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Triptych woodblock print of women cleaning a Japanese house, sweeping, carrying tea and hanging lanterns.

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/99

Drawing of a dark pheasant with a red face patch and long tail, with a green snake coiled around its body and tail.

Pheasant and Snake

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a woman carrying a child on her back, with a second child holding her hand and carrying a box.

Mother and Children in Summer Night

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in a crowded interior with tatami floors and sliding screens.

New Year's Day at Ogi-ya brothel

Katsushika Hokusai, 1811

Ink drawing of a snarling nine-tailed fox yokai with clawed paws and a fan of bushy tails, with Japanese text at upper right.

Nine-Tailed Golden Fox

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Hand-colored drawing of a woman in flowing robes playing a long-necked lute, with red ribbons and floral hair ornament.

Benten (Goddess of Love)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono and orange obi, holding a sword behind his back, glaring over his shoulder.

Actor Ichikawa Raizô I as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in “The Soga Play: Announcement of the Spring Season by the Bush War…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1764

Ink drawing with red accents of smiling Ebisu holding a fishing rod and a large fish, standing on waves.

Ebisu (God of Luck, Protector of Merchants)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green checked kimono and orange robe, glaring over his shoulder, with a sword at his s

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Onio Shinzaemon (?) in the Play Bunshin Sugatami Soga (?), Performed at the Morita Thea…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1765

Ink drawing of a grey tawashi scrubber with two small spiral snails beside it on pale paper.

Snails and Tawashi Scrubber

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan and two attendants by a lattice window with an incense burner.

The Courtesan Sugawara of the Tsuruya House and Her Kamuro Namiji and Kashiko

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1771

Ink sketch of a man in a fur-trimmed hat and layered robes, one arm raised, in a lively pose on paper.

Fan Peddler

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Triptych woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, the central figure holding a sword, in an interior setti

Actors Onoe Tamizô I, Ichikawa Danjûrô V, and Osagawa Tsuneyo II, in (possibly) “A Dandyish Brocade: Opposing Warrior…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1778

Ink sketches of snake heads by Hokusai, one light outline and one heavier scaled version, with Japanese calligraphy and a sea

Snake Heads

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and white robe with a sword and elaborate headdress, against a beige background.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV in a "Shibaraku" Role, Possibly from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Cla…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Ink sketch of a bearded elderly sage in a flowing robe seated on stylized waves, with a sword at his feet.

Sage

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a standing woman in a wide hat with a wisteria sprig, robes drawn in loose brushlines.

Fuji Musume, the Wisteria Maid

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a nude woman washing her neck at a wooden tub while a kimono-clad woman stands nearby beside a screen.

Woman Washing Her Neck

Japanese print of morning glory vines over a patterned porcelain bowl beside a clear glass goblet, on pale paper.

Plants, Porcelain Bowl, and Glass Goblet

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1789

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom at night under a full moon, with lanterns, pedestrians and a balcony teahouse.

Night Viewing of Cherry Blossoms along the Nakano-chō at Shin Yoshiwara, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840

Japanese kabuki print of a samurai actor with a sword in front of a pale ghostly spirit in a white robe, c. 1771.

The Actors Otani Hiroji III as Koga Saburo, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Devil of Kogakeyama, the Spirit of Wakasa…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1771

Woodblock print of a figure in white robes with red lining, raising a hood, beside bamboo and a snowy fence.

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a fan and sword, standing on a green stage floor.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kudo Kanaishi in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Thea…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a wild-haired hermit holding a red staff, in grey and orange patterned robes.

Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IV as an Immortal Hermit in “Tenjiku Tokubei Turns the Helm toward Home” (“Tenjiku Tokubei kok…

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1768

Woodblock print of an actor in a floral kimono dancing with a fan and white cloth on a wooden stage floor.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisegawa in a "Nuno Sarashi" Dance, in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki,…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one seated gripping his foot while an older man in red and green le

Actors playing the roles of Giheiji and his son-in-law, Danshichi Kurobei

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1768

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a pink and grey autumn-leaf kimono and holding a fan.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Lady Kikusui (Kikusui Gozen) (?) in the Play Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki (?), Performed…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in layered patterned robes beside a flowering branch, with long black hair.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Kojoro-gitsune of Hakata in the Play Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki, Performed at the Morit…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a staff beside a green bell with pine branches.

Actor Arashi Hinaji I Dancing in “The Maiden at Dojo Temple” (“Musume Dôjô-ji”)

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded armored warrior with a long blade, surrounded by birds, deer, a bear, and a red demon o

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1819

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a bell-hung parasol, standing on a tan ground.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the female fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the play "Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune," perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Woodblock print of a standing man in a black kimono holding a cherry blossom branch, with a sword at his waist and waves behi

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Sonobe Zaemon in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Ichimura Theat…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779