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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle brushing her teeth, beside another woman holding a bowl and a calendar

Geisha Brushing Her Teeth

Kitagawa Utamaro

Yellow canary perched on a branch beside hanging blue wisteria blossoms, in a vertical Japanese woodblock print.

Canary and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a diving kingfisher above blue and pink hydrangea blossoms with green leaves, calligraphy and red seals.

Kingfisher and hydrangea

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen with flowering branches and a flower basket.

Peddler of Flowers of the Four Seasons - A Set of Three (Shiki no hanauri sanpukutsui)

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1730s

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a pole with a monkey on top, with calligraphy.

Monkey trainer

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1755

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono smoking a pipe beside an ornate bell and a pine tree.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Teraoka Heiemon in the play "Hoshi Aikotoba Higashiyama no Sakae," performed at the…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

Woodblock print of two women in a room: one reads a scroll while the other tends a paper lantern, with maple leaves outside.

The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of two women on a teahouse veranda with paper lanterns, a signboard and a tree branch.

The Eiraku-an teahouse in Kyoto

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of a brown carp swimming upward through curving blue water currents, with signature at upper right.

Carp Swimming Upstream

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women at a riverbank with irises, a dropped geta sandal, and a distant village.

Young Woman Drops her Geta as She Boards a Boat

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a blue striped kimono with ornate hairpins holding a small object near her face.

Standing beauty

Keisai Eisen, 1828

Woodblock print of two women embracing on a pier under a moon with flying geese and waves below.

Couple Standing on a Pier Embracing on a Moonlit Night

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Woman in patterned kimono leans toward a latticed window on a red veranda beside flowering plants, Japanese woodblock print.

Eavesdropping

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono playing music among screens, lanterns and a decorated shrine.

Joruri Story

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of women in a garden under a pine tree, with a seated woman at a candlelit table below.

Courtesan Dreaming of Eloping

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a woman in a checked kimono holding a basket of eggplants under a sky with clouds and rays.

An Auspicious Dream

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775/76

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in sumo costume holding a sword, with a green patterned border above.

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Matano no Goro in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing woman on a veranda and a kneeling man in green robes, with pine and a river valley behind.

"Nu": Crossing Tatsuta, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a seated woman and standing man on a veranda with a rooster, pine tree and green screens.

"Ru": Northern Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a man carrying buckets on a yoke past a woman at a tub, beside a pine tree and sea.

"Ne": Brine Carriers, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of three courtly men looking up at a waterfall over green rocks, with poem text in the sky.

"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogata…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman gathering maple leaves into a basket beside a veranda, with poem text above.

"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nish…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a standing sumo wrestler in an ornate apron, fists on straw bales, blue background, 1820.

Painija Kagami-iwa Hamanosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1820

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono beside a pine tree and red fence, with calligraphy above.

"So": A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogata…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono beside a striped screen and bamboo, by Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1769.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree and hanging curtain.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Shume no Hangan Morihisa (right), and Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as Chujo (left), in the…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda overlooking a river with boats, a net, and a thatched house.

Ayase no Yusho, from the series "Bokusui Hakkei"

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Woodblock print of three women on a bridge in kimono, looking over a river with boats and a crowd on the bank.

View from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jikkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a riverbank beside a seated boatman, with calligraphy at upper right.

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Six-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono walking and gathering by a river among pines and hills.

The Noda Jewel River, from a hexaptych depicting the Six Jewel Rivers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1781/89

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a black patterned kimono with an orange skirt beneath blossoming branches.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shun'ei, late 1790s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a polearm and sword beneath a leafy branch.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Lady Tomoe (Tomoe Gozen) in the Play Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jindori, Performed at the…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793