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16,136 works

Woodblock print of a sage reading a book while riding a dark buffalo decorated with flowers, with calligraphy.

Chinese Sage Reading While Riding on a Buffalo

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of Hotei opening a patterned sack spilling out small boys, with calligraphy and two toy balls.

Hotei Opening His Bag which Is Full of Small Boys

Japanese woodblock print of a seated kimono-clad figure gazing up at two winged tengu-like figures descending past a waterfal

Print - Totoya Hokkei, 1820

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a bearded Chinese sage in orange robes with a green dragon coiling above him beside an incense burner.

Chinese Sage Evoking a Dragon

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a ferry boat with passengers and a red parasol crossing rippling water, with calligraphy above.

A Ferry boat Crossing the Bay

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a robed scholar asleep on stacked books beside a pine tree and rainy veranda, with poem cartouche.

A Sage Fallen Asleep Over His Books

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820

Japanese print: camellia branch on the left, spectators watching two roosters fight beside a fence on the right.

Camellia Flowers (left); People Watching a Cockfight (right)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1820

Japanese print of a courtesan under an umbrella with a boy and maid in rain, plum branches and striped background.

Courtesan with Attendants, Boy and Maid, in the Rain Under an Umbrella

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of noblemen conversing in a palace interior, with a veranda, river, willow tree and calligraphy poem above.

Interior of a Palace with Noblemen Conversing

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in a red temple setting, one with a parasol and sword, another kneeling with a fan.

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Konoshita Tokichi, Nakamura Daikichi as His Wife, and Iwai Hanshiro V as Masago in the Play Y…

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1819

Japanese woodblock print of a masked Noh dancer leaping beside a white peony and patterned cushions, with calligraphy.

Scene from Noh Dance

Kosetsu, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a Noh dancer in a teal patterned robe holding a white cloth, with calligraphy at upper left.

Scene from Noh Dance

Takashima Chiharu, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a woman and a man in colorful robes on a shore, with sailing boats and a distant mountain behind them.

Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, 1830

Woman in striped kimono kneels beside a white rat on a cage, with rice stalks and a moon behind a screen.

New Year Greeting Card for "Rat" Year

Yanagawa Shigenobu, 1828

Woodblock print of two young women in kimono at a shrine lantern, with a child pointing upward and carrying flowers.

Young Ladies Paying Homage to a Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1814

Woodblock print of a shrine with torii gate, stone lanterns, and figures in kimono walking past a wooden fence.

Print - Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Japanese surimono shaped like a folding screen: a woman with firewood and a child beside an ox, and a river landscape with a

Surimono in shape of small twofold screen

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of two men in yellow coats and round straw hats with red bows against a striped background.

Two Men Wearing Yellow Coats and Straw Hats with Red Bows

Yashima Gakutei, 1840

Woodblock print of a red-faced warrior deity with a sword and prayer beads above a crowd of striped-robed figures.

Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1824

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono seated on a boat, with a river, bridge, and small boats behind her.

Water Scene

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840

Woodblock print of a woman with a staff beside a dragon on a rock in waves, with poem columns in the margins.

Otchime, the Daughter of the God of the Sea, with a Dragon on a Rock

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a kneeling courtesan in a black gown with patterned sleeves and ornate hairpins, with calligraphy.

Courtesan Dressed in an Elaborate Gown Embroidered with Emblems of Good Luck

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a muscular warrior in a floral robe uprooting a tree in rain, with a sword and calligraphy panels.

Ro-Chi-Shin Uprooting a Tree

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan and attendant in a circle, with a small scene of the Yoshiwara gate and street above.

The Gate of the Yoshiwara

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a young nobleman in blue robes crouching beside a grey horse with a decorated saddle.

Young Nobleman Crouching beside His Horse

Woodblock print of a seated woman playing a koto beside a coiled dragon beneath a pine tree.

Benzaiten ni Ryu

Yashima Gakutei

Woodblock print of a bearded armored warrior carrying a child on his shoulders beside a red banner and arrows.

Chinese Warrior Carrying a Child upon His Shoulders

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of two women with a lantern before temple roofs and pine trees at night, framed by blossom border.

Night Scene

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1830

Woodblock print of a white-haired sage in a patterned robe standing on rocks above blue waves, with Japanese calligraphy.

Banko, a Chinese Sage

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red and white makeup and black wig, with patterned robe and blue wave, framed by a decor

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Kagekiyo in the Play Enlightenment from a Series of Portraits of Danjūrō

Utagawa Toyokuni II, ca. 1834