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14,994 works

Woodblock print of travelers on a cliff path beside a pine tree, with layered mountains behind them, by Hiroshige.

Sakanoshita, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers in rain-soaked mountain valley with steep green peaks and diagonal rain.

Tsuchiyama, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers and an inn along a road, with a large pine tree and two-story wooden buildings.

Mizukuchi, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of an inn with a flowering plum tree, a bather in a wooden tub, and seated travelers in a room with blue scre

Ishibe, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of willow trees and two boatmen poling a cargo boat past reeds under a pale moon at dusk.

Senba Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835-48

Woodblock print of Futami Beach with two sea rocks joined by rope, blue waves, and figures on a sandy shore by a cliff.

View of Futami Beach at Ise

Shōtei Hokuju, ca. 1810-1820

Triptych woodblock print of women artisans working at crafts in a traditional Japanese interior with shoji screens.

Artisans, from the series "An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes"

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of women swimming in rough blue waves beside a rocky cliff, with boatmen and a sailboat nearby.

Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of travelers battling wind across a grassy plain, with flying papers, windblown trees and Mount Fuji in the d

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshū Ejiri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above a coastal village with pine trees and calm blue sea.

Shichirigahama in Sagami Province (Sōshū Shichirigahama), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanj…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind green hills, with cranes wading in a river and flying across a pale sky.

Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province (Sōshū Umezawa zai), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrok…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of fishermen gathering shellfish on tidal flats beside thatched houses, a hillside, and a sailboat on blue wa

Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832-33

Woodblock print of a crane and young birds in a nest on a pine branch, with a gnarled trunk and bamboo at right.

Crane and Their Young in Their Nest in the Branches of a Pine-tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1790

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono in an elegant interior with sliding screens and a garden view.

Bellflowers (Asagao), from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Asagao)

Chobunsai Eishi, 1789-92

Japanese triptych of three women in patterned kimono beside a peacock, against a gold background of peacock feathers.

Interior of the House called Ōgiya

Chokosai Eisho, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono standing over a seated man playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Woodblock print of three women in kimono holding large parasols beside a stream and blossoming trees.

Triptych of Umbrellas

Okumura Masanobu

Japanese woodblock print of three elegant figures in patterned kimono beside plum blossoms and sliding screens, with a child

Tripytych of Young Men

Okumura Masanobu

Four figures in patterned kimono stand and sit behind vertical bars beneath a lattice roof in a Japanese print.

Games of Football Being Played by Nobles

Hishikawa Moronobu

Ink drawing of a woman with a pole chasing a sparrow near a window, with men carrying baskets and a child in a rural scene.

Woman Pursuing Sparrow

Okumura Masanobu

Woodcut print of an old man with firewood, a woman washing by a stream, children, a pine tree and a wooden tub.

Fagot-gatherer Finds Boy with Sparrow

Okumura Masanobu

Hand-colored Japanese perspective print of Shinobazu Pond with a red pavilion, bridge, walking figures and wooded hills.

Perspective Print: Shinobazu Pond

Utagawa Toyoharu

Woodblock print of a tea house under a full moon, with people on the veranda and figures walking through a garden.

Tea-house; Scene entitled: "Viewing the Moon in mid-autumn"

Utagawa Toyoharu

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print: a canal with boats and bridge at left, and a crowded kabuki theater interior with hanging

Cooling at Nakazu/ Kabuki Theater

Utagawa Toyoharu

Woodblock print of two women and a man in a sunlit room, one woman's arm being tended, the man smoking a long pipe.

Servant Applying Medicinal to Geisha's Arm

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of a river festival with lantern-decorated boats, a red bridge, and crowds along the riverside.

Landscape; Showing Water Festival with Lanterns

Kitao Shigemasa

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one standing in a striped robe and one kneeling under a green quilt beside a pap

Parting of Lovers: The Morning After

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-70

Three women in patterned kimono in a Japanese woodblock print, with lacquer boxes and a green cushion against a cream backgro

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1895

Woodblock print of five women in kimono in a palace room, one arranging flowers at a low table beside folding screens.

Chiyoda Inner Palace: No.20 Flower Arranging in Turn (Chiyoda no Ōoku: Chanoyu mawaribana)

Toyohara Chikanobu, August 1895

Triptych print of figures in black kimono evacuating at night, with a white horse, lanterns, swords, and a red fire glow.

“Evacuation of the Ladies,” from the series The Inner Precincts of Chiyoda Castle (Chiyoda no Ōoku, Otachinoki)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896 (Meiji 29)