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13,165 works

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with parasol-carrying pedestrians, porters, and blue-roofed shops along Nihonbashi.

View of Nihonbashi Tori-itchome (Nihonbashi Tori-itchome ryakuzu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of tall paulownia trees beside a pond with thatched houses and pines on the far shore under a dusky sky.

The Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hya…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a red pagoda beside a canal with a stone bridge, a boat, and a train on a raised road under a pale sky.

The Pagoda at Zojo Temple and Akabane (Zojoji to, Akabane), No.53 from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (M…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of tall iris blossoms in the foreground, a marsh of irises and reeds, pines and figures on a distant path.

Irises at Horikiri (Horikiri no hanashobu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of purple wisteria framing an arched bridge over a blue pond with pines and visitors.

Precincts of Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin keidai), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a boat under a canopy on a river, with a pagoda, houses, and snowy Mount Fuji in the distance.

Distant View of Azuma Bridge and Kinryuzan Temple (Azumabashi Kinryuzan enbo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Vi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a procession of men in straw hats walking beside a reservoir with rooftops in the distance.

Distant View of Akasaka Reservoir from Kinokuni Slope (Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei), from the series "One Hund…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a night street in Edo under a full moon, with lantern-carrying pedestrians and wooden shops.

Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho E…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of snowfall at Asakusa temple with a huge lantern, pagoda, and people with umbrellas walking past pines.

Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a riverside embankment with stacked bales, birds flying under a crescent moon.

Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hy…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a wooden sailing boat riding foaming blue waves past a green pine-covered coast with a shrine gate.

Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Roku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and straw cape holding a fan-shaped parasol.

Kumano of the Hanabishiya as Shiko (Actor Ichikawa Shiko I) Playing Sukehachi (Shiko yaku Sukehachi), from the series…

Urakusai Nagahide, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned red and black kimono with a fan cartouche and calligraphy above.

Yagi of the Mimasuya as Yaegiri from the Play Komochi Yamanba, from the series Gion Shrine Costume Parade (Gion mikos…

Urakusai Nagahide, 1813

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono lying relaxed beside folded paper and a patterned bowl, by Yoshitoshi, 1888.

Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with pink face makeup and black wig, glaring, against gold and blue patterned robes.

The Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Kumagai Naozane

Toyohara Kunichika, 1869

Miniature painting of a seated man and a standing woman in a desert with gazelles, rabbits, a blossoming tree, and a camel.

Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert, page from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami

Unknown artist, Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), 16th century

Engraved print of an 18th-century interior with a man being dressed by a servant, a woman in a lace headdress, and a seated w

Le Lever (The Levee from, Troisieme suite d'estampes pour servir s l'histoire des modes et du costume...)

Louis Michel Halbou, 1781

Engraved portrait of Jean Paul Marat in a turban, above a crowd scene and French text in a ruled border.

Jean Paul Marat, Paris Deputy to the National Convention, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution franç…

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1798-1804

J. S. Bailly, Deputy States General, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution française

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1798-1804

Engraved oval portrait of a curly-haired man in a cravat, with a crowd scene and French text below.

Camille Desmoulins, Parisian Deputy to the National Convention, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution…

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1798-1804

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Mirabeau, Deputy of the Provence Region, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolutio…

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1798-1804

Chalier, Procureur of the Lyon Commune, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution française

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1798-1804

Gilbert Mottier Lafayette..., from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution française

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1790

Engraved print with an oval portrait of a man in a wig, a battle scene below, and French text beneath.

Néker, Minister of State and General Director of Finances, from the series Tableaux historiques de la révolution fran…

Charles François Gabriel Levachez, and Son, 1798-1804

Woodblock print of a farmer in straw cape and hat carrying bundled shoots past a snowy pine, with calligraphy above.

Meng Zong (Mo So), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

Woodblock print of a seated emperor and a kneeling attendant in a red and blue interior, with bamboo leaves and calligraphy a

Emperor Wen of Han (Kan no Buntei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushi…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

Japanese woodblock print of a woman pointing at carved figures on a shrine beside a smoking incense burner.

Ding Lan (Tei Ran), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman with children, a red peacock, and a blue sky, with calligraphy above.

Min Ziqian (Bin Shiken), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

Woodblock print of a man in a pink robe hauling a heavy sack uphill beneath a leaning tree, with calligraphy at upper left.

Jung You (Chu Yu), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50

Woodblock print of a kneeling man reaching toward a fish in a stream beside a rocky cliff under clouds.

Wang Xiang (O Sho), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848/50