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Cleveland Museum of Art

6,365 works

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reading an open book at a table, with calligraphy above.

Uncho, the Wife of the Official Mei Ch'ing, Reading at a Table

Isoda Koryusai, c. mid 1770s

Woodblock print of women in ornate kimono in an interior room, one playing a shamisen and another reading beside a patterned

A Picture of the Viewing in the Pleasure Quarters

Kikukawa Eizan, 1810s

Woodblock print of pink irises and green leaves in a field with pale white blossoms across a long horizontal panel.

White and Purple Irises

Katsushika Hokusai, early 1800s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono holding a hand mirror, with a river and blossoms in a circular frame.

Woman with a Hand Mirror from the series The Six Tama Rivers of the Floating World

Utagawa Kunisada, c. early 1830s

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a long kimono and a seated maid beside a potted plant, with cranes and a poem.

Woman and Maid Servant

Suzuki Harunobu, late 1760s

Woodblock print of two sparrows near green bamboo stalks with white falling snow on a gray background.

Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow

Keisai Eisen, c. late 1820s

Woodblock print of three courtesans and a young attendant walking past wooden shutters, in patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Kisagata of Ohishiya Strolling at Night with Two Shinzo and a Kamuro

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Two dark carp swim among green water weeds against a blue background in a Japanese fan-shaped woodblock print.

Carp Swimming by Water Weeds

Katsushika Hokusai, 1831

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono beside a basket of peonies and plum branches, with calligraphy at upper right.

Kametani Jujiro as the Shirabyoshi Dancer Yuya

Torii Kiyomitsu, c. early 1760s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checked kimono with a sword, arm raised, on a yellow ground.

Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II as Sakuramaru

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1776

Japanese woodblock print of sailboats and a cargo boat on a blue river, with windswept pines and thatched houses on the shore

Scattered Pine Trees by the Tone River, from the series The Road to Narita in Shimosa Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, published in 1919

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono standing in snow beneath plum branches, with red camellias at her feet.

Woman Standing Beside a Plum Tree

Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1850

Woodblock print of a figure in black kimono holding a gold coin, with a daffodil panel above.

Otani Tomomatsu as Ono no Sadakuro Counting the Stolen Gold Coins (from the series Biographies of the Famous and Loya…

Kitagawa Toyohide, 1860s

Woodblock print of two actors in red patterned kimono in a snowy countryside with rice fields and mountains.

Ichikawa Norinosuke and Ichikawa Yonejuro as Morihachi and Yonehachi, Two Comedians

Hasegawa Sadanobu, late 1830s or early 1840s

Colored woodblock print of guests dining in a riverside tea house above the Kamo River, with street scenes beyond.

Tea House Beside the Kamo River in Kyoto

Nishimura Shigenaga -1756), 1740s

Hand-colored print of a purple and lilac iris with buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Japanese Iris (Large Blue Iris)

John Edwards, 1801

Woodblock print of a woman with a fishing rod and a man leaning over a boat, with his reflection in the water.

Couple in a Boat

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Japanese woodblock print of samurai fighting in a palace courtyard with a pond, pine trees, and a woman in a kimono.

Chushingura: Act III (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s

Etching of owls, ceramic jars, bottles, birds in flight and an oval mirror arranged against a hatched dark background.

Baptism in the Japanese Style

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of three women with ornate hairpins, one holding a folding fan, in patterned kimono.

Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashimaya Ohisa, and Naniwaya Okita

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of samurai in a thatched pavilion beside a palanquin and attendants, with rice fields and pines behind.

Chushingura: Act VI (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, red eye lines, black topknot, and striped costume, scowling.

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuomaru in the Carriage-Stopping Scene

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a rooster, with a spear and banner beside him.

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV

Katsukawa Shunkō, c. 1780s

Woodblock print of a courtyard with a mounted samurai, palanquin bearers, a veranda of women, and pine trees.

Chushingura: Act II (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s

Ink and color wash print of a rooster with a red comb, a hen, and three yellow chicks on pale paper.

Rooster, Hen, and Chicks

Shibata Zeshin, c. 1880s

Woodblock print of a craggy mountain above a blue lake, with travelers on a stone path and pines on the slopes.

Picture of the Lake at Hakone, from the series 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Japanese woodblock print of robed figures on a stone staircase leading to a torii gate above a bay.

Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman guiding a younger woman's hand as she writes with a brush at an ink stone.

Mother Teaching her Daughter Calligraphy, from the series, Twelve Occupations of Women

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798

Woodblock print of a red bridge over a lake at dusk, with sailboats, a distant mountain and a village under a rosy sky.

Evening Glow at Seta, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a parasol beside rice paddies, pine trees, a waterfall, and distant village.

Chushingura: Act V (from the series Perspective Pictures for The Treasure House of Loyalty)

Kitao Masayoshi, c. 1790s