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24,211 works

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with wild hair and black robe standing beside a blossoming plum tree.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as the Renegade Buddhist Monk Wantetsu from Okamidani, in the Fifth Scene of the Play Da…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Pastel drawing of a harlequin in a multicolored diamond costume leaning on a stick beside a crouched figure and green foliage

Harlequin

Edgar Degas, 1885

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in kimono beside pine trees, one holding a fan, another tending a kettle.

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Matsukaze (right), Ichikawa Komazo II as Ariwara no Yukihira (center), and Iwai Hansh…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of red, purple, and blue morning glories climbing a bamboo trellis among green leaves, with calligraphy at to

Morning Glories

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840s

Woodblock print of pink plum blossoms and buds on slender branches rising from a gnarled trunk, with calligraphy at upper lef

Blossoming plum branches

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a grosbeak with red beak perched on a plum branch with green blossoms and buds, with calligraphy.

Grosbeak on plum

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Blue woodblock print of a sparrow flying beside a white iris with tall green leaves and calligraphy at upper left.

Sparrow and iris

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Woodblock print of a rooster on a bamboo trellis beside pink roses and a rose bud, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854.

Rooster perched on rose trellis

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Woodblock print of pine trees, a wooden footbridge over a blue inlet, two women on the bank, and a moored boat.

Mokubo Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, and Gozensaihata (Mokuboji Uchigawa Gozensaihata), from the series "One Hundred Famous…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of Kiyomizu Hall at Shinobazu Pond with cherry blossoms, pines and visitors on a red veranda.

Kiyomizu Hall and Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo Shinobazu no ike), from the series "One Hundred Famous View…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers and travelers crossing a river on a wooden walkway at dusk, with poem cartouches.

Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Woodblock print of women with baskets walking a hill path past thatched houses and autumn maples under a pink sky.

Poem by Sarumaru Dayu, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835-36

Charcoal sketch of a dark tree mass above a riverbank with farm buildings, reflections in the water, and a small boat.

Landzicht Farm: Compositional Study

Piet Mondrian, c. 1905

Hand-colored print of a canal with a rowing boat, a large tree, townhouses and strolling figures on the quay.

View of the Golden Bend on the Herengracht Canal, Amsterdam

Jan van Call, c. 1694

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a white patterned robe with a sword, posed on a striped wooden stage.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha, Performed at the Nakam…

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1786

Engraving of a family in a room hung with paintings, a woman standing by a table with children, an older man working at a des

The Artist and his Family

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1771

Ukiyo-e print of three figures on a yellow ground: a woman with a red lantern, a man in a striped kimono, and a woman in brow

A Young Man Dressed as an Actor of the Ichikawa Family (by Shunsho), a Maid and a Geisha (by Shuncho)

Katsukawa Shunshō, late 1780s

Woodblock print of two comic performers in patterned kimono, one holding a white fan, against an ochre background with pine b

Comic Dancers in Mikawa Province (Mikawa, manzai), section of sheet no. 4 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Pro…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of Mishima with cedar trees, thatched roofs, a mountain, and calligraphy in an oval frame.

Mishima, from the series "Fifty-three Pairings for the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsui)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1845/46

Blue Japanese woodblock print of two pale bats flying near a crescent moon in a night sky.

Bats and Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Woodcut of Adam and Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge with a serpent, surrounded by lions, unicorns, stags and other animals.

The Fall of Man

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509

White badger curling upward in brushstrokes against black ground, with a gourd and characters at upper left.

Badger, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a white tea kettle on a stone pedestal with a leaf and dish beside it, on a black background.

Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu i…

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Bull of the Roman Campagna

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1773/74

Vertical woodblock print of Arashiyama with pines, red trees, a river, a rowboat, and a figure crossing a wooden bridge.

Arashiyama, Kyoto (Keishi Arashimine)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, Unknown

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside dark bamboo stalks, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Hara, section of sheet no. 4 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Black and white Japanese print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above water with boat masts along the right shore.

Seikenji Fuji, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Grey lithograph of a bearded elderly man with a staff walking a shaded path past tall trees and hedges.

Beggar with Crutch

Camille Pissarro, 1897

Woodblock print of a pine tree, figures on a shore, sailboats on a bay, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Konodai in Shimosa Province (Shimosa Konodai), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a blue bird perched on a branch beside red maple leaves, with Japanese calligraphy.

Blue bird on maple branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.