Hue Index

Public domain art: women

Artworks depicting women, catalogued by the museums that hold them. Each one is free to download, with its colour palette extracted from the image and its maximum print size measured at 300 DPI.

Works in Public domain art: women

A Counselor's Opinion After He Had Retired From Practice

A Counselor's Opinion After He Had Retired From Practice

Thomas Rowlandson
婦人手業操鏡|A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom

婦人手業操鏡|A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom

Kitagawa Utamaro
実競色乃美名家見　三浦屋小紫　白井権八|The Lovers Miura-ya Komurasaki and Shirai Gonpachi.

実競色乃美名家見　三浦屋小紫　白井権八|The Lovers Miura-ya Komurasaki and Shirai Gonpachi.

Kitagawa Utamaro
鈴木春信画　若水を汲む男女|Drawing the First Water of the New Year

鈴木春信画　若水を汲む男女|Drawing the First Water of the New Year

Suzuki Harunobu
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Tōshūsai Sharaku
江戸の花　娘浄瑠璃|A Woman Playing with a Young Boy

江戸の花　娘浄瑠璃|A Woman Playing with a Young Boy

Kitagawa Utamaro
名君　閨中の粧ひ|The Oiran Yoso-oi Seated at Her Toilet

名君　閨中の粧ひ|The Oiran Yoso-oi Seated at Her Toilet

Kitagawa Utamaro
東海道五十三次　大津|Otsu

東海道五十三次　大津|Otsu

Utagawa Hiroshige
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Kitagawa Utamaro
東洲斎写楽画 四代岩井半四郎の重の井 『恋女房染分手綱』|Iwai Hanshirō IV as Shigenoi in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

東洲斎写楽画 四代岩井半四郎の重の井 『恋女房染分手綱』|Iwai Hanshirō IV as Shigenoi in the Play "Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku
喜多川歌麿画　「青楼仁和嘉女芸者　茶せん売　黒木売　さいもん」|Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)

喜多川歌麿画　「青楼仁和嘉女芸者　茶せん売　黒木売　さいもん」|Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Perfomer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” (Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha)

Kitagawa Utamaro
三勝と半七|Sankatsu and Hanshichi

三勝と半七|Sankatsu and Hanshichi

Kitagawa Utamaro
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Kitagawa Utamaro
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Kitagawa Utamaro
鈴木春信画　夜の梅|Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

鈴木春信画　夜の梅|Woman Admiring Plum Blossoms at Night

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信
『五色染六歌仙』　僧正遍昭|“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

『五色染六歌仙』　僧正遍昭|“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro
『五色染六歌仙』 在原業平と小野小町|“The Poet Ariwara no Narihira (825–880) and Ono no Komachi,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

『五色染六歌仙』 在原業平と小野小町|“The Poet Ariwara no Narihira (825–880) and Ono no Komachi,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro
喜多川歌麿画 「婦女人相十品」 ポペンを吹く娘|Young Woman Blowing a Popen (glass noisemaker), from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy” (Fujo ninsō juppen)

喜多川歌麿画 「婦女人相十品」 ポペンを吹く娘|Young Woman Blowing a Popen (glass noisemaker), from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy” (Fujo ninsō juppen)

Kitagawa Utamaro
『和国百女』|One Hundred Women of Japan (Wakoku hyakujo)

『和国百女』|One Hundred Women of Japan (Wakoku hyakujo)

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
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Suzuki Harunobu
すだれ貝|The Curtain Clam

すだれ貝|The Curtain Clam

Suzuki Harunobu
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Suzuki Harunobu
江戸の園花合　東屋の花|Azumaya no Hana

江戸の園花合　東屋の花|Azumaya no Hana

Kitagawa Utamaro
山姥と金太郎|Yamauba and Kintarō Playing with a Cherry

山姥と金太郎|Yamauba and Kintarō Playing with a Cherry

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
風流無くてななくせ|Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits (Furyu nakute nana kuse)

風流無くてななくせ|Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits (Furyu nakute nana kuse)

Katsushika Hokusai
Ryugu Tamatori Hime no su|Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King

Ryugu Tamatori Hime no su|Recovering the Stolen Jewel from the Palace of the Dragon King

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
江戸仕入大津土産|Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest

江戸仕入大津土産|Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest

Kitagawa Utamaro
行水|Bathtime (Gyōzui)

行水|Bathtime (Gyōzui)

Kitagawa Utamaro
風流七小町　通ひ|Young MotHer Nursing Her Baby

風流七小町　通ひ|Young MotHer Nursing Her Baby

Kitagawa Utamaro
風俗美人時計　子ノ刻　妾|Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child

風俗美人時計　子ノ刻　妾|Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child

Kitagawa Utamaro
萩|The Bush Clover (Hagi)

萩|The Bush Clover (Hagi)

Suzuki Harunobu
女織蚕手業草　十|The Making of Silk Floss

女織蚕手業草　十|The Making of Silk Floss

Kitagawa Utamaro
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Kitagawa Utamaro
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Kitagawa Utamaro
Sakura-gai|元禄歌仙貝合|Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell Games

Sakura-gai|元禄歌仙貝合|Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell Games

Katsushika Hokusai
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Katsushika Hokusai
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Katsushika Hokusai
児戯意乃三笑　恵恩芳子|Mother and Child

児戯意乃三笑　恵恩芳子|Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro
二葉草七小町　清水小町|Kiyomizu Komachi

二葉草七小町　清水小町|Kiyomizu Komachi

Kitagawa Utamaro
『青楼七小町』 「玉屋内花紫」|“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)

『青楼七小町』 「玉屋内花紫」|“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro
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Suzuki Harunobu
青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部　扇売　団扇売　麦つき|The Niwaka Performers

青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部　扇売　団扇売　麦つき|The Niwaka Performers

Kitagawa Utamaro
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Shōtei Hokuju 昇亭北寿
安達吟光画　『貴女裁縫之図』|Ladies Sewing (Kijo saihō no zu)

安達吟光画　『貴女裁縫之図』|Ladies Sewing (Kijo saihō no zu)

Adachi Ginkō
八百屋お七　寺小姓吉三郎|O Shichi and Kichisaburo

八百屋お七　寺小姓吉三郎|O Shichi and Kichisaburo

Kitagawa Utamaro
『雪中梅荘群児遊戯 図』|Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)

『雪中梅荘群児遊戯 図』|Children Playing in the Snow under Plum Trees in Bloom (Secchū baisō gunji yūgi zu)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu
娘日時計　申ノ刻|Seru no Koku

娘日時計　申ノ刻|Seru no Koku

Kitagawa Utamaro
梅|Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

梅|Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

Suzuki Harunobu
風流江戸八景　真乳山の暮雪|Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hilll, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)

風流江戸八景　真乳山の暮雪|Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hilll, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu
『閨の雛形』　正月|Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month

『閨の雛形』　正月|Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month

Okumura Masanobu
名取酒六家選　大もんぢや内浅じふ　木綿屋七ッ梅|A Courtesan

名取酒六家選　大もんぢや内浅じふ　木綿屋七ッ梅|A Courtesan

Kitagawa Utamaro
喜多川歌麿画 「実競色乃美名家見　紙屋次兵衛　紀ノ国屋小春」|Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya, from the series “True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love” (Jitsu kurabe iro no Minakami)

喜多川歌麿画 「実競色乃美名家見　紙屋次兵衛　紀ノ国屋小春」|Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya, from the series “True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love” (Jitsu kurabe iro no Minakami)

Kitagawa Utamaro
遊女と新造|Courtesan and Shinzō

遊女と新造|Courtesan and Shinzō

Suzuki Harunobu
Sumidagawa no rakugan|風俗江戸八景　隅田川落雁|Wild Geese Flying Down the Sumida River

Sumidagawa no rakugan|風俗江戸八景　隅田川落雁|Wild Geese Flying Down the Sumida River

Suzuki Harunobu
Illustrated book

Illustrated book

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣
Illustrated book

Illustrated book

Katsushika Hokusai
Illustrated book

Illustrated book

Katsushika Hokusai
画本宝能縷|Picture Book of Brocades with Precious Threads (Ehon takara no itosuji)

画本宝能縷|Picture Book of Brocades with Precious Threads (Ehon takara no itosuji)

Katsukawa Shunshō　勝川春章
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Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu
歌川五雲亭貞秀画　『生写異国人物　阿蘭陀婦人舉觴　愛児童之図』|Dutch Woman and Child (Seisha ikoku jinbutsu Oranda fujin aijidō no zu)

歌川五雲亭貞秀画　『生写異国人物　阿蘭陀婦人舉觴　愛児童之図』|Dutch Woman and Child (Seisha ikoku jinbutsu Oranda fujin aijidō no zu)

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide