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17,446 works

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono sitting close on a veranda beside a lattice screen and a tea tray.

The Gossips

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono, one raising a wooden staff, with two kneeling women and an inset scene.

Chushingura Act III

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of boats on a rainy river with a red banner, a flying bird, and a temple roof in the foreground.

“Azuma Bridge from Komagatadō Temple,” from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei, Komagatad…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped robe and a kneeling woman in a dotted kimono with hairpins.

Parting of Lovers: Courtesan and Her Lover

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a large tortoise hanging over a river with sailboats and Mount Fuji in the distance at dawn.

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese print of a mounted warrior in yellow armour drawing a bow on a black horse beneath a pine tree.

The Actor Nakamuro Tomijuro as a Mounted Warrior

Okumura Masanobu, 1740

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a samurai in green and yellow robes, holding a staff, with calligraphy.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as a Samurai in Green and Yellow Robes

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1742

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink crested kimono beneath a flowering plum branch.

Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Sadato's Wife Iwate

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green haori and patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword at his waist, on yellow gro

Yamashina Shirojuro in the Role of Nagoya Sanzaemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and red checked kimono, grimacing with wide eyes against a gray background.

Arashi Ryūzō I as Ishibe Kinkichi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a kitchen, one holding a tea cup by steaming kettle, one smoking a pipe.

In the Kitchen

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Nakayama Tomisaburō as Miyagino in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in grey hakama and red kimono with crests, holding a sword, against a patterned background.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Komazō III as Shiga Daishichi in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 5th month, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot in a red kimono with white crests against a gray background.

Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two women by the sea: one nude with a red cloth, one seated in a kimono holding an abalone shell over a ba

Abalone Divers

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print portrait of a man with topknot holding a lantern, wearing a red kimono with crests against a gray background.

Bandō Hikosaburō III as Sagisaka Sanai in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Ukiyo-e print of two kabuki actors, one standing in a red checkered kimono and one kneeling in olive robes with swords.

Ichikawa Omezō as Tomita Hyōtarō and Ōtani Oniji III as Ukiyo Tohei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kneeling bald man in a patterned red kimono holding up a blank scroll.

Shinozuka Uraemon Reading the Prologue at the Miyakoza Theater

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6), 7th month

Ukiyo-e print of a kabuki actor with elaborate hair ornaments, black floral kimono and orange robe, against grey background.

Segawa Tomisaburō II as Yadorigi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock portrait of a kabuki actor with topknot, frowning, holding a gilded-hilt sword in a white patterned kimono.

Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō in the Play "Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, ca. 1794

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors with dramatic expressions, one with a shaved forehead and the other with long hair, agai

Sawamura Yodogorō II and Bandō Zenji as Kawatsura Hōgen and Onisadobō in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock portrait of a man in a dark kimono with a folding fan and sword hilt, against a grey background.

Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinojō in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with pale face and head cloth, in a blue patterned kimono with red collar, against dark gro

Kabuki Actor Morita Kan’ya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaiba…

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 5th month, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a checked robe with a wooden box, one in a red crested kimono.

Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaiban…

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped kimono looking down at a kneeling woman in a patterned robe.

Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Obiya Chōemon and Iwai Hanshiro IV in the Role of Shinanoya Ohan, from the Play “…

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned samurai robes holding a long sword against a yellow background.

Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Funa Bansaku,son of Fuwa Banzayemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in costume, one in a brown robe with crests and one in a pink floral kimono, on

Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Courtesan Toyama and Actor Ichikawa Kurizo as Higashiyama Yoshiwakamaru

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Bandō Mitsugorō II as the Farmer Asakusa no Jirōsaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95