Ukiyo-e (浮世絵) is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.
Landscapes and Beauties: Feeling Like Reading the Next Volume, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum
Two Beauties with Bamboo, Kitagawa Utamaro, around 1795, From the collection of: Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Dresden State Art Collections
Suido Bridge and Surugadai, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Edo Meisho Hyakkei), Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857, 5th lunar month, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Untitled (Woman Reading a Letter), Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792-1793, From the collection of: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Paulownia plantation at Akasaka in the evening rain, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1859, From the collection of: Van Gogh Museum
One Hundred and Eight Heroes from the Chinese Tale, The Water Margin: Zhang Shun, alias White Stripe in the Waves, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum
Ten physiognomic types of women, Coquettish type, Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum
Two women on a boat, right sheet of the triptych 'Evening Cool and Fireworks at Ryōgoku in the Eastern Capital', Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847/1848, From the collection of: Van Gogh Museum
Two Geishas and a Tipsy Client, Kitagawa Utamaro I, Japanese, 1753 - 1806, c. 1805, From the collection of: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century, From the collection of: Tokyo National Museum
Fuchu, Hiroshige Utagawa, 1831-1834, From the collection of: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Shono from the Fifty-three Stations on Tokaido Highway, Hoeido version, Utagawa Hiroshige (the first), 1797/1858, From the collection of: Suntory Museum of Art
Hyōgorō / Hinakoto (The Courtesan Hinakoto of the House of Hyōgo), Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795, From the collection of: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Mount Fuji to the Left of the Tōkaidō, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858, From the collection of: Van Gogh Museum
Evening Cool and great Fireworks at Ryogoku, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847/1848, From the collection of: Van Gogh Museum
Toji san bijin (Three Beauties of the Present Day)From Bijin-ga (Pictures of Beautiful Women), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo, Kitagawa Utamaro, about 1793, From the collection of: The Toledo Museum of Art
Kusatsu, Hiroshige Utagawa, 1831-1834, From the collection of: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami, Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, late 18th- early 19th century, From the collection of: Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Couple with a Standing Screen, Kitagawa Utamaro I, published by Moriya Jihei, about 1797 (Kansei 9), From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Woodcut, Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820/1858, From the collection of: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
Riverbank at Sukiya in Edo (Tōto Sukiya-gashi), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjūrokkei), Utagawa Hiroshige I, published by Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō), 1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ōtsuki Plain in Kai Province (Kai ōtsuki no hara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjūrokkei), Utagawa Hiroshige I, published by Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō), 1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Downpour at Ohashi Bridge, Atake, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", Ando Hiroshige, September, 1857, From the collection of: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
The Sea at Satta, Suruga Province, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji", Ando Hiroshige, 1858, From the collection of: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Horikiri Iris Garden (Horikiri no hanashōbu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), Utagawa Hiroshige I, published by Uoya Eikichi, 1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month, From the collection of: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Rikōmono (The Know-It-All), Kitagawa Utamaro, 1802-1803, From the collection of: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Dresden State Art Collections
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
Tokyo National Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Toledo Museum of Art
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
Suntory Museum of Art
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Van Gogh Museum