Japanese Woodblock Prints (28530)

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Actor Arashi Rikan as Miyamoto Musashi	Shunkōsai Hokushū		Print
Actor Arashi Rikan as Miyamoto Musashi, Journeying through the Snow with his Boy Attendant	Utagawa Kunihiro	c. 1815-1830	Color woodblock print (yakusha-e)
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Ningyōya Kōemon	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1832	Print
Actor Arashi Rikan III as Danshichi Kurobei	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1832	Print
Actor Arashi Ryûzô II as Hachijô in “Pillar Calendar of the Genji and Heike Clans” (“Gempei hashira-goyomi”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1795	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Arashi Tokusaburō II (later Kitsusaburō II) as O-Karu with Onoe Kikugorō as Kampei, by Castle Moat in Night Scene (from Chūshingura)	Kitagawa Toyohide	c. 1840	Color woodblock diptych (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor as a Woman Standing by a Mirror Stand	Torii Kiyotada I	ca. 1735	Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (Urushi-e)
Actor as Kimon no Kihei	Ryūsai Shigeharu	before 1826	Color woodblock print
Actor as Tokihira	Utagawa Kunisada	probably 1815	Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Actor as Young Man with a Striped Cowl	Kanpo Yoshikawa		Woodblock print
Actor Asao Tamejûrô I as Drunken Gotôbei Doing a Sambasô Dance in “Yoshitsune’s Koshigoe Petition” (“Yoshitsune Koshigoe jô”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1790	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Bandō Hikosaburō as Urashima	Utagawa Kunikazu	1859	Color woodblock print
Actor Bandō Hikosaburō V as Teraoka Heiemon	Utagawa Kuniaki II	1862	Color woodblock print; ōban
Actor Bandô Matatarô IV as Gempachibyôe in “Snowflakes: Plum Blossoms Kaomise” (“Mutsu no hana ume no kaomise”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1769	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Bandō Mitsugorō II as Ishii Genzō	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1794	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper with mica
Actor Bandō Shinsui as Takechi Mitsuhide	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi	1865, 6th lunar month	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Bando Shuka I as Jujibei's Wife Ohaya (Jujibei nyobo Ohaya)	Utagawa Toyokuni I	c. 1848	Color woodblock print; oban
Actor Bando Shuka I as Jujibei's Wife Ohaya (Jujibei nyobo Ohaya)	Utagawa Kunisada	c. 1848	Color woodblock print; oban
Actor Bandō Tamasaburō V as Ochika	Tsuruya Kokei	July 1987	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Chūsha VII as Kiichi Hōgen	Natori Shunsen	c. 1936	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica and embossing
Actor Ichikawa Chūsha VII as Takechi Mitsuhide	Natori Shunsen	1926	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica and embossing
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as an Immortal Hermit in “Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home” (“Tenjiku Tokubei kokyô no torikaji”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as Taira no Tomomori Disguised as Tokaiya Gimpei in “Yoshitsune’s Thousand Cherry Trees” (“Yoshitsune sembon-zakura”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1767	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fuwa Banzaemon in Fuwa, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番不破	Torii Kiyosada	1896	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa in Shibaraku, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番暫	Torii Kiyosada	1895	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kazusa Akushichibyōe in Kagekiyo, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番景清	Torii Kiyosada	1895	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kumedera Danjō in Kenuki, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番毛抜	Torii Kiyosada	1895	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Musashibō Benkei in Kanjinchō, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番勧進帳	Torii Kiyosada	1896	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Sōma Masakado in Kamahige, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番鎌髭	Torii Kiyosada	1895	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Suhama Sōzu in Jayanagi, from the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki Jūhachi-ban)歌舞伎十八番蛇柳	Torii Kiyosada	1896	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V as the Buddhist Deity Fudô in “Rethatched Roof: The Moon Also Shines over the Yoshiwara Pleasure District” (“Fuke Kaete Tsuki mo Yoshiwara”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1771	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V as the Monk Wantetsu	Katsukawa Shunshō	1778, 11th lunar month	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VII	Utagawa Kunisada	c. 1821	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Narihira at Yatsuhashi from "A Six-fold Screen of Famous Pictures (Meiga rokushi byobu)"	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	1847-1852	Color woodblock print
Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō XII as Umeōmaru	Tsuruya Kokei	March 1988	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danshirō II as Henmi Tesshinsai	Yamamura Toyonari	1919	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danshirō IV as the Ferryman Tonbei	Tsuruya Kokei	January 1988	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danzō as the Courtesan Akoya	Kitagawa Toyohide	1839	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Narukami in “Bird of the Capital: Komachi of the East” (“Miyakodori azuma Komachi”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danzô III as Shôki the Demon-Queller in “Dandyish Design: Lightning Amid Clouds” (“Date moyô kumo ni imazuma”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Danzō V as both Tsurifune no Sabu and Tamashima Isonojō	Nansenrō Shibakuni	1824	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Red and Purple, Rich Dyes of Osaka (Benimurasaki ai de someage)	Shunkōsai Hokushū
Actor Ichikawa Ebizo (Danjuro VII) in role of the Pirate Kezori Kuemon	Utagawa Kunisada
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Torii Matasuke	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi	1860, 3rd lunar month	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Komazô II as Sukeroku	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1793 or about 1797	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Komazô III as Nyosan no Miya (The Third Princess), Ukare Zatô (A Blind Street Performer), and Sakata no Kaidô-maru in “Expanded Summer Festival” (“Zôho natsu matsuri”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1791	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as a Flower Vendor	Torii Kiyoharu	early 18th century	Hand-colored woodblock print (urushi-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Mori no Rammaru in “Muromacho Chronicle in Kana Script” (“Kanagaki Muromachi bundan”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1791	Color woodblock print; hosoban triptych
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga Jūrō	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1794	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper with mica
Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as the Lady of the Hairpin (Ichikawa Monnosuke Kogai no Tsubone)	Torii Kiyomitsu
Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush Warbler” (“Hitokidori harutsuge Soga”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1764	Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych (?)
