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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned kimono holding bamboo beneath a snowy pine.

Corresponded to snow, Shūka (Bando Mitsugoro V) as Kasuga-ya Tokijirō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in a green robe with a white crest, beside a folding fan.

The actor Bandō Minosuke in the role of Mitsuhide

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor drawing a bow beneath plum blossoms, with a second figure and pine trees behind hi

The actor Nakamura Shikan

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese print of a patterned bowl, scissors, and morning glory vines with handwritten calligraphy in the margins.

Bowl, scissors, and morning glories

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1820

Japanese print of a kabuki actor seated in a red patterned kimono beside stone steps and pine branches.

The actor Bandō Mitsugorō in the role of Tokubei

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of six figures in traditional robes, a reclining woman in a floral kimono at center with seated men

Six poets

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of two scholars, one writing with a brush beside a mountain landscape screen, with poetry columns at left.

Chinese Poetry, from the series "Three Classical Arts for the Sugawara Circle (Sugawara sanseki)"

Yashima Gakutei, early 1820s

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure beside a blue pine tree on a veranda, with a calligraphy panel and patterned bord

Prosperity: Ding Gu (Roku, Teiko), from an untitled series of happiness, prosperity, and longevity

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Japanese print of courtly figures in patterned robes seated in an interior beside a calligraphy panel and potted plant.

Longevity: Wo Quan (Ju, Akusen), from an untitled series of happiness, prosperity, and longevity

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Japanese print of a seated actor in green robe holding a staff, above a panel of white peonies, with calligraphy.

An actor as Mita no Tsuko and peonies, from the series "Ten Designs for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren jubantsuzuki)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Woodblock print of three seated men beside a brazier and kettle on a veranda, with a bamboo screen and calligraphy.

Satsuma no Fukuyorime from the Veritable Records of Emperor Montoku (Satsuma no Fukuyorime, Montoku jitsuroku), from…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

The actor Nakamura Karoku in the role of Sagami

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese print of a kabuki actor in a plaid kimono and black hood standing in falling snow beside willow branches.

The actor Ichikawa Sanshō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woman in patterned kimono stands on a wooden balcony beside a bare tree, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Kibi ehime from the Chronicles of Japan (Kibi ehime, Nihongi), from the series "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Fili…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1821

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a red lacquered object, with two swords at his waist.

The actor Seki Sanjūrō in the role of Izumi no Saburō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono holding a staff, beside a window with a paper lantern.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō in the role of Toragaishi no Ofumi from Ōiso

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woman in patterned robe playing a lute at a low table beside an incense burner with rising smoke and a flowering branch.

The Lesser Water Dragon Year of the Tenpo Era

Totoya Hokkei, 1832

Woodblock print of a seated figure in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of Yao-ya Oshichi

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in striped kimono and white headdress posed before a red patterned screen.

The actor Nakamura Shikan in the role of Kitsune Kuzunoha

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe carrying a beam over his shoulder beside a bamboo fence and plum blossoms.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in the role of Kaya no Sanpei, also known as Yomei Soga Dozaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Brown-toned Japanese triptych of kimono-clad women beneath branches, with figures in clouds and calligraphic inscriptions.

Triptych of viewing maple leaves

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1744

Woodblock print of two figures in patterned robes beneath willow branches and a blossoming tree beside a rock, with calligrap

Akutagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/06

Girl at the window

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a red dawn sun over a bay, Mount Fuji on the right, pavilion and pines at left.

Dawn over Mout Fuji and Susaki, from the series "Five Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/29

Woodblock print of women in kimono viewing pink cherry blossoms near a temple and pagoda on a green hillside.

Viewing cherry blossoms at Ueno

Katsukawa Shunzan, 1781

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one playing a stringed instrument beside a lacquered box and red t

Urashimatarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono on a wooden bench beneath a noren curtain.

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsuba-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woman in blue kimono playing shamisen beside a cat and plum blossoms, with a writing box and poems in a Japanese woodblock pr

No. 4: Personally Arranged Flower (Teike no hana), from the series "A Comparison of Flowers (Hana awase)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, late 1820s

Woodblock print of a man holding chrysanthemums and a seated woman in a patterned robe with a white headcloth.

September

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono sheltering under a tree in the rain, with calligraphy on the left.

No. 3: Shade Beneath a Tree (San: konoshitakage), from the series "A Collection of Famous Horses (Meiba zoroe)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, 1834

Ukiyo-e print of four courtesans in patterned kimono walking in procession, with calligraphy names above.

The courtesans Mitsuhata, Senzan, Misayama, Itotaki, and Oribae

Chobunsai Eishi, 1791

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in green kimono adjusting hair within a fan-shaped frame, with a red seal and calligraph

The actor Tomizawa Hanzaburō

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770