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Etching of a domed church across a lagoon with boats and gondolas in soft, hazy lines.

Little Salute

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Triptych print of women in kimono at a ferry landing with parasol, boats, and a distant mountain and village.

At the Ferry Boat Landing

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804

Etching of a tall Brussels building with gables and a street market with figures and stalls in the foreground.

Flower Market, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside a wooden house, with a figure at right under plu

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danzo VI, Nakamura Fukusuke ja Enjaku näytelmässä Irifune Soga Nihon no torikachi (Sogan suku va…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono with a sword, beside red lanterns and a wave-patterned screen.

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Tsurifune no Sabu

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1796

Hokusai print of a snowy landscape with a thatched house, pine trees, a river with a bridge, and birds over distant hills.

A Snow-clad Landscape with Gray Clouds

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of people with umbrellas crossing a bridge in rain, with boats and riverside houses behind them.

Shower at the New Yanagi Bridge

Katsushika Hokusai, 1806

Etching of figures working around a furnace in front of a dark building with shuttered windows.

Murano-Glass Furnace

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Etching of a busy Venetian piazza with a clock tower, columns, figures on steps, a domed church and birds in the sky.

The Piazzetta

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Triptych woodblock print of figures sheltering from heavy rain under umbrellas and hats beside a tree and grass.

Sheltering from a Sudden Shower

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799/1800

Woodblock print of a sea cave with crashing waves, pine cliffs, and a snow-capped mountain in the distance.

Entrance to a Cave, Enoshima Island

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Triptych print of women in kimono viewing cherry blossoms, with a noble woman in a red-and-gold carriage at center.

Noble woman in a carriage viewing cherry blossoms

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Ink drawing of robed figures beside a round tower and gabled buildings, with trees and a text panel at upper right.

Zhu Shouchang

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Ink sketch of two women on a teahouse veranda overlooking a garden, fence, and distant mountain.

Two Courtesans Enjoying the View from a Teahouse

Utagawa Kunisada

Etching of a woman sketching on a riverbank as a rowing boat crosses the water toward trees and hills.

Sketching

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Woodblock print of three women and a man with yellow umbrellas walking in snow, with calligraphy above.

Snow (Yuki), from the series Fashionable Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Fūryū setsugekka)

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

Woodblock print of two young people in kimono standing beside a large tree trunk with leafy branches overhead.

Two Young People

Suzuki Harunobu, 1725-1770

Etching of sailing boats with tall masts moored at a busy quay beside a brick clock tower and crowds of people.

Billingsgate

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a painted screen of cranes and reeds, with a garden and shoji screen behind.

Courtesan and Shinzō

Suzuki Harunobu, 1725-1770

Etching of a bearded man with tousled hair, arms folded, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

C.L. Drouet, Sculptor

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Japanese woodblock print of two kneeling women playing a hand game while a standing woman holds a shamisen, with a blossoming

Young Women Playing Kitsune-ken (Fox Game)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768-69

Etched sketch of a harbor with masted ships, sailing boats, and a crowded boat in the right foreground on pale paper.

The Visitors' Boat

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of bridge pillars in rippling water, a red sunset between crossbeams, shoreline trees and boat masts in the d

Pillars of Eitai Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in orange kimono sweeping paper scraps beside a spotted ox carrying green baskets under pine branc

A Woman Sweeping up Her Love Letters

Suzuki Harunobu, 1725-1770

Woodblock print of two women fishing from a boat on a river, with a covered boat and a rider on the shore behind.

Wild Geese Flying Down the Sumida River

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Etching of a man smoking a pipe at a tent, with trees, a river and cooking pots in a loose hatched landscape.

The Camp

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Seven-panel Japanese woodblock print of a procession of women with parasols, banners, a horse and palanquin.

Yoshiwara Impromptu

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding a scroll beside a palanquin, with a long pipe over the shoulder.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in Female Role, Standing Beside a Litter

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1726-1792

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a moonlit road beneath tall pine trees, with a full moon in a blue night sky.

Mochizuki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Loose pencil-style sketch of a seated woman in a long dress holding an open folding fan, on a cream sheet.

The Fan

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Diptych woodblock print of women in patterned kimono working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and stove.

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of travelers and horses walking through falling snow past pine trees, with snowy mountains behind.

Ōi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858