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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Tomimoto Toyohina, from the series "Famous Beauties of Edo (Edo komei bijin)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/94

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one whispering close to the other's ear, in pink and floral kimonos.

The Habit of Criticizing Others (Ta o soshiru kuse), from the series "Seven Bad Habits (Nakute nana kuse)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Ukiyo-e print of a woman reading a letter while a man kneels beside her, with patterned kimonos and calligraphic text.

The joruri, Nure tsubame negura no karakasa, from the series Joruri libretti (Joruri-bon) (Nure tsubame negura no kar…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

Ukiyo-e print of two women with a child in a red robe, one holding a folding fan, against a pale background.

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/05

Woodblock print of a comic male poet in black robe sticking out his tongue beside two women in patterned kimono.

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/05

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in bold costume with a fan headdress beside a kneeling boy and bucket.

The Actor Otani Hiroji I as Asahina Saburo

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1723

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a glass bowl of goldfish, the other reaching toward a basin of fish.

Goldfish

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair looking down at a child in a patterned blue and green kimono.

Mother Nursing Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1806/31

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role with an elaborate hairstyle and floral black kimono.

The actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a blue-tinged shaved head, glaring, holding a green sword hilt in a tan kimono.

The actor Tanimura Torazo as Washizuka Hachiheiji

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Hand-colored woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one with a fan and a crest, with calligraphy.

The Actors Tamazawa Rinya, Uemura Kohachi, and Ichikawa Monnosuke

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1715

Woodblock portrait of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black kimono and topknot against a grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of women gathered in a room with screens, a crane, pine landscape and plum blossoms, by Chobunsai Eishi.

A Woman's Poetry Party

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono by a stone wall and stream, with a pine tree on a green hill.

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Japanese woodblock print of a banquet with two women in kimono, a man in a black robe, and lacquer trays with fish.

A Banquet Scene

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and striped hakama, with two swords at his sash.

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Woodblock print of a woman leaning on a man in a green robe, with a paper lantern and long stick at lower right.

Osome and Hisamatsu, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hair ornaments and a man shielding his face with a large fan, in pink and black kimo

Shirai Gonpachi and Komurasaki, from the series "Beauties in Joruri Roles (Bijin awase joruri kagami)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a red kimono holding yellow chrysanthemums, with a hanging red lacquer box beside her.

The Courtesan Tsukioka of the Hyogoya

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hairpins, holding a black parasol, in a pink and green patterned kimono.

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Chojiya

Ichirakutei Eisui, 1790/1823

Woodblock print of a reclining courtesan with patterned red cloth over her head, decorative hairpins, and a fan on green grou

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Five Festivals (Bijin gosekku)"

Ichirakutei Eisui, c. 1795/1800

Three Beauties of Our Time (Tosei san bijin)

Chokosai Eisho, n.d.

Black-line woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in patterned kimono beside a pine tree, on ochre paper.

The Actor Nakamura Denkuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a purple patterned kimono with pink and green lining, hair pinned with ornaments.

Yamatoya: Iwai Hanshiro IV as Katanaya Ohana, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Takinoya: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Juro, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no suga…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of two Edo-period women in kimono, one holding a paper lantern on a pole, the other in a patterned black robe

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Seven Fashionable Figures of Ono no Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi yat…

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of women in kimono at a garden tea house with birds in latticed aviaries and a server with a tray.

Kacho chaya

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792/93

Woodblock print of kimono-clad women and men visiting a temple with pine trees, stone lanterns, and stalls.

New Year's Pilgrimage to Myohoji Temple in Horinouchi (Horinouchi Myohoji eho mairi no zu)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1804/10

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of women and a horseman with a falcon and dog walking by a reedy riverbank.

Party of falconers near river

Utagawa Toyohiro, c. 1798/1801

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers and robed courtiers crossing a bridge, with children on a hill and a temple among pines.

Frontispiece to the illustrated album "Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets" ("Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen")

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Woodblock print of farmers carrying straw across a bridge in a rice field, with thatched houses and hills under a red dawn sk

Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono and striped hat beside chrysanthemums and a bamboo fence.

Young Man Dressed as Mendicant Monk

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1755