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16,136 works

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 a kabuki actor in a bird-patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword at his waist.

Bando Mitsugoro in the role of Soga no Juro

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1781

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

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 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

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 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)

Woodblock print of two women in robes beside a folding screen, with a white cat tugging at one robe on a wooden floor.

Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1796

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a traditional interior, one drawing water from a basin on a veranda.

The Returning Sails of the Towel Rack

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

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 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

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda, one drawing water at a well beside a pine branch, with a bird and sun abo

Drawing the First Water of the New Year

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769-70

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 seated woman viewing her hairstyle in two mirrors beside a bamboo blind.

Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

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 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 women on a covered pleasure boat on the Sumida River beneath a bridge, with a figure above and boats in th

Pleasure Parties in Boats on the Sumida River under the Ryogoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1796

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 kabuki actor in a green kimono with a black headdress, holding a fan, against a lattice background.

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Ko no Moronao

Katsukawa Shunkō, June 1786

Woodblock print of three women working at a wooden loom weaving silk, with a Japanese title cartouche at upper left.

Women Weaving Silk Cloth

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

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 in striped winter robes and a straw hat, with a sword and basket, in a snowy bamboo grove.

The Fifth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Man in Winter Apparel

Katsukawa Shunkō, dated 1788

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono walking beneath blossoming trees by a stone wall, with calligraphic signs.

Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine (Mimeguri jinja no onkaichō)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Japanese woodblock print of a man and three women in kimono under autumn maple trees, with a distant garden landscape.

A Young Man, Two Young Women and a Girl at a Picnic Party

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono beneath a lattice ceiling, one holding a folding fan.

The Fourth Iwai Hanshiro in three roles of the shosa "Shichi Henge"

Katsukawa Shunkō, dated 1787

Woodblock triptych of elegant women in patterned kimono accompanying a palanquin with a yellow parasol.

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1806

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 two kabuki actors in costume beside a stone lantern against a dark night background.

Scene from the Drama "Yuki-motsu-take Furisode Genji"

Katsukawa Shunkō, December 1785

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

Japanese woodblock diptych of elegant women in kimono with a parasol, carriage wheel, and wooden veranda among pine trees.

Fuji no Uraha

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1790