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Seated man in grey kimono holding a cup at a low lacquer table with ceramics, beside a hanging plum branch.

Portrait of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon

early 1800s

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one holding a lantern, with calligraphy above, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Woman and Attendant

ca. 1795

Three women and a child beneath a flowering cherry tree at a seashore with moored boats, painted on a golden ground.

Three women under a flowering cherry tree at the seashore

1615

Hanging scroll of two women on a wooden walkway by water, one holding a paper lantern, in muted ochre tones.

Courtesan and Maid

1615

Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor in blue and red robes holding a staff, with calligraphy above by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Bandō Mitsugorō II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play "Sukeroku"

late 18th-early 19th century

Painting of women and men under cherry blossoms on a hill above a harbor with sailing boats and rooftops.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

late 1700s-early 1800s

Hanging scroll portrait of a kneeling samurai in blue kimono and grey hakama, with two swords beside him.

Portrait of a high-ranking samurai

1803

Hanging scroll portrait of a seated man in a grey kimono with a cup, a low table of dishes, and a plum branch.

Portrait of Kinokuniya Bunzaemon

1850

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono reaching a cherry branch as petals fall, with a kneeling woman beside a stool.

Cherry Blossoms in the Wind

late 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman in a black autumn-leaf kimono beside a birdcage, peacock feathers, and a hanging fan.

Hinazura of Chōjiya from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

c. 1793-97

Triptych woodblock print of women in patterned kimono beside blossoming plum branches, a tea kettle, and a lattice window.

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

mid- or late 1790s

Woodblock print of elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono walking along a lantern-lit street with onlookers.

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō

c. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a vine-patterned kimono beside a lacquer stand and an inset picture.

Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

c. 1793-97

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda beside a garden with a lattice screen and tea set.

The Shika Teahouse

early 1790s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red checkered kimono and black robe, with hair ornaments, by Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794.

Iwai Kiyotaro (Edoya) as Okaru (from the series Pictures of Actors Onstage)

1794

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono holding a drawn sword in rain, within a decorative black frame.

Sawamura Gennosuke as Satsuma Gengobei

c. 1805

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono folding and handling cloth on a veranda, with a garden and poem text behind.

Women Making Clothing

early 1790s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green robe and white headcloth, glancing sideways, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of Sawamura Sojuro III as Satsuma Gengobei

1800

Two men in dramatic poses with swords beside a waterfall, in a colourful Japanese woodblock print.

Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Ichikawa Yaozo III in a Confrontation Beside a Waterfall

c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding a baby while a man lies on the floor beside a hanging bell and green blind.

The Sixth Month (from the series The Twelve Felicitous Months in Edo Brocades)

c. late 1790s

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono flanked by two attendants beneath blossoming branches.

The Courtesan Katakoshigi (?) of Maruebiya with her Kamuro Ageha and Midori

c. 1805

Woodblock print of a courtesan and two attendants on a wooden veranda, with a garden of pines and a bamboo fence beside them.

Courtesan Standing on a Veranda

early 1790s

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a red and cream checkered robe with black sleeve trim and a topknot.

Segawa Michinosuke Wearing a Padded Plaid Robe

c. 1805

Woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono and black outer robe, holding a white cloth, with a yellow hair ornament.

Segawa Roko as Hachizo's Wife Ohatsu

c. 1805

Woodblock print of a seated man in a checkered robe holding a pipe, with a sword and red sandals beside him.

Bando Mitsugoro IV in a Travelling Robe

early 1800s

Five-panel woodblock print of a crowded arched bridge over a river, with boats and strollers in kimono.

Cooling Off at Ryōgoku Bridge in Edo, a Pentaptych (Edo Ryôgoku suzumi no zu, gomai tsuzuki)

1811

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono crossing water beside a tree with orange flowers, one holding a pin

Actors

1769-1825

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child with a scroll before calligraphy panels and maple leaves.

Examination for Writing

1769-1825

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned kimono with hair ornaments, beside a blossoming branch and inscription

The Courtesan Chozan of the Chojiya

c. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a checked kimono and sword, arms folded, standing beneath a tree.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro as a Samurai

1769-1825

Japanese woodblock triptych of courtesans and attendants in kimono walking through a garden with pines and screens.

Courtesans of the Chojiya and their attendants playing kemari

c. 1791/93

Triptych print of women doing laundry by a wooden well under leafy trees, with cloth hung on a pole.

Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb (Idobata no sentaku to araihari)

c. 1795

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono in a long pleasure-quarter parlor with lanterns and tatami floors.

The parlor of a brothel in the pleasure quarters

c. 1789/1801

Woodblock print of a standing man in a green patterned robe and black hat holding a paper, with Japanese calligraphy at upper

Arashi Hinasuke as Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)

about 1805

Woodblock print of an elderly man reading at a lectern, with Mount Fuji, a red sun, and a flying bird behind him.

