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Japanese Prints

11,211 works

Woodblock print of a seated robed figure riding a black ox led by a child, with moon, pine trees and boats over water.

The Poet Sugawara Michizane

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

Fan-shaped Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a floral kimono with an attendant in lavender robes beside her.

The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya and her attendant, from the series "Fans of the East (Azuma ogi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1777/78

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono kneeling beside a latticed shoji screen, one leaning against the other.

Double Pillow

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hair combs, one holding a shamisen, in patterned kimono.

The Entertainer Tamino and the Serving Girl Nui of the Sumiyoshiya

Eishosai Choki, c. 1792

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono bowing in a snowy garden beside a fence and umbrella.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of travelers and pack horses under pine trees by a stone wall, with rice fields and mountains beyond.

Ishibe, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Gyos…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1841/44

Ukiyo-e print of two sumo wrestlers standing side by side in decorated aprons, with Japanese inscriptions in the margins.

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: (right) Nijigadake Somaemon of Sekiwake Rank from Awa Province, and (left) Fuden…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1782/83

Woodblock print of two figures in hanging baskets descending a green gorge above a rushing river.

Mushroom Gathering at Kumano in Kii Province (Kishu Kumano iwatake tori) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a horse beside a reclining man among flowering grasses, with mountains and calligraphy above.

Sojo Henjo, from the series "One Hundred Satirical Poems (Kyoka neboke hyakushu)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Lithograph of two men standing in a dim interior under a hanging lamp, with seated figures in shadow at left.

Cleared Out

Jean-Louis Forain, July 1914

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with an ox carrying firewood, autumn maples and hills in the background.

Ox (Ushi), from the series "Twelve Hours of the Floating World (Ukiyo juni shi)"

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/1801

Japanese woodblock print of two women viewing a moon above reeds, one tending a small brazier beside a fan.

Moon viewing

Eishosai Choki, c. 1794

Black-and-white woodblock print of seated nude women, a standing nude with fruit, animals and foliage in a bordered frame.

Women, Animals, and Foliage, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99

Black and cream woodcut print of a man leading an ox cart along a rocky path beside dark hills.

The Ox Cart, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99

Monochrome lithograph of two seated women on a bench in an interior, one in a ruffled collar, with a decorative wall behind.

At La Souris, Madame Palmyre

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1897

Woodblock print of a reclining Hotei playing with a child while a woman in a coral kimono watches by a lattice window.

Hotei, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Ukiyo shichi fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an elderly bearded man reading beside a woman playing shamisen, with a crane and plum-blossom screen.

Fukurokuju, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of Tamonten with two women beside a brazier, folding screen and chrysanthemums, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Tamonten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a man on rice bundles, a child hanging a paper charm on a pine tree, and a woman beside a shop stall.

Daikokuten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a seated man, a woman and a boy with a basket under willow branches on a veranda.

Ebisu, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an old bearded man tending a seated woman's foot beside a blossoming plum branch and shoji screen.

Jurojin, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a rider on a white horse crossing a wooden bridge through a snowy landscape with mountains and pines.

Crossing the River at Sano

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono standing beside a seated man under red lanterns on a veranda.

Benzaiten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of two boys reading a scroll before a mountain landscape with pagodas.

Two Boys as the Eccentric Monks Kanzan (Chinese: Hanshan) and Jittoku (Chinese: Shide)

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Black-ground woodblock print of Hotei and two children in a boat on night waters, with a bird flying overhead.

Hotei and Two Children on a Boat

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Etching of a bearded man leaning over a double bass, with his bow and sheet music visible at the left.

The Double Bass Player

Alphonse Legros, c. 1873

Japanese print of folded paper ornament and iris flowers with a flying bird and crescent moon above.

Crescent Moon with Flying Little Cuckoo

Harukawa Goshichi, 1825

Japanese print of a red lobster behind three inscribed boxes, with iris leaves and a pink peony in the foreground.

Lobster, Three Sake Measure Boxes, Iris and Penny Flower

Kokei Ueda, c.1831

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono with an umbrella beside a river, under a willow, with two frogs.

A Young Woman Watching Frogs (parody of Ono no Tôfû)

Torii Kiyomitsu, c. 1760

Black and white woodblock print of a man seated at a table gazing at a moon above willow trees beside a hut.

Man in Thatched Hut Viewing the Moon

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1740s

Japanese woodblock print of Yamauba with long black hair nursing the red-faced child Kintaro in a floral purple kimono.

Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/06

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned robes seated on a white elephant above clouds, holding a scroll.

Courtesan on White Elephant

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765