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Japanese Prints

11,210 works

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle in a striped kimono, with a plum-blossom scene inset above.

時代かゞみ明治

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a moonlit bay with sailboats, a rowboat, and a lantern-lit teahouse on the shore under pine trees.

Kanagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a road below Mount Fuji, with thatched houses and pine trees, by Hiroshige.

Ejiri, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a river valley with pine trees, thatched teahouses, red lanterns, and travelers on a path.

Hodogaya

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a samurai fighting a winged tengu creature in a red cloak, with a crow and naginata nearby.

和漢百物語宮本無三四

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Etching of a line of covered wagons pulled by horses across an open grassy field under a cloudy sky.

Covered Wagons (Souvenir of the Morvan)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono pouring tea from a teapot, with calligraphy and an inset scene.

新柳二十四時午前二時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of farmers planting rice terraces with pine trees, travelers on a road, and snowy Mount Fuji behind.

Totsuka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of women on a platform carried by men through waves, with Mount Fuji in the background.

〔大井川蓮台渡〕

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of pine trees on a hillside above a bay with sailing boats and a distant mountain coastline.

Ohiso

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with two actor portraits in kimono and two panels of calligraphy text.

教訓いろはたとゑお・曽我五郎時致／く・在原屋業平

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of travelers with a palanquin and red banners on a rocky riverbank beneath gnarled pines and dark mountains.

Hakone

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

時代かゞみ寛政之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of an evening river scene with a crowded arched bridge, rowboats, a rising moon, and a long wooden bridge.

Eight Views of Edo: Ryōgoku Bridge Evening Glow

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono walking past a torii gate and a busy street market with shop curtains.

芝神明生姜市

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock title page with Mount Fuji in a fan cartouche, surrounded by flowers, maple leaves, waves and calligraphy

Mokuroku - title page and table of contents

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Etching of a ferryboat with a horse and cart crossing a calm river between tall wooded banks.

The Bezons Ferryboat

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a sword, with a hexagon-patterned backdrop and calligraphy cart

〔茨木明治１６年４月上演新富座〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1883

Etching of a marsh with wading storks, reeds, a large oak tree and a flock of birds flying over a cloudy sky.

The Marsh with Storks

Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1851

Woodblock print of a court lady reading a letter by a silk curtain, with attendants, a garden stream and a painted screen.

夢浮橋

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of snowy rooftops along a canal with Mount Fuji rising in the distance under a pink sky.

Sukiya Bridge in the eastern capital

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a village road with thatched houses, blue banners, plum trees and a green mountain behind.

石部

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of a courtier in blue robe with a fan on a veranda, gazing at a full moon beside a poem cartouche.

月百姿かしかまし野もせにすたく虫の音よ我たになかくものをこそおもへ

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Japanese print of plum blossoms on a branch beside a biwa lute, with handwritten calligraphy in a column on the left.

Plums and Biwa

Tanomura Shosai, 1860s

Color woodblock print of Japanese soldiers charging up a hillside, an officer on horseback raising a sword under a rising sun

日本大勝利成歓ノ戦ニ清兵ヲ破

Yōsai Nobukazu, 1894

Woodblock print of a wooden bridge over a river with boats, pine trees on a hill, and Mount Fuji under a red sky.

Ochanomizu in the eastern capitol

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a baby, with a night bridge and fireworks scene inset above.

東都名所両国橋之涼

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with pedestrians, a palanquin, willow trees, and wooden buildings.

Fuchu: View of the Licensed Quarter in Nichomachi (Fuchu, Nichomachi kuruwa no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stat…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of Ryōgoku Bridge over a river with Mount Fuji, boats, rowers, and two women in kimono under willow branches.

Ryōgoku in the eastern capital

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe, with a smaller inset portrait and calligraphy above.

市村家橘

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1862

Woodblock print of autumn maples on a hill above fields and a river, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance at sunset.

Sunset Hill, Meguro in the eastern capitol

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Etching of sheep grazing on a hillside under slanting rain, with a dog standing watch on the ridge.

The Dog's Watch

Charles-François Daubigny, 1857