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15,015 works

Ink and wash drawing of a smiling bald man in a blue loincloth bending over a pole on a wooden raft.

Man on a Raft

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of travelers and a pack horse crossing a wooden bridge over a river toward hills and village rooftops.

Fukui Bridge in Echizen Province (Echizen Fukui no hashi), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Pro…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind tea fields, with workers, pack horses, a wooden bridge and a pine tree in the foreground

Fuji from the Katakura Tea Fields in Suruga (Sunshū Katakura chaen no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Moun…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of travelers resting in an inn courtyard with blue crest curtains, lanterns, and a tall pine tree.

Seki, Stations No. 48

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a path, with Mount Fuji rising across a blue river and green fields.

Senju in Musashi Province (Bushū Senju), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Three women in kimono wading across a shallow river beside yellow flowering shrubs, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child walking on a shore with plovers flying over rippling waves.

“The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province,” from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidor…

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of two women kneeling in a room, one beating cloth with a mallet on a stone, beside a bamboo screen and persi

The Cloth-Fulling Jewel River, a Famous Place in Settsu Province (Tōi no Tamagawa, Settsu no meisho), from an untitle…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766-67

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono reaching toward a serpentine water spirit in a stylized river, with a poem car

The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of two women by a stream under a moon, with flowering bush clover and a poem cartouche.

Hagi no Tamagawa

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a kabuki-style man in a patterned kimono holding a black horse's reins, with Japanese calligraphy.

Bando Hikosaburo as Hanaregoma Chokichi Holding His Black Horse

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1756

Japanese woodblock print of a young man in a plum-blossom kimono holding a toy horse beneath a flowering plum branch.

Danjuro as a Youth with a Toy Horse under Plum Blossoms

Ippitsusai Bunchō

Monochrome print of three women in kimono weaving and reeling silk beside a large wheel, loom and brazier.

Three Courtesans Weaving Silk

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Japanese woodblock print of women and patrons at a teahouse under pine trees, with a torii gate and a village on a hillside b

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse at Kasamori Shrine with a View of Nippori in Yanaka

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of samurai in a town scene with lanterns, a tiled-roof building, and a hooded woman at a wooden door

The Loyal League (Chushingura)

Utagawa Toyokuni II

Three-panel woodblock print of women in pleasure boats on a river at night beneath a crowded bridge with fireworks.

Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono beside a folding screen and sliding doors.

The House of Umegawa

Nishimura Shigenobu

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword and staff, with a stylized screen behind him.

Ikunojo III as Chiyosaki Striking the Chozubachi; a Shower of Gold Coin Flies

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe leaning on a long sword before a red geometric backdrop.

Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune, Richly Attired, Leaning on His Sword

Katsukawa Shunshō

Woodblock print of a crowded evening street lined with theatre banners, lanterns and wooden buildings.

Picture of the Theatres in Sakai Cho

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of tea-houses by a river in heavy rain, with umbrella-carrying figures on a footbridge and terrace.

Tea-houses on the Bank of the Tadasu River in a Shower

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman, a kneeling man with a letter, and a standing samurai beside a fence and pine.

Chuban of the Chushingura Drama

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath drooping willow branches.

Actors

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two men in kimono, one in a floral black robe gesturing, the other holding a folding fan.

A Daimyo Talking to One of His Retainers

Katsukawa Shunkō

Woodblock print of a woman playing a shamisen beside a kneeling man, with an open book and calligraphy in the corner.

Young Lady Taking a Lesson on the Shamisen

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Black ink print of Kiyomizu Temple with pine and blossoming trees and kimono-clad figures walking in the foreground.

Kiyomidzu Temple in Kyoto

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of samurai, women in kimono, stacked buckets and a wooden fence in a street scene.

The Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in Edo

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white print of pedestrians in kimono on a street below a wooden veranda with seated figures behind screens.

Street Scene in the Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of two lovers embracing among autumn chrysanthemums, with a sword leaning against a rock.

Lovers Beside Flowering Autumn Grasses

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of a samurai and courtesan seated together, with a kneeling servant and a candle sta

Samurai and Courtesan Seated; A Servant Beside Them

Sugimura Jihei Masataka, ca. 1685