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Japanese Prints

11,071 works

Woodblock print of a procession of kimono-clad women and men with parasols walking past a lattice-fronted building.

A Parade of Courtesans

Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu, c. 1690

Japanese woodblock panorama of a snowy river with boats, bridge, thatched village roofs, and bare trees under blue skies.

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Panorama of the Sumida River in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of travelers in rain under tall trees, with a blue stream curving through the lower right.

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama , from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Black ink woodblock print of a dancer in a wide hat holding a bamboo branch with paper streamers, in a patterned kimono.

Tanabata Dance

Torii Kiyonobu I, Woodblock carved 1698, printed about 1915

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in checkered robes beside plum blossoms, pine and bamboo fencing.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Kodanji IV ja Ichikawa Gonjuro näytelmässä Sugawara denju tenarai-kagami (Kaunokirjoitusta Sugaw…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono and hairpins at a sliding door, with an inset of travelers on a mountain r

Courtesans' Board Game of the Road: Yoshiwara as the Fifty-three Stations - Somenosuke of the Ebiya, Akasaka

Three kabuki actors in colorful costumes in a woodblock triptych with tall grass behind them.

Näyttelijät Seki Sanjuro III, Nakamura Fukusuke ja Iwai Kumesaburo näytelmässä Wakaki no mume Satomi no yatsubuki (Sa…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Triptych print of crowded boats on a river under a large arched bridge, with fireworks and red lanterns at night.

Summer View of Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Sadahide

Black-and-white woodblock print of a courtesan holding a small bird, with a child attendant looking up at her.

A Courtesan with Her Child Attendant

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1715

Etching by Félicien Rops showing a cloaked man seated in an interior beside a servant, with sketches of heads and a skull aro

Le Dernier des Romantiques

Félicien Rops, 1891

Woodblock print of a red-armored warrior facing a goddess emerging from a towering white wave.

Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors: Hōjō Tokimasa, Governor of Tōtōmi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1883

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono walking before a fence with blooming peonies and hanging wind chimes.

The Botan Show

Torii Kiyonaga, 1787

Woman in a patterned orange kimono under willow branches with a cat at her feet, Japanese woodblock print.

The Actor Uemura Kichisaburo as the Third Princess in the play "Wakoku Gosuiden," performed at the Morita Theater in…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1700

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black plum-patterned kimono holding a script, by Torii Kiyonobu I, 1718.

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fir…

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1718

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a sword over his shoulder, with a crest above.

The Actor Shinomiya Heihachi I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1703

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors and attendants in a theatre dressing room with costumes and food.

Nakamura-teatterin kabuki-näyttelijöitä pukuhuoneessa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in a yellow patterned robe looking up at a bird carrying a leaf beneath a tree.

The Actor Bando Matakuro I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Hand-colored print of a woman with a red parasol and a young boy in a patterned kimono, c. 1700.

The Actors Matsumoto Hyozo as a woman holding an umbrella and Nakamura Shichisaburo I as a young boy

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow patterned kimono beside blossoming branches and a round family crest.

The Actor Hanaoka Miyako

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a yellow kimono with pink peony motifs and black circular crests.

The Actor Sawamura Kodenji I

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Triptych of three Japanese woodblock prints showing kabuki actors in patterned kimono in theatrical interior settings.

Näyttelijät Nakamura Fukusuke, Bando Tamasaburo ja Ichikawa Danzo VI näytelmässä Irifune Soga Nihon no torikachi (Sog…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: a woman in a red hood carrying a box with a child, and a seated man with a sword.

The Actors Fujita Hananojo and Ichikawa Danjuro II

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1714

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black hairstyle, hairpins and a grey kimono with orange collar.

Half-Length Portrait of a Girl

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a cloud-patterned kimono with a sword, beside a banana plant.

The Actor Shinomiya Heihachi

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1700

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow and cream patterned kimono, with a small figure in a woven hat at upper right.

The Actor Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho (?)

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1718

Two women seated back to back in patterned kimono beside a sword, lantern and tea kettle, in a black-line Japanese print.

Back to back, from a series of 12 prints

Attributed to Furuyama Moroshige, c. 1700

Etching of a distant Venetian skyline over a lagoon with small boats, overlaid by crossing diagonal scratches.

The Little Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Black-and-white woodblock print of figures in kimono playing a samisen beside a tea kettle, with maple branches above.

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono in garden, lake and shrine settings beneath plum blossoms.

Genjin tarinasta. Genji junikagetsu no uchi/Kisaragi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Black and white woodblock print of a woman reading a letter beside a seated man, with a patterned screen behind them.

Reading a Letter in Front of a Screen, from an untitled series of 12 prints

Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1710

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned armor and a red headdress, with a sword and a building at upper r

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1725

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan under a full moon, with a night street, wooden houses and lantern behind her.

東都名所見立十二ケ月八月吉原かくの小さん

Utagawa Kuniyoshi