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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Reddish-brown etching of a seated woman in a voluminous silk dress beside a high-backed armchair in an interior.

The Silk Dress

Albert Besnard, 1887

Woodblock print of a gold lacquer food box with New Year's dishes and a white wine goblet with a paper ornament.

Wine Goblet and Lacquer Food Box with New Year’s Meal

Totoya Hokkei, 1811

Woodblock print of two figures kneeling to practice archery while a standing woman in a striped kimono watches indoors.

Archery (Sha), from the series "Informal Versions of the Six Accomplishments in the Floating World (Ukiyoe rikugei ry…

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

Woodblock portrait of a bald man in an orange checked kimono with a black collar, glancing sideways against a grey background

The actor Arashi Ryuzo II as Ishibe no Kinkichi, the moneylender

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an orange kimono with green robe, topknot hair, and clasped hands on grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as Otoma in a pink patterned robe, holding a staff and a large yellow fan.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of three women and a child walking under cherry blossoms on a hillside, one holding a fan and parasol.

Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1788

Japanese woodblock print of five women in kimono gathered on a red floor with a teapot and sake cup, c. 1793/94.

Naniwaya Okita and Takashima Ohisa playing a game of ken

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1793/94

Woodblock print of women on a veranda beside a bridge and pines, with a courtly figure and a boat on water behind.

Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor playing a flute while seated on an ox beneath a willow tree, with reeds behind.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke in the play "Na no Hana Akebono Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1741

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono with a yellow umbrella and sword, by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1794.

Ichikawa Omezo

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1794

Line drawing of children quarreling over a go board on a floor, with a latticed screen and distant landscape behind.

Chinese and Tartar Boys Quarreling over a Game of Go

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1790

Triptych woodblock print of a river scene with boats, a bridge, a tiled-roof hall, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Komagata Hall and O-umaya River Bank, from the series "A Selection of Horses (Uma zukushi)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1822

Woodblock print of packhorses and drivers beside a wooden frame, with Mount Fuji rising across a marsh under a blue sky.

Senju in Musashi Province (Bushu Senju), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Japanese woodblock print of seated figures on a veranda under a pine tree, with a full moon over a bay and small red boats.

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833

Hokusai woodblock print of a rural village with thatched houses, a flowering tree, a bridge, and working villagers.

Vanity of Vanities

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of a duck with spread wings beside snowy reeds over blue water, with falling snow and calligraphy at upper le

Ducks in snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a blue Java sparrow on a branch with blue clematis flowers and a curling vine.

Java sparrow and clematis

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a hawk on a perch, a sparrow in flight, and white narcissus flowers with calligraphy above.

Falcon, sparrow, and narcissus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a flying blue swallow beside red poppies and a green seed pod, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Swallow and poppies

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of paper candles in open boxes with plum blossoms and patterned paper, with calligraphy at upper left.

Candles of Aizu

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a black court hat on a white stand above folded red and patterned court robes, with calligraphy.

Court Hat and Court Dress

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink kimono with patterned collar, hand raised, against grey background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a red shrine beneath a large pine tree, with a torii gate, stone lanterns and calligraphy.

Shrine Under a Big Pine Tree

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Line drawing of two kabuki actors in patterned robes beside a wooden staircase and blossoming tree.

The Actors Arashi Ryuzo and Morita Kanya VIII

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Two oval gold coins on pale paper with a red seal and vertical Japanese calligraphy beside them.

Gold Coins

Asakura Sansho, 1813

Japanese print of a black bachi plectrum on a patterned silk pouch with green cloth, beside columns of handwritten Japanese t

Bachi (Plectrum) Used in Playing Shamisen

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a lobster with long antennae beside lotus root and leafy greens, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Lobster and Vegetables

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Fan-shaped Japanese print of a woman with a hairpiece throwing beans from a wooden box, with calligraphy beside her.

Otafuku Throwing Black Beans to Chase Away the Demons on New Year's Eve (Senmen Otafuku zu)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a red kettle, black lacquer stand, blue and white cup and ladle, with calligraphy beside them.

Wine-Set

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono approaching a shrine with a red lantern, a child at lower left, and a fern above.

Young Women Visiting a Shinto Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, 1814

Print of several cranes in flight across a pale background, with blue-grey and white wings and a red seal in the lower left.

Cranes in flight

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.