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1,455 works

Japanese print of a brown oriole on a branch beside a large pink peony and yellow bud with green leaves.

Chinese Oriole and Peonies

Kuwagata Keisai, 1789

Brown wash drawing of eight monkeys around a dead goose, a cormorant and bones on the ground.

Eight Monkeys, a Dead Goose, and a Cormorant

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-18th-early 19th century

Woodblock print of a sparrow in flight above pink roses and thorny branches on a yellow background.

Roses and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Woman kneeling in an interior gazing at a scroll painting of Fukurokuju with a crane and pine tree.

Courtesan Viewing a Painting of Fukurokuju

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of two women on a shore pointing at two birds flying over reeds and water, with a poem above.

Autumn Evening ( A Poem by Saigyō), from the series Sanseki waka

Katsukawa Shunshō, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a blue-headed bird perched on a branch beside a pink camellia flower and green leaves on yellow.

Camellia and Blue-Headed Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a kimono beside a crane, with a pine branch and a turtle below.

The Bijin Jurōjin

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of two sea rocks joined by a rope at dawn, with rays of light, waves, and distant coastline.

Futami-ga-ura Rocks at Ise, Land of Dawn

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1835

Blue and green woodblock print of a songbird on a camellia branch with open blossoms and buds.

Camellia and Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Woodblock print of two lovers sharing a yellow umbrella under willow branches in a snowstorm, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Young Lovers Walking Together under an Umbrella in a Snow Storm (Crow and Heron)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Woodblock print of a domed box with a phoenix design beside an open book, with Japanese calligraphy on the left.

Box and Books

Uematsu Tōshū

Woodblock print of two white egrets among irises and reeds beside a blue pond, with calligraphy at upper right.

Egrets amid Irises and Grasses

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1830s-1842

Woodblock print of two kingfishers, one perched on a pussy-willow branch and one diving, with Japanese inscription.

Kingfishers and Pussy-willow

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of two ducks swimming on rippled water beneath branches of red plum blossoms, with calligraphy.

Pair of Ducks Swimming

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a flying sparrow beside a blue iris flower and green leaves above rippling water.

Iris and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Two skylarks beside orange primroses and green leaves, with calligraphy above and a red seal below, in a Japanese surimono pr

Skylarks and Primroses,” from the Series An Array of Birds (Tori awase), from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame su…

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of a rolled blue cloth with phoenix and chrysanthemum motifs above a box holding two hairpins.

Roll of Cloth for an Obi and Tortoise-shell Hair Ornaments (“Presents for One’s Beloved”), from the Butterfly Series,…

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of a dark blue bird with pale head on a looping vine, with hanging wisteria blossoms at left.

Wisteria and White-headed Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1842

Two bullfinches on a branch beside pink cherry blossoms and a dark gnarled trunk, with Japanese calligraphy on pale paper.

Bullfinches and Cherry Blossoms

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of decorated folding fans with a flying bird, peonies, red borders, cords and tassels, with calligraphy.

Decorated Fan for the New Year

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a blue finch on a branch above a red camellia flower with green leaves, with calligraphy at upper left.

Camellia and Finch

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Print of two swallows near drooping wisteria blossoms and blue-green leaves, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Swallows and Wisteria

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a red lacquer inro with waterbirds and an ox netsuke on a wooden box, with Japanese calligraphy.

Lacquer Inrō with Waterbirds and Ox-shaped Netsuke in a Box From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3

Totoya Hokkei, probably 1817

Japanese woodblock print of a small songbird perched above red, yellow and white chrysanthemums with dark green leaves.

A Wren and Chrysanthemums

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1830

Woodblock print of a songbird on a branch beside bamboo leaves and white roses, with calligraphy in the upper margin.

Roses and Bamboo with Nightingale

Teisai Hokuba, 19th century

Woodblock print of three crows flying against a large orange sun, with calligraphy at the left edge.

Three Crows against the Rising Sun, from the series Three Sheets (Mihira no uchi)

Totoya Hokkei, mid- 1810s

Woodblock print of a sparrow flying beside red poppies on tall stems against a blue-to-cream gradient sky.

Poppy and Sparrow

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833

Woodblock print of two swallows flying above white and red peonies with green leaves and calligraphy inscriptions.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3: Swallows and Peonies

Teisai Hokuba, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of two sparrows beside a grey ornamental roof tile with carved scrolls, with black calligraphy on cream paper

Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialities of Mizuno in Imado

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a dark blue bird perched on a yellow hibiscus flower, with budding stems and calligraphy above.

Hibiscus and Bluebird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832