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
Children Playing in Summer
夏の子供遊び
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Children with Lanterns
提灯を持つ子供
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Goldfish Scooping
金魚すくい
c. 1910
Color woodblock print
Kite Flying
凧揚げ
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Morning Glories
朝顔
c. 1908
Color woodblock print
Shuttlecock Game
羽根つき
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Snow Play
雪遊び
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Spinning Tops
独楽回し
c. 1906
Color woodblock print
Spring Outing
春の遠足
c. 1910
Color woodblock print
Clock and Beauty, no. IV
1959
Color woodblock print with white pigment around earring applied through a stencil
Woman of the Island, from the series "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties"
1922
Color woodblock print
The Actor Bando Shucho III as Shizuka Gozen, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Nakamura Kichiemon I as Mitsuhide, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Sawada Shojiro as the Swordsman Hayashi Buhei, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Onoe Matsusuke IV as Nozarashi Kohei, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XV as Naozamurai, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Nakamura Kichiemon I as Mitsuhide, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Otani Tomoemon VI as Kan Shojo (Sugawara Michizane), from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1927
Color woodblock print; oban
The Actor Onoe Baiko VI as Sayuri, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
1925
Color woodblock print; oban