Actor Ichikawa Sadanji as Hishikawa Gengobei, Taishô period, circa 1923	Kanpo Yoshikawa		Woodblock print
Actor Ichikawa Yaozō as Gorō Tokimune	Kitagawa Utamaro	late 18th century	Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II as Sakuramaru	Katsukawa Shunkō	1776	color woodblock print
Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as a Courtesan's Attendant	Tōshūsai Sharaku	1794–95	Diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon 12th (One of Three Kabuki Actors)	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	Late Edo period, circa 1847-1852	Right panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper
Actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Naoji, Taishô period, circa 1925?	Natori Shunsen		Woodblock print
Actor in a scene from a drama	Utagawa Toyokuni I	Late 18th century and early 19th century	Color woodblock print
Actor in Modern Western Clothing, Taishô period, circa 1920-1922	Yamamura Toyonari		Woodblock print
Actor in riding garb	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1834	Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Actor in riding garb	Utagawa Kunisada	1834	Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Actor in the role of chamberlain Kuranosuke's son in Chushingura	Utagawa Kunisada
Actor in Unidentified Role of Samurai	Katsukawa Shunshō
Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1791	Color woodblock print; aiban
Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV Performs the Triple Umbrella Dance in “Flower of Japan: Ono no Komachi’s Five Characters” (“Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1771	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Iwai Kumesaburō	Utagawa Kuniaki II	1864	Color woodblock print; ōban
Actor Iwai Shijaku as Osuma no Kata	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1832	Print
Actor Kataoka Gado as Miyuki	Kanpo Yoshikawa		Woodblock print
Actor Kataoka Gadō II as Hattori Kingorō	Kitagawa Toyohide	1841	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Kataoka Gadō II as Yodoya Tatsugorō	Kitagawa Toyohide	1841	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Hida no kami Masakiyo	Utagawa Toyokuni I	Edo period (1603–1867)	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII as Hida no kami Masakiyo	Utagawa Kunisada	Edo period (1603–1867)	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, creped
Actor KICHIEMON in the role of TOJURO	Yamamura Toyonari		Woodblock print
Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV	Katsukawa Shunkō		color woodblock print
Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō VII as Sukeroku	Yamamura Toyonari	1920	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper with mica
Actor Minokawa Enjaku as Igami-no-gonta in the Play	Kanpo Yoshikawa		Woodblock print
Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Akane Hanshichi, from the series Flowers of the Theatrical World (Rien no hana), Taishô period, dated 1920	Yamamura Toyonari		Woodblock print
Actor Nakamura Ganjirô as Kamiya Jihei, Taishô period, circa 1922	Kanpo Yoshikawa		Woodblock print
Actor Nakamura Kichiemon II as the Footman Unpei	Tsuruya Kokei	March 1991	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Kichiemon ll as Benkei	Tsuruya Kokei	February 1988	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Kumetaro II as Minato, the Wife of Yura Hyogonosuke	Tōshūsai Sharaku	1794–95	Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Matsue as Okaru	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1831	Print
Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Ono Sadakurô in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon Chûshingura”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1776	Color woodblock print; bai aiban
Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Fox-Wife from Furui in “First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar” (“Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1772	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)	Katsukawa Shun'ei	About 1795	Color woodblock print; ôban
Actor Nakamura Senjaku II as the Courtesan Osome	Tsuruya Kokei	November 1987	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Shi bajaku in one of his Seven Quick (costume) Changes	Utagawa Kunisada
Actor Nakamura Shikan as Bunya no Yasuhide	Shunbaisai Hokuei		Print
Actor Nakamura Shikan IV	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi	1862, 5th lunar month	Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Sukegorô II as a Chivalrous Commoner (Otokodate)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768–70	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Nakamura Sukegorô II as Ninja Aso no Matsuwaka in “The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith” (“Ima o sakari suehiro Genji”)	Katsukawa Shunshō	About 1768	Color woodblock print; hosoban
Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Komurasaki	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1835	Print
Actor Nakamura Tomijūrō as Matsukaze	Kitagawa Toyohide	1839	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Utaemon 4th (One of Three Kabuki Actors)	Utagawa Kuniyoshi	Late Edo period, circa 1847-1852	Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper with printed signature reading "Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga"
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as both Yamauba and Kaidōmaru	Nansenrō Shibakuni	c. 1823	Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Idaten Keibu	Shunbaisai Hokuei	1832	Print
Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as Kumagae Jirō	Shunkōsai Hokushū	1825	Print
Actor Nakamura Utaemon in His Great Role as Osono	Shunkōsai Hokushū		Print
Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as the Boatman Matsuemon, actually Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu (Sendo Matsuemon, jissha Higuchi Jiro Kanemitsu)	Utagawa Toyokuni I	1849	Color woodblock print; oban
Actor Nakamura Utaemon VI as the Courtesan Chitose-dayū	Tsuruya Kokei	March 1989	Woodblock print, ink and color on paper