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Japanese Prints

11,173 works

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with portraits of figures in patterned kimono and flower headdresses on yellow and blue g

江戸の花錦絵くらべ橋乃藤泉卿／御幸乃前／若紫／阿曽次郎

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a long temple hall with tiled roof, pine trees, and visitors strolling in a courtyard before distant hills

View of Sanjūsangendō in Kyōto

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a river with a wooden bridge, pine and willow trees, and figures walking on the bank.

佐保川の蛍

Colorful Japanese woodblock print of armed warriors in traditional dress posed around a red and white banner against a purple

鹿児嶋英勇揃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned robe leaning toward a white cat with a red bell collar.

風俗三十二相うるささう寛政年間処女之風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of a robed man, a kneeling child, and two demons, one pale and one red, with text panels.

信濃国の孝子善之丞

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono beside a koto, with a Kanagawa coastal vignette in the corner.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしハら五十三つゐ鶴屋内雲井神奈川

Print of a fisherman hauling a sail net from a wooden boat, with two distant boats on a calm grey-blue sea.

Fishing with the sail net

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono beside a striped tiger, with two kneeling attendants and bamboo.

Four sleepers: spring sunrise

Katsushika Hokusai, 1806

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a lavender kimono adjusting her hair with a hand mirror, beside a printed poem.

新柳二十四時午後五時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woman in a blue floral kimono reclining to play a koto, drawn on cream paper within a red border.

Lady playing the koto

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Woodblock print of kendo fighters in armor with bamboo swords on a red and green background, with a name panel at upper left.

〔撃剣会之図〕

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1873

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a potted pine, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal.

Leaving on a trip

Totoya Hokkei, 1825

Woodblock print of a crowded Japanese street with townspeople, rice bales, a cart wheel, and a long tiled-roof building besid

神名川横浜新開港図

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Ink drawing of monkeys gathered around a go board, one reaching to place a stone, within a red border.

Playing go

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of a procession of men in green robes carrying red poles past a pine tree in misty landscape.

末広五十三次.掛川

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1865

Hand-colored print of a bald man peering from a window above two children reaching up beside a wall and tree.

The Japanese Santa Klaus

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese sugoroku board game print with framed scenes of warriors and costumed figures in red, green and yellow.

しん板なぞなぞ双六

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1886

Woodblock print of women in white and red robes offering gift boxes to four uniformed officers seated in the foreground.

西国鎮静諸将天盃賜ル図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of Japanese soldiers charging under a rising sun flag through smoke, with fallen soldiers and a red banner in

牙山付近我兵大勝利之図

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1894

Woodblock print of two armored samurai on horseback charging with spear and sword past a stone wall and pine trees.

瓢軍談五十四場四十一英雄勇名を賎ケ嶽にとゞむ

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a saddle, reins, a whip with red tassel, checkered cloth and lacquer box, with Japanese calligraphy.

Saddlery

Kubo Shunman, 1810

Japanese woodblock print of clam and scallop shells on a pale ground with handwritten verses above a wave band.

Aragai, masuōgai, anagai: clams

Totoya Hokkei, 1800

Ink drawing of bamboo stalks and leaves beside a dark rock, framed by a red border, by Hasegawa Settei.

Rock & bamboo in garden

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese print of a woman in striped kimono with a tiger and small dog beside her, with calligraphy at upper left.

Gyōja Bushō

Kubo Shunman, 1804

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with lanterns, banners, wooden buildings and pedestrians under a red sky.

Perspective picture of a night show of the opening-of-the-season performance at Fukiyachō and Sakaichō

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Japanese print of a Western-style clock beside a rolled scroll showing a sailing ship on a patterned cloth.

Painting of a ship of treasures and a western clock

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1818

Japanese print of primroses in an open patterned box with name labels, beside a potted flowering plant, with calligraphy.

Primrose

Kubo Shunman, 1810

Woodblock print of a standing samurai figure in a striped robe, holding a sword, with a helmet and calligraphy on pale paper.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII

Utagawa Kunisada, 1823

Japanese print of a monkey warrior in armor riding clouds with a long black staff, with calligraphy below.

The monkey Songokū from travels to the west

Kubo Shunman, 1812

Woodblock print of two women walking a monkey beside a plum tree, with mountains and calligraphy on the left.

Young women walking a monkey under a plum tree

Keisai Eisen, 1824

Japanese print of a red and gold armor helmet beside pink plum blossoms on a rocky cliff, with calligraphy at left.

Helmet on a Plum Tree

Ryūsai Shigeharu, 1828