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Japanese Prints

11,173 works

Fan-shaped Japanese print of blossoming cherry trees, an old man with a basket on a hill, and two travelers on a green slope.

Ancient Story of the Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theater with costumed actors on stage, tiered balconies, and seated audience members belo

Theater in Saruwakamachi (Saruwakamachi shibai), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a woman and two children walking through falling snow beside a river, with snow-laden bamboo.

The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Fleeing with Her Three Children (Hattan, sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyorosu), from t…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Nighttime Japanese print of armored warriors fighting on stone steps under a full moon, with lanterns and plum blossoms.

No. 8: Ushiwakamaru Defeats Tankai of Shirakawa at the Gojo Shrine (Hachikai, Gojo no yashiro ni Ushiwakamaru Shiraka…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Woodblock print of a boy on a rocky ledge in a forest, watched by a warrior and peeking tengu creatures beside a waterfall.

No. 2: Ushiwakamaru Learns Swordsplay from the Tengu at Sojogatani on Mount Kurama (Nikai, Kuramayama Sojogatani ni o…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Woodblock print of samurai gathered before a castle with stone walls, moat and bridge, under a pale sky.

Act 3 (Sandanme), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Woodblock print of armed retainers crossing a snowy wooden bridge at night, with two men in straw hats by a boat.

Act 11, Part 1: The Approach to the Night Attack (Juichidanme ichi, yochi oshiyose), from the series "The Revenge of…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Japanese print of a samurai with an umbrella in rain beside a kneeling figure, with pines and mountains behind.

Act 5 (Godanme), from the series "The Revenge of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Woodblock print of a shrine attendant walking through rainy cedar grove beside a red torii gate and lanterns.

Night Rain in the Grove at Gion Shrine (Gion bayashi yau), from the series "Selected Eight Views (Mitate hakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a checkered kimono, with a circular inset of geese over rice fields and palanquin bearer

Descending Geese at the Rice Fields (Tanbo no rakugan) and Evening Bell of the Morning After (Kinuginu no bansho), fr…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of an armored samurai with a drawn sword beside a seated flute player, a willow tree and a wooden br

Killing One Thousand People at Gojo Bridge (Gojo no hashi sennin kiri), from the series "Scenes from the Life of Yosh…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1849/52

Japanese woodblock print of a blue flying fish with spread fins above a grey fish and a red lily on blue water.

Flying fish and Ichimochi, from an untitled series of fish

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840/42

Etched portrait of a young girl in a dark dress with white collar, set against a floral background on cream paper.

Mlle. N. Wolkonska, second plate

Edgar Degas, 1860-61

Woodblock print of a striped blue bonito fish beside a sprig of saxifrage leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Bonito and saxifrage, from an untitled series of fish

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/33

Japanese woodblock print of a pink and blue macaw perched on a pine branch with ivy and calligraphy.

Macaw on pine branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840/44

Woodblock print of two sparrows on a branch beneath drooping lavender wisteria blossoms against a pale sky.

Sparrows and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a green warbler flying beside a plum branch with pink and white blossoms and buds.

Warbler on plum branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a blue bird perched on a thorny branch above purple clematis flowers against a pale background.

Blue bird on clematis

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a lake ringed by mountains, with small boats and a pagoda at lower left.

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinano Suwako), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1851/1852

Japanese woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen above clouds through a steep valley, with a red torii gate on the right cliff.

Raigo Valley at Oyama in Sagami Province (Sagami Oyama Raigodani), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (F…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji beyond a blue lake with green hills, rocks, pine trees and a figure in a hat on the shore.

Lake in the Hakone Mountains (Hakone sanchu kosui), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1851/52

Woodblock print of three turtles swimming in a blue swirling stream among green water plants, with Japanese calligraphy.

Turtles swimming in a stream

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840

Woodblock print of a crescent moon over a gorge with a wooden bridge, waterfall and pine trees at night.

Bow-shaped Moon (Yumiharizuki), from the series "Twenty-eight Views of the Moon (Tsuki nijuhakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832

Woman with a bucket on her head walks holding a child's hand beside flowers and a rock, with a poem cartouche above.

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple (Seki), from the series The Seven Fashionable Aspects of Komachi (Furyu yatsushi nana K…

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in kimono strolling by a wooden bridge, with pink blossoms and pines behind.

Strolling near Mihashi in Ueno

Chobunsai Eishi, late 18th-early 19th century

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda watching a boy with a performing monkey beside a stream.

The Young Monkey Showman (Wakashu sarumawashi)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789

Ukiyo-e woodblock print of a woman in a white headdress and dark kimono, with a small picture-riddle panel in the upper right

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen) (Tomimo…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a woman with an ornate black hairstyle and gold hairpins, with a small inset landscape of birds and an isl

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a black coiffure holding a tea bowl on a pink saucer, with an inset landscape.

Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a woman in orange robe and yellow hat beside a river, wooden bridge, boats and mountains.

東海道五十三次之内吉田之図

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a fierce armored warrior in blue and red armor striding forward with a raised bow.

暫鎌倉権五郎景政

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a hooded woman in a striped robe beside a red lacquered chest, with a round river-view cartouche.

江戸花見尽

Utagawa Kunisada