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17,446 works

Woodblock print of a snowy hill with a brown horse running on a white path and a figure in a hood behind it.

Snowy Landscape

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling court lady in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy and a red seal beside her.

Young Court Lady

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of books, an inkstone with calligraphy, a brush vase, a teapot and cherry blossoms on a table.

Books and Brush-Stand

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a standing nobleman in patterned robes and a kneeling carpenter working on a wooden box, with calligraphy.

Young Nobleman and Carpenter

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Print of two seated figures in court dress on a wooden veranda above rippling water, with plum branches and calligraphy.

Young Nobleman and His Attendant

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of incense ceremony utensils, a patterned curtain, a black lacquer box, and a white bowl, with calligraphy.

Screen and Utensils for the Incense Ceremony

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a candle stand with lit candle beside a red fan decorated with bamboo and snow, with calligraphy above.

Candle-Stand and Fan

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a go board with stones, lacquered bowls, a fan and cushion, with calligraphy above.

Outfit for the Go Game

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a celestial maiden floating on clouds with flowing blue robe, scarf, and calligraphy above.

Girl In the Form of a Divinity Beating a Drum

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a black court hat on a white stand above folded red and patterned court robes, with calligraphy.

Court Hat and Court Dress

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono approaching a shrine with a red lantern, a child at lower left, and a fern above.

Young Women Visiting a Shinto Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, 1814

Woodblock print of two robed figures beside a screen with a crane and waves, with calligraphy text at left.

History of Kamakura (where Minamoto Shogunate was Established)

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in patterned robes beside a dragon coiled around a rocky cliff above waves.

History of Kamakura

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of New Year decorations: an iron kettle, patterned lidded container, pine arrangement and fan on a red tray.

New Year Decorations and Tablewares

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of an open lacquered box with plum blossoms, a folded paper package, and Japanese calligraphy.

Plum Blossoms and Cake-Box

Yashima Gakutei, 1819

Woman in patterned kimono pointing at plum branch on arched bridge, seated man with basket beside her, Japanese woodblock pri

History of Kamakura: Poem-bridge of Egara Tenjin Shrine

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of carpenters shaping timber beams with mallets and chisels beside a tall tree and red fence.

History of Kamakura: Building Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine

Japanese woodblock print of a blooming plum tree with red blossoms over green rocks, with poem columns at left.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Plum Tree in Bloom

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned green kimono with calligraphy inscription above her.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Genroku-style Courtesan

Utagawa Kuninao, probably 1810s

Woodblock print of two women and an infant on a veranda beside a garden tree with a hanging wind-bell.

The Evening Wind-bell

Santō Kyōden, ca. 1783

Woodblock print of two women and a man with a basket approaching a stone well marked by a wooden sign.

History of Kamakura: Visitors to Hoshinoi Well

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a grey monkey king in a red robe with a staff, reaching toward leaping figures under a dark sky.

The Monkey King Songokū, from the Chinese novel Journey to the West

Yashima Gakutei, probably 1824

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two young attendants in patterned kimono, with calligraphy in the upper left.

The Oiran Shirayu of Wakanaya attended by Two Kamuro and Shinzo

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of Benzaiten playing a biwa lute while seated on a white dragon against dark clouds.

Benzaiten (Goddess of Music and Good Fortune) Seated on a White Dragon

Aoigaoka Keisei, 1832

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two attendants in patterned kimonos against a plain tan background.

The Oiran Wakoku of Echizen-ya attended by a Shinzo and a Kamuro

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a kneeling actor in patterned robes holding a raised sword, with calligraphy at upper left.

Actor as Tokihira

Utagawa Kunisada, probably 1815

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black patterned kimono with two young attendants in striped robes, ca. 1788.

The Oiran Utagawa of Matsubaya attended by Her Kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1788

Japanese print of two figures on a veranda beside a river, pine tree and plum blossoms, with calligraphy above.

Samurai Admiring Pine-Tree and Plum Blossoms

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of three women by a incense burner, one holding a string of shell beads, with calligraphy at upper right.

The Willow Shell (Yanagi-kai), from an Untitled Set of Beauty Prints on the Theme of Shells

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child on a balcony, one pointing at a long-tailed bird in the sky.

A Long-Tailed Fowl (Onagadori), from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochō jūnikin)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791