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16,089 works

Hanging scroll of a woman in patterned robes reading a letter beneath a green mosquito net, on a gold ground.

Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net

Fuhiken Tokikaze, ca. 1720

Two women in patterned robes stand in a garden by a wooden fence and a gnarled tree, one holding a fan and one a cup.

"Evening Faces" chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Kawamata Tsunemasa, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a kneeling woman in a red kimono reading a letter beside a candle stand and a painted horse scroll.

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, mid-18th century

Bodhidharma

Unkoku Tōgan, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and attendant walking beneath a flowering cherry tree, in patterned black and red kimono.

Courtesan and her Attendant under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, early 19th century

Ink drawing of Hotei reclining with a child looking up at him, with cursive calligraphy above on a grey paper scroll.

Hotei with a Child

Ono no Ozū, 1624

Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor in blue and red robes holding a staff, with calligraphy above by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Bandō Mitsugorō II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play "Sukeroku"

Utagawa Toyokuni, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman and small child beneath a blossoming cherry tree, in striped red robes and green clothing.

Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyohiro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of three figures in colorful kimono and robes, with calligraphy and red seals on a gold silk ground.

Fuwa Banzaemon

Utagawa Toyokuni II, 19th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one standing with a long pipe and one seated, on a tan ground with a patterned brocade

Courtesans Parodying Kanzan and Jittoku

Kinpūsha Toyomaro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a court lady in robes seated on a veranda by a river, reaching upward, with autumn trees and a lute beside

Princess Ogimi from the "Bridge Maiden" (Hashihime) chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)

Hishikawa Waō, early 18th century

Ink painting of a man leaning over a boat gazing at lotus leaves, while another man poles behind him in misty water.

Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotuses

Kaihō Yūsetsu, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll with six seated robed figures beneath vertical calligraphy columns on a pale ground.

The Six Poetic Immortals

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1810

Hanging scroll with bold vertical black ink calligraphy on pale paper and red seals beside the characters.

For a hundred years [I have been] a person with no attachments

Jiun Onkō, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of a bearded Daoist figure playing a flute before a misty mountain and wave-patterned ground.

The Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi

Liu Jun, undated, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen sketch of a thatched house with bamboo, a seated woman seen through a window, facing page with calligraphy.

Famous Women

Gai Qi, dated 1799

Six-panel gold screen showing a crowded outdoor kabuki performance with stages, pine trees, a bridge, and people in kimono.

Women’s Kabuki

Kanō Takanobu, mid- to late 1610s

Hanging scroll: a red-robed figure with a torch at a staircase, a kneeling attendant by a fire, and dark-robed figures below.

Activities of the Twelve Months

Sakai Hōitsu, late 1790s

Woman in a patterned kimono cooling herself with a fan on a bench by a stream, with irises and a leafy branch.

Woman Cooling Herself

Utagawa Toyohiro, ca. 1800

Blue leaf with black Japanese calligraphy, gold grasses, clouds and faint wave lines beneath the text.

Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Tosa School, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a long-haired ghostly woman in white beside moonflower vines under a full moon.

The Spirit of the Deceased Yūgao Entwined in Moonflower Vines, based on the print “The Lady of the Evening Faces,” fr…

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, ca. 1892

Hanging scroll showing a courtesan in a patterned kimono seated on a white elephant, with calligraphy and seals.

Courtesan of Eguchi

Katsukawa Shunshō, painting:1770−80; inscription: 1820s-30s

Painting of four-armed Vishnu seated on the winged green bird Garuda, holding a lotus, conch and mace, in a decorative border

Vishnu on Garuda

Sajnu, ca. 1810-20

Hanging scroll of figures in a blossoming garden with rocks, wooden bridges, a stream, and a pale moon overhead.

Fragrant Garden under a Hazy Moon

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1843

Ink painting on a pair of screens showing robed sages in a misty landscape with an ox, waterfall and pine trees.

Chinese Sages

Kanō Sanraku, late 16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one lifting a hat overhead and one holding a bowl, on a gold ground.

Women Carrying Pots for the Tsukuma Festival

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll portrait of a seated man in red hakama holding a sword, with calligraphy above him and a brocade mount.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ōmezō I

Utagawa Kunisada, painting ca. 1833; inscription dated 1858

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a praying robed figure flanked by two women within a circular arched frame.

Design for a Wall Monument

Francesco di Giorgio, 1490

Gold-ground panel of mourners with haloes lowering the dead Christ toward an open tomb beneath a wooden cross.

The Lamentation

Master of the Codex of Saint George, 1330

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Filippo Lippi, 1440