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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned grey kimono holding a red box with a dragon-decorated helmet, c. 1773.

The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in t…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print with three black silhouette profiles on shaped paper cutouts against a grid background with calligraphy.

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Utagawa Kuniteru, 19th century

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a green kimono with a black cloak and ornate hair pins, 1795.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Koman, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white robes holding a large fan and a decorated staff, by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira, Younger Brother of Emperor Go-Toba, in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (Y…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a striped kimono, tall grey hat and wooden geta, holding a sword.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Gokumon Shobei in the Play Sugata no Hana Kurofune Zukin, Performed at the Morita The…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Multi-panel Japanese print of women in kimono on a verandah, some playing music, overlooking a river with boats and a wooden

Recital on a verandah overlooking Sumida River

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790/95

Woman with raised sword battling a giant octopus at sea, with a sailing boat in the upper cartouche.

The Jeweled Chaplet

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845-46

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a tea bowl on a red tray beside wooden shelves.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Waitress Otake in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura T…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a raised sword over a man on a wooden floor, with a boat in a top vignette.

A Boat upon the Waters

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845-46

Woodblock print of two women in kimono under yellow parasols beside a wooden building, with sandals and calligraphy.

Rain in the Fifth Month (Samidare)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1755

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman in hair ornaments unrolling a long written scroll beside a snowy wooden structure.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Naoe in the Play Tsuma Mukae Koshiji no Fumizuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Hand-colored woodblock print of scholars and women in pavilions and a garden, with a pine tree and columns of Chinese text.

The Last Three Months of the Year

Japanese woodblock print of a woman carrying a child beside a seated man and a toy shrine, with poem text above.

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Printed sheet of standing Bodhisattva Guanyin on a lotus base, with flanking inscriptions and a column of Chinese text below.

The Greatly Merciful, Greatly Compassionate Rescuer from Suffering, Bodhisattva Guanyin

Lei Yanmei, dated 947

Woodblock print of a standing woman in layered kimono beside a snowy tree and lattice fence, in pale pink and black.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisewata (Tagasode) (?) in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki (?), Perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a mountain landscape with pine trees, a waterfall, wooden houses and a figure crossing a footbridge.

Page from the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting

Wang Gai, first edition printed in 1679

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors on a rocky shore with waves and bamboo, by Kunisada, 1857.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Ichizo ja Shiko näytelmässä Irifune Soga Nihon no torikachi (Sogan suku valloittaa Japanin)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black updo and long hairpins, head bowed, wearing a patterned pink and cream kim

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Sh…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a long robe holding prayer beads, standing before water and a yellow ground.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga,…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned green kimono holding a white bottle beside reeds and water.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei in the Play Higashiyama Momiji no Kadode, Performed at the Ichi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Woman in patterned kimono reaching into a bamboo birdcage on a yellow tub, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika k…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

Woodblock print of a fierce blue deity with a raised sword and rope, surrounded by flames, standing on rocks.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Stone Image of Fudo Myoo in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at th…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Japanese print of a shirtless man with a fan beside a willow, and a woman pouring water over fans in a tub.

The Sixth Month (Rokugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a white cloud-patterned robe with a black sword and tall headdress, c. 1773.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor raising a red lantern, wearing a butterfly-patterned kimono before a striped backdrop.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Ageha no Chokichi Disguised as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawara…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Japanese woodblock diptych of women in kimono serving tea in a tatami room with lanterns and a garden view.

Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with hair ornaments, holding a fan beside lacquered boxes and bare branches.

The Actor Segawa Yujiro I as Osai, a Female Hairdresser, in the Play Kamuri Kotoba Soga no Yukari, Performed at the I…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a snowy harbour with moored boats, pine trees, snow-covered rooftops and hills beneath falling snow.

Uraga Harbour in Snow, from Nihon minato zukushi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Woodblock print of an actor in a black kimono and gold hood holding a striped umbrella before a red fence.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Lady-in-Waiting Suho Disguised as Tsunokuniya Tsuna, in the Play Shitenno Tonoi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an old woman's costume with grey hair, holding a sword, wearing a green and orange robe.

The Actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III as Yaguchi no Karasu-baba in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono standing on a veranda beside a railing and cherry blossoms.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono looking at a framed portrait of a red-clad warrior.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Admiring Ichikawa Danjūrō I in an Inset Portrait

Utagawa Kunisada, 1819