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Japanese Prints

11,210 works

Japanese triptych print of women in kimono with parasols, attendants and a lacquered box in an interior setting.

A princess traveling with her attendants descends from a palanquin

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1801/04

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in ornate costumes beneath blossoming cherry branches, one holding a sw

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III (R) as Nagoya Sanza and Iwai Kumesaburo II (L) as the courtesan Katsuragi in the play "O…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Japanese woodblock diptych of two kabuki actors under cherry blossoms, one holding an umbrella and one leaning on a staff.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sukeroku (R) and Onoe Kikugoro III as the white sake peddler Shinbei (L) in the pl…

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1823

Atage, from the series "A Selection of Eastern Beauties (Azuma bijin erami)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles, one offering a sake cup on a tray to the other.

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Japanese print of a gnarled pine tree above red camellias beside a rock, with calligraphy in the left margin.

A Pine Tree and Camellias

Niwa Tōkei, 1840

Print of white plum blossoms in a blue porcelain vase beside two carved seals, with calligraphy text on the left.

A Branch of White Plum Blossoms in a Porcelain Vase, with Two Carved Stone Seals

Haruki Nanmei, 1866

Woodblock print of palm leaves arranged in a green bronze jar with a dragon, on a dark cloud base, with calligraphy.

An Arrangement of Shuro Palm Leaves in a Bronze Jar

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796

Etching of a bird shop doorway with caged birds on shelves above and a woman holding a child standing in the shadows.

Bird Shop - Seven Dials

James McNeill Whistler, 1888

Black-ink woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a crested kimono with a sword, leaning forward in wooden sandals.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Hotei Ichiemon in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in t…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono arranging her hair beside a cluster of irises.

Irises: beauty arranging hair, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Woodblock print of travelers in straw hats by a thatched teahouse, with a river, village and blue mountain behind.

No. 14: Takasaki, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child with a bamboo branch, parasol and water bucket for the Tanabata festival.

The Tanabata Festival, from the from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu as…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Woodblock print of a snowy Asakusa temple with a red hall, crowds, a pagoda and snow-covered trees.

The Year-end Fair at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan toshi no ichi), from the series "Famous Places in…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda under a full moon, with a flowering shrub, stone basin and poem cartouche.

Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin, from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman in a wide hat walking by windblown waves, with a seated figure under a bamboo-blind shelter.

The Bamboo-Blind Shell (Sudaregai), from an untitled series of shells

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of two hobby-horse dancers and three female shamisen musicians in kimono, with captions above.

Musicians from Tamaya Yahachi and hobby-horse dancers from Daimon Fujiya, from the series "Comic Performances by the…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a peony-patterned kimono standing beside a wooden railing and shoji screen.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Takamura of Onoteruya (?) in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuromushi…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono holding a patterned cloth, with another woman at a lattice window behind her.

Young Woman Emerging from a Bathhouse

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1772

Japanese print of a young man adjusting a white horse's bridle near a pine tree, while two women watch from a window.

Young Man on Horseback and Two Women Watching from a Window

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a tree, with a crouching man in green near a rock, and Japanese text.

Oiso, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1804

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono seated and playing a shamisen beside a patterned robe.

Woman playing shamisen, from an untitled series of women at leisure

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1795/1800

Woodblock print of Ryogoku Bridge over a river with boats, willow branches, two women in kimono, and Mount Fuji in the distan

Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital (Toto Ryogoku), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokk…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of two women in purple kimono under cherry blossoms, with a river, boats, pagoda and Mount Fuji behind.

The Sumida Embankment in the Eastern Capital (Toto Sumida-zutsumi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of autumn maples on a hill above a river, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising in the distance.

Yuhi Hill at Meguro in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meguro Yuhigaoka), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of sailboats on a river with thatched houses, pine trees and Mount Fuji in the distance.

The Tone River at Konodai (Konodai Tonegawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of large blue waves breaking near a rocky shore, with snowy Mount Fuji and a sailboat in the distanc

The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta kaijo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanj…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of porters carrying travelers across a river, with bathers nearby and Mount Fuji in the distance.

The Oi River between Suruga and Totomi Provinces (Sun-En Oigawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fu…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a figure poling a raft through falling snow along a river, with snowy pilings and a bent tree.

The Sumida River in Winter Snow (Fuyu Sumidagawa no yuki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834/35

Woodblock print of snowy mountains above a lakeside village with boats on blue water and a poem cartouche upper left.

Lingering Snow on Mount Hira (Hira no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Omi Province (Omi hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834

Woodblock print of a crowded wooden bridge over blue water, with white-sailed boats and a waterfront town behind it.

Eitai Bridge and New Land at Fukagawa (Eitaibashi Fukagawa shinchi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Ca…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Japanese woodblock print of a long wooden bridge over a blue river, with workers repairing a roof in the foreground.

Yoshida: The Toyo River Bridge (Yoshida, Toyokawabashi), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaid…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34