Meiji Era Ukiyo-e

Three Courtesans and a Kamuro Strolling in the Street

The Paroquet, 19th century

Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A White Macaw, Japan, Meiji period

Original by Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Use of Electric Light at the Time of Attack on Bingyang, Korea

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Parrot on the Branch of a Flowering Rose Bush

Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A Man Lighting His Pipe from that of A Young Woman who Sits Beside Him

Hideyoshi and His Troops Leaving Nagoya Camp (Mashiba Hideyoshi kō nag...

The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki (Hyōryō kidan seiy...

Adachi (Shōsai) Ginkō (Japanese, active 1874–97) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Golden Pheasant in the Snow

Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800) Meiji period (1868–1912)

'Ideal and Actual' (Risō to genjitsu); iIllustration from Bungei Kurab...

Red Parrot on the Branch of a Tree

Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kobayashi Kiyochika - Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Shibata Zeshin - Straw Basket for Fish (?) and Mokuge Flower

Shibata Zeshin - Portrait of Rikyū (?), Japan, Meiji period

Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor, Utagawa Kuniteru

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Young Monk Performing a Buddhist Rite (Shin Urashima); Illustration fr...

Suzuki Kason (Japanese, 1860–1919) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Banzuiin Chōbei, from the series Story of Brocades of the East in the ...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A Number of People in the Street Going about Various Affairs

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A Man Attended by a Servant Carrying a Lantern

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Girl with Plum Blossoms

Unidentified Artist Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kiyomori and the History of Nunobiki Waterfall: The spirit of Akugenta...

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Okumura Masanobu - The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Girl Carrying a Round Paper Fan (Uchiwa)

Unidentified Artist Meiji period (1868–1912)

Watching Fireflies on a Summer Night

Mishima Shōsō (Japanese, 1856–1928) Meiji period (1868–1912)

'Insurance girl' (hoken musume), illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Liter...

Tomioka Eisen (Japanese, 1864–1905) Meiji period (1868–1912)

An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in R...

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

An Oiran Seated in a Parlor Applies the Fire Treatment to the Bared Ba...

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Okumura Masanobu - Two Courtesans, Japan, Meiji period

After Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Front Garden of the Tsukiji Hotel in the Eastern C...

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1843–1894) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Takeuchi Keishu - Frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine...

Takeuchi Keishū (Japanese, 1861–1943) Meiji period (1868–1912)

View of the Seafront at Yokohama and the British Trading House

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Richard Arkwr...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Johann Friedr...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): John James A...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshiiku - Picture of a Prosperous English Trading Firm in Yok...

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Meiji period (1868–1912)

The Steel Bridge at Yokohama Utagawa Sadahide

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1878/79) Meiji period (1868–1912)

The Tsukiji Hotel in Tokyo (Tokyo Tsukiji hoteru kan)

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1843–1894) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Thomas Carlyl...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshiiku - “The Flourishing of an English Trading Firm in Yoko...

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshiiku - Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshiiku - Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of Foreign Residences and the Catholic Church in Yokohama...

Onoe Kikugorō V as Otowake Neko no ke (Right), Bandō Mitsugorō IV as...

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshiiku - Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): James Watt (...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshiiku - Silhouette Image of Kabuki Actor

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Meiji period (1868–1912)

An American Sailing Ship off Arai

Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884) Meiji period (1868–1912)

"View in London," the Prosperity of Countries: London, England

Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshitora - Illustration of a Balloon Ascending (Fūsen shōyō n...

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850–80) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Utagawa Yoshitora - Imported Silk Reeling Machine at Tsukiji in Tokyo

Illustration of a Steam Locomotive Passing Shiodome in Tokyo (Tōkyō Sh...

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of a Steam Locomotive Running on the Takanawa Railroad in...

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kobayashi Kiyochika - Cherry Tree, 19th century

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912)

The Interior Works of an Armed Japanese Battleship

Unsen (Japanese, active ca. 1875) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Postal Hōchi Newspaper no. 645, Englishman raping a wine shopkeeper's...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Interior of a German Battleship

Unsen (Japanese, active ca. 1875) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden T...

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden T...

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tō...

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration (Kōkoku isshin kenbunshi)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Police Superintendent and his men Receiving Wine (...

View of the Gift of the Emperor's Gift Cup

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Honored Commanders, Receiving the Emperor's Gift C...

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Presentation of the Head of Saigo to the Prince Arisogawa

Yamazaki Toshinobu (Japanese, active ca. 1857–1886) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Police Superintendant's Party: A Gift of Food and Drink

Oyama Tsunayoshi's Cross Examination

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Civil and Military Officers

Presentation of the Head of Saigo to the Prince Arisogawa

Yamazaki Toshinobu (Japanese, active ca. 1857–1886) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kobayashi Kiyochika - Fuji with Boat at Miho in Sunshu (Shizuoka)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Street Scene in the Outskirts of Edo on an Evening in Winter

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōk...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Ichikawa Kodanji as Seppu Shinsuke, Ichikawa Sadanji as Kishino Toshia...

Tokyo /Takanawa Steam Railway, Utagawa Kuniteru

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Splendor of the Procession of General Grant from America (Beikoku Gura...

Mirror of Portraits of All Sovereigns in the World (Sejō kakkoku shaga...

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A Glimpse of Higayashiyama the Western Capital, from the series Famous...

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1843–1894) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi/Yanagibashi: 12 Noon. (Shinyanagi nijūy...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

東京名所従　上野公園不忍池中嶋弁天之景

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1843–1894) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Museum at the Second National Industrial Exhibitio...

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1843–1894) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Toyohara Kunichika - Ichikawa Sadanji as Dozaemon Denkichi in a Kabuki...

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Actor, Nakamura Shikan plays as Ootomo no Kuronushi, Onoe Taganojō pla...

Hashimoto Naoyoshi Meiji period (1868–1912)

Actor, Nakamura Shikan plays as Ootomo no Kuronushi, Onoe Taganojō pla...

Hashimoto Naoyoshi Meiji period (1868–1912)

View of the Descent from a Mountain by Many from Pilgrimage to Mt. Fuj...

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1843–1894) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Album of Thirty-Two Triptychs of Polychrome Woodblock Prints by Variou...

Kobayashi Kiyochika - Portrait of Fukuchi Gen'ichiro (1843–?)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Moon in the Flame from the Series One Hundred Images of the Moon (Tsuk...

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Imperial Excursion to see the Charini's Circus (Ch...

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A Mirror of Japan’s Nobility: The Emperor Meiji, His Wife, and Prince ...

Nobility in the Evening Cool (Koki nōryō no zu)

Illustration of the Emperor Enjoying a Moment of Peace with his Family...

Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864–1889) Meiji period (1868–1912)

A Dance Party: Enjoying Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno (Tōbukai Ueno...

Ladies Sewing (Kijo saihō no zu)

A Contest of Elegant Ladies among the Cherry Blossoms (Kaika kifujin k...

Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō...

Court Ladies Sewing Western Clothing (Jokan yōfuku saihō no zu)

Illustration of the Opening of Azuma Bridge in Tokyo (Tokyo meisho no ...

Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864–1889) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of Emperor's Military Review of a Parade Ground at Aoyam...

Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864–1889) Meiji period (1868–1912)