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3,363 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white beard and sword, wearing a pink floral kimono and geta sandals.

Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Hige no Ikyû in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1764

Pen drawing of a young woman with flowing hair riding a galloping horse past a large tree and distant mountains.

Young Woman on Galloping Horse

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Etched frontispiece with two winged cherubs riding sea creatures flanking a cartouche titled Divers Embarquements, over waves

Frontispiece to Various Embarkments

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1640-1650

Pencil drawing of a kneeling man with clasped hands before a veiled woman, with a mosque and minarets behind.

Man Kneeling Before Veiled Woman with Mosque in Background

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a paper lantern and the other a striped parasol, against a grey backgroun

Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties" ("Tosei bijin san’yu")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a Russian man in green coat and tricorn hat beside an older man feeding a sheep.

Russians raising sheep for wool (Roshiajin rashamen kau no zu), from the series "Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsus…

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of two Englishmen, one seated and one standing, with a Union Jack flag and a sailing ship behind the

Englishmen (Igirisujin)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of foreign men, women and children in varied costumes with a white elephant and horse, under a Japan

Picture of Men and Women from Many Countries (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman on a brown horse beside a grey dog and a black goat on a yellow ground.

English Woman, Chinese Dog, and Sheep (Eikoku fujin, karainu, rashiyamen), from the series "People of the Five Nation…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in green kimono holding a child beside a bamboo fence and wooden gate.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as Lady Tokiwa (Tokiwa Gozen) (?) in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba (?), Perfo…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1791

Etching of a forest scene with a log cabin, a woman on a plank bridge, a waterfall and tall pine trees.

Woman Watching a Skiff

Allart van Everdingen, n.d.

Etching of a wooded landscape with a woman riding a mule along a rocky path beside a river.

Upright Italian Landscapes: Woman on a Mule

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate urn with a lion mask and two merman handles on a stone pedestal.

Monumental Vase with Anthropomorphic Figures

Attributed to or after Jacques-François-Joseph Saly, after 1746

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in green kimono beside a screen with chrysanthemums and a temple.

Tamatsushima, from the series "Three Fashionable Young Women (Furyu waka no sannin)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1811/13

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono walking beside a black lacquered carriage with a spoked wheel and a parasol.

Women Imitating an Imperial Procession

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1805

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a crested robe reading a scroll, framed by columns of Japanese text and a red seal.

Announcement of performance of Kanjincho by Ichikawa Danjuro VIII to celebrate 200 years of Ichikawa family history

Torii Kiyomine, 1852

Pencil drawing of a seated Roman peasant woman with two sleeping children and ruins in a landscape behind her.

Roman Peasant Woman and Sleeping Children

Giovanni Tognolli, c. 1825

Etched frontispiece with draped curtains, a central coat of arms, French title text and tiny soldiers in the landscape.

Frontispiece to Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

Stefano Della Bella, 1644

Half-Length Portrait of Woman in Profile, Facing Right

Peltro William Tomkins, n.d.

Etching of a woman in a dark dress and cap leaning over a wooden gate beside a hedge and farmhouse wall.

Woman at the Gate

Camille Pissarro, 1889

Woodblock print of a full moon over trees, with a rowboat on a river and a row of wooden stakes along the bank at night.

Embankment at Mimeguri (Mimeguri tsutsumi), section of a sheet from the series ”Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Hari…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Hand-colored satirical print of an older man in a academic cap embracing a woman by a fireplace, with onlookers at a window.

A Man of Feeling

Thomas Rowlandson, published December 2, 1811

Woodblock print of a seated woman in blue resting her chin on her hand beside a tray of stacked dishes, with calligraphy at u

Outdoor Amusements at Dokan Hill (Dokanyama noasobi), section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places in…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Daumier lithograph of a startled woman in a ruffled gown beside a gesturing man, with a shadowy figure and crowd behind.

New Entertainment at the Parisian Evening Parties. The spirit of Mr. Hume shaving the beard of Monsieur de St. Potard…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Ink drawing of figures on a wooden veranda beside a pine tree and lattice fence, with a tiled roof.

Untitled Drawing, for the series English Title (Hizakurige kimama dôchû)

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of travelers in rain under pine trees beside a torii gate along a river embankment.

Shower at the Sumida River Embankment (Sumidagawa zutsumi hakuu no zu), from the series "Newly Selected Famous Places…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1839/42

Daumier lithograph of a butcher in a shop of hanging meat, while a despairing man slumps over a table.

The Despair of the Butcher. “- Just imagine: Anybody can establish himself as a butcher! Ah! There are moments when I…

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Etching of a reclining nude woman on a sofa beside a paneled door, with her head on a cushion and one leg bent.

Louise Nude on a Sofa

Suzanne Valadon, 1895

Etching of a nude woman with raised arms beside a bath, as a clothed woman bends to hold a drying cloth.

Woman at Her Bath

Suzanne Valadon, 1908

Woodblock print of a canal embankment with bridge, bare trees, rice fields and small figures under a pale sky.

Koume Embankment (Koumezutsumi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857