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14,994 works

Woodblock-style print of a procession of men in colorful kimono with swords, passing pine trees, blossoms and a red-roofed bu

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a kochi fish and a pale fish beside an eggplant stem with purple fruit and calligraphy above.

Kochi Fish with Eggplant, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a grey bora fish with a camellia sprig, yellow background and Japanese calligraphy.

Bora Fish with Camellia, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of two prawns and two horse mackerel with seaweed on a blue-cream background, with calligraphy.

Aji Fish and Kuruma-ebi, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a large dark blue fish and two red fish with bamboo shoots and blue berries on green ground.

Kurodai and Kodai Fish with Bamboo Shoots and Berries, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a spiny lobster and two shrimp over blue water, with Japanese calligraphy at upper left.

Ise-ebi and Shiba-ebi, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of three fish on teal leaves with straw, including a spotted flatfish and two rockfish, with calligraphy.

Kanagashira and Karei Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a red rockfish and a grey fish on green grass, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Isaki and Kasago Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a blue flying fish gliding above a silver fish and a red flower, with calligraphy.

Tobiuo and Ishimochi Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Woodblock print of a striped shimadai fish and smaller ainame fish with blue leaves and red berries on a pale background.

Shimadai and Ainame Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Woodblock print of a blue yellowtail fish and a spotted pufferfish beside plum blossom branches, with calligraphy above.

Fugu and Inada Fish, from the series Uozukushi (Every Variety of Fish)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama tea house interior with a red bridge, garden pond, lantern and women in kimono.

The Interior of the Gankiro Tea House in Yokohama

Suzuki Hiroshige II, 1861 (April)

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of a seated man holding a cat and a standing woman in a red floral kimono.

Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858, second month

Woodblock print of a noblewoman on a veranda watching three kneeling men by a river under cherry blossoms.

The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from Chapter 34, “New Herbs I (Wakana I)” (Nihon shinnō onna sannomiya)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1890

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women working on fishing boats with nets beneath a crowded wooden bridge over a river

Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

Woodblock print of an older man scolding a young woman with a red hairpin beside a bowl, in a doorway setting.

"A Scolding" (Ochiyo), illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Woodblock print of falling snow at a Japanese shrine, with umbrella-carrying figures and snow-covered pine trees.

Famous Places of Edo: Shiba Shinmei

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 19th century

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above mountains, with travelers and a horse on a river plain below.

Numazu, Number 13, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847-52

Woodblock print of two windblown pines over a wave-lapped beach, with travelers and small boats on the sea.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of men in festival garb running and pulling ropes beside a horse near a red torii gate.

Festival at Atsuta Temple

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a steep pine-lined mountain path, with a distant blue peak and sea.

Station Twenty-six: Nissaka, Sayo no Nakayama, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin through morning mist past a torii gate and pine trees.

Morning Mist

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of travelers with umbrellas in heavy rain beside trees and a blue stream on the Tōkaidō road.

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama (50th Station of the Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms on a riverbank with two boatmen poling a raft down a blue river.

Full Blossom at Arashiyama on the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Woodblock print of women in kimono passing a wooden gate at night under a crescent moon, with a large traditional building be

Gate of the Shimbara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki-style figures in kimono beneath cherry blossoms, one in a tall gold headdress.

Drama of Hikeyahike Kanhiki Dojoji

Katsukawa Shunshō, third month of 1780

Woodblock print of figures in snow near a temple with stone lanterns, a river and pine trees in an oval frame.

Snow Scene with Figures Outside a Temple

Triptych woodblock print of women and a child walking among cherry trees on a grassy hill, with rice fields beyond.

Young Ladies Viewing Cherry-blossoms at Asukayama

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono on a lantern-lit veranda above a river with boats.

The Four Seasons in Southern Edo: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki; Natsu [no] kei)

Utagawa Toyokuni, late 1780s

Japanese triptych print of women on a veranda among cherry blossoms as a samurai descends the steps at left.

Beauties on a Veranda among Cherry Blossoms from which a Samurai is Departing

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800