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4,796 works

Two young women in kimono play cat's cradle with string in a room with a horse screen and a flower vase.

Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of an armored warrior on a black horse riding along a rocky seashore beneath pine trees at sunset.

Warrior Riding Black Horse along the Sea Shore

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Triptych print of figures in black kimono evacuating at night, with a white horse, lanterns, swords, and a red fire glow.

“Evacuation of the Ladies,” from the series The Inner Precincts of Chiyoda Castle (Chiyoda no Ōoku, Otachinoki)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896 (Meiji 29)

Japanese print of two flying birds above white narcissus blossoms and a perched bird beside a rock.

Birds and Narcissus

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of cherry blossom hillside with pine trees, people under parasols, and two horsemen on a road.

Asukayama Hanami

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of three men in straw komuso hats, one playing flute, with a boy in a striped kimono and a white dog.

Three Revelers of the Lower Classes, Wearing Komuso Hats, with Small Boy and Dog

Kitagawa Utamaro

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of a seated man holding a cat and a standing woman in a red floral kimono.

Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858, second month

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over fields, travelers, a horse and a thatched teahouse beneath a tree, with blue sky.

東海道五十三次沼津

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral red kimono with a horned headdress, surrounded by fox silhouettes.

Princess Yaegaki

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a tea house veranda with shoji screens, a small dog on a leash, and steps.

Group of Young Women on the Veranda of a Tea House

Katsukawa Shuncho

Woodblock print of travelers on a pine-lined road with Mount Fuji rising in the distance above rice fields.

東海道五十三次吉原左リ富士ノ縄手

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of three women and a child with a dog on a veranda overlooking a seashore with pines and boats.

Genji in Exile at Suma, from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Suma)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791-92

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono standing by a riverbank with boats, a bird flying above.

Young Lady by the Shore

Katsukawa Shuncho

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a roadside teahouse beside a stone wall, a horse, and a large tree.

東海道五十三次鞠子

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock-style print of a pheasant with long barred tail, red face patch and green feet, signed in ink at left.

Bird

Hakusanjin Hokui

Woodblock print of a bay with moored boats, travelers on shore, and a distant snow-capped mountain under clouds.

Shore Scene Showing European Influence

Shōtei Hokuju, ca. 1810-1820

Woodblock print of Hamamatsu town with travelers, a castle on a hill, pine trees and a sunset sky.

東海道五十三次浜松

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of an owl on a pine branch with two swallows flying nearby on a pale background.

Owl and Two Swallows

Utagawa Toyohiro

Woodblock print of two men washing a horse in a rushing waterfall beside a red cliff and green hills.

“The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province,” from the series A Tour of Waterfalls…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse crossing a wooden bridge over a river at sunset, with a blue-roofed temple beyond pi

Yoshida, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

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

Brown ink sketch of three sparrows around ripples on water, with a handwritten inscription in the upper right corner.

Sparrows

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a pine-lined road with a packhorse, travelers, wooden buildings, and a full moon above.

Akasaka, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

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

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

Color woodblock print of a roadside inn with thatched roofs, travelers and horses, and bamboo behind the buildings.

Chiryūshuku, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

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

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

Woodblock print of porters and horses at a roadside inn beneath a tree, from Hiroshige's Tōkaidō series.

Ishiyakushi, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman holding a cat while a standing man in a checked robe dangles a cord above her.

Woman Seated Holding a Cat

Torii Kiyohiro, ca. 1755