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16,136 works

Woodblock print of porters carrying palanquins up a stone mountain path past pines and steep gray peaks.

東海道五十三次箱根

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Japanese woodblock print of travelers crossing a shallow river below green mountains with golden rock faces.

東海道五十三次興津

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers on a road before thatched houses, green hills, pine trees and Mount Fuji in the distance.

東海道五十三次江尻

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of townspeople in a busy Edo street under a full moon, with willow trees and wooden buildings.

東海道五十三次府中二丁町廓之図

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a roadside teahouse beside a stone wall, a horse, and a large tree.

東海道五十三次鞠子

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers on a pine-lined mountain road passing a thatched teahouse, with calligraphy in the sky.

東海道五十三次岡部

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers and porters crossing a sandy riverbank beneath a green hill with pine trees.

東海道五十三次金谷

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of travelers in heavy rain beside a tall pine and a thatched stall, with a calligraphy poem at upper left.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of a pine-lined road with a packhorse, travelers, wooden buildings, and a full moon above.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of porters and horses at a roadside inn beneath a tree, from Hiroshige's Tōkaidō series.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Color woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin past rice paddies, with a large pine tree and hills behind.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Japanese woodblock print of a checkpoint with kneeling figures, palanquin bearers and blue curtained building.

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

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 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

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono standing beside a pillar under a parasol.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro 3rd as a Man Stnding in a Pleasure-boat

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a green crane-patterned kimono before a lattice screen and plum branches.

An Actor of the Iwai Clan as a Woman

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role wearing a green robe and striped kimono beside a lacquered box.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda beside a shoji screen and potted plants.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono and red cloak holding a sword, with a riverbank behind him.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 4th as a Man

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and red robe, holding a sword, with iris-decorated hakama.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 3rd in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role, wearing a floral kimono beside a shoji screen.

The Actor Arashi Hinaji in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of boats on a river at dusk beneath a drooping willow, with two women standing on a jetty at left.

Ommayagashi, Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1857

Portrait of Sugino Juheiji Tsugifusa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai in a headband gripping a drawn blue-hilted sword beside a maple leaf panel.

Portrait of Kansake Yagoro Noriyasu

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a bald samurai in yellow robe and black haori holding a long sword against a dark blue background.

Portrait of Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio (The Leader)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a samurai with a white headband and staff beside snowy branches with red berries.

Portrait of Muramatsu Sandayu Takanao

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a samurai in patterned kimono raising a drawn sword beside a snow-covered pine branch.

Portrait of Yada Gorosaemon Suketake

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a samurai in black kimono and headband beside snowy branches with green ivy leaves.

Portrait of Yokogawa Kanhei Munenori

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a warrior in patterned robes gazing upward beside a drawn bow, with a red cartouche and name labels.

Portrait of Ushioda Masanojo Takano

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

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