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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a figure with long black hair and white headband in green and red armor against a teal background.

Iwai Kumesaburo in the Role of Lady Tomoe

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1797

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a bamboo-patterned kimono inside a checkered lantern, with a red streamer below.

Tedai Seijuro sarjasta Suzumi chochin sakari no nanakusa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of three costumed kabuki-style figures on a stage ledge, one in a black cloak with a white crane crest.

Three actors and a puppet

Utagawa Kunisada I, late 1810s

Japanese woodblock print of a striped tiger crouching with its tail raised, against an olive green background with calligraph

Crouching tiger

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1830

Woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned robe with a sword and staff against a blue background with calligraphy.

Actor in riding garb

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1834

Etching of several bulls in chaotic motion, one flipped upside down in the foreground, against a dark background.

'Little Bulls' Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities, Plate D)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published before 1877)

Nakayama Tomisaburo

Enkyo, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a ferry boat on a river with a poling boatman, seated passengers under a thatched roof, and a cook in a sm

Ferry boat on the Yodo River

Teisai Hokuba, c. 1815/25

Etching of a large elephant in spotlight at right, with three robed figures holding a scroll at left against a dark rocky wal

'Animal Folly' from the 'Disparates' (Follies / Irrationalities)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1815-19 (published before 1877)

Woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins reading a scroll, wearing a red kimono with butterfly patterns.

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Yvette Guilbert (from Le Café Concert)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

Ukiyo-e print of a hawk on a red perch beside a screen, with a painted fan, pavilion and poem text.

Sekiya, E-awase, and Matsukaze, from the series "The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, c. 1819/20

Japanese woodblock print of a pearl diver rising from waves while figures in patterned robes struggle with a pole and net.

The Jewel Taker (Tamatori), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)"

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1820

Japanese woodblock triptych of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one raising a staff, against bamboo screens.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danzo VI, Kataoka Ichizo ja Nakamura Fukusuke näytelmässä Ki-ichi Hogen sanryaku no maki (Ki-ich…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles in patterned kimono, one holding a sheet with a plum branch.

Kaksi geishaa

Kitagawa Utamaro

Olive-toned lithograph of a sad young man standing with hands in pockets, head bowed, bow tie at collar, on pale paper.

Adolphe (The Sad Young Man)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Japanese woodblock print of a mesh cage with rocks before a painted screen, with horsemen, a book and a fan.

Frogs in a Cage Before a Painted Screen, illustration for The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series "A Matc…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono leading an ox carrying a bundle of brushwood with blue flowers.

A woman from Ohara leading an ox, from the series "Five Annual Festivals for the Katsushika Ciricle (Katsushika gosek…

Katsushika Taito II, 1822

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a blue parasol, holding a shamisen and lantern on a stone path.

Itinerant female musician, from the triptych "Series of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830

Woodblock print of a seated man with a brush beside an attendant grinding ink, with rolled scrolls on a yellow floor.

Tachibana no Hayanari preparing to make the first writing of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor crouching in snow with a sword and wicker basket, charcoal scattered nearby.

Näyttelijä Kataoka Ichizo näytelmässä Kanadehon chusingura (Uskolliset vasallit)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a small figure, with willow branches and calligraphy.

Willow Bath (Yanagiyu), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono reading a book beside a decorated New Year pull toy with a pine tree design.

Woman with book sitting next to a New Year pull toy

Totoya Hokkei, late 1810s

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono with a patterned obi, holding a fan, with ornate hair ornaments.

Kaunotar. Bijin-ga

Kikukawa Eizan, 1843

Woodblock print of a warbler in a red cage beside a ceramic pot and blossoming plum branch, with calligraphy.

Warbler in a cage, from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1823

Japanese woodblock print of passengers on a boat with a poling boatman and a kite flying over a river.

Crossing the Sumida River on New Year's Day

Totoya Hokkei, 1830s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a kimono beside a fish basket, with an alcove scroll and children playing in the backgro

Lady Seated by a Tokonoma Alcove

Totoya Hokkei, 1829

Woodblock print of a robed man holding a paper umbrella by a stream, with a frog and willow branches.

Ono no Tofu, from the series "A Gathering of the Elders of Poetry (Shoshikai bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1820

Woodblock print of two decorated fans: one with Mount Fuji and red-green pattern, the other with a pheasant and plum blossoms

Fans decorated with motifs of the three auspicious dreams of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

Woman in white kimono and red hakama seated beside a hanging incense burner, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Court lady sitting beside hanging incense burner

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned robes seated on a veranda beside a lantern and pine branch.

Courtesan sitting on a veranda next to a lantern

Totoya Hokkei, 1814

Japanese woodblock print of a white goat beneath a blossoming plum tree, with calligraphy and a pink background.

Goat beneath a plum tree

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.