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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a seated woman in ornate hairpiece and patterned robes holding a fan, in yellow and pink tones.

Incense That Revives the Image of the Dead - Lady Li

Attributed to Komatsuya Hyakki, 1765

Colored print of a decorated elephant carrying a phoenix-topped barge with musicians playing instruments on a tiered platform

Mechanical Elephant with Festival Barge and Korean Musicians

Attributed to Komatsuya Hyakki, c. 1765

Woodblock print of a boat on a rippling river, a man leading a horse on the bank, and snow-capped Mount Fuji in the distance.

Tama River in Musashi Province (Bushū Tamagawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a reclining woman on a canopied bed attended by a standing servant with a fan, dated 1765.

Yang Guifei

Komatsuya Hyakki, 1765

Woodblock print of a pine tree over a rainy lake with a boat and misty mountains, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Pine Tree at Karasaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese print of a pheasant feeding under a blossoming cherry tree on a grassy hill, with calligraphy at upper right.

Cherry Tree and Pheasant

Komatsuya Hyakki, 1765

Three women in kimono wading across a shallow river beside yellow flowering shrubs, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

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

Etching of a young girl with long dark hair, a dark dress and a pale fur muff, set against a plain background.

Portrait of a Little Spanish Girl

Theodore Roussel, 1887

Woodblock print of two women kneeling in a room, one beating cloth with a mallet on a stone, beside a bamboo screen and persi

The Cloth-Fulling Jewel River, a Famous Place in Settsu Province (Tōi no Tamagawa, Settsu no meisho), from an untitle…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766-67

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono reaching toward a serpentine water spirit in a stylized river, with a poem car

The Jewel River at Chōfu (Chōfu no Tamagawa)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of two women by a stream under a moon, with flowering bush clover and a poem cartouche.

Hagi no Tamagawa

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a reclining figure in a striped kimono beside a kotatsu table, with a painted screen and calligraphy.

Bedroom Scene

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1739

Japanese woodblock print of a French officer and an English woman in red on horseback against a green background.

Portraits of foreigners - English, French

Utagawa Yoshitomi, 1861

Woodblock print of a snowy canal with a bridge, boats, pagoda and walkers under falling snow.

Winter Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1846

Woodblock print of sailing boats on a bay with travelers, porters and wooden buildings along a stone embankment at dusk.

River View at Takanawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1856

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

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 four men in red coats carrying New Year decorations of bamboo and pine at a year-end market.

The Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival, Bold First Love at the Year-End Market (Seirō niwaka, toshi no ichi isamu hatsukoi)

Eishosai Choki, ca. 1795-99

Black-and-white print of two cranes beside bamboo, rocks and rippling water within a lobed frame.

Cranes

Hishikawa Moronobu

Etching of several moored sailing barges with tall masts on a pale river, with reeds and trees along the far bank.

Railway Bridge, Chelsea

Theodore Roussel, 1888-89

Black ink print of a male pheasant with long tail feathers beside a smaller bird, under pine branches and bamboo.

Pheasants

Hishikawa Moronobu

Monochrome print of three women in kimono weaving and reeling silk beside a large wheel, loom and brazier.

Three Courtesans Weaving Silk

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a blossoming plum tree, with vertical Japanese calligraphy inscriptions.

Two Girls Under Plum Tree

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Japanese woodblock print of women and patrons at a teahouse under pine trees, with a torii gate and a village on a hillside b

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse at Kasamori Shrine with a View of Nippori in Yanaka

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a crowded arched wooden bridge over a river, with lantern-lit boats and riverside stalls below.

Ryogoku Bridge

Kuwagata Keisai, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of samurai in a town scene with lanterns, a tiled-roof building, and a hooded woman at a wooden door

The Loyal League (Chushingura)

Utagawa Toyokuni II

Three-panel woodblock print of women in pleasure boats on a river at night beneath a crowded bridge with fireworks.

Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono beside a folding screen and sliding doors.

The House of Umegawa

Nishimura Shigenobu

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword and staff, with a stylized screen behind him.

Ikunojo III as Chiyosaki Striking the Chozubachi; a Shower of Gold Coin Flies

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe leaning on a long sword before a red geometric backdrop.

Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune, Richly Attired, Leaning on His Sword

Katsukawa Shunshō

Woodblock print of a wave breaking on a beach below a green cliff, with travelers, an island, and a distant snowy mountain.

Seven-ri Beach, Province of Soshu

Utagawa Hiroshige