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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono at a doorway and a man with a sword below a red calligraphy banner.

Correspondence of Rajōmon

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Triptych woodblock print of a snowy mountain valley with pines, a dark river, and falling snow, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Mountain and River on the Kiso Road (Kisoji no yamakawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checked summer kimono holding a round fan, with hair combs and bare feet.

Standing beauty in a summer gown

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1772

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black floral kimono and blue checkered skirt, with long ornate hairpins.

The courtesan Yachiyo of Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans on parade

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one pointing toward a shop street scene with lanterns, with calligraphy above.

Chrysanthemum viewing

Suzuki Harunobu and Shiba Kōkan and Suzuki Harushige, 1771

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono inside a green mosquito net with red valances and bedding.

Woman with a visitor

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1797

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with townhouses, lanterns, and figures in kimono, with fields beyond.

Perspective picture of famous places of Japan: Nakanocho in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1775

Woodblock print of two women with an umbrella and a child with a second umbrella walking in rain past a red fence and a dog.

Rain in May

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a fence and bamboo grove, with a bird and a riverbank behind them.

Bush warbler in bamboo

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda beside sliding screens and a fruiting branch.

Early spring

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a samurai in orange armor facing a clawed demon emerging from dark clouds above a tiled floor.

Rajōmon

Torii Kiyonobu, 1711

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a riverside platform with boats, red lanterns, and a bridge at dusk.

June

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of three women on a veranda beside a river, one standing with a pipe and two tending a teapot on a brazier.

Otomo no Kuronushi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1795

Japanese woodblock print of three women in an interior room with a bamboo-patterned screen and a garden view.

Sojo Henjō

Chobunsai Eishi, 1795

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman in yellow kimono above and a man in grey robe below on wooden stairs.

The actors Iwai Sagenta and Katsuyama Matagorō

Torii Kiyonobu, 1705

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a red mat, one looking at a full moon, with flowering branches and poem te

Mid-Autumn

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman offering chestnuts to a red-skinned child who reaches up beside her.

Yamauba holding chestnuts and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and pink kimono bracing against wind beneath wisteria.

Woman protecting herself against the wind beneath wisteria blooms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one in green and one in plum, the right one carrying a long wooden koto case.

Geisha and a servant carrying her koto

Kitao Shigemasa, 1777

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one reading a scroll and one peeking through a sliding door, by Suzuki Harunobu.

November

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda at dusk, with a bridge, boats, rooftops and Mount Fuji in the background.

Evening glow at Ryōgoku Bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned orange kimono holding a small object, with Japanese inscriptions and a horse mo

Courtesan likened to the Chinese sage Zhang Guolao (Chōkarō)

Okumura Masanobu, 1715

Japanese print of a woman in a kimono with feather patterns, holding a checkered fan, in orange and black tones.

Beauty wearing a kimono with falcon feather patterns

Kaigetsudō Doshin, 1712

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a kimono with wave and waterwheel patterns, signed in calligraphy.

Beauty wearing a kimono with a pattern of waterwheels in waves

Kaigetsudō Dohan, 1711

Woodblock print of figures in kimono inside a room with hanging netting, a folding iris screen, and tea utensils on the floor

Outside the mosquito netting

Torii Kiyomasu, 1716

Hand-colored Japanese print of people on a veranda viewing cherry blossoms, with a pond, pagoda and hillside path.

Viewing cherry blossoms from the bank of a pond at Ueno

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1725

Woman in a patterned kimono beside hanging willow branches and a poem column, Japanese woodblock print.

Willow Bridge (Yanagibashi), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono beside a red panel of poetry and willow branches.

Willow Tea (Yanagicha), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Woodblock print of a kabuki costume with striped robe, green patterned fabric, black helmet ornament and sword on an orange c

Ichikawa Danjuro's costume for Shibaraku, from the series "Acting Skills of the Ichikawa Family, A Set of Three (Mima…

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1818/24

Woodblock print of a brown goldfish inside a round glass bottle, with white flowers and calligraphy beside it.

Bottle with a goldfish design

Totoya Hokkei, c. late 1820s

Woodblock print of figures in a wooden pavilion, with boats on the sea and a rising sun beyond the veranda.

Shinagawa tsukimi no keshiki

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1726

Japanese woodblock print of a muscular bald strong man in a patterned robe pushing against a red pillar, with calligraphy.

Strong man at pillar

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.