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Japanese Prints

11,035 works

Brown etching of a seated woman in a dark jacket beside a lamp, with a hooded figure at right.

La modiste

Norbert Goeneutte, 1895

Lithograph portrait of a bearded man with tousled hair and a direct gaze, set against dark hatched shading.

Etude (Maurice Dumont)

Henri De Groux, 1895

Lithograph of a black-robed clergyman standing before a distant guillotine under radiating light, with a chest and food in th

Aimez-vous les uns les autres

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Le solitaire

B.-A. Neuburger, 1895

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child catching fireflies at night beside irises and reeds.

Catching Fireflies

Eshōsai Chōki, c.1790s

Etching of two nude female figures standing in a wooded garden beside plants and a small animal, by B.-A. Neuburger, 1895.

Nymphes

B.-A. Neuburger, 1895

Monochrome print of a nude woman on a dark creature beside a crouching figure, against a shadowy landscape.

Fin de rêve

Maurice Dumont, 1895

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a teal kimono tying thread beside a sewing box and spool.

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Three women in kimono play poem cards on a pink mat in a room with shoji screens, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Young Women Playing Poem Cards

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766/67

Japanese woodblock print of two women seated at a shop with hair ornaments on display, willow curtain, and a rooster below.

Ofuji, the Shop Girl of the Motoyanagiya, with a Customer

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of a pagoda on a rocky island above a standing woman and seated attendant on clouds, with a floating

Chikubu Island in Omi Province, No. 30 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei sanjuban Omi Chikubujima), fro…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a court woman on a red boat at sunrise, with a temple inset and text panel above.

Kachio Temple in Settsu Province, No. 23 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijusanban Settsu Kachiodera…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of Mii Temple above a mountain, with two women, firewood bundles and a stone mortar below.

Mii Temple in Omi Province, No. 14 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei juyonban Omi Miidera), from the se…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of Ishiyama Temple on a forested hill above, with a pilgrim and seated monk below and text.

Ishiyama Temple in Omi Province, No. 13 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei jusanban Koshu Ishiyamadera),…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a mountain temple above and rice bales falling around a red pole below, with calligraphy columns.

Mount Hokke in Harima Province, No. 26 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijurokuban Harima Hokkezan),…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Woodblock print of two women beside a waterfall, with an inset view of a temple on Mount Nachi above.

Mount Nachi in Kii Province, No. 1 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei ichiban Kishu Nachisan), from the…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1858

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and teal dragon robe, glaring under a full moon with birds flying overhead.

The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as Taira Shinno Masakado

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1847/52

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono on a mountain path with pines and Mount Fuji behind him.

The actor Matsumoto Kinsho I as Igami no Gonta at Gontazaka, between Hodogaya and Totsuka, from the series "Tokaido"

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in bold costumes, one with red face paint and polka dot robe.

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V as Goshogun Kanki and Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Watonai Sankan in the play "Kokusanya Kass…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1850

Triptych woodblock print of a samurai procession with red banners crossing a river, framed by pine trees and green hills.

Procession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River (Minamoto Yoritomo ko Oikawa gyoretsu zu)

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Triptych woodblock print of Otsu-e folk figures, demons, samurai, and a kneeling woman in colorful robes.

The Extraordinary Phenomenon of the Popular Otsu Picture (Tokini otsue kidai no maremono)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

Three women in kimono wade through a rippling river beside a bank of yellow flowers, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Jewel River at Ide, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of women with a painting scroll, brushes and inkstone on a tatami floor, with garden plants beyond the verand

Painting (Ga), from an untitled series of the four accomplishments

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1772/75

Triptych woodblock print of women and men relaxing on an evening riverside platform beneath hanging lanterns, in soft colors.

Cooling Off in the Evening at Shijogawara

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a black kimono reaching for a red ball beside a blue wave-patterned screen.

New Year in Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara seiyo), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese woodblock title page with framed panels of snowy landscapes and calligraphic text listing provinces and road routes.

Title Page for the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces of Great Japan (Dai Nihon Rokujuyo-shu meisho zue)"

Miyagi Gengyo, 1856

Woodblock print of a rider in orange kimono on a white horse beside a patterned folding screen and pine branch.

The First Horseback Ride (Uma norizome), from the series "The Five Fashionable Days of Starting (Furyu go kotohajime)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

Black-and-white lithograph of a skull appearing through a wall opening beneath wooden beams, by Odilon Redon.

Through an Opening in the Wall, a Skull Appeared, plate 1 from Edmond Picard's Le Jure

Odilon Redon, 1887

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a green floral kimono with a young attendant in red against a yellow background.

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase)"

Eishosai Choki, c. 1793/97

Japanese surimono print of a woman drawing water from a well with a long pole, beside calligraphy columns.

Surimono for the New Year

Ônishi Chinnen, Possibly 1836

Woodblock print of several river trout swimming diagonally through blue water, with black calligraphy at upper left.

River trout

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/44

Woodblock print of a fierce warrior in a dragon-patterned robe raising a sword overhead against a black background.

Lu Junyi (Gyokukirin Roshungi), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Su…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30