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17,446 works

Woodblock print of a figure in an orange floral kimono holding a snowy paper umbrella beside snow-covered bamboo.

Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the Role of Otsuru

Torii Kiyohiro, ca. 1754

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one with a fan, beside calligraphy naming the performers.

Scene from the Drama "Matsu wa tai fusuma no wakesato"

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1757 or 1758

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a grey parasol and a sword, with calligraphy beside him.

Kabuki Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1759

Woodblock print of a man, a boy and a woman in kimono beside a temple gate, with a river and boats behind them.

A Man with a Boy and a Geisha Visiting the Kinryusan Temple

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1787

Woodblock print of three women in kimono beside bamboo, with a mountain landscape vignette above, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Ashinoyu Spring in Hakone

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1779

Three women in kimono dressed as komuso minstrels, one holding a bamboo flute, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Three Young Women Masquerading as Komuso (Strolling Minstrel)

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono, one carrying a white paper lantern, with clouds above.

Two Geisha Preceded by a Maid Carrying a Lantern

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1778

Japanese woodblock print of women and a bent man on a veranda beneath pine branches, by Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1783.

Atago Hill at Shiba

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1783

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono on an outing, with a child peeking out at left.

Women on an Outing, from the series A Clear Mirror of Women’s Customs (Onna fūzoku masukagami)

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of two standing courtesans and a kneeling geisha playing shamisen beside a candle stand.

Two Courtesans and a Geisha

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1783

Woodblock print of three women in kimono on a wooden balcony under a tiled roof, with green leaves and a hanging lantern.

Three Women on a Balcony

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1786

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a grey patterned robe beside a woman in a floral kimono in an interior with shoji screen

Ichikawa Yaozo III with a Lady

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a man in black kimono holding a parasol beside sake barrels, a kneeling man and a woman in red at right.

Ichikawa Yaozo III in the Role of Sukeroku from the Play "Yukari no Edo-sakura", also known as "Sukeroku"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Japanese woodblock print of four figures in patterned kimono walking under a parasol, one carrying swords and a fan.

A Lady from a Samurai Household with Three Attendants, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fūzoku Azuma no…

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a standing woman with a fan and two seated men with swords beside a board, under striped curtains.

Scene of the Drama "Oakinai Hiru-ga-Koshima"

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784-85

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono, one holding a calligraphy fan, one playing a shamisen, beneath a hanging

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Nakasu

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1782-83

Woodblock print of three courtesans in patterned kimono with two young attendants in black bamboo-patterned robes.

The Courtesan Wakakusa of the Chōjiya Brothel, and Attendants Asano and Midori, from the series “A Pattern Book of th…

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1783

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono carrying buckets on yokes past waves, with a pine branch above.

The Salt Maidens Murusame and Matsukaze

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1786

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a monkey showman, with a monkey on his shoulder and a staff, in a plum-patterned kimono.

Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Sarumawashi or Monkey Showman

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1720-25

Woodblock print of two kimono-clad figures among reeds beside a river and rice sheaves, with Japanese inscriptions.

Scene from a Drama

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1735 or 1736

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a carrying pole beneath a flowering tree, with straw bundles and calligraphy beside hi

Yamamoto Iwanojō, Son of Yamamoto Kyōshirō, as Shinoda Zuma in a Shosa Act

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Woodblock print of two women in kimono walking past a stream and bamboo fence, one holding an orange umbrella with a crane.

Girl Accompanied by an Elder Attendant Walking by a Stream

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman arranging blossoming branches in a red vase, with two attendants behind her.

The Courtesan Sayoginu of the Yotsumeya Brothel, from the series “A Pattern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh a…

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a crane-patterned orange kimono with two attendants in dark kimonos, 1777-78.

The Courtesan Hitomachi of the Tsutaya Brothel, from the series “A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh a…

Isoda Koryusai, 1777-78

Woodblock print of two costumed figures in patterned kimono, one playing a shamisen and the other holding a long-necked instr

Onoe Kikugorō in the role of Yaoya Oshichi and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as her lover the koshō (page) Kichisaburō

Okumura Masanobu, 1750

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono digging in snow beside bamboo stalks and snowy branches.

Woman Digging Bamboo Shoots in the Snow, or Parody of Meng Zong (Mōsō), from Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Two women with a yellow parasol walk through slanting rain and snow, in a Japanese woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu.

Two Women in a Storm

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Two women on a wooden veranda beside a clock and shoji screen, in a Japanese woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu.

Evening Chime of the Clock (Tokei no banshō), from the series “Eight Parlor Views” (Zashiki hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hair reading a long letter, with a peony roundel in the upper left.

“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

Woodblock print of two women in striped kimono walking through tall grass, one holding a paper lantern and one a fan.

Elopers in Musashino

Kitagawa Utamaro, early 19th century