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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a bearded seated man in a patterned robe holding a fan beneath a blossoming tree.

No. 1: Liu Bei (Sono ichi: Ryubi), from the series "Three Heroes of Shu (Shoku sanketsu)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Woodblock print of the warrior woman Tomoe in armor with a naginata, framed by a patterned border and poem text.

Lady Tomoe (Tomoe jo), from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fuj…

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a brush beside a stack of paper and a red writing box.

Woman About to Write a Poem

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Woodblock print of two court ladies in patterned kimono beside a bare tree and wooden railing, with Japanese calligraphy.

Two Court Ladies Admiring Cherry Blossoms

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Japanese print of Mount Fuji above clouds, with a pine tree on a grassy slope and poem text in a patterned border.

Mt. Fuji and Pine Tree

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a book, with long hairpins and calligraphy.

Osaka: Courtesan of the Shinmachi, from an untitled series of the three capitals

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1820s/30s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beside a basket with a fish, with calligraphy at upper left.

Ebisu (Shobishin), from the series "A Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Mitate shichifukujin)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1828

Woman in patterned robe examining thread and a spider web over a lacquered box, in a Japanese woodblock print with pine motif

Two Chinese Women Examining Thread and a Spider’s Web in a Box, from the series "Diptych for the Drum Group"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Japanese woodblock print of dancing women in kimono and a standing man on a veranda beneath lanterns and pine trees.

Dancing Courtesan and a Man (possibly poet Hisakataya), Two, from the pentaptych series of "Furuichi Dance Performanc…

Yashima Gakutei, mid 1820s

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono dancing on a veranda under lanterns, with pine trees behind.

Dancing Courtesans, Three, from the pentaptych series of "Furuichi Dance Performance (Furuichi odori)" for the Hisaka…

Yashima Gakutei, mid 1820s

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of dancing women in patterned kimono on a veranda beneath lanterns and pine trees.

Dancing Courtesans, Four, from the pentaptych series of "Furuichi Dance Performance (Furuichi odori)" for the Hisakat…

Yashima Gakutei, mid 1820s

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women dancing on a veranda under paper lanterns, with pine trees behind.

Dancing Courtesans, Five, from the pentaptych series of "Furuichi Dance Performance (Furuichi odori)" for the Hisakat…

Yashima Gakutei, mid 1820s

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a seated man in a floral kimono pointing a fan, and a standing woman with a plum branch

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kajiwara Genta Kagesue and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Umegae

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1821

Woodblock print of shops and pedestrians along a Shinagawa harbor shoreline at dusk, with women in kimono and red lanterns.

Pedestrians and Shops by the Harbor of Shinagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Woodblock print of travelers and kite-flying boys near plum blossoms, a lattice gate and fence, by Totoya Hokkei, 1833.

Kamata, from the series "A Record of a Journey to Enoshima, a Set of Sixteen (Enoshima kiko, jurokuban tsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Workers process seaweed on a shore beside a thatched hut, with drying racks and barrels, under a pale sky with calligraphy.

Hamagawa, from the series "A Record of a Journey to Enoshima (Enoshima kiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Japanese woodblock print of porters and a woman near a teahouse, with Mount Fuji rising behind them above the sea.

Fujisawa, from the series "A Record of a Journey to Enoshima (Enoshima kiko)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1833

Woodblock print of a golden palace under a full moon, with figures on a stairway and a woman and armored man in the foregroun

The Palace of Longevity

Totoya Hokkei, 1831

Woodblock print of a ferry boat with boatmen and passengers crossing a river at dusk, with a moon and birds.

Ferry boat crossing the Sumida River, from the album "Friends of the Three Capitals (Santo no tomoe)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1832

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a wand, against blue clouds, with a hanging mirror and calligraphy.

Ama no Uzume, No. 3 (Sono san) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Woodblock print of a drummer in a patterned kimono striking a drum beside a red banner, with clouds and moon above.

The drummer, No. 1 (Sono ichi) from the series "The Boulder Door of Spring (Haru no iwato)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1820s

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a striped kimono beside willow branches, a potted plant and a red calligraphy p

Willow Shop (Yanagiya), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono by a brazier, with willow branches and a tortoise emblem.

Willow Island (Yanagishima), from the series "A Series of Willows (Yanagi bantsuzuki)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1828

Woodblock print of the Sumida River with a bridge, houses, a boat, and snow-capped Mount Fuji in the distance.

The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series "View of Mount Fuji from Edo (Edo no Fuji)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1832

Woodblock print of a nobleman and court lady in a boat poled by a boatman past a snowy shore at night.

Nobleman and court lady boating at night near a snow-covered shore

Totoya Hokkei, 1826

Japanese print of two figures in a boat inside a shell-shaped frame, with snowy shore, plum blossoms and a large clam shell.

The shell-matching game, from the series Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)

Totoya Hokkei, Early 1830s

Woodblock print of a nobleman with a flute beside a kneeling attendant, plum branches, a moon, and calligraphy above.

Nobleman playing flute, from the series "Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)"

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s

Woman in a brown kimono reads a letter at a low table in a study room with poem cards and a round window.

Woman reading poems in a study room

Katsushika Hokuga, c. 1833

Woodblock print of a bridge post with paper streamers beside a large crescent moon in a pale blue sky.

Bridge post and crescent moon

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Woman in a blue kimono on a balcony watching a sailing ship with red flags, with pine and mountains beyond.

Courtesan watching foreign ship from balcony

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1818/44

Woodblock print of a bearded man at a railing gazing up at a goddess in clouds above the sea, with calligraphy.

Benzaiten appearing to Taira no Kiyomori

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono writing at a desk beside blossoming plum branches, with calligraphy above.

Seated woman holding brush and poem card

Totoya Hokkei, early 1830s