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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a smoking pipe and two swords, beside shrubs.

The Actor Ichikawa Danzaburo II as Usui no Sadamitsu (?) in the Play Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunasaka (?), Performed at th…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono beside a wooden lantern stand, with Japanese calligraphy.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Sagami Jiro Disguised as Ambaiyoshi Gorohachi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, P…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Japanese print of a songbird on a branch beside pink orchids and green leaves against a red and blue gradient background.

Orchid and Bird

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a red patterned kimono standing on a wooden veranda holding a fan.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773/74

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in patterned kimono under cherry blossoms and paper lanterns at night.

Neljä onnagata-näyttelijää kabuki-näytelmässä

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono performing a umbrella dance, holding a pole and three umbrellas.

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV Performs the Triple Umbrella Dance in “Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi’s Five Characters” (“Ku…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1771

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining man with a sword and two women in patterned kimono beside a low table with a bowl.

The insistent lover, from an untitled series of erotic prints

Sugimura Jihei, c. 1684/98

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono balancing a round basket on her head beside a stream.

The Actor Segawa Yujiro (or Segawa Kikunojo III) in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a horned demon mask beneath maple branches.

Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Shimokōbe Shōji Yukihira and Segawa Yūjiro I as Matsukaze, Sister of Togashi no Saemon, in “…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green and red robes and straw cape holding a staff in heavy rain.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Nakaomi Katsumi Disguised as the Farmer Datta no Nizo, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori K…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Portrait of a Geisha of the Uyo Tearoom

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped patterned kimono holding a pole beside a signpost and bamboo baskets.

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Sotoku Taishi (?) Disguised as a Young Building Worker, in the Play Shitenno-ji Nobori Kuy…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Triptych woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned costumes, one holding a sword, against dark backgrounds.

Näyttelijät Iwai Kumesaburo, Kataoka Nizaemon VIII ja Kataoka Gato näytelmässä Hachijin shugo no hanjo (Kahdeksan var…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and pink and grey kimono, with a hand mirror in the upper right.

From Bijin go menjo

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of a figure in a chrysanthemum-patterned kimono standing beside flowering plants against a pale sky.

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Ink print of a bearded robed man standing beside a blooming plum tree, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Sugawara Michizane crossing to China (Toto Tenjin)

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1770s

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono carrying red buckets on a yoke beside pine branches and waves.

The Actor Segawa Kitsuji III as Murasame in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Elev…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Japanese triptych print of women in kimono gathered around a kotatsu table and brazier, with a child and cat and a plum-branc

Around the Kotatsu

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1789

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a lion mask holding a peony branch, seated among peonies and rocks.

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I in a "Shak-kyo Odori" (Stone Bridge Dance), in the Play Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Pe…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Two women in patterned kimono sit on a veranda beside red maple branches, in a Japanese woodblock print by Toyohara Kunichika

Kobushō Kasei from the Series Thirty-Six Restaurants In New Tokyo

Toyohara Kunichika, late 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a palace interior, one kneeling with a raised sword before a seated figure on a

Kabuki actors play as Ōashibara Ueno no kami Masahira, Tokiwa Mikuriya Bettō Tsuneaki, Tairano Shinnō Masakado, Musas…

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, mid-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a woman adjusting her hair beside a man preparing fish at a low table.

Preparing Fish

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Woman in patterned kimono bends toward a stream among autumn plants, with dragonflies flying overhead in a woodblock print.

Fashionable Seven Autumn Plants (Fūzoku aki nanakusa)

Toyohara Sadatora, first half of the 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono on a veranda, with pine trees and tea house patrons in the garden behind her.

Young girl at tea house in Iriya

Utagawa Hiroshige II, mid-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one standing with a sword and one seated.

The Actors Ichikawa Yaozo II as Konoshita Hyokichi (?) (right), and Sakata Hangoro II as Matsunaga Daizen Hisahide (?…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono arranging a flowering branch in a room with a window view of blosso

Flower of Akashi (Akashi no hana)

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1853

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a snowy scene, one standing with a sword and box, one kneeling in a patterned robe.

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawa…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono carrying a potted flowering plant on a pole over his shoulder.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Odai, an Eboshi (Hat) Seller, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki, Performed at the N…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of two men on a moonlit mountain bridge above a waterfall, one playing a flute, pine trees around.

Shanaō [Yoshitsune] Learns Martial Arts in Sōjōgatani (Shanaō Sōjōgatani ni heijutsu o manabu zu)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830s (Tenpô era)

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a patterned kimono and orange robe standing among reeds beside water.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Spirit of a Mandarin Duck (Oshidori) Disguised as Tagasode, in the Play Hana-zumo Ge…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red kimono and green garment, leaning forward with bare legs, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Toraya: Arashi Ryuzo II as the monk Tojibo in the play "Hatsu Akebono Kaomise Soga," from the series "Portraits of Ac…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794