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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a crowded evening street lined with theatre banners, lanterns and wooden buildings.

Picture of the Theatres in Sakai Cho

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of two figures poling a boat and raft on a river past a snowy village with pine trees and shrine gates.

Clearing Weather after Snow at Massaki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of tea-houses by a river in heavy rain, with umbrella-carrying figures on a footbridge and terrace.

Tea-houses on the Bank of the Tadasu River in a Shower

Utagawa Hiroshige

Sepia etching of bare trees framing a river, with a moored boat and riverside buildings and tower across the water.

Laburnums and Battersea

Theodore Roussel, 1889/90 and 1898

Woodblock print of boatmen poling a raft down a river past blooming cherry trees and walkers on a riverside path.

Arashiyama Manka

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a full moon over a river with willow trees, a poling boat, fishermen on the banks, and distant mountains.

Autumn Moon on the Tama River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Etching of a standing woman in a long skirt with hair pinned up, turned toward the viewer, on a pale background.

Portrait of Mrs. C. W.

Theodore Roussel, 1890

Woodblock print of moored boats with tall masts beside a shoreline of rooftops, with birds flying over a pale evening sky.

Tsukudajima no Oborozuki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Etched portrait of a seated woman with upswept hair and a ruffled collar, hands resting in her lap, on pale paper.

Portrait of Mrs. Cyprian Williams in Fancy Dress

Theodore Roussel, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom, travelers on a riverbank, a boat on the water, and a red-streaked sky.

Gotenyama-no Hana

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theatre interior with balconies, seated audience, and costumed actors on a dragon-decorat

Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoy…

Okumura Masanobu, 1748 (Enkyō 5), first month

Drypoint portrait of a standing man in a long frock coat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, on a pale sheet.

Portrait of Walter Dowdeswell, Esq.

Theodore Roussel, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a woman, a kneeling man with a letter, and a standing samurai beside a fence and pine.

Chuban of the Chushingura Drama

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath drooping willow branches.

Actors

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two men in kimono, one in a floral black robe gesturing, the other holding a folding fan.

A Daimyo Talking to One of His Retainers

Katsukawa Shunkō

Woodblock print of a woman playing a shamisen beside a kneeling man, with an open book and calligraphy in the corner.

Young Lady Taking a Lesson on the Shamisen

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Black ink print of Kiyomizu Temple with pine and blossoming trees and kimono-clad figures walking in the foreground.

Kiyomidzu Temple in Kyoto

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of samurai, women in kimono, stacked buckets and a wooden fence in a street scene.

The Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in Edo

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white print of pedestrians in kimono on a street below a wooden veranda with seated figures behind screens.

Street Scene in the Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu

Small etched print of leaping stags among slender trees, framed by spiral and dot ornament above and scrollwork below.

Stags, A Study for the Decoration of a Frame (Third Version)

Theodore Roussel, 1890-98

Black-and-white woodblock print of two lovers embracing among autumn chrysanthemums, with a sword leaning against a rock.

Lovers Beside Flowering Autumn Grasses

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

Etched head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman with curly hair in a bun, looking forward, on pale paper.

Portrait of Miss Edith Austin

Theodore Roussel, 1895-1900

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of a samurai and courtesan seated together, with a kneeling servant and a candle sta

Samurai and Courtesan Seated; A Servant Beside Them

Sugimura Jihei Masataka, ca. 1685

Hand-colored woodblock print of a standing figure in black kimono and yellow obi, holding a tray and a wide reddish hat.

The Actor Sanjō Kantarō as an Itinerant Buddhist Nun

Kondo Kiyoharu, ca. 1715

Sketch of a Woman's Head

Theodore Roussel, 1895-1900

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped costume with red geometric patterns and a sword, posed dramatically.

Ichikawa Danjūrō II in the Scene "Wait a Moment" (Shibaraku)

Torii Kiyotada, ca. 1715

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a red fan against a red checkered background with a yellow cartouche.

Ogontsuru no Oto sarjasta Tosei hinode gonin-soroi

Toyohara Kunichika, 1867

Hand-colored woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style figure in a striped hat, black kimono, and patterned robe, holding a

Ichimura Takenojo VIII

Torii Kiyotomo, ca. 1720

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a willow tree and a small table.

Woman In Loosened Kimono Coming From the Bath

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1755

Woodblock print of white and red-sailed boats on a river with reeds and distant rooftops under a blue sky.

江戸十二景仲洲之景

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock triptych of swirling whirlpools and rocky islets with pines, distant mountains and small sailing boats on the sea.

Rapids at Naruto

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a moonlit bay with islands, sailboats, pine trees and a winding shoreline under a full moon.

Panorama of the Eight Views of Kanasawa under a Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857