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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside bamboo and a woven basket.

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Minamoto no Yoshiie and Sodesaki Iseno I as Onoe no Mae in the play "Kaomise Junid…

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1726

Two courtesans in patterned kimono stand on a veranda, one holding a rolled letter, beside a red railing.

The Courtesans Hinazuru and Karauta of the Chojiya Holding a Letter

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono beside a pine tree and water basin.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1731

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono walking beside a stream with reeds, with calligraphy above.

Young Woman Walking Near a Stream

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1760

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a teal patterned kimono with a sword, standing under a drooping willow tree.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1760

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a beige kimono and teal obi holding a white fan, with orange flowers behind.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1771

Japanese woodblock print of an ornate boat with costumed performers and fans, waves below and village scenes above.

Eight Scenes of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei): The Dance of Asahina and Umejumaru (Asaina Umejumaru mai no dan)

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1707

Black and white woodcut of a reclining woman on a flower-patterned cloth, with leafy foliage above.

Te arii vahine - opoi (Woman with Mangos - Tired), from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints

Paul Gauguin, 1898/99

Three women in patterned kimono wade across a rippling river beside a yellow flowering shrub and green bank.

Girls Fording the Ide no Tamagawa

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Etching of a group of men in plumed hats, lace collars and swords walking across an open, hatched landscape.

The Little Cavaliers

Édouard Manet, 1867/74

Diptych woodblock print of women in kimono and a man strolling under cherry blossoms on a grassy hill.

Third Month: Cherry Blossom Time at Gotenyama

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Etching of a standing man in a top hat and dark cloak with a bottle on the ground beside him.

The Absinthe Drinker

Édouard Manet, 1867-68 or 1874

Soft pink and cream print of a nude woman reclining on a bed beside a pink drape and floral wallpaper.

Danaë

Alexandre Lunois, 1894

Tall scenic wallpaper panel of a hillside city by a river, with boats and four figures in period dress on the bank.

Scenic Wallpaper Panel: Vues de Lyon

Printed by Sauvinet, 1821-25

Woodblock print of a bald man in a patterned red kimono holding up and reading a large sheet of paper.

The theater manager Shinozuka Uraemon reading the program for the Miayako Theater

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a warrior monk raising a staff above a bamboo fence beside a pine tree, with a prone figure below.

Yoshitsune and Benkei at Ataka barrier

Ran-u, 1765

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman with an oval dragon mirror and a seated musician playing a flute beneath a canop

Oiso no Tora and Shosho Playing Instruments

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1746

Woodblock print of women on a veranda above the sea, with bathers below, billowing streamers, birds and a poem card.

Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Woodblock print of workers on a riverbank with timber, a plank bridge over rapids, and a poem cartouche at right.

Harumichi no Tsuraki, thirty-second poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono carrying a red tub beside a snowy wooden gate.

The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Ito Kuro Disguised as Banta in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at th…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a woman with an orange parasol beside a willow and stream, with a frog in the water below.

Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu in the Play Geiko Zashiki Kyogen

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned costume with tortoise, pine and crane motifs, wearing a tall black headdress

Ichimura Kamezo I performing the Sanbaso dance

Torii Kiyohiro, c. 1756

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside a soba noodle stand, with Japanese calligraphy.

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Sengokuya Ihei and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as his wife Omatsu in the play "Kashiwa ga To…

Torii Kiyohiro, 1755

Japanese woodblock print of two women beside a cherry tree with a butterfly, a bamboo fence, and calligraphy above.

Poem by Mibuno no Tadami, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of two women in kimono reading a letter on a red bench as a young man enters through a curtain.

Young Man Walks in as Two Courtesans Read Love Letter

Shiba Kôkan, c. 1772/74

Japanese woodblock print of women and children at a shop with a large noren curtain, a young man holding toys.

The Echigoya on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of two women in black hoods and floral kimono beside a man in a red coat, under a shimenawa rope.

The Twelfth Month (Harumachizuki), from the series "Fashionable Monthly Visits to Sacred Places in the Four Seasons (…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Woodblock print of a dancer in a pink floral kimono holding a fan beneath a hanging bell and falling cherry blossoms.

Actor Nakayama Tomisaburô as a Shirabyôshi Dancer in “The Maiden at Dôjô Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a chrysanthemum kimono with turtles, a treasure bowl and a scroll.

Jurojin, from the series "A Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Utamaro woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned kimono, a seated woman writing, and a child with a white cat.

Takigawa of the Ogiya (Ogiya uchi Takigawa, Onami, Menami, Kisagawa, Hanamichi, Himekawa, Kumegawa)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono seated beside a hanging wind chime and green blind, with a decorated fan abov

Ukiyo Genji hakkei : Suzumushi no bansho

Chobunsai Eishi, n.d.

Ukiyo-e print of three courtesans in patterned kimono and ornate hairpins walking together, by Chokosai Eisho.

The Courtesans Hanaogi, Segawa, and Miyahito of the Ogiya

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1796/97