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Line drawing of women in a Japanese interior grooming hair beside sliding doors, with a bonsai pine and incense burner.

The First Bath of the New Year (Yudono hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in colorful costumes, with a fight scene in the center.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Kuzo VII, Ichikawa Ichizo, Onoe Kikujiro, Nakumura Fukusuke ja Onoe Baiko tunnistamattomassa näy…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Ink outline print of townspeople in kimono at a market gate with bamboo, stalls, children and a kite overhead.

The First Day of Business (Akinai hajime), from the illustrated book "Colors of the Triple Dawn (Saishiki mitsu no asa)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Woodblock print of children and a woman at a festival, with flowering branches, lacquer boxes and a tea set.

The Doll Festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1801

Japanese woodblock print of a noblewoman in patterned kimono with two attendants, one holding a blossoming cherry branch.

A Noble Young Lady, from the series A Bright Mirror of Feminine Manners (