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Japanese Prints

11,210 works

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai on horseback beside waves, a boat with banners, and a battle scene above.

Kumagai Naozane and Taira no Atsumori at the battle of Ichi-no-tani

Kondo Kiyoharu, c. 1720

Woodblock print of armored samurai by a waterfall, with a helmeted warrior hiding inside a tree hollow at upper right.

Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1758

Woodblock print of Kirifuri Falls with white water cascading over rocks, travelers in robes at its base and on a path.

Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimosuke

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of travelers on a road approaching a wooden bridge over a river, with thatched village roofs and blooming tre

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

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall framed by trees, with travelers in wide hats on a path beside a thatched hut.

Yōrō waterfall in Mino Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of five women in kimono dancing under a large parasol, holding fans and a lantern.

Sumiyoshi dance

Chobunsai Eishi, 1791

Woodblock print of a monk sweeping snow with a broom beside a latticed wooden building, with calligraphy above.

A Priest Sweeping in the Snow

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1731

Woodblock print of children gathered at a painting class with brushes, fans, bowls and paper on red mats.

Children in a painting class

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of men tumbling on a moonlit Edo street beneath willow trees, with paper signs and lanterns.

48: Emonzaka, Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hirokage, 1861

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in colorful costume, one standing beside a tall stack of boxes and cloth bundles.

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1720

Woodblock print of a bald, fierce-faced man in a patterned robe seated on rocks, holding a bowl, with a golden dragon above.

Actor in the role of Nakasaina Sonja

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woman in patterned kimono holding a basin with a morning glory, beside calligraphy and a blue crest banner.

Beauty carrying morning glory in a basin

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

Woodblock print of a boatman, porters and a loaded horse by a shore with pine trees, thatched house and distant sailboats.

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no kihan), No. 5 from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1730s

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a standing man with a yellow fan and a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono.

Arashi Hinasuke in the role of Minamoto no Raikō and Iwai Kumesaburō in the role of Yosoi Hime

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1799

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one holding a puppet figure aloft over his shoulder.

The Actors Yamashita Kinsaku I and Hayakawa Hatsuse as puppeteers in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu"…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1725

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a black kimono resting on a wooden box beside a screen and flowers.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Kuzunoha

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1737

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin past rice paddies and a large tree, with distant mountains and a poem above.

Shono, 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 timber yard by a canal, with workers, stacked lumber, wooden houses and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Tategawa at the capital

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Japanese print of a pumpkin plant with yellow flower and gourd, and a dragonfly flying above against a pale background.

Dragonfly and pumpkin

Ogata Gekkō, 1890

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a yellow floral kimono holding a small basket, with a title cartouche at upper left.

The Courtesan Komurasaki (Tayu Komurasaki)

Torii Kiyotada, c. 1730

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono walking by a river with bushclover, hills and a moon above.

Bushclover at Tamagawa (Six Jewel Rivers)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a black court robe beside a flowering plum branch, with Japanese signature.

Sugawara no Michizane

Kondo Kiyoharu, c. 1720

Woodblock print of a tall courtesan in a black patterned kimono walking with two attendants in pale robes.

The Courtesan Kinshū of Yotsumei-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1775

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono beside a wooden fence and pine branch.

First scene

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono trimming her nails on a bamboo bench under a weeping willow.

Trimming Her Nails

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1755

Hand-colored woodblock print of Shoki the demon queller in yellow robes sharpening a sword beside rocks and a winged creature

Shoki the Demon Queller Sharpening His Sword

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1725

Japanese woodblock print of women, children and a man under yellow parasols walking in falling snow.

Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a mother and child behind teal mosquito netting, with a standing woman and paper lantern in a Japanese int

Mother and child behind mosquito netting

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Hotei carries a child piggyback through shallow water beside a woman under a willow tree, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Hotei carrying a young girl piggyback

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Black woodblock print of two robed figures in a boat under a crescent moon, with pine and willow trees on the riverbank.

Ukifune and Ukon approach the island of Tachibana

Okumura Masanobu, c.1740

Woodblock print of a man with a sword and a woman on a veranda, with a rooster and hen and blossoming plum branches.

A young dandy and a woman on a veranda

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a folding fan, with a red Japanese cartouche.

Ichikawa Yaozō III in the role of Yoshida-ya Kizaemon

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1804