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Woodblock print of a seated poet and attendants watching autumn leaves drift on a rippling river beneath a hillside.

Poet with Two Pages on the Banks of the Tatsuta

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845

Triptych print of a stone church and Western buildings in Yokohama, with carriages, pedestrians and Mount Fuji in the distanc

Illustration of Foreign Residences and the Catholic Church in Yokohama (Yokohama shōkan tenshudō no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 10th month, 1870

Woodblock print of a tall courtesan in a patterned kimono walking beside a small attendant, with calligraphy above.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the courtesan Umegae in the play "Hiragana Seisuiki," performed at the Ichimura Theat…

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with calligraphy above, by Suzuki Harunobu, 1763.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Yamabuki, the sister of Hata Rokurozaemon, in the play "Shikai Nami Yawaragi Taiheiki…

Suzuki Harunobu, 1763

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono with peony sleeves, with vertical Japanese text beside him.

Ichimura Takenojō V as Yukanba Kozō Kichiza, from A Modern Water Margin (Kinsei suikoden)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with blue hair and a tattooed-style robe, in front of silhouetted pine branches.

The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu),…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854, 7th month)

Woodblock print of a tattooed kabuki actor in a blue robe with a tiger tattoo, against dark pine branches.

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pi…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854, 7th month)

Triptych woodblock print of three kabuki actors in costume with swords, against a blue sky with plum blossoms.

Yakusha-e. Näyttelijät Nakamura Shibajuro, Iwai Tojaku ja Iwai Shijaku

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one seated by a willow tree and one standing in a floral kimono, 1817.

Näyttelijät Segawa Kikunojo V ja Ichikawa Danjuro VII näytelmässä Imose no en risho kumi-ito (Miehen ja vaimon kohtal…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1817

Woodblock print of a rainy lake with a bent pine, a small shrine, and a boat with rowers crossing choppy water.

Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki yau), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)"

Suzuki Harunobu, early 1760s

Japanese woodblock print of a rider on a black horse crossing a snowy bridge with an attendant, under falling snow.

Sano Crossing at Miwagasaki (Miwagasaki Sano no watari)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1760s

Woodblock print of a samurai with an umbrella confronting a kneeling man on a rainy path beneath pine trees.

Sadakuro Threatening to Kill Yoichibei

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a red watchtower behind weeping willows, with hanging cloths over a grassy lane and a figure beneath.

Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1857

Woodblock print of a red-orange Mount Fuji with snow streaks, horizontal clouds, blue sky and dark forest below.

South Wind at Clear Dawn (Red Fuji) (late impression)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Woodblock print of boats on a blue harbor at sunset, with a row of wooden houses and travelers on a road at right.

View of Kangawa at Sunset

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with travelers, a parasol, a teahouse, and a distant blue sea.

Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of a Japanese roadside town with a textile shop, a palanquin, a horse rider, and porters.

Narumi, Meibutsu Arimatsu Shibori

Utagawa Hiroshige

Triptych woodblock print of pilgrims in white robes and round hats tumbling down a mountain, with a hot air balloon at upper

View of the Descent from a Mountain by Many from Pilgrimage to Mount Fuji (Fuji mōde shoshina gesan no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, November, 1883

Woodblock print of cargo boats at a stone quay, sailboats on a bay, and snow-capped mountains beyond a distant shore.

Kusatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

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

Utagawa Toyokuni, 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

Utagawa Toyokuni

Color woodblock print of a woman on a veranda overlooking a river, village houses, an ox and herder, and distant hills.

Empress Jito (Jito Tenno), from the series "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1763/64

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono gathered around a cart with a large wheel.

Ladies Surrounding a Cart

Woodblock print of a seated poet on a veranda overlooking a bay, with a framed portrait and verse above.

Poem by Kisen Hoshi, from the series "Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1764/65

Woodblock print of a kneeling man and child on a shore, a conical mountain and waves behind, with a poet portrait inset above

Poem by Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Six Famous Poets (Rokkasen)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1764/65

Woodblock print of two women with umbrellas walking in rain past a tea house and torii gate, with palm trees in the foregroun

Fukagawa Hachiman Keidai (Niken Jya-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a festival crowd walking along a shore beneath a red-blossom tree and a lantern, with a golden sunset sky.

Imamiya Toka Ebisu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1828

Woman in yellow kimono beating cloth with a mallet on a pink wooden block, inside a circular frame beside a shoji screen.

Fulling Cloth

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Woodblock print of a crowded bridge over a river with boats, red fireworks in the sky, and riverside houses.

Ryogoku Kawarabiraki Hanami

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono standing in a doorway beside a sliding screen and wooden steps.

Parody of Kawachi-goe from "Tales of Ise"

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of a water vendor in a conical hat carrying wooden buckets on a pole across his shoulders.

A water vendor

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Two yellow and grey ducks swim in blue water near reeds, with pink cherry blossoms and falling petals in a Japanese print.

Hooded Gulls and Cherry Blossoms

Utagawa Hiroshige, probably 1850-62