A Guide to the Ukiyo-e Sites of the Internet

This page is a guide to the floating world of cyberspace. As you can see from the links below, there are lots of web sites dedicated to ukiyo-e on the Internet, and the number is growing by the week. With your help, I hope to keep this page updated. So if you find any sites that may be of interest, please send a message to

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For information: Viewing Japanese Prints - John Fiorillo's encyclopedic articles on various aspects of ukiyo-e, shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga For images: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - probably the largest online collection of Japanese prints Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University - an image database with more than 46000 prints, Japanese text only National Diet Library: Rare Books Image Database - good images of thousands of ukiyo-e prints, Japanese text only Tokyo Metropolitan Library - an image database with more than 8000 prints, Japanese text only Ritsumeikan University Ukiyo-e Database - with more than 3000 excellent images of ukiyo-e prints - Japanese text only Database of Ukiyo-e held at the Library of Congress - images of more than 2,000 prints Minneapolis Institute of Arts - a database of almost 2,000 prints	The Outstanding Sites

Chikanobu (1838-1912) Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints - an online exhibit from the Scripps College Collection of Japanese Prints, currently only with Chikanobu prints Yôshû Chikanobu - by Gary Gross Gekko (1859-1920) The Art of Ogata Gekko - by Robert W. Turley Hiroshige (1797-1858) The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige - with an online display of several series by Hiroshige Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo - an online exhibition from the Brooklyn Museum Tôkaidô fûkei zue - Tôkaidô albums by Hiroshige from Keio University WebMuseum: Hiroshige Hokusai (1760-1849) I manga di Hokusai - analysis of the 15 volumes of Hokusai Manga by Silvia Faccioli, in Italian Hokusai Museum, Obuse, Japan Hagi Uragami Museum - displaying several Hokusai albums Hokusai's Manga, vol 1 Hokusai World - presented by Uragami Sôkyu-Dô Co, Ltd 24 Views of Mount Fuji - Tim Eagen has collected images of the 24 Hokusai prints that are featured in a novella by Roger Zelazny WebMuseum:Hokusai Hokusai and Japanese Art - by Andreas Ramos Verhaal van een meesterwerk - De Grote Golf - a Dutch TV documentary about Hokusai's Great Wave Kunichika (1835-1900) Toyohara Kunichika's Ukiyo-e Prints - an image database of more than 1,700 actor prints Digital Museum for Toyohara Kunichika Monika Hinkel: Toyohara Kunichika - a doctoral thesis, in German Kunisada (1786-1864) Kunisada and Kabuki - a virtual gallery from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England Kunisada Project - documenting lots of prints and series by the prolific artist Toshidama - Kunisada series explored by Theo de Kreijger Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library - displaying a number of Kunisada prints from the collection of Juntaro Kamimura Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) The Kuniyoshi Project - by William Pearl Kyôsai (1831-1889) Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum - with only a few prints and drawings displayed online Osaka School Artist biographies and signature examples - compiled by John Fiorillo Articles - by Peter Ujlaki Nishiki-e ni miru Ôsaka no fûkei - landscape prints in Osaka Prefectural Library Kansai University: Hasegawa Sadanobu - a large display of prints by Sadanobu I, II and III Sharaku (?-?) The Mystery of Toshusai Sharaku Sharaku's works - a comprehensive catalogue by Gordon Friese (based on Henderson & Ledoux) with references to available reproductions, text in German Toyokuni (1769-1825) Toyokuni (Wikipedia) Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Sinister Designs: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka - with a number of good images	Individual Artists
