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
Summer Shower
夕立
1917
Color woodblock print
Under the Parasol
日傘
1917
Color woodblock print
Woman in Blue Kimono
青い着物の女
1922
Color woodblock print
Woman Reading a Letter
文読む女
1920
Color woodblock print
Woman Washing Her Hair
洗い髪
1936
Color woodblock print
Woman with Marumage Hairstyle
丸髷の女
1932
Color woodblock print
A Boy and His Rooster (Artist's son, Jumpei, aged 12)
Woodblock print
A Girl and Her Swan (Artist's daughter, Ayuko)
Woodblock print
Ace of Hearts
1978
Color woodblock print; edition 80/128
Bingata
1975
Color woodblock print; edition 42/128
Black Boy
Woodblock print
Bookplate (Art Deco)
mid–20th century
Etching
Boy and Rooster
1957
Woodblock print
Boy and Rooster in Moonlight
1959
Woodblock print
Boy and Villagers
Woodblock print
Boy Holding a Cat
1957
Woodblock print
Bungaro the Puppeteer
Woodblock print
Bungorô on Stage
1953
Woodblock print
Bunraku Puppet
20th century
Color woodblock print
Bunraku Puppet Theater of Kanjincho
20th century
Color woodblock print
Cats
Woodblock print
Child of the Sea
1940
Woodblock print
Doctor in Harlem
1960
Woodblock print
Doll Maker
1956
Woodblock print
Drawing for Eizo and Matsuomaru
1947
Watercolor on paper
Drawing for Rabbit and Boy
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
Eizo and Matsuomaru
1953
Color woodblock print
Eizô and Matsuomaru
1953
Woodblock print
Genteibon dangi
Woodblock print
Girl
20th century
Color woodblock print
Girl with Cat
1957
Color woodblock print
Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Costume
Woodblock print
Lovesick Cat
20th century
Color woodblock print; edition 90/100
Maiko
Woodblock print
Manipulating Marionettes
1956
Color woodblock print
My Family
Woodblock print
My Family, Dog and Cat
1957
Woodblock print
Ningen o horu
Woodblock print
Onchi Kōshirō
1952
Color woodblock print
Onchi Koshiro zo (Portrait of Onchi Koshiro) / Ichimoku-shu (First Thursday Collection, Vol 1)
Woodblock print
Painted Dolls
Woodblock print
Peasant Girl on Street
Woodblock print
Pique Dame
Woodblock print
Portrait of a Boy
1961
Woodblock print
Portrait of Actor Nakamura Kichiemon
1947
Woodblock print
Portrait of Hinatsu Konosuke (1890–1971)
Woodblock print
Portrait of Koshiro Onchi
Woodblock print
Portrait of Lafcadio Hearn
1953
Woodblock print
Portrait of Mr. Fritz W. Bilfinger
Woodblock print
Portrait of Mrs. Fritz W. Bilfinger
Woodblock print
Portrait of Munakata Shiko
Woodblock print
Portrait of Munakata Shikô (1905-1975)
1968
Woodblock print
Portrait of Nakamura Kichiemon, Kabuki Actor
1947
Color woodblock print
Portrait of Onchi Koshiro
Woodblock print
Portrait of Shiga Naoya
1967
Woodblock print
Portrait of Shiko Munakata
Woodblock print
Portrait of the Artist Onchi Kôshirô
1956
Woodblock print
Profile of Young Girl in Kimono
1957
Woodblock print
Puppet Show
1960
Woodblock print
Rabbit and Boy
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36