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Woodblock print of merrymakers on a veranda beside a pine tree, with figures walking along a riverbank toward a distant town.

A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as Shoki the demon queller in dark armor, holding a sword, c. 1768.

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Shoki the Demon Queller in the Play Date Moyo Kumo ni Inazuma, Performed at the Morit…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Monochrome print of tiered palace pavilions with a flag, and two robed figures walking across a long wooden bridge.

The Palace in the Moon

Kitagawa Utamaro, 8th month, 1789

Woodblock print of a woman washing at a stream under a full moon, with a family outside a thatched house and distant mountain

The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

Kitagawa Utamaro, 8th month, 1789

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed Japanese women in kimono with ornate hairpins against a pale landscape.

Narihira's Journey to the East

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1797

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of courtly women and attendants under cherry trees, with a seated man and a parasol.

A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Triptych print of women at a merry evening party, playing koto and shamisen, a board game, and sweets before a pine screen.

A Merry Evening Party

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1805

Triptych woodblock print of women picking persimmons from a tree beside a bamboo lattice gate, in kimono.

Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1802-4

Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono, one raising a wooden staff, with two kneeling women and an inset scene.

Chushingura Act III

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of boats on a rainy river with a red banner, a flying bird, and a temple roof in the foreground.

“Azuma Bridge from Komagatadō Temple,” from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei, Komagatad…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese print of conch, clam and other seashells scattered on sand, with calligraphic verses written above.

Shells under Water

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing a shell game on a veranda beside a peony screen and pine bonsai.

Girls Playing a Game with Shells

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of a child lighting fireworks under willows while women with a baby and a fan look on.

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono gathering green leaves into baskets in a grassy field, with a child crouching nearby.

Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing with a ball on a veranda, with a child and a blossoming plum branch nearby.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women watching a performer with a drum, a standing woman in patterned kimono, and cranes near a pine tree.

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped robe and a kneeling woman in a dotted kimono with hairpins.

Parting of Lovers: Courtesan and Her Lover

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a large tortoise hanging over a river with sailboats and Mount Fuji in the distance at dawn.

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese print of women in kimono reading letters and holding a fan beside a lantern, with landscape roundels above.

Spirit Summoner; Wild Geese Returning Home (Maboroshi; Rakugan) (right) and A Thin Veil of Clouds; Clearing Weather (…

Chobunsai Eishi, 1797-99

Woodblock print of figures on a temple veranda looking toward Mount Fuji across a river under a blue sky.

Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mo…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers crossing a wooden walkway above a braided river, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga e…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of roofers and two women at a window overlooking a river and rice fields, with a poem cartouche at upper righ

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of women working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and brazier, with rising steam.

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink crested kimono beneath a flowering plum branch.

Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Sadato's Wife Iwate

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green haori and patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword at his waist, on yellow gro

Yamashina Shirojuro in the Role of Nagoya Sanzaemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and red checked kimono, grimacing with wide eyes against a gray background.

Arashi Ryūzō I as Ishibe Kinkichi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda leaning over a railing to view cherry blossoms, with parasols below.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a kitchen, one holding a tea cup by steaming kettle, one smoking a pipe.

In the Kitchen

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Triptych woodblock print of women bathing and fishing on a rocky shore with stylized waves, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Girl Fishers and Bathers

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1791

Japanese print of women in kimono wading in the sea before a rising red sun between two rocks linked by a sacred rope.

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise

Kitagawa Utamaro

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women gathering abalone on a rocky shore beside woven baskets and waves.

The Awabi Fishers

Kitagawa Utamaro

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono and a man by a river with mountains and birds.

Women and a Man in the Country; Some pageant(?)

Kitagawa Utamaro