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Japanese Prints

11,210 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono raising a staff, with a sword and a wooden platform beside him.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ic…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in courtesan costume with ornate hairpin and patterned robe, beside a winged figure with fl

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Courtesan Toyama of Tsuruga in the Play Keisei Tsuki no Miyako, Performed at the…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green robe and white hakama holding swords, with a banner behind him.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kusunoki Masayuki Disguised as Uji no Joetsu, in the Play Go Taiheiki Shirishi-banashi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Woodblock print of two women on a snowy veranda with a sword, a bamboo fence, and a figure in a straw hat outside.

Act Nine: Yuranosuke's House in Yamashina from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779/80

Woodblock print of a young man in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword at his waist, against a pale background.

In the Style of a Young Man (Wakashu fu), Left Sheet of Triptych (Sanpukutsui hidari)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1730

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with a sword, leaning on a red wooden railing by water.

The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Tsuchiya Umegawa Disguised as the Female Sumo Wrestler Oyodo (?) in the Play Naniwa no…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono, with a shamisen player and kneeling women under willow branche

The Actors Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Oiso no Tora, Azuma Tozo III as Miura Katagai,…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Triptych Japanese print of women in patterned kimono carrying shimadai trays on a wooden veranda beneath pine branches.

A procession of women holding shimadai decorations

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1789/1801

Woodblock print of two women in kimono admiring hanging wisteria by a railing, with a pond and pine trees behind.

Admiring the wisteria at Kameido Shrine

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono, one bending forward, with elaborate hairpins and obi sashes.

Two Entertainers and a Maid

Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1777

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a straw rain cape and patterned kimono, holding a sword in a rainy night scene.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Hayano Kampei in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Najori no Kura, Performed at the Nakam…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1780

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, a man on the left and a courtesan with elaborate hairpins on the ri

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as a courtesan (right) and Sawamura Sojuro III as Oyamada Taro (?) disguised as Tarosak…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c 1779

Woodblock print of a full moon over a river at night, with a bridge pillar and a boatman poling a cargo boat.

Moon over Ryogoku Bridge in Summer (Natsu Ryogoku no tsuki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Season…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono raising a sword against a black background, with red face makeup.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Ippei (?) in the Play Koi Nyobo Somewake Tazuna (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1778

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in disguise, wearing a floral red kimono, grey robe and hair ornaments.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Hitomaru Disguised as the Geisha Oshun in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performed a…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red and white face paint, scowling, wearing an elaborate black topknot and patterned r

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Mod…

Attributed to Katsukawa Shun’ei, About 1791

Japanese woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a large straw hat, with calligraphy beside.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1763

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a mountain road above the sea, with pine trees and colorful hills.

No. 43: Tsumagome, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Japanese woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with a thatched house and bamboo grove beyond.

No. 25: Yawata, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of travelers in snow among bent pine trees, with a river, footbridge and thatched house beside the road.

No. 15: Itahana (Jugo: Itahana), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no…

Keisen Eisen, c. 1835/36

Woodblock print of a dragon with horns and whiskers twisting among clouds, with red accents on its body.

Dragon in clouds

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of a robed priest with a seaweed-tipped staff battling large curling waves beneath a night sky, with a shrine

Shinto priest performing the seaweed-gathering ritual

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Woodblock print of a cuckoo flying past a pine branch under a pale full moon against blue sky.

Cuckoo, Pine Brach, and Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Black-and-white print of two Breton women in white headdresses walking through a field beside a sheep, with a church spire in

Pleasures of Brittany (Joies de Bretagne)

Paul Gauguin, 1889, published after 1900

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green star-patterned kimono holding a staff, with a cart behind him in snow.

The Actor Matusmto Koshiro IV as Ise no Saburo Disguised as Mizoro no Sabu in the Play Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shiraha…

Katsukawa Shunjo, c. 1780

Lithograph of a seated woman resting her head on her hands beside a standing man, with a tree and a figure in branches above.

Human Sorrow (Miseres humaines)

Paul Gauguin, 1889, published after 1900

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding swords, with pink and yellow screens behind him.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamu…

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1789

Lithograph of two Breton women in dark dress beside a cow, with a rough sea and cliffs behind them.

Dramas of the Sea, Brittany (Les drames de la mer, Bretagne)

Paul Gauguin, 1889, published after 1900

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and cloak, holding a sword against a geometric background.

Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Mori no Rammaru in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1791

Woodblock print of travelers carrying straw bundles past pine trees, with village houses, rice fields and blue mountains behi

No. 65: Takamiya, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with a black ox and pine trees in the foreground.

No. 66: Echikawa, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Japanese woodblock print of travelers with umbrellas on a road by a river, pine trees and mountains in the background.

No. 68 (sic; actually 69): Crossroad at Kusatsu (Kusatsu oiwake), from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokai…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38