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1,986 works

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono playing a flute beside a bamboo vase with flowering branches.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a full moon over moored red-hulled boats and a shoreline of rooftops, with birds flying across the sky.

Tsukudajima Kaihin Rōgetsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a maple-leaf kimono holding a fan, standing before a green lattice screen.

Ōtani Hiroemon in the role of Gokumon no Shobei

Katsukawa Shunshō, 9th month, 1774

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a long pipe beside a flowering plum branch.

A Girl with a Pipe

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a full moon over a willow, rooftops, and a palanquin carried along a road past a thatched house.

Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka Aki no Tsuki

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of a long-haired man in a floral kimono with a staff beside a thatched veranda, with birds flying above.

The Ninth Ichimura Uzaemon in the role of Shunkan

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of two young men in kimono, one playing a bamboo flute, with calligraphy above and small figures below.

Two Young Men, One with a Priest's Robe, the Other Playing a Flute

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Triptych woodblock print of snowy mountains, a blue river, snow-laden pines, a waterfall and a wooden bridge.

The Kiso Mountains in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, dated 8th month of the Snake year, 1857

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a blossom-patterned kimono beside a bamboo blind, with a fan hair ornament.

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1773 or 1774

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a hibachi fire-pot in an interior with shelves.

Two Girls Talking Near the Hibachi (Fire-Pot)

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one leaning toward the other, with calligraphy above.

A Girl with an Attendant

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a kneeling samurai in a checkered kimono holding a sword, with stylized clouds above.

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Samurai

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1782

Woodblock print of a crowded pleasure boat on a river with women, seated men, musicians, red lanterns and small rowboats belo

Pleasure Boat on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1788-90

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono under a pine tree, one holding a folded letter.

A Girl Brings a Love Letter to Another Girl Under a Pine-Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a wooden clapper against a pale background.

The Second Nakamura Juzo as a Yakko

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1773 or 1774

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono and a man in a pale robe walking together in evening rain under an umbrella.

Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of two pheasants with long tails on a snowy pine branch above a waterfall, with cloud streaks in the sky.

Pheasants in the Snow on a Pine Branch over a Waterfall

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a red parasol beneath a plum tree, wearing a striped kimono and carrying a sword.

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Denkurō II

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1770s

Triptych print of women and a child catching fireflies at dusk beneath willow branches, with fans and kimono.

Catching fireflies (Hotaru gari)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1796-97

Vertical Japanese print of three women in kimono, one drinking from a dish beside a sake vessel, with calligraphy above.

Three Types of Drunks: The Angry Drunk, the Weepy Drunk, and the Giggly Drunk

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770 (Meiwa 7)

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young woman dressed as a komuso monk, holding a flute and basket hat.

A Girl as a Komuso

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a pestle beside a wooden mortar under a maple tree.

Iwai Kiyotaro in a Shosa Act, Holding a Kine (Pestle)

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Woodblock print of a man in patterned kimono holding an umbrella beside a dog in a snowy landscape with bare branches.

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as a Man Walking under an Umbrella

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1796

Woodblock print of a standing woman with a fan and bamboo flute, with a seated monk and distant mountains above.

A Young Komuso

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a chrysanthemum fan on a veranda beside a pine and lantern

Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a kimono holding a parasol, with a mountain and rocks in the background.

Nakamura Noshio II in the Role of Imayō uta Bikuni

Katsukawa Shunkaku, 1796 (Kansei 8)

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a sword and a woman in a kimono walking through rice fields beside a bare tree.

A Man and a Girl Walking in the Rice Fields

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath cherry blossoms beside a river.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with cherry blossoms, holding a battledore and a letter.

Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledore

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1748

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a blossom-decorated fan beneath a red lantern.

A Girl with a Fan

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1780