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Japanese Prints

11,173 works

Japanese woodblock print of blue irises in a patterned white pot beside pink pinks in a green pot on a yellow stand.

Potted irises and pinks

Keisai Eisen, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded festival street leading to Shinmei Shrine, with lanterns, parasols and a torii gate.

New perspective print: festival at Shinmei Shrine in Shiba

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1795

Woodblock print of an armored archer beneath a pine tree with a kneeling companion and stylized waves behind.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of pilgrims in white robes and yellow hats climbing rocky mountain paths above clouds, with the sea at left.

Pilgrims climbing

Katsushika Hokusai, 1834

Woodblock print of a woman on an upper veranda, a man with a fan beside a tub, and a child in red kneeling below.

Number 14

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a potted plum tree in bloom.

The actor Onoe Kikugorō and a potted plum tree

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded samurai with sword seated among elegant women in kimono beneath cherry blossoms.

Hideyoshi and his wives

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a fierce-faced man in blue kimono carrying a plank in snow, with a tiled building behind.

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black hair, a fan, and a red patterned kimono.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo

Enkyō Kabukidō, 1796

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree, with Japanese text above.

Young attendants (Kamuro) celebrating the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai, 1791

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a round black fan, with a decorative fan panel at left.

Kiyomizu Komachi

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Woodcut print of a seated Buddha with closed eyes inside an arched, ornate niche, pale figure on dark ground.

Bouddha (Buddha)

Paul Gauguin, in or after 1895

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue and red patterned kimono gesturing toward a reed-lined lake vignette.

The young maiden Oshichi

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1867

Black and white print of a man leading oxen pulling a cart along a path through a hilly rural landscape.

The Ox Cart (Le char a boeufs)

Paul Gauguin, 1898-1899

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a standing attendant holding a box, in a room with a go board and

Courtesan and Kamuro in a parlour

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and white face, wearing a blue and red patterned kimono.

Jitsukawa Enzaburo as the Jester (Taikomochi) Nisaku, from the series Tales of Valour in Full Bloom (Hankajin yuden)

Ryūsai Shigeharu, 1849

Black and white woodcut title page with two stylized horned animals, a small bird, and lettering reading Le Sourire and Tahit

Title Page for "Le Sourire" (Titre du Sourire)

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Woodblock print of a reclining woman dreaming of a boat with two women and a poling boatman on waves.

Dream Ukihashi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned peony kimono, holding a raised sword against a plain background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of pink peonies and a yellow canary in flight, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal.

Peony and canary

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black ox through a snowy village at night, with a mountain behind.

Picture of Kanbara

Utagawa Kunisada, 1836

Japanese woodblock print of still life with red shibori cloth, lacquer box, hairpin, patterned bowl and calligraphy, 1818.

Shibori, hairpin, and lip color bowl

Horai Hidenobu, 1818

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of samurai battling on a fortified mountain castle with banners and horsemen.

The warrior Kusunoki barricading himself into Akasaka Castle

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1804

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono reeling silk thread at a wooden frame, with hanging skeins and a brazier.

Pulling silk thread

Utagawa Yoshifuji

Triptych woodblock print of samurai battling on a rocky shore beside blue waves, with pine trees and a boat with a red banner

Battle at Yashima Dannoura

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1855

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes and armor, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848.

Scene from a Soga play

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

Triptych woodblock print of armored warriors, a seated woman in a kimono, and a fierce dragon face in stormy clouds.

The warrior Fujiwara Hidesato battling the giant centipede

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1815

Lithograph bust portrait of a bearded, balding man with downcast eyes, in soft dark tones on cream paper.

Paul Cezanne

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1902

Etching of a nude woman reclining on cushions, head resting on her hand, drawn in warm brown lines.

Woman Reclining (Femme couchee)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1906

Reddish-brown line drawing of a nude woman reclining on pillows, head resting on her arm, legs extended to the left.

Female Nude Reclining (Femme nue couchee)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1906

Loosely brushed dark tonal portrait of a man with heavy hair and high collar, on pale paper.

Richard Wagner

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1900

Black ink print of a couple in kimono before a folding screen, with a cat and mouse at lower right.

Lovers, a Cat, and a Mouse in front of a Folding Screen

Attributed to Sugimura Jihei, c. 1684/98