Portraits Prints (319)
Human figures and character studies in Japanese woodblock prints. The portrait tradition spans bijin-ga (beautiful women), yakusha-e (kabuki actors), and modern figure studies by sosaku-hanga artists.
Artists Known for Portraits
Rafu to joyu (Nudes and Actresses)
Woodblock print
Sculpture of a Boy
Woodblock print
The Artist's Son
1952
Color woodblock print
The Doll-maker
Woodblock print
The Kokeshi Dolls: Kami no yama, Kamasaki, Hanamaki, and Kijiyama
Woodblock print
The Puppet Maker
Woodblock print
The Puppet Maker
Woodblock print
The Puppet Manipulator Bungoro in the Greenroom
Woodblock print
The Puppeteer Bungoro in the Dressing Room
1947
Color woodblock print
The Puppeteer Kiritake Monjuro with the Puppet Jihei (Right) and Other Puppeteers with Osui, the daughter of Jihei (Center) and Koharu (Left)
Woodblock print
Tohoku no irori ha (Home-life in Winter-time (Northern Japan)) / Nihon jozoku sen (Woman's Customs in Japan)
Woodblock print
A Ball, from the series "Twelve Subjects of Children" (Komodo junidai, temari)
February 1931
Color woodblock print
Evening Shower at Teradomari (Teradomari no yau), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishu)"
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
In the Snow, Nakayama-Shichiri Road in Hida Province (Hida Nakayama-Shichiri), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)"
Hida Nakayama-Shichiri
1924
Color woodblock print; oban
Lake Chuzenji, Nikko (Nikko Chuzenjiko)
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Shinkawa at Night (Yoru no Shinkawa), from the series "Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)"
Yoru no Shinkawa
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
Snow at Kiyomizu Hall, Ueno (Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki)
Ueno Kiyomizudo no yuki
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Snow at the Shin Bridge, Nikko (Nikko Shinkyo no yuki)
Nikko Shinkyo no yuki
1930; edition:178/350
Color woodblock print; Oban
Snow at Zojoji Temple (Yuki no Zojoji)
Yuki no Zojoji
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
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Starlit Night at Miyajima (Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)
Hoshizukiyo [Miyajima]
1928
Color woodblock print; oban
The Great Buddha, Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu)
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
The Kabuki Theater (Kabukiza)
Kabukiza
May 1926
Color woodblock print
Tsuta Hot Springs in Mutsu Province (Mutsu Tsuta onsen), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, First Series (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Mutsu Tsuta onsen
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
Zojoji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji), from the series "Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tokyo nijukkei)"
Shiba Zojoji
1925
Color woodblock print
Bathing Women
入浴する女
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Cat Napping
昼寝する猫
c. 1935
Color woodblock print
Children at Play
遊ぶ子供たち
c. 1930
Color woodblock print
Farmers at Rest
休む農夫たち
c. 1932
Color woodblock print
Winter Landscape
冬景色
c. 1936
Color woodblock print
Woman at Bath
湯浴みする女
c. 1933
Color woodblock print
Woman Washing Hair
髪を洗う女
c. 1932
Color woodblock print
Women at Onsen
温泉の女
c. 1935
Color woodblock print
Bando Hikosaburo VII as Oboshi Yuranosuke
七代目坂東彦三郎の大星由良之助
1926
Color woodblock print
Bando Mitsugoro VII as Soga no Goro
七代目坂東三津五郎の曽我五郎
1926
Color woodblock print
Ichikawa Chusha VII as Sukeroku
七代目市川中車の助六
1925
Color woodblock print
Ichikawa Sadanji II as Narukami
二代目市川左團次の鳴神
1925
Color woodblock print
Ichikawa Sadanji II as Takebe Genzo
二代目市川左團次の武部源蔵
1926
Color woodblock print
Ichikawa Sadanji II as Tsubone Iwafuji
二代目市川左團次の局岩藤
1927
Color woodblock print
Ichimura Uzaemon XV as Iriya Naozamurai
十五代目市村羽左衛門の入谷直侍
1925
Color woodblock print
Kataoka Gato as Sakuramaru
片岡我當の桜丸
1926
Color woodblock print
Kataoka Nizaemon XI as Kumagai
十一代目片岡仁左衛門の熊谷
1926
Color woodblock print
Matsumoto Koshiro VII as Sekibei
七代目松本幸四郎の関兵衛
1926
Color woodblock print
Morita Kanya XIII as the Lion in Shakkyo
十三代目守田勘弥の石橋の獅子
1926
Color woodblock print
Nakamura Ganjiro I as Kamiya Jihei
初代中村鴈治郎の紙屋治兵衛
1925
Color woodblock print
Nakamura Kichiemon I as Takechi Mitsuhide
初代中村吉右衛門の武智光秀
1926
Color woodblock print
Nakamura Utaemon V as Yodo-gimi
五代目中村歌右衛門の淀君
1926
Color woodblock print
Onoe Kikugoro VI as Benten Kozo
六代目尾上菊五郎の弁天小僧
1925
Color woodblock print
Onoe Kikugoro VI as Okaru in Toribeyama
六代目尾上菊五郎のお軽
1927
Color woodblock print
Sawamura Sonosuke as Daiji
沢村宗之助の大事
1927
Color woodblock print
Maiko Beach near Kobe
舞子の浜
c. 1922
Lithograph
Crow on Cherry Branch
桜に烏
c. 1910
Color woodblock print
Iris and Kingfisher
菖蒲に翡翠
c. 1925
Color woodblock print
Rooster and Hen
鶏
c. 1912
Color woodblock print
Two Cranes
二羽の鶴
c. 1925
Color woodblock print
Bathers
浴女
1915
Color woodblock print
Entangled Form
搦みあう形
1954
Color woodblock print
Face
顔
1950
Color woodblock print
Impression of a Violinist
ヴァイオリニストの印象
1946
Color woodblock print
Object A
オブジェ A
1953
Color woodblock print with collage elements
Portrait of Azechi Umetaro
畦地梅太郎像
1950
Color woodblock print