Eight views (Hakkei) Hiroshige no hakkei-mono - Japanese text only Kanazawa hakkei, a Hiroshige series presented by T Hirose - Japanese text Hiroshige's Edo kinko hakkei no uchi (National Diet Library) Edo no Iki Gallery: Eight Views (Hakkei) Rônin - Chûshingura The kabuki play Chûshingura illustrated by Toyokuni and other ukiyo-e artists - from the printroom of the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas Kanadehon Chûshingura - Japan Arts Council, Japanese text Sugoroku Sugoroku collection database - Japanese board games in Tokyo Gakugei University Library, text in Japanese Sugoroku Library - Japanese text only Sumo Historical Sumo Images - a large collection of sumo prints Sumo nishikie no sekai - Japanese text only Surimono Jan Cock Blomhoff's collection of surimono presented by Daan Kok Haikai Ichimaizuri - a database from Waseda University Theatrical prints The ukiyo-e gallery of Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum - about 60 theatrical prints, including a collection of Kamigata actor portraits (Osaka school) - mostly Japanese text Yakushae - a portrait gallery of kabuki actors, compiled by Regis Allegre - text in French and English Two Views of Kabuki - a virtual exhibition of kabuki prints by Kuniaki and Fusatane, from the Viriginia Museum of Fine Arts Nishiki-e de miru kabuki - kabuki prints presented by Waifu Seijuro, text in Japanese Tôkaidô Tôkaidô - two complete series from the 1860s, presented by Fabio Vitali - text in Italian Tôkaidô hitoritabi - prints by Hiroshige and modern photos, text in Japanese WEB Ukiyo-e - prints by Hiroshige and old photos, text in Japanese	Popular Subjects and Themes
Art Imagebase of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco - including almost 3,000 ukiyo-e prints (However, the descriptions are sparse and not always accurate) Bayly Art Museum - with an online exhibit of "Men and Women in 19th-Century Japanese Prints" C's Ukiyo-e Museum, Nagano, Japan - with an online exhibit of Kuniyoshi triptychs and other prints, text mostly in Japanese The Connecticut College - Black's Collection of Japanese Prints Dai Nippon Bussan Zue by Hiroshige III - from the digital archives of Kyushu University Davison Art Center - with a small exhibit of Japanese prints Edo-Tokyo Museum - with rather small images of more than 2,000 prints Educational Colored Woodblock Prints - a collection of educational prints from 1873, displayed by the University of Tsukuba Library The Floating World of Ukiyo-e - an exhibition from the Library of Congress Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts (UCLA) - with a display of Japanese prints Hagi Uragami Museum - with an image database of about 5000 prints III Library (University of Tokyo) - 90 woodblock prints from the Hideo Ono collection Images of Korea in Ukiyoe Prints - a large online exhibit of Meiji prints from the Tokyo Keizai University Library Collection Japan Arts Council - images of ukiyo-e prints - Japanese text only The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum, Matsumoto - exhibits from the Sakai collection Japanese Education Gallery - an exhibit from the Virtual Museum of Education Iconics The Kano Collection - picture scrolls, albums and prints in the Tohoku University Library University of Kansas Medical Center - displaying medical prints from the Clendening Library Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas - displaying a few ukiyo-e paintings Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art - displaying only a few of their 1,300 ukiyo-e prints online Los Angeles County Museum of Art - an online database with more than 900 Japanese prints Meiji nishiki-e from the George S Bonn Collection - prints by Ikkei, Kiyochika and others, presented by Keio University, text in Japanese Meiji nishiki-e no sekai - Meiji prints from the Tokyo Gas Museum - Japanese text The Minneapolis Institute of Arts - with an image database including a large number of Japanese prints MIT Visualizing Cultures - aspects of Meiji Japan in prints and other contemporary pictures Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria - with images of more