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Woodblock print of red-tinged Mount Fuji under streaked clouds in a blue sky, with green forested slopes below.

Fine Wind, Clear Weather (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuga…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono and swords, with calligraphy inscriptions beside them.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VII ja Nakamura Utaroku näytelmässä Futatsu cho-cho (Kaksi perhosta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Triptych woodblock print of four kabuki actors in samurai costume against a blue geometric background.

Näyttelijät Kataoka Gado, Bando Hikosaburo, Seki Sanjuro ja Kataoka Nizaemon näytelmässä Date kurabe O-Kuni kabuki (T…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a formal wedding gathering with kneeling figures in kimono, a gold folding screen, and a bonsai pine.

The Wedding Sake Cup : The Marriage Ceremonies

Suzuki Harunobu

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a snowy bamboo landscape, one wearing a straw hat and holding a staff.

Näyttelijät Kataoka Nizaemon VII ja Bando Jutaro näytelmässä Honcho nijushiko (Kaksikymmentäneljä kuuliaista japanila…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1817

Japanese woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in an elaborate kimono with maple leaves overhead.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo I as the Geisha Yukino (or Oyuki?) in the Play Kabuki no Hana Bandai Soga, Performed at…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of samurai fighting with swords beside pine trees, with figures in patterned robes on the ri

Näyttelijät Onoe Kikugoro IV ja Nakamura Fukusuke (?) näytelmässä Motomishi hana bunbu no norikake (Rauhan ja sodan t…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of red maple leaves on a dark branch within an arched frame, with a fallen leaf at bottom and a red seal.

Maple Leaves in Shimosa Province (Shimosa, momiji), section of sheet no. 7 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Pr…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black samurai costume framed by plum blossoms, with calligraphy and a text pane

Votive plaque of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Sasaki Takatsuna

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1821

Ukiyo-e print of two kabuki actors, one in a red lattice kimono standing and one in blue kneeling with a sword.

The actors Ichikawa Omezo I (R) as Tomita Hyotaro and Otani Oniji III (L) as Kawashima Jibugoro

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot in a red checkered kimono against a gray background.

The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a white crane with red beak beside reeds and water, with a pink sun in the upper right sky.

Crane and sun

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle brushing her teeth, beside another woman holding a bowl and a calendar

Geisha Brushing Her Teeth

Kitagawa Utamaro

Yellow canary perched on a branch beside hanging blue wisteria blossoms, in a vertical Japanese woodblock print.

Canary and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a diving kingfisher above blue and pink hydrangea blossoms with green leaves, calligraphy and red seals.

Kingfisher and hydrangea

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of two women in a room: one reads a scroll while the other tends a paper lantern, with maple leaves outside.

The Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of two women on a teahouse veranda with paper lanterns, a signboard and a tree branch.

The Eiraku-an teahouse in Kyoto

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono playing music among screens, lanterns and a decorated shrine.

Joruri Story

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in sumo costume holding a sword, with a green patterned border above.

The Actor Nakamura Sukegoro II as the Sumo Wrestler Matano no Goro in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing woman on a veranda and a kneeling man in green robes, with pine and a river valley behind.

"Nu": Crossing Tatsuta, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a seated woman and standing man on a veranda with a rooster, pine tree and green screens.

"Ru": Northern Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a man carrying buckets on a yoke past a woman at a tub, beside a pine tree and sea.

"Ne": Brine Carriers, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of three courtly men looking up at a waterfall over green rocks, with poem text in the sky.

"Na": Nunobiki Waterfall, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogata…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman gathering maple leaves into a basket beside a veranda, with poem text above.

"Mu": Clapping the Hands to Effect a Curse, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nish…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

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

Painija Kagami-iwa Hamanosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1820

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono beside a pine tree and red fence, with calligraphy above.

"So": A Coquettish Woman, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogata…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772/73

Woodblock print of three women on a bridge in kimono, looking over a river with boats and a crowd on the bank.

View from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jikkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a riverbank beside a seated boatman, with calligraphy at upper right.

Treasured Admonitions to Young Women (Jijo hokun onna Imagawa)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Six-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono walking and gathering by a river among pines and hills.

The Noda Jewel River, from a hexaptych depicting the Six Jewel Rivers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1781/89

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono examining a spray of green leaves, with a signature in the margin.

Tomimoto Toyohina

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black updo and hairpins, wearing a checkered collar, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Ha... of the Southern Station (Nan'eki ha-jirushi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a courtesan with long black hair and yellow hairpins, holding a patterned red fan, by Utamaro.

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Sasano, Takeno (Matsubaya uchi Kisegawa, Sasano, Takeno), from the…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95