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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Black and white print of figures in kimono walking past a fence, one servant carrying a patterned lantern.

A Man Attended by a Servant Carrying a Lantern

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with pine trees and birds, c. 1715.

Standing Courtesan

Kaigetsudō Dohan, c. 1715

Ink line print of two courtesans in patterned kimono beside a railing, with an attendant and a monkey at right.

Two Courtesans

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono at a tea house, one reaching to a lattice shelf beside a red lantern and gift bo

Waitresses at a tea house (Ebisu-ya) :Twelve prints of beautiful women

Kitagawa Utamaro

Black and white woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior, one applying treatment to another's bare back near a paint

An Oiran Seated in a Parlor Applies the Fire Treatment to the Bared Back of Another Woman

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of two cranes standing on a snow-covered pine branch against a grey background.

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Black and white woodblock print of two women seated indoors, one writing and one playing a shamisen, with a window view of sa

Two Women Seated in a Parlor

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of a woman fixing her hair beside a samurai in a straw hat with a barrel and buckets.

An Oiran Rearranging Her Hair in the Street while a Young Samurai Looks on

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of a full moon over misty mountains, with an arched bridge, pine trees, and a boatman on a blue river.

Full Moon Over Mountain Scenery

Keisai Eisen, c. 1835

Black and white woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a broom, with calligraphy and seal at left.

The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

Okumura Masanobu

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of court women, attendants and an ox-drawn carriage in a garden procession.

Mitate Procession of Palace Attendants Arriving at a Mansion

Rekisentei Eiri, 1797

Triptych print of women washing and drying cloth on a wooden veranda beside a garden and river, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Women Washing Clothes

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Woman with green parasol walking against wind beside a bending willow branch, in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Windy Day in Summer

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with lanterns and a shamisen, overlooking a river and city.

A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Woodblock print of a snowy street with bamboo, flying sparrows, pedestrians with umbrellas, and a blue canal.

Atagoshita in Winter

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Japanese woodblock triptych of kimono-clad women and men walking past stone lanterns and a pine tree at a temple.

Visiting a temple dedicated to Fudo

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Triptych print of women in kimono on a veranda and among irises in a garden with pine and green hills.

Iris Garden

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1781/89

Triptych Japanese print of women in kimono viewing hanging scroll paintings in an interior with a landscape beyond.

Women Viewing Scroll Paintings of the Gods of Good Fortune

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Triptych print of a burning ship exploding at night, with sailors rowing boats and climbing rocks near a crescent moon.

Rescue from a Burning Warship. A Scene from the War Between China and Japan

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1894

Triptych print of women in kimono viewing a dragon and tiger in a garden, with fans, blossoms and a child nearby.

Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors by a river, one with a parasol and drawn sword, under cherry blossoms.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VIII ja Ichikawa Kodanji IV näytelmässä Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie (Vanha värikuva Kag…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in kimono near a palanquin, on stairs, and entering a veranda with pines.

Fuji no uraba, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Japanese triptych print of three courtesans in patterned kimono beside a large phoenix and red feathers.

The Courtesans of the Chojiya on Display in the Daytime (Chojiya hirumise)

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1796/98

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda drying clothes, with infants, a cat, and Mount Fuji in the distanc

Drying Clothes (Monohoshi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1790

Triptych Japanese print of women and men in kimono relaxing in a garden under a pine tree and on a veranda.

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1788/90

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono, one holding a fan, one with a flowering branch and sword.

Kolmen henkilön ryhmäkuva. Fuzoku-ga

tekijä ei tiedossa, 1800

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Fishmonger Gorobei from the play A Medley of Tales of Revenge

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two women and a child in an interior with a brazier, screen, and vertical calligraphy text.

Kaksi naista ja lapsi interiöörissä. Fuzoku-ga

Suzuki Harunobu, 1750

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women at a seaside outing, with fishermen hauling a net and boats on the waves.

A seaside outing

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1801/04

Triptych woodblock print of women washing and beating cloth beside a stream under a tree, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Washing Cloth in a Stream

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Triptych Japanese print of women drawing water at a well under a tree, with a woman on a veranda behind a blind.

The Seventh Month, from the series The Twelve Months by Two Artists (Ryoga juni ko)

Utagawa Toyohiro, n.d.

Woodblock triptych of a boat with umbrella-carrying passengers on a misty river, snowy trees and houses along the bank.

Second Month: Matsuchi Hill in Snow at Dusk (Kisaragi, Matsuchiyama yuki no tasogare), from the series "True Views of…

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1896