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15,015 works

Japanese woodblock print of a dancing woman in a patterned kimono, wearing a headdress and carrying a sword.

Dancing Girl Wearing a Sword

Woodblock print of women in a covered boat on a river, with a boatman poling and teahouses and willows on the bank.

Honjo Komme (Ogura-an)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of seated figures in a balcony room overlooking rooftops, a pagoda, and hills, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Yushima (Matsu Kane-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in a maple-patterned kimono holding a turquoise box, with calligraphy above.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Young Woman with a Birdcage

Ryūgetsusai Shinkō, 1810s

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a plum-blossom fan, with calligraphy beside her.

Courtesan Usugumo

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono holding a large yellow fan, with Japanese calligraphy beside her.

Lady Komachi

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Japanese print of a court woman in patterned robes holding a large fan, with a poem panel at upper left.

Princess Fujitsubo in Court Costume with a Fan

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono releasing a bird from a cage, with calligraphy beside her.

Lady Murasaki Sets a Bird Free from a Cage

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a river with a curved wooden bridge, teahouse, and a covered boat with a woman playing shamisen.

Imadobashi no Zu (Tama-Sho)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of three figures walking by a riverside teahouse with bamboo blinds, blossoming trees and tiled rooftops.

Mimeguri no Kei (Toyoha-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a teahouse courtyard with tall trees, lanterns, and women and children in kimono strolling.

Zoshigaya no Zu (Myoga-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of diners in a Japanese restaurant room with Mount Fuji visible through an open window.

The Yaozen Restaurant, San’ya (San’ya, Yaozen), from the series A Collection of Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo Kōmei…

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838-40

Japanese print of a standing samurai beside a plum branch, with two seated women and a child at a writing table.

Street Scene in the Springtime

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded elder on a decorated treasure ship with patterned sails and seated attendants.

Boat of Good Fortune

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black horse with an attendant holding plum blossoms, mountains behind, calligraphy at lef

Young Woman on the Back of a Horse Attended by a Female Driver

Kubo Shunman, 1813

Woodblock print of a woman pouring tea for a seated man, with calligraphy and a pine decoration above.

Woman Entertaining Her Guest with New Year Wine

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a long unrolled letter, an attendant below, and a man on a red balcony.

The Love Letter

Torii Kiyonaga, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a steamship with smoke and sailing boats near a dark mountain, with a mounted warrior on a grassy hill.

Fifty-three Stations of Suehiro: Warrior Looks at Passing Steamship

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, ca. 1865

Woodblock print of travelers beside willow trees and a river, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind distant hills.

Goyu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a Yokohama drawing room with Western and Japanese figures, a musical instrument, and ships visible through

Drawing Room of a Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 9th month, 1861

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda beside a vine-covered screen, with fishermen and a winding river beyond.

The Rustic Pavilion

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two women reading a letter together, one holding a broom, in a tall vertical format.

The Idle Broom

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a woman with a basket and two children watching geese fly over autumn rice fields and mountains.

Rustic Scene

Chōkyōsai Eiri, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and gold hairpins, holding a brush and writing a letter.

Portrait of Toyozumi of Chojiya House, Writing a Letter

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, with a moonlit landscape roundel in the upper left.

Gonpachi ni Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with feathered cloak and fan, with calligraphy in upper right.

Konami of Kurahashi-ya

Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a woman combing another seated figure's hair beside a shamisen, on a wooden veranda with a cabinet.

Combing His Hair

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a shore, one reaching toward a crab, with a river village behind them.

The Clinging Crab

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers embracing, seen from behind, with fringed belts and bare feet on a pale ground.

Two Famous Wrestlers Onogawa and Tanikase

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of three children building a snowman beneath a snow-covered plum tree with red blossoms.

Three Boys Making a Snowman

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767-68