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Blue-toned etched title page showing a crowd of figures in a street, with a seated woman in a wide hat at center.

Title page of the "French Set"

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in a fan shop, with folding fans, shelves of goods, and cats on the floor.

The Mieido Fan Shop

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1785/1800

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono in a snowy garden and on a veranda with pines and potted bonsai.

A Parody of Hachi no ki

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in windblown kimono under cherry trees on a grassy hill.

A Windy Day under the Cherry Trees

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono gathering and carrying cut bamboo through a grove beside a river and a wooden hou

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1798

Triptych print of women at a banquet in an interior, with lattice screens, a lake landscape and pine branches behind.

Chinese Beauties at a Banquet

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788/90

Utamaro woodblock triptych of women in kimono around a carriage beneath cherry blossoms, with a railed veranda at right.

An Imperial Carriage

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/04

Woodblock print of a figure in a pink kimono and dark hooded robe holding an orange pole beside pampas grass.

The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke (?) or Ichikawa Omezō in Female Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1726-1792

Triptych woodblock print of women on boats beneath and beside a wooden bridge over a river, by Utamaro.

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Triptych woodblock print of women fishing with a scoop net from a boat and riverside platform, with fish and river waves.

The Scoop-Net

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Triptych print of women cleaning a house on a veranda, with a broom, bamboo screen, lanterns and a serving tray.

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 1790s

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono under pink lanterns and wisteria, one playing shamisen beside a lattice screen.

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters (Mitate Yuranosuke yukyo)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Triptych Japanese print of women with a parasol and insect cages in a riverside landscape with pines and a carriage.

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono near cherry blossoms, with boats and a seaside town on the water.

Watching the Shellfish Gathering during Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari kenbutsu)

Chobunsai Eishi, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in an orange kimono with a green umbrella beside a stream, a frog and willow tree nearby.

Parody of Ono no Tofu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Triptych print of women in kimono under autumn maple trees beside a pavilion and folding screen, in gold and muted colors.

Momiji no ga, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono at a tea house, one reaching to a lattice shelf beside a red lantern and gift bo

Waitresses at a tea house (Ebisu-ya) :Twelve prints of beautiful women

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of two cranes standing on a snow-covered pine branch against a grey background.

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Triptych print of women washing and drying cloth on a wooden veranda beside a garden and river, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Women Washing Clothes

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Woman with green parasol walking against wind beside a bending willow branch, in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Windy Day in Summer

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with lanterns and a shamisen, overlooking a river and city.

A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Woodblock print of a snowy street with bamboo, flying sparrows, pedestrians with umbrellas, and a blue canal.

Atagoshita in Winter

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Triptych Japanese print of women in kimono viewing hanging scroll paintings in an interior with a landscape beyond.

Women Viewing Scroll Paintings of the Gods of Good Fortune

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Triptych print of women in kimono viewing a dragon and tiger in a garden, with fans, blossoms and a child nearby.

Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors by a river, one with a parasol and drawn sword, under cherry blossoms.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VIII ja Ichikawa Kodanji IV näytelmässä Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie (Vanha värikuva Kag…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in kimono near a palanquin, on stairs, and entering a veranda with pines.

Fuji no uraba, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda drying clothes, with infants, a cat, and Mount Fuji in the distanc

Drying Clothes (Monohoshi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1790

Triptych Japanese print of women and men in kimono relaxing in a garden under a pine tree and on a veranda.

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1788/90

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Fishmonger Gorobei from the play A Medley of Tales of Revenge

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two women and a child in an interior with a brazier, screen, and vertical calligraphy text.

Kaksi naista ja lapsi interiöörissä. Fuzoku-ga

Suzuki Harunobu, 1750

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women at a seaside outing, with fishermen hauling a net and boats on the waves.

A seaside outing

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1801/04

Triptych woodblock print of women washing and beating cloth beside a stream under a tree, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Washing Cloth in a Stream

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797