than 4000 ukiyo-e prints Nagoya TV Ukiyo-e Museum - now with a new design, Japanese text only Nara Prefectural Museum of Art displaying a few ukiyo-e prints - Japanese text Nara University of Education - with a good display of ukiyo-e prints, text in Japanese National Diet Library - with an online exhibit of scrolls and albums, by Harunobu, Utamaro, Hiroshige and others - Japanese text Nishiki-e Gallery - an online exhibit from Tokyo University - Japanese text Noda Public Library - a collection of book cover illustrations Odawara hyakka jiten - ukiyo-e prints illustrating the history of Odawara and Soga monogatari, with text in Japanese Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California - with an online exhibit of Japanese prints and paitings Purdue University Galleries - displaying a number of 19th-20th century Japanese prints The Collection Rieder, Basel, Switzerland - an interesting exhibit (under construction) Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Holland - with an online image database Scripps College, Claremont, California - an online catalogue with good images Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library - an online database of ukiyo-e prints, Japanese text only SILS Art Image Browser - a resource from the University of Michigan with 81 Japanese woodblock prints among lots of other works of art The Smart Museum at the University of Chicago has now released its image database for external users - including a number of Japanese prints, most of them black and white Ukiyoe in the Sweet Briar Collection - representation of women in a beautifully presented exhibit from Sweet Briar College in Virginia Takamatsu Historical Museum - with an exhibit of prints and paintings depicting the Genpei War The Tobacco & Salt Museum - exhibiting prints related to tobacco and smoking Tokyo National Museum - displaying only a small part of their ukiyo-e collection online UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection Ukiyoe caricatures 1842-1905 - a database from Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Wien Ukiyoe VR-Museum - prints depicting silk production Victoria & Albert Museum: Japanese Prints The Virtual Museum of Traditional Japanese Arts an exhibit from the Japan Information Network Worcester Art Museum - with an online display of Japanese art, including a couple of works by ukiyo-e painters	General - Museums and Libraries
John H Boyd's Ukiyo-e J Noel Chiappa's site - list of print series, censors' seals and a lot of other useful information Miniature Japanese Woodblock Prints in the Collection of Gary and Janet Christenson Daniel Feteridge's site Far Eastern Art II - Aykut Gurcaglar's MSN group Chiho Harada's collection - see also this page Per Hofman Hansen's online exhibit - two prints by Hiroshige I and Hiroshige II Japanese Woodblock Art - Ron Valle's MSN group John Hudock's Japanese Prints Randy R Johnson's Woodblock Prints - displaying prints from his collection Jean-Gabriel Luque's Ukiyo-e - displaying ukiyo-e and shin-hanga prints with text in French Ukiyo-e - with a growing number of prints from private collections, presented by Yoshikazu Mizumoto Edo Ukiyoe World - Yukio Nagano's site, featuring a nice collection of ukiyo-e prints Y's Art Gallery - Y Nakano's unusual collection of prints and paintings Alexander Nisbet's Virtual Ukiyo-e - a beautifully presented collection of 19th century prints Ryôsuke Okano's Gallery - text in Japanese Christian Olejarczyk's collection of ukiyo-e Les estampes japonaises - prints from Jean-Michel Picolo's collection with text mostly in French László G-Tóth's Ukiyo-e Collection - now with colour pictures of the prints George Zaidmann's site - an amazing collection of prints by Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Utamaro and others	General - Private Collectors
