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2,724 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an elaborate hairstyle with ornamental pins, wearing a patterned kimono and holding a fa

Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, ca. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a costume with a fan and sword, beside a golden bird, in yellow and black ink.

Second Ichikawa Danjuro after 1735

Torii Kiyomasu I, 5th month, 1736

Woodblock print of a red wooden bridge over a river with boatmen, pagoda buildings and a mountain behind.

Okazaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned robes carrying baskets and buckets on shoulder poles, with calligraphy.

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Raizō I and Bandō Hikosaburō II

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1767

Triptych print of women in patterned kimono parading with feathered standards and parasols, Mount Fuji behind them.

Women Parading in an Imitation of the Cortege of a Daimyo

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of a Edo-period street with shop houses, travelers in straw hats, and pine trees on a green embankment.

Narumi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Ukiyo-e print of two women with gold hairpins and patterned kimono, with chrysanthemums in the lower right corner.

Album of Prints by Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Kunisada, and Utagawa Kunimaru

Kikukawa Eizan, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of women and a standing man in a New Year-decorated mansion with lanterns and screens.

New Year's Celebration in a Large Mansion

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of a harbor with boats, a red torii gate, and travelers on the shore beneath a pale sky.

Miya

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in red and black robes beneath drooping pink cherry blossoms.

Album of Forty-eight Actor Prints

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Triptych print of women crossing a river in a palanquin carried by porters, with stylized swirling water and patterned kimono

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of travelers in straw hats on a path past pine trees, a gate and a green-roofed castle, with mountains and se

Kameyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a struggle on a stage, with three onlookers in floral robes above.

Album of Thirty Actor Prints

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Triptych print of kimono-clad women and attendants building a giant snowball in falling snow, one holding a parasol.

Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1796

Woodblock print of a checkpoint on the Tōkaidō road with kneeling travelers, porters carrying lacquered boxes, and a curtaine

Seki

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Vertical Japanese print of a red and green phoenix flying beside a flowering paulownia branch and pine fronds.

Phoenix Flying Over a Paulownia Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women and a child gathering clams on a beach beside a boat and pine trees.

Picking Clams

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of travelers in straw hats on a mountain path beneath pine trees, with a pink sky and inscription.

Saka-no-shita

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of workers at a smoking kiln beside a river, with a distant mountain and a bare tree at right.

Asakusa Imado

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a dark koi swimming diagonally through blue water among pale aquatic plants.

Koi

Keisai Eisen, ca. 1842

Woodblock print of travelers in straw hats crossing a steep mountain valley with layered blue peaks and calligraphy above.

Tsuchiyama: Suzuka-yama no zu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of red boats and divers harvesting from rippling sea with a distant coastline and hills.

Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono carrying a pole and lantern beneath stylized pine branches.

Ichimura Kamezo in the role of Ise no Saburo

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1748

Woodblock print of travelers with umbrellas passing a two-story wooden inn and shops on a Japanese street.

Mizukuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of three women in an interior with red lanterns, a lacquer tray, and a view of distant boats.

An Entertainment at Shinagawa

Sakuragawa Bunkyo, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in crested kimono beneath a pine and willow tree, with Japanese inscriptions.

Scene From a Drama, Ichimura Kamezo as Hirano-ya Tokubei

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1748

Woodblock print of travelers and a pack horse at a roadside teahouse with tiled roofs and red signs, by Hiroshige.

Kusatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of paulownia trees in heavy evening rain, with umbrella-carrying figures walking a path beside a yellow fence

Paulownia Trees at Akasaka in the Evening Rain

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono holding a parasol and sword, standing on green ground.

The Third Ichikawa Yaozo in the Role of the Otokodate Sukeroku

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1784

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curving wooden bridge toward a town with a mountain behind it, in Hiroshige style.

Kyoto: Sanju Ohashi no zu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838