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Woodblock print of a songbird on a vine with pink and white morning glories and green leaves on cream paper.

Morning Glories and Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840-50

Woodblock print of two women in a boat, one reaching for pink lotus flowers among green leaves on a pond.

Gathering Lotus Flowers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Woodblock print of a white-sailed ferry on turquoise waves beside a stone embankment, with pines and buildings on the shore.

Station Forty-Three: Kuwana, Seven-Ri Ferry at the Port, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Woman in a checkered red kimono seated on a bamboo bench beside a fan, with reeds behind her, in a Japanese woodblock print.

By the Stream

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Japanese woodblock print of a woman blowing soap bubbles beside a child under blossoming plum branches and a moon.

Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono by a bench under a pine tree, with a bamboo fence and water at right.

Sunset Glow of Late Summer (Chōka no sekishō), from the series Eight Views of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)

Woodblock print of three women kneeling over a paper in a room with shoji screens showing a snowy landscape beyond.

Twilight Snow on Mount Matsuchi (Matsuchiyama no bosatsu), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Fūryū Edo…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768-69 (Meiwa 5-6)

Woodblock print of an armored warrior on a black horse riding along a rocky seashore beneath pine trees at sunset.

Warrior Riding Black Horse along the Sea Shore

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of a fan peddler in patterned robes carrying a pole loaded with decorated round fans.

The Fan Peddler

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of snow falling on pine trees at a shrine, with a red building, stone lion and figures with umbrellas.

Kanda Temple Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1861

Japanese woodblock diptych of two kabuki actors in costume, one with a staff in a bamboo grove, one reclining with a red clot

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Kodanji IV ja Arashi Rikan III näytelmässä Gojusan tsugi (Viisikymmentäkolme kyytiasemaa)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1850

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding bells and a staff with paper streamers beside a red railing.

Girl on Balcony above Stone Stairway

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Three women in kimono walk along a wooden veranda under a full moon, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1921

Woodblock print of two standing women with a child and a kneeling woman by a brazier, in an interior with a plum branch scree

Two Women Standing, Holding a Child

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a robed attendant with a mirror beside a shrine tree wrapped in sacred rope and a blue stone lion-dog.

Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada (Fujiwara no Asatada), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin i…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1921

Woodblock print of two figures on a stone path above a lake, with red-roofed houses on stilts and a moon over a pavilion.

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1921

Japanese woodblock print of courtesans and attendants under cherry blossoms, with patterned kimono and a lacquer box.

Portrait of the Courtesan Nioteru of the Ogiya, with Her Two Attendants Namiji and Aō-mi

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an iris garden, one with a parasol hat and fan, the other kneeling by flowers.

The Iris Garden

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784

Woodblock print of elegant figures in an interior with a crane-patterned kimono, incense burner, and garden view through shoj

Interior Scene

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of a snowy night with pedestrians on an arched bridge over a winding river beneath pine trees.

Ochanomizu

Utagawa Hiroshige, probably late 19th century

Woodblock print of a temple gate with blue roofs, blossoming trees, and visitors walking near the sea.

Shiba Atogayama

Utagawa Hiroshige

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors, two with swords in patterned robes and a woman in purple kimono.

Näyttelijät Kataoka Ichizo, Nakamura Fukusuke ja Ichikawa Danzo VI näytelmässä Futatsu cho-cho (Kaksi perhosta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of cherry blossom hillside with pine trees, people under parasols, and two horsemen on a road.

Asukayama Hanami

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black robe and olive kimono holding a striped fan and sword.

The Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō 3rd (Kinokuniya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of women with umbrellas in snowfall beside a river, wooden bridge, willows and small boats.

Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of women and children on a teahouse veranda overlooking a lake, with rooftops and trees beyond.

江戸高名会亭尽池之端蓬莱亭青楼花見の休み

Utagawa Hiroshige

Hand-colored Japanese map of Nagasaki showing city blocks, harbor with sailing ships and junks, and surrounding hills.

Map of Nagasaki

Unknown artist, 1801

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black leaf-patterned kimono holding a sword and fan against a gray background.

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1794

Woodblock print of a figure in a floral black kimono holding a sword, with an elaborate hairpin, against a grey arrow-pattern

The Actor Nakamura Rikō, as a Courtesan with a Sword

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a bay with sailboats, thatched village on the shore, and travelers on a street of wooden houses.

東海道五十三次品川

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of a river with a sailboat, rowboats, travelers on the bank, a thatched teahouse and pine trees.

東海道五十三次川崎

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of a bay with sailboats, rowboats, porters on a road, and a thatched teahouse by Hiroshige.

東海道五十三次か奈川

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century