Cats in Japanese prints Kyoto Art & Culture Club of Ukiyoe - Japanese text only Go Ukiyo-e Collection - prints illustrating the classical game of Go Ciudad de la Pintura - works by 79 Japanese artists, text in Spanish Eating Scenes from Ukiyoe - a slide show from Oysy.net Tokyo University Digital Museum: News no tanjô - about colour woodblock prints as newspaper illustrations, in Japanese Ukiyo-e, The Art of the Floating World - a display of prints at a slightly bizarre web site Japanese artists is the CGFA Virtual Art Museum Edo shoku-bunka kikô - Edo food culture reflected in ukiyo-e prints - articles in Japanese Edo Ukiyo-e Net - displaying a few prints and a Kuniyoshi album, text in Japanese only Enoshima maniakku - with a large display of prints depicting Enoshima, text in Japanese The ETC Web Museum - featuring an exhibition of Japanese prints Harumi Antiques: Beauties in a floating world - an online exhibit Ichiyûsai - displaying prints by Kuniyoshi and others, text in Japanese Jim Breen's Ukiyo-E Gallery - where you can find all the prints from the (now disappeared) University of Washington FTP site and many others Kites in Ukiyoe woodcut prints - a part of Masami Takakuwa's kite collecting site Children of the Edo period as seen in ukiyoe - an exhibit from KUMON Institute of Education, now only in Japanese The Manyo'an Collection - an exhibit of ukiyo-e paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Art Center Neko to ukiyo-e (Cat-City Museum) - cats in ukiyo-e News Nishikie - a very informative site about the use of colour prints in Meiji newspapers Otokoyama - a small exhibit of ukiyo-e prints featuring a brand of sake Shusui Taki's Ukiyo-e Gallery - includes a few bijin-ga by old masters, as well as his own prints Soba no ukiyo-e - noodles in ukiyo-e, a small collection without comments Sushi Encyclopedism - sushi in ukiyo-e prints Ukiyo-e - prints on display and information in Japanese Ukiyoe - a richly illustrated history of ukiyo-e by Maki Hirotani Ukiyo-e: The Floating World - a collection of ukiyo-e and shin-hanga Ukiyo-e ni miru nyûyoku scene - bath scenes in ukiyo-e, text in Japanese	General - Other Exhibits
Kanazawa College of Art Edehon Database Ritsumeikan University Book Database	Illustrated books (ehon, kusazôshi)
Christian Diat's Gallerie - a small but well presented collection of prints, with text in French Hanga Gallery - featuring signatures, seals and print lists for a number of Japanese 20th century artists Kuchi-e - Fred Zwegat displays book frontispieces from the late 19th and the early 20th century Kushigata Shunsen Museum of Art - fine actor portraits and other works by Natori Shunsen (1886-1960) Masami Teraoka's Art Theater - featuring the amazing works by this Japanese-American artist, who uses the styles of mid-19th century ukiyo-e in a modern context ShinHanga.net - a site "devoted to the needs and interests of serious shin hanga collectors" Shôtei Gallery - documenting the works of a shin hanga artist Woodblock Printmaker David Bull - this site does not really fit in any of these categories, but it is something very special Ukiyoe-Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon - with a library of reference articles, mostly on 20th century prints and artists	Later Ukiyo-e and Shin-hanga Artists
The Baren Encyclopedia of Woodblock Printmaking - edited by printmaker David Bull Hiroshi Yabuki: Ukiyo-e no seisaku kôtei - only in Japanese, but with many instructive pictures The Art of Coloured Woodblock Printmaking - demonstrated in a video by Graham Scholes	Techniques of Japanese Print Making
The International Ukiyo-e Society - mostly Japanese text Ukiyo-e Society of America Society for Japanese Arts - now with a forum for discussions about Japanese art	Ukiyo-e Societies
