

2,141 works

Woodblock print of two figures serving tea beneath a willow tree, one standing with a sword and one seated at a low table.

Serving tea under a willow tree

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned pink kimono beneath a cherry tree, with a veiled man behind her.

Courtesan Walking with Veiled Man under Cherry Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Vertical Japanese print of two figures in kimono lighting pipes beneath a blossoming plum tree.

Couple Lighting Pipes Under a Plum Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a nobleman and attendants in a boat with a poler, ducks on a river, and a green bank.

"To": Sumida River, Musashi and Shimosa Provinces, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Fur…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe beside a pine tree, with a basket holding an infant and a river lan

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Osada no Taro Kagemune Disguised as the Woodcutter Gankutsu no Gorozo, in Act Four…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of two women on a teahouse veranda overlooking rice fields, one seated in blue and one standing in a patterne

Teahouse overlooking rice fields, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jik…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of women and a horseman with a falcon and dog walking by a reedy riverbank.

Party of falconers near river

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1798/1801

Woodblock print of workers hauling a load by rope past a thatched house, with a smoking red volcano behind.

Kakinomoto Hitomaro from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835-36

Woodblock print of travelers on an arched bridge over a rushing river, with autumn maples and hills in the background.

Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835-36

Woodblock print of travelers on a wooden bridge over a blue river, with red autumn maples and rocky cliffs.

Autumn Maples at Takinogawa River (Takinogawa momiji), from the album "The Eternal Waterfall (Tokiwa no taki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Woodblock print of a river between green and blue mountains, with two boats and a pine tree, and Chinese calligraphy in the u

Crossing the Yellow River, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/44

Woodblock print of green cliffs, a waterfall, and a boatman in a small boat, with calligraphy at upper right.

Clear autumn sky over a mountain temple, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/44

Woodblock print of a robed figure standing on a blue rocky peak beside steep mountains and pink clouds, with calligraphy.

Climbing a mountain in Liuzhou, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/44

Woodblock print of the Sumida River with boats, a bridge pillar on the left, and riverside houses and trees.

Sumida River seen from Azuma Bridge (Azumabashi yori Sumida wo miru no zu), from a group of Western-style landscapes

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800/05

Woodblock print of fishermen catching sweetfish in a river under a full moon, with weeping willows and a footbridge.

Catching Sweetfish in the Tama River under the Autumn Moon (Tamagawa aki no tsuki ayuryo no zu), from the series "Sno…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1844/45

Woodblock print of a woman washing cloth at a river bend beside a wooden tub, under a drooping willow branch.

Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Woodblock print of two women beside a pine under a full moon, one raising a fulling mallet, with calligraphy above.

Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Kinuta), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Woodblock print of a samurai on a white horse led through yellow flowering shrubs beside blue water, with calligraphy at uppe

Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ide), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Woodblock print of a woman with a green umbrella on a riverbank, birds flying over a blue river, reeds in foreground.

Noda Jewel River in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Noda), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Woodblock print of two seated figures by a river with flowering branches, a reflected moon, and vertical calligraphy at upper

Noji Jewel River in Yamato Province (Yamato Noji), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Woman in red kimono on a wooden bridge beside a waterfall, with pine trees and a calligraphy inscription in the upper left.

Koya Jewel River in Kii Province (Kii Koya), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/39

Blue woodblock print of a snowy riverbank with rooftops, pine trees, a torii gate, and a boatman poling a small boat.

Snow on the Sumida River

Keisai Eisen, early 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan seated in a boat beside a willow tree, with hills and a village on the river.

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma Boat (Asazuma-bune), from an untitled series of landscapes

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1830/34

Woodblock print of a snowy canal with bare trees, an arched bridge, small boats, and snow-covered rooftops under grey sky.

Sanya Canal and Matsuchi Hill (Sanyabori Matsuchiyama), section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of women beating cloth by a river under a full moon, with a pine tree, flying geese and distant mountains.

The Kinuta Jewel River in Settsu Province (Settsu Kinuta no Tamagawa), from the series "Six Jewel Rivers in Various P…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/37

Hand-colored caricature of a laughing dandy on a wooden velocipede pushed uphill by a servant, with a postilion riding a dog.

The Dandy and His Postillion - or the Waay to Laugh Up Hill

Attributed to William Heath, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of velocipede riders on a hill, one gentleman speeding downhill as others crash or carry their machin

The Pedestrian Hobbies, or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill

Attributed to William Heath, published April 8, 1819

Hand-colored print of a kneeling man praying before an altar with a red liberty cap, tablets, busts and winged heads.

Shrine at St. Ann's Hill

James Gillray, published May 26, 1798

Hand-colored engraving of riders in top hats racing steeplechase horses over a wooden fence across green countryside.

The Field becomes Select, from The Grand Steeplechase over Leicestershire

Charles Bentley, published 1830

Triptych woodblock print of a samurai procession with red banners crossing a river, framed by pine trees and green hills.

Procession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oikawa gyoretsu zu)

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863