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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of boats on a river beside a wooden bridge, a lantern-hung shop, and figures with a bonsai tree.

Boating parties on the Sumida River

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1808/12

Woodblock print of a boy with a kite under a pine, two women and a child on a path near a bridge.

Boy releasing a kite

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800/10

Woodblock print of passengers on a wooden ferry boat with a boatman poling along a river beside flowering shrubs and a pine.

Ferry boat

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women and a child by a wooden box beside a tree and flowering plants in a grassy landscape.

Making paper cords for tying hair

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/18

Horizontal print of a woven hat with a red lining holding spring greens, flowers and seed pods, with trailing stems on the le

Flowers and spring greens in a hat

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801

Woodblock print of two red carp swimming among swirling blue waves and green pine sprigs, with a patterned border.

The Red Carp

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1804/18

Japanese print of a young warrior in red kimono stabbing a giant carp with a sword amid swirling waves.

Oniwakamaru subduing the giant carp

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1830/35

Woodblock print of a red-cloaked traveler in falling snow beside thatched houses on a cliff above a blue sea.

In the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island (Sashu Tsukahara setchu), from the series "Concise Illustrated Biography of t…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830/35

Woodblock print of three seated men tending a fire beside a tree and pavilion at night, with a poem cartouche.

Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1842

Lithograph sketch of two performers in embrace, one with a large feathered hat, drawn in loose brown strokes on cream paper.

Guy and Mealy in "Paris qui marche" (Guy et Mealy dans "Paris qui marche")

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898

Night landscape woodblock print with tall pines, a waterfall, a thatched house on a cliff, and a traveler with a bundle.

Landscape (Sansui)

Utagawa Sadahide, About 1840

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in a blue kimono holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy beside him.

Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a misty river landscape with a distant mountain, a wooden bridge, and framing pine trees.

Landscape in Mist (Muchu no sansui), from an untitled series of landscapes

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1832

Woodblock print of travelers on a hillside path among autumn maple trees, with a bay, boat, mountains, and river below.

Viewing Maple Trees

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1835

Three women in kimono walk under a cherry tree in bloom, one reaching toward a branch, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Famous Trees in the Eastern Capital: The Cherry Tree at Naruko (Toto meiboku Naruko no sakura)

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1807

Woodblock print of two robed figures on a ledge beside a tall waterfall, with a pine branch arching across the sky.

Li Bai (Japanese: Ri Haku), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of travelers on a riverside path below a cliff, with thatched houses and a mountain over the sea.

Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a rider on a white horse on a winding path above a river, with a traveler under a red umbrella and a willo

Young Man Departing (Shonenko), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of courtiers on a moonlit shore with pine trees, boats and red-roofed houses under a crescent moon.

The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashinkyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a horseman and a fur-coated traveler crossing a snowy cliff beside a snow-laden pine tree.

Horseman in Snow, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a robed scholar with a poem scroll on a rocky shore beside a boat, with red peaks and clouds above.

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a man climbing a tree beside a stone wall, with two attendants at a yellow door and a rooster on a roof.

Sei Shonagon, from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge over a pond, with hanging wisteria and two women and a child on the bank.

Wisteria in Full Bloom over the Pond at Kameido Shrine (Kameido ike chu fujibana no sakari), from the series "Famous…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Two cranes beside green pine branches in a vertical Japanese woodblock print with a red seal near the bottom.

Pine and cranes

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830/44

Woodblock print of a boatman poling through heavy rain on a river toward a pagoda and temple roofs.

Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple from Asakusa River, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a temple with a pagoda above riverside houses and moored boats on a blue river under grey sky.

Rain at Azuma Bridge below Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan shita Azuma Bashi uchu bo), from the series…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a full moon over willows, flying geese, and two bearers carrying a blue palanquin past a thatched house.

Autumn Moon at New Yoshiwara in Emonzaka (Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka shugetsu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eas…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of snowfall over rooftops, a wooden bridge and small boats on a river beside bare trees.

Matsuchi Hill seen from the Sumida River in the Eastern Capital (Toto Sumidagawa Matsuchiyama), from an untitled seri…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854, second month

Woodblock print of a snowy Ueno pond with a red pagoda, bare trees, snow-laden pines and blue water.

Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (Ueno Shinobazu no ike), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852, third month

Woodblock print of a snowy Asakusa temple with a red pagoda, gate, bare trees and pedestrians under umbrellas.

Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa in Falling Snow (Asakusa Kinryuzan setchu no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Ea…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840

Woodblock print of Kanda Myojin Shrine with red gate, pine trees, market stalls, and strolling figures under a pale sky.

Kanda Myojin Shrine (Kanda Myojin), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a full moon behind autumn maple leaves, with a waterfall over a rocky cliff and falling leaves.

The Moon Seen Through Leaves (Hagoshi no Tsuki), from the series "Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijuhakkei no…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832