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Woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a teapot on a veranda, a shadow on a shoji screen behind her, and a pine branch.

The Nakadaya teahouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a fan, looking down at a crouching child beside a kneeling atten

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a bush warbler perched on a branch of pink roses with green leaves against a muted landscape.

Bush Warbler and Rose (Kocho, bara), from an untitled series of flowers and birds

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Woodblock print of a dense tree grove above a green field with a rocky outcrop and small pine in the foreground.

Shono: Shiratori Mound (Shono, Shiratorizuka), section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three St…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a rose kimono beside a pine arrangement and lantern, with a fan cartouche.

The First Month (Sho gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a large tree beside a wooden fence at a forest edge, with an open field and cloudy sky.

Edge of a Forest

Constant Troyon, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword before bamboo, wearing a patterned kimono, c. 1779.

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1779

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red and white kimono with black headdress, standing before a geometric patterned backgro

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Suketsune in the Play Koi no Yosuga Kanegaki Soga, Performed at the Ichimura The…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1789

Woodblock print of a woman in a pale kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a willow tree and bamboo.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysa…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Etching of a large tree over resting figures, with a village with a church spire on a hill beyond rolling fields.

The Edge of the Wood and a Village on a Hill

Anthonie Waterloo, n.d.

Woodblock print of two seated figures in patterned kimono, one holding a red fan, beside a reed-filled pond.

Shingen and Kenshin, from the series "Mirrors of Warriors in Fashionable Parodies (Furyu yatsushi musha kagami)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with figures in kimono, wooden gates, and lattice-windowed houses.

The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada, c. 1745

Grey wash drawing of Amphitrite in a shell chariot surrounded by tritons, nymphs, and cherubs on the sea.

Triumph of Amphitrite

François-Alexandre Verdier, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a classical colonnade with a seated woman, mourners, and armored warriors in a sacrificial scene.

Sacrifice of Jeptha's Daughter

François Boitard, n.d.

Print of kneeling figures presenting fruit at a garlanded altar in a classical interior, with statues and a draped curtain.

Offering to Lares

Vincenzo Camuccini, 1810

Sepia print of a river at dusk, with a bright sun near the horizon, reflected in water and framed by dark trees.

Night Effect

Charles-François Daubigny, 1862

Woodblock print of armored samurai by a waterfall, with a helmeted warrior hiding inside a tree hollow at upper right.

Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1758

Etching of a stable boy grooming a horse at a thatched rural inn entrance, with a cart and seated woman nearby.

Entrance to an Inn, with Stable Boy

Charles Émile Jacque, 1850

Etching of an ornate arched palazzo entrance with balconies, statues in niches, and small figures walking beneath the arch.

In the Marble City

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Etching of an ornate Gothic doorway with a winged lion relief, statues in niches, and figures on a staircase beyond the arch.

Doorway of the Doges', Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1909

Engraved landscape of a watermill and waterfall beside a thatched cottage, with trees and figures by the stream.

Windmill Landscape

Pierre François Laurent, c.1759-1809

Brown ink and wash drawing of a woman's head tilted upward with closed eyes and wavy hair.

Female Head

Attributed to Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, n.d.

Yellow broadside with a woodcut of a dandy smoking a cigar beside two figures, above columns of printed Spanish verse.

Hand-me-downs of the Dandies

José Guadalupe Posada, 1890-99

Woodcut broadside showing a devil attacking a man in a sombrero, a kneeling woman, and the Virgin of Guadalupe above, with pr

Horrible suceso (Horrible Incident)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Posada broadside of skeletons feasting among tombs above columns of verse, with skulls in the corners.

The Mausoleum of All the Calaveras That Are Found in a Heap

José Guadalupe Posada, 1905

Yellowed popular songbook broadside with a woodcut of a guitar-playing man beside printed song lyrics and borders.

El cancionero popular, hoja num. 1 (The Popular Songbook, Sheet No. 1)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of armored warriors around an ornate table with scales and a vase, one raising a sword in battle.

Camillus Attacking Brennus

after Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, c. 1550

Printed songbook sheet with woodcut illustrations of figures and columns of song lyrics on pink paper.

El cancionero popular, hoja num. 14 (The Popular Songbook, Sheet No. 14)

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a woman with scissors confronting a frightened girl beside a chair, with Spanish headline text.

Terrible Crime Never Before Seen! Woman worse than the wild beasts!! A little girl with clothing sewn to her body

José Guadalupe Posada, 1902

Red chalk drawing of young Bacchus holding a goblet beside a goat and panther, with an urn and column behind.

Young Bacchus with Goat and Panther

Unknown artist, n.d.

Woodcut broadside showing a coach attacked by stone-throwing men and a horseman, with printed text and decorative border.

Interesting News

José Guadalupe Posada, 1903

Broadside with woodcut of people in period dress swatting giant mosquitoes, above a Spanish poem in two columns.

The American Mosquito

José Guadalupe Posada, n.d.