(Evidently, I cannot vouch for the quality of the products offered by these companies or the reasonableness of their prices. They have been included in this list solely on the merits of their web sites.) Art dealers with online exhibits John Adams Japanese Woodblock Prints, Santa Rosa, California Allinson Gallery, Storrs, Connecticut The Art of Japan, Mountain View, California Artelino, Pullach, Germany Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, California Robyn Buntin, Honolulu, Hawaii Castle Fine Arts, San Francisco, California Curious Antiquities, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Merlin C. Dailey & Associates, Inc, Victor, New York Rolf M Degener Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Edo Prints Gallery, New York Edoya Art, Sakurai, Japan Herbert Egenolf Gallery G Eldridge Antiques, Glastonbury, Connecticut L'estampe du Japon en direct, Paris, France Floating World Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Galerie am Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany Galerie Berès, Paris, France Galleri ABCD, Malmö, Sweden Galleria dell'Incisione, Brescia, Italy Gallery Doster, Tübingen, Germany Gallery East, Perth, Australia Ginkoya, Tokyo, Japan Ginreidô, Yokohama, Japan Galerie Hafner, Bern, Switzerland Hanlin Gallery, Hongkong Hara Shobo, Tokyo, Japan Harding & Giannini Hotei Japanese Prints, Leiden, Holland Huys den Esch Gallery, Dodewaard, Holland Ichiban Japanese Antiques, Marion, Connecticut Gallery Inkstone, Hannover, Germany Iwasawa Oriental Art, Los Gatos, California Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art, New York City Japan Gallery, New York Japan Print Gallery, London Japan Vortex, Chicago, Illinois Japanese Gallery, London Japanese Prints and Books, Los Angeles, California JapanPrints, Evanston, Illinois Mattia Jona, Milan, Italy Kamimura Gallery, Toronto, Canada Robin Kennedy Fine Japanese Prints, Richmond, England Kichijo, Scotland Kitano Oriental Art, Stockholm, Sweden Richard Kruml, London Gilbert Luber Gallery, Philadephia, Pennsylvania Man-Pai Japanese Prints, Almada, Portugal Buchhandlung & Antiquariat Mephisto, Unna, Germany Joan B Mirviss Ltd, New York Mita Arts Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Lella e Gianni Morra, Venice, Italy Mukashiya, Tokyo, Japan A Nobbly Store, Gloucester, Virginia Ohya Shobo, Tokyo, Japan OsakaPrints.com C P J van der Peet bv Japanes Prints, Amsterdam, Holland Prints of Japan, Port Townsend, Washington Randall Antiques & Fine Art, Gainesville, Florida Ronin Gallery, New York City Rosensteel Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona Sairakudo, Tokyo, Japan Saru Gallery, Uden, Holland Scholten Japanese Art, New York Shogun Gallery, Gaithersburg, Maryland Gallery Sobi Pallas, Tokyo, Japan Solá Gallery, Ithaca, New York Carolyn Staley Fine Prints, Seattle, Washington Stuart Jackson Gallery, Toronto, Canada Sumisho Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Tanakaya, Paris, France Things Japanese, New York City Tokugawa Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona Toshusai, Tokyo, Japan Trocadero Tsuru Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island Ukiyo, Los Alamos, New Mexico Ukiyo-e Gallery, Sigmaringen, Germany Ukiyoe-Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon Yokoyama Art, Tokyo, Japan Zacke,Vienna, Austria Online auction sales Artelino, Pullach, Germany Asian Collection Japanese Print Auction, Gloucester, Virginia Auction Ukiyo-e, London, England eBay Inc, San Jose, California - an extensive Orientalia section with many ukiyo-e prints and reproductions Kotobuki, München, Germany Kunsthandel Klefisch, Köln, Germany Jens Scholz Kunstauktionen, Köln, Germany Tokyo Kotenkai Auction Modern reproductions of old prints Adachi Hanga Uchida Art Co Ltd Ukiyo-e postcards and other ukiyo-e-related merchandise Bunsei Shoin Booksellers - advertising a CD-ROM with early Meiji ukiyo-e newspapers Master Graphique - advertising a "Hokusai CD Rom Anthology" with 300 digital reproductions Meibis Co Ltd - 18 CD-ROMs with ukiyo-e	Ukiyo-e Dealers and Auctions
