Browse by Year

Explore Ukiyo-e's photographs organized by the year they were taken

Photograph from 1100: Fragment

1100

2 photographs
Photograph from 1200: Fragment of a Woodblock Print on Linen

1200

3 photographs
Photograph from 1368: Yu-hai (Ocean of Jade) woodblock bound volume

1368

10 photographs
Photograph from 1493: Genealogical Page; published in the Nuremberg…

1493

1 photographs
Photograph from 1503: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint…

1503

1 photographs
Photograph from 1509: The Tournament with lances

1509

1 photographs
Photograph from 1513: The Fall and Redemption of Man:  The Embrace of…

1513

5 photographs
Photograph from 1515: The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I:  Emperor…

1515

6 photographs
Photograph from 1518: Descent from the Cross

1518

1 photographs
Photograph from 1522: Hercules Driving Envy from the Temple of the Muses

1522

1 photographs
Photograph from 1524: Diogenes

1524

1 photographs
Photograph from 1540: Three Male Nudes

1540

1 photographs
Photograph from 1600: Portion of Text from the "Wisps of Cloud"…

1600

1 photographs
Photograph from 1625: Blossoms

1625

9 photographs
Photograph from 1633: Ten Bamboo Studio Collection of Calligraphy and…

1633

18 photographs
Photograph from 1662: Happy New Year

1662

4 photographs
Photograph from 1686: Twilight at Nakanocho

1686

1 photographs
Photograph from 1690: Hananoto of the Ebiya in Kyōmachi 1-chome, from…

1690

1 photographs
Photograph from 1696: A Beauty Carrying Two Buckets of Flowers

1696

1 photographs
Photograph from 1700: Westlake Panorama

1700

15 photographs
Photograph from 1710: The Parinirvana of the Buddha

1710

2 photographs
Photograph from 1720: Child Reaching for a Fishbowl

1720

6 photographs
Photograph from 1725: The Rape of Europa

1725

1 photographs
Photograph from 1730: Sanjo Kantaro as a Young Woman Standing in a…

1730

1 photographs
Photograph from 1735: A Beautiful Woman

1735

1 photographs
Photograph from 1736: Rise in Rank and Attain Wealth

1736

17 photographs
Photograph from 1740: Perspective View of the Interior of the Nakamura…

1740

6 photographs
Photograph from 1742: No Title

1742

1 photographs
Photograph from 1743: A Beauty with a Mirror

1743

1 photographs
Photograph from 1746: Interior Scene

1746

1 photographs
Photograph from 1750: Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Young Samurai

1750

1 photographs
Photograph from 1752: Two Lovers (from the series Brocades of the East…

1752

3 photographs
Photograph from 1753: Chōzan of Chōjiya from the series Triptych of…

1753

21 photographs
Photograph from 1754: Seven Komachi Episodes: A Woman Holding an Outer…

1754

1 photographs
Photograph from 1758: Ichikawa Ebizo III as Yanone Goro in Nenriki…

1758

1 photographs
Photograph from 1760: Courtesan and Sleeping Attendant

1760

18 photographs
Photograph from 1765: Beauty in Snow

1765

1 photographs
Photograph from 1766: Woman Running Past a Willow Tree in a Breeze

1766

2 photographs
Photograph from 1767: Righteousness, from The Five Virtues

1767

4 photographs
Photograph from 1769: Onoe Kikugorō I as Izumi no Saburō in the Play…

1769

6 photographs
Photograph from 1770: Courtesan Dreaming of her Childhood

1770

29 photographs
Photograph from 1775: Fragment of Woodblock Printed Cotton

1775

3 photographs
Photograph from 1776: Actor Ichikawa Yaozō II as Sakuramaru

1776

2 photographs
Photograph from 1778: Segawa Kikunojō III as Teruha

1778

1 photographs
Photograph from 1779: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō

1779

2 photographs
Photograph from 1780: Seven Wise Women of the Pleasure Quarters

1780

26 photographs
Photograph from 1781: Nakamura Nakazo I as Watanabe no Tsuna

1781

5 photographs
Photograph from 1782: Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

1782

3 photographs
Photograph from 1783: Entertainment on a Balcony by the Water at…

1783

4 photographs
Photograph from 1784: Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the…

1784

5 photographs
Photograph from 1785: Strip of Woodblock Printed Linen

1785

11 photographs
Photograph from 1786: Sawamura Sojuro III and Arashi Murajiro as…

1786

7 photographs
Photograph from 1787: Courtesan with Sake Cup and Scroll

1787

4 photographs
Photograph from 1788: Woman Dropping a Lantern by a Porch

1788

1 photographs
Photograph from 1789: Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Lord in Formal Dress

1789

6 photographs
Photograph from 1790: Court Ladies Making Dolls

1790

97 photographs
Photograph from 1791: Iwai Hanshirō IV as a Woman with a Sword

1791

7 photographs
Photograph from 1792: Leftmost Print from Pleasure Boats on the Sumida…

1792

3 photographs
Photograph from 1793: The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the…

1793

6 photographs
Photograph from 1794: Otani Tokuji I as the Retainer Sodesuke in…

1794

7 photographs
Photograph from 1795: The Courtesan Takihime and Attendants (from the…

1795

4 photographs
Photograph from 1796: A Newly Cut Print: Scenes from the First Part of…

1796

16 photographs
Photograph from 1797: Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles

1797

11 photographs
Photograph from 1798: Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection…

1798

5 photographs
Photograph from 1799: Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya…

1799

2 photographs
Photograph from 1800: Basket with Fan, Chrysanthemums, and Mushrooms

1800

59 photographs
Photograph from 1801: Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal…

1801

2 photographs
Photograph from 1803: Nakatsu, from the series Fifty-three Stations in…

1803

2 photographs
Photograph from 1804: Yamashiro Province from the series Fashionable…

1804

5 photographs
Photograph from 1805: Sawamura Gennosuke as Satsuma Gengobei

1805

5 photographs
Photograph from 1806: Sunset at Ryōgoku Bridge

1806

3 photographs
Photograph from 1807: A Lady-in-Waiting with Waist as Slender as a…

1807

1 photographs
Photograph from 1808: Chinese Embroidery (from the series Instructive…

1808

1 photographs
Photograph from 1809: Tanabata, from the series Fashionable Children of…

1809

1 photographs
Photograph from 1810: Basket of Peonies

1810

15 photographs
Photograph from 1811: Cooling Off at Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo, a…

1811

1 photographs
Photograph from 1813: Ichikawa Ebijuro II as Ude no Jirobei

1813

1 photographs
Photograph from 1814: Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt.…

1814

2 photographs
Photograph from 1816: Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog)…

1816

27 photographs
Photograph from 1820: Woman Putting Out a Light (from the series Modern…

1820

18 photographs
Photograph from 1821: Zhang Xian Shoots the Heavenly Dog

1821

3 photographs
Photograph from 1822: Nakamura Utaemon as Inanoya Hanbei

1822

1 photographs
Photograph from 1825: Ama no Tajikara no Mikoto from The Cave Door of…

1825

6 photographs
Photograph from 1826: Actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Ishikawa…

1826

2 photographs
Photograph from 1827: Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon

1827

1 photographs
Photograph from 1829: Ichikawa Ebijūrō II as Horiguchi Manzaemon…

1829

8 photographs
Photograph from 1830: South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of…

1830

53 photographs
Photograph from 1831: Full Moon over Takanawa, from the series Famous…

1831

2 photographs
Photograph from 1832: Arashi Rikan II as Danshichi Kurōbei in "Mirror…

1832

2 photographs
Photograph from 1833: Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations…

1833

9 photographs
Photograph from 1834: The Minister Toru Daijin Standing by a Lake…

1834

6 photographs
Photograph from 1835: Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One…

1835

12 photographs
Photograph from 1837: Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight…

1837

2 photographs
Photograph from 1838: Memorial Portrait of Matsumoto Kōshirō V, Age 75

1838

2 photographs
Photograph from 1839: Sail Boats

1839

2 photographs
Photograph from 1840: Picture of Minamoto no Yoritomo's Hunt on the…

1840

5 photographs
Photograph from 1841: The Fuji River in the Snow

1841

1 photographs
Photograph from 1844: First Bonito of the Year

1844

2 photographs
Photograph from 1848: Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone at Sayo no…

1848

3 photographs
Photograph from 1850: Ōkyo Picture Book

1850

39 photographs
Photograph from 1853: Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the…

1853

4 photographs
Photograph from 1854: Splendid View at Futamigaura Bay

1854

5 photographs
Photograph from 1857: Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake,…

1857

100 photographs
Photograph from 1858: Tsukudajima from  Eitai Bridge, from the series…

1858

3 photographs
Photograph from 1860: Otani Tomomatsu as Ono no Sadakuro Counting the…

1860

1 photographs
Photograph from 1863: Don Quixote (vol II)

1863

1 photographs
Photograph from 1865: Rustic Genji's Poetry Contest: Mitsuuji's…

1865

1 photographs
Photograph from 1867: Smoking Strictly Prohibited

1867

1 photographs
Photograph from 1868: Passing the Bamboo Grove

1868

4 photographs
Photograph from 1880: Full Moon with Crow on Plum Branch

1880

2 photographs
Photograph from 1886: True View of Benten at Inokashira from the series…

1886

3 photographs
Photograph from 1887: Une Chasse à Courre, Mont Gérard

1887

1 photographs
Photograph from 1889: Volpini Suite: Laundresses (Les Laveuses)

1889

1 photographs
Photograph from 1890: In the Omnibus

1890

1 photographs
Photograph from 1893: Volpini Suite:  Women Washing Clothes (verso)

1893

6 photographs
Photograph from 1894: Chasing Fireflies, A Lady of the Tenmei Era…

1894

17 photographs
Photograph from 1896: Evening, Melancholy I

1896

1 photographs
Photograph from 1897: A Rishi Stirring Up a Storm

1897

2 photographs
Photograph from 1899: The Jockey

1899

2 photographs
Photograph from 1903: Cherry Blossoms, from the series Brocades of Edo

1903

1 photographs
Photograph from 1906: Fisherman

1906

1 photographs
Photograph from 1908: Dragon and Orchard

1908

5 photographs
Photograph from 1909: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa), Vol. 2

1909

62 photographs
Photograph from 1910: Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa):…

1910

1 photographs
Photograph from 1916: The Derelict, or the Lost Boat

1916

1 photographs
Photograph from 1919: Scattered Pine Trees by the Tone River, from the…

1919

1 photographs
Photograph from 1927: Evening on the Chikugo River

1927

3 photographs
Photograph from 1929: Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain

1929

2 photographs
Photograph from 1931: Umbrellas in Snow

1931

1 photographs
Photograph from 1935: Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain…

1935

2 photographs
Photograph from 1937: Crytomeria Avenue

1937

1 photographs
Photograph from 1940: Carp and Tortoises

1940

1 photographs