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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

La Tige, Moulin Rouge

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1894

Japanese woodblock print of two women in ornate kimono, one playing a koto beside bamboo and a screen, on yellow ground.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): M…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a bamboo folding screen, one holding a small doll.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): S…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a seated woman in green playing a shamisen beside a standing attendant holding a kettle, with a screen beh

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): M…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Ukiyo-e print of two kneeling courtesans in patterned kimono, one serving tea beside a bamboo-painted screen.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): M…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two women reading in an interior before a bamboo-painted folding screen, by Chobunsai Eishi.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): T…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, one seated writing, one standing in green robe.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): H…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan reading a scroll beside a kneeling attendant with a white dog, under bamboo.

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): K…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman kneeling and reading beside a candlestand and folding screen, c. 1794/95.

Wakana of the Matsubaya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as the Six Floral Immortals (Seiro bijin…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono writing at a low lacquer table beside a lamp and books.

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a dark floral kimono and a kneeling woman tuning a drum beside a lacquer box.

Ohana and Ofuku, from the series "A Selection of Entertainers from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro geisha sen)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining court woman in patterned robes with a fan, beside a panel of calligraphy and sunset c

The Poetess Gishumon-in no Tango, from the series The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), 1801

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya in Procession (Tamay…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a black lacquer box beside her.

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bisen awase): Misayama of the Chojiya in Night Dress (Tokogi…

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hairpins holding a branch of pink blossoms, wearing a purple patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Woodblock print of three elegantly dressed women with ornate hairpins, one holding a round hand mirror, in pastel kimono.

Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Kisegawa of the Matsubaya with Attendants Onami and Menami

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman bending by a river beside a willow tree, with mountains and a wooden tub of cloth.

The Chofu Jewel River in Musashi Province (Musashi Chofu no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Rekisentei Eiri, c. 1785

Three women in kimono on a veranda under paper lanterns, with boats and bathers on the water behind them.

Four Seasons in the South - Summer View (Minami shiki natsu no kei)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789/93

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda overlooking a bay, with a kneeling man reading beside lacquered trays and a tea bow

Overlooking the bay at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790

Woodblock print of women on a veranda at night, one playing a shamisen, with lanterns, moored boats and a shoreline behind.

Evening party at Shinagawa

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790

Woodblock print of women in kimono at a garden teahouse beside a peacock aviary, with a servant carrying tea.

Women Visiting the Bird and Flower Teahouse (Kachojaya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono, one seated with a fan, beneath a calligraphy cartouche.

Fashionable Six Immortal Poets (Furyu rokkasen)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woman in a black floral kimono seated by a lacquer table, turned toward a hanging scroll, Edo period woodblock print.

The Courtesan Takikawa of Ogiya, from the series Seven Beautiful Komachi (Bijin nana Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono holding a round fan and a tea bowl on a black tray, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "A Fashionable Set of Three (Furyu sanpuku tsui)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woman in a kimono holds a fan beneath a large striped parasol beside a pine tree and rocks in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Contemporary Parody of Komachi Prays for Rain (Tosei yatsushi Amagoi Komachi)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a black crested kimono with swords, with a child in orange robes tugging his sl

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI and a boy

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a black frame with a painted white horse.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as the packhorse-man Muchizo in the play "Miyamairi Musubi no Kamigaki," performed at t…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono holding a fan and sword, with a stern expression.

Otawaya: Onoe Matsusuke I as Oboshi Yuranosuke, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugat…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono and red cloak, holding a sword, by Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1794.

Yamatoya: Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an olive-green robe and black outer garment, with a red patterned hem and hairpin.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with long trailing hem and decorative hair pins, by Utagawa Toyokuni

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Japanese kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a black hood and patterned pink and yellow robes, standing against a dark gr

Yamatoya Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kikusui in the play "Matsuwa Misao Onna Kusunoki," from the series "Portraits of Actors…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794