Customising Windows with ukiyo-e prints - D E Fix has designed opening screens, wallpaper and screensavers for Windows Welcome to Edo-Jo - Ken Matsushima offers a virtual tour of Japan in the Edo period, with numerous ukiyo-e illustrations Teaching (and Learning) About Japan - Lee A Makela's narrative introduction to Japanese culture with lots of interesting links Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (100 Poems by 100 Poets) - a classical anthology of Japanese poetry, that has been illustrated by many of the great ukiyo-e masters. This electronic edition includes a colour print by Hokusai and 100 black & white illustrations from a 19th century edition. Kabukipedia - the beginnings of a kabuki dictionary Kamogawa's Mist - an intriguing short story by António Conceição Júnior Monet & Japan - an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia Japanese prints: The Dutch in Nagasaki - a collection of prints from The Netherlands Economic-Historical Archive Web publications on ukiyo-e and Japanese culture: Essays on ukiyo-e by Dan McKee Lorena Overstreet Allen: Japanese Woodblocks (Antiques & Art Around Florida) - an illustrated article on ukiyo-e Richard Amero: An Evaluation of the Tale of Genji Alan Atkinson: Chushingura: Revenge of the 47 Samurai (Spencer Museum of Art) - a gallery guide for an exhibition Merlin C Dailey: Toyokuni - Last Master of the Grand Style William J. Farge: Violating Censorship - Humor and Virulence in the Popular Writings of Baba Bunkô (1715-1759) Patricia Flynn: Visions of People (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute) - influences of Japanese prints upon late 19th and early 20th century French art Amaury García Rodríguez: Modernization in Japan and the Ukiyo-e (Asian Arts Forum) Poul Genefke Thye: The Influence of Japanese Art On Western Culture - "how a Japanese prostitute became an image of bourgeois virtue" Daan Kok: Blomhoffs ontmoetingen met Edo - a thesis based on a collection of surimono Isamu Kurita: Japanese Art and the Japanese View of Nature (MOA Museum of Art) - for a special exhibition of setsugekka, "snow, moon and flowers" Kisho Kurokawa: Edo, The Pretext for the Age of Symbiosis (a chapter from The Philosophy of Symbiosis) Timothy Mertel: Surimono - Ukiyo-e Refined (L'Asie Exotique) Kazuo Oguri, My Life in Tattooing - a Japanese tattoo artist who draws his inspiration from the designs of Kuniyoshi and other ukiyo-e masters Masaki Okada: Kabuki Recorded in Ukiyo-e Prints - a useful essay William Pinckard, Japanese Prints and the World of Go (Kiseido Publishing Company) - with lots of ukiyo-e illustrations Jilly Traganou: The Fireworks of Edo (Architronic) - "The aim of this essay is to compose a synchronous reading of the cities Edo-Tokyo, by proposing a network of links and intersections that set under question the linear development from Edo to Tokyo, or from, what is classified as, Early Modern to Modern Japan." Yamada Shoji Laboratory: Data Mining of Ukiyo-e - quantitative studies of faces in ukiyo-e, mostly in Japanese If you are looking for literature on Japanese art and culture, there are also bookshops with WWW catalogues: Asian Rare Books in New York Boston Book Company in Boston Han-Shan Tang Books in London The Old Bookroom in Canberra Paragon Book Gallery in Chicago Publishers: Hotei Publishing in Leiden, Holland	Miscellaneous
These sites were not accessible, when last checked. If you have any information about their present whereabouts, please contact me. Prints by Hirosada - the web pages are still there, but the images have been deleted (2005-02-23) Japanese Women Artists - including some female ukiyo-e printmakers (2005-02-23) The Quest for Entertainment and Enlightenment in Tokugawa Japan's Urban Centers (Colby College Museum of Art) (2005-02-23) Toyokuni II: Meisho Hakkei - seven of the prints exhibited by the National Diet Library (2005-07-31) Fay E Beauchamp: The Significant Trifle: Form and Meaning in Hiroshige, Monet and Van Gogh (Asian Studies Development Program) (2006-10-07) Shodai Utagawa Toyokuni ten - with numerous images and signature examples, text in Japanese (2006-10-11) Mie Kenritsu Hakubutsukan - with an online exhibit of Tôkaidô prints by various artists, depicting Kuwana, Yokkaichi and Kameyama (2006-10-11) Library of the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo - with a large display of namazu-e, Japanese text only (2006-10-11) Silk Ukiyoe Gallery - an exhibit from the Silk Laboratory of Shinshu University (2006-10-11) Hakone Town Official Homepage - with a number of ukiyo-e prints by Hiroshige and others (2006-10-11)	Broken links
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