Portrait of Eijudo at Seventy-One

1798

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Fujiwara no Shihei (Tokihira, Minister of the Left), in Ume Sakura Aioi-zoshi

c. 1816

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a purple kimono with red undergarment, holding her hem, with a title cartouche at upper

The actor Sawamura Tozo I as Dogen no Okichi in the play "Yoshiwara Niwaka no Banzuke," performed at the Ichimura The…

1804

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red and cream robes, glaring while raising a round fan against a dark night background.

Actor in a scene from a drama

Late 18th century and early 19th century

Triptych print of women in patterned kimono parading with feathered standards and parasols, Mount Fuji behind them.

Women Parading in an Imitation of the Cortege of a Daimyo

ca. 1797

Triptych woodblock print of women and a standing man in a New Year-decorated mansion with lanterns and screens.

New Year's Celebration in a Large Mansion

ca. 1791

Triptych print of women crossing a river in a palanquin carried by porters, with stylized swirling water and patterned kimono

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi

ca. 1800

Triptych print of kimono-clad women and attendants building a giant snowball in falling snow, one holding a parasol.

Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball

ca. 1796

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women and a child gathering clams on a beach beside a boat and pine trees.

Picking Clams

ca. 1791

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red kimono leaning forward, with bare legs and calligraphy in the right margin.

The actor Arashi Ryuzo later known as Arashi Shichigoro

18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a straw rain cape and black kimono, holding a walking stick, in diagonal rain.

The Actor Ōtani Tomoemon in the Role of Ono Sadakurō, from the series Image of Actors on Stage

ca. 1795

Nakamura Nakazo II as Matsuo-maru

1796

Woodblock print of a long-haired ghost in white robes trailed by red flames, labeled with Japanese calligraphy.

Onoe Matsusuke as the Ghost of the Murdered Wife Oiwa, in "A Tale of Horror from the Yotsuya Station on the Tokaido R…

1812

Japanese woodblock print of a kimono-clad dancer with a yellow headdress on a fan-shaped ground with pine and blossoms.

Representation of the Dance-Play "Dōjōji"

Woodblock print of a young warrior in green patterned robe and armor, holding a fan and sword, with calligraphy above.

Ushiwaka-maru in Armor

19th century

Woodblock print of an actor in a brown kimono with two women preparing New Year decorations, with calligraphy in the margins.

Actor Nakamura Utayemon with Two Women Preparing for the New Year Ceremony

19th century

Japanese print of a kabuki dancer in a patterned kimono beside fans, a fern sprig, and handwritten calligraphy.

Print of a Kabuki Dancer from the Maiden of the Dōjōji Temple (Musume Dōjōji)

ca. 1810s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe seated on a black ox, with a Japanese name cartouche at upper right.

Actor Sawamura Gennosuke Riding on Ox as Sugawara no Michizane

Early 19th century

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned robes beneath blossoming cherry branches, one with swords.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VII ja Ichikawa Ebijuro I näytelmässä Ashiya Doman ouchi kagami (Ashiya Doman keisarin h…

1820

Woodblock print of a standing sumo wrestler in an ornate apron, fists on straw bales, blue background, 1820.

Painija Kagami-iwa Hamanosuke

1820

Ukiyo-e print of a kneeling man looking up at a standing woman in ivy-patterned kimono holding a lacquer tray.

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful…

1801

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a circular frame, one in a blue robe and one in a patterned pink costume.

Actors Matsumoto Koshiro V and Ichikawa Danjuro VII

1850

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a peony-patterned kimono with a red lion mask and green robe.

Näyttelijä Ichikawa Danjuro VII. Leijona-tanssi shosagoto-näytelmässä

1817

Triptych print of courtesans and attendants strolling a lantern-lit street of shops in Yoshiwara, in patterned kimono.

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō in Yoshiwara

ca. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man raising a hammer beside a stump, with a standing woman holding a tea cup on a tray.

Ichikawa Komazō III in the Role of Kameō with Iwai Kumesaburō in the Role of Kameō's Wife, Oyasu, from the Play Shunk…

1798-99

Japanese woodblock print: a kneeling woman in floral kimono reaches toward a man at a window beside a pine tree, with a poem

小倉擬百人一首

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print with grid of kabuki actor portraits in colorful costumes and cherry blossom scene.

東子選繁昌寿語六

Woodblock print with two kabuki actor portraits and two calligraphy panels in black frames, Utagawa Toyokuni.

教訓いろはたとゑみ・佐々木源之助／し・浮世伊之助

Diptych kabuki print of two actors in colorful robes with swords, against a green mountain landscape.

Näyttelijät Kataoka Nizaemon VII ja Iwai Kumesaburo näytelmässä Ki-ichi Hogen sanryaku no maki (Ki-ichi Hogenin sotat…

1817

Woodblock print of a crowd of sumo wrestlers with name labels, a seated figure in a striped kimono, and a straw bale in the f

君ケ嶽・雲竜・雲早山・熊ケ嶽・滝ノ尾・荒岩・谷嵐・秀の山・小柳・猪王山・荒熊・響灘・式守伊之助・栄治・黒岩・象ケ鼻・鶴ケ峰・一力・宝川・厳嶋・階ケ嶽・六ツケ峰・荒馬・常山・鏡岩

Woodblock print of two women in a boat, one holding a basket of mussels, with sailing ships in a harbor behind them.

Two Women in a Boat; One Holding a Basket of Mussels

ca. 1798

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a fighting pose, one raising a sword above a black background.

The Actors Sawamura Sōjūrō III holding Sword Aloft, and Arashi Shichigorō III as Fighting Heroes

ca. 1798

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe with gold tassels, holding a dark hat to his face, with a yellow name carto

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman in Black Robe Holding a Straw Hat

1798

Woman in a patterned kimono holding a poem sheet and brush, woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni I, ca. 1795.

“The Geisha To’e as a Vendor of Poems,” from the series Gion Festival Costume Parade (Gion mikoshi arai nerimono sugata)

ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman with firewood on her head leading a black ox, with pink cherry blossoms behind her.

The Actor Segawa Roko as the Woodseller Ohara Leading an Ox

ca. 1810

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in dramatic poses, one in black holding a gold staff, the other in a striped red robe.

Scene from a Drama

1804

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors under a red and yellow umbrella in the rain, one in a striped kimono, one in a lattice r

Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugorō and Iwai Hanshirō

ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a staff and sword beside rippling water under a dark sky.

An Actor Beside Water

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black robe and olive kimono holding a striped fan and sword.

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd (Kinokuniya)

ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black leaf-patterned kimono holding a sword and fan against a gray background.

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

ca. 1794

Woodblock print of an acrobat balancing upside down on a tall ladder held by men in orange robes, with Mount Fuji behind.

Acrobats on a Ladder

18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a shaved-head man in purple kimono and striped hakama playing a shamisen, with calligraphy above.

Keisei Ichikawa Denzo

ca. 1797-1800

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and wave-motif robe, standing by water with reeds behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Aragōrō as Yoshida no Matsuwaka-Maru

1769-1825

Woodblock print of two women and a man walking barefoot on a shell-strewn shore under a pine branch.

Along the Seashore at Futami

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman with a drum and a standing man raising a folding fan, framed by bamboo and pine.

Young Lady with Drum and Man with Fan Saluting Her

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a paper lantern on a pole, with Japanese inscriptions.

Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Episodes of the Poet Komachi"

ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono gazing at a bird near lilies and reeds, with folded garments beside her.

The First Visit of the Cuckoo

Japanese woodblock print of three women by a seashore with a parasol, a fan, boats and rippling waves.

Three Young Ladies by the Seashore

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono on a lantern-lit veranda above a river with boats.

The Four Seasons in Southern Edo: A Summer Scene (Minami shiki; Natsu [no] kei)

late 1780s

Japanese triptych print of women on a veranda among cherry blossoms as a samurai descends the steps at left.

Beauties on a Veranda among Cherry Blossoms from which a Samurai is Departing

ca. 1800

Black-and-white woodblock print of a seated woman in patterned kimono pouring tea beside a lantern and futon.

Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath drooping willow branches.

Actors

Woodblock print of four women in patterned kimono walking beneath bare plum trees, with ornate hair combs.

Four Women Passing a Group of Trees

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono dining beneath bare tree branches, one carrying a food tray.

Three Women Dining Before a Group of Trees

Two-sheet Japanese print of women playing sugoroku in a room with a garden view and a distant mountain.

Two Young Women Playing a Game of Sugoroku

Triptych woodblock print of women and a child gathering shellfish at low tide, with a boat and pine trees.

Gathering shell fish at low tide

c. 1789/1801

Triptych print of women in kimono playing a card game in a room with folding screens and lanterns.

The Card Game

c. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red kimono and patterned hakama, holding a katana with a stern expression.

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III in the Role of Shimada Jūzaburō, from the series "Image of Actors on Stage"

ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral camellia kimono with a yellow sash, beside a cherry branch.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of Lady Iwafuji

ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral pink kimono and green jacket, with a bamboo sword, glancing back against a dark

Bandō Minosuke (Mitsugorō III) in the Role of a Young Samurai

1796

Japanese woodblock triptych showing women in kimono with a small boy and wooden buckets in a bath house interior.

Women and an Infant Boy in a Public Bath House

ca. 1799

Two kabuki-style figures in patterned kimono face off with long staffs against a grey background in a Japanese woodblock prin

Scene from an Unidentified Drama

ca. 1800