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Woman in a lavender kimono pulls back red cloth beside a screen with a moonlit mountain landscape.

Geisha

Chobunsai Eishi

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes, one raising a sword on a wooden stage.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danzo VI, Ichikawa Ichizo, Enjaku ja Nakamura Fukusuke näytelmässä Dan-no-ura kabuto gunki (Dan-…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono with an attendant bowing, beside lanterns and a painted screen.

Thirty-six Selected Famous Courtesans: Wakatae

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a temple beside a canal with pedestrians crossing a wooden bridge under pine trees.

Myoken Temple in Yanagishima (Yanagishima Myoken), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/38

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned costume with red face makeup, raising a sword before stylized blue waves.

Näyttelijä Arashi Kanjuro näytelmässä Yoshitsune sembonzakura (Tuhat kirsikkapuuta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Woodblock print of snowfall over a river with a torii gate, stone lanterns, pine trees, a boat, and a distant snowy mountain.

Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei, Mimeguri bosetsu), from the series "Fam…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840/42

Woodblock print of a snowy shrine on an islet in a pond, with snow-laden pines and a figure in a hat on a bridge.

Snow at Benzaiten Shrine in Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series "Sn…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1844/45

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono walking through snow beneath a snow-laden tree and beside a fence.

Matsuchi Hill after Snowfall

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

Japanese woodblock print of thirteen haloed Buddhist figures in tiers among swirling clouds, with a patterned border.

The Thirteen Buddhas

Unknown artist, 16th century

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two young attendants in floral kimono beside a wooden building, by Katsukawa Shunsho.

The Courtesan Michinoku of the Tsutaya House with her Kamuro Midare and Shinobu, from the series "Kikkaku Hokufu"

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red costume and patterned robe, kneeling with a sword and staff.

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo III as Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa (?) in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe (?), Performed a…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of two women and a red horse pausing on a shore, gazing toward snow-capped Mount Fuji under a pale sky.

Pausing to admire Mt. Fuji (parody of Ariwara no Narihira's journey to the east)

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of two cranes on a shore with reeds and a third crane flying over a pink sky with calligraphy.

Cranes at the Sea Shore

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Vertical Japanese print of a woman in a pink kimono with cranes and pines, holding a fan and a decorated wand.

The Kagura Dance

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print with Mount Fuji, a river with boats, and pine trees with travelers on a road.

Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations: No. 7 Fujisawa; No. 8 Hiratsuka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock panorama of a snowy river with boats, bridge, thatched village roofs, and bare trees under blue skies.

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Panorama of the Sumida River in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of travelers in rain under tall trees, with a blue stream curving through the lower right.

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama , from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in checkered robes beside plum blossoms, pine and bamboo fencing.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Kodanji IV ja Ichikawa Gonjuro näytelmässä Sugawara denju tenarai-kagami (Kaunokirjoitusta Sugaw…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono and hairpins at a sliding door, with an inset of travelers on a mountain r

Courtesans' Board Game of the Road: Yoshiwara as the Fifty-three Stations - Somenosuke of the Ebiya, Akasaka

Three kabuki actors in colorful costumes in a woodblock triptych with tall grass behind them.

Näyttelijät Seki Sanjuro III, Nakamura Fukusuke ja Iwai Kumesaburo näytelmässä Wakaki no mume Satomi no yatsubuki (Sa…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Triptych print of crowded boats on a river under a large arched bridge, with fireworks and red lanterns at night.

Summer View of Ryōgoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a red-armored warrior facing a goddess emerging from a towering white wave.

Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors: Hōjō Tokimasa, Governor of Tōtōmi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1883

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono walking before a fence with blooming peonies and hanging wind chimes.

The Botan Show

Torii Kiyonaga, 1787

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors and attendants in a theatre dressing room with costumes and food.

Nakamura-teatterin kabuki-näyttelijöitä pukuhuoneessa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Ink sketch of seated figures conversing in an interior with low tables, a screen, and a pine tree outside.

Scholars in conversation

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Triptych of three Japanese woodblock prints showing kabuki actors in patterned kimono in theatrical interior settings.

Näyttelijät Nakamura Fukusuke, Bando Tamasaburo ja Ichikawa Danzo VI näytelmässä Irifune Soga Nihon no torikachi (Sog…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black hairstyle, hairpins and a grey kimono with orange collar.

Half-Length Portrait of a Girl

Kitagawa Utamaro

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono in garden, lake and shrine settings beneath plum blossoms.

Genjin tarinasta. Genji junikagetsu no uchi/Kisaragi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan under a full moon, with a night street, wooden houses and lantern behind her.

東都名所見立十二ケ月八月吉原かくの小さん

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman with a red fan on a veranda beside bamboo, overlooking a lake with birds.

Palvelustyttö Genjin tarinaa käsittelevässä näytelmässä (?)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

Woodblock print of two samurai under a full moon, with calligraphy text panel and red title cartouche.

Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan: Ōishi Kuranosuke

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Two Japanese woodblock kabuki actor prints side by side, one in green and black robes with a sword, one with a staff.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VII ja Ichikawa Ebijuro näytelmässä Hisago no gumbai (Kurpitsanmuotoinen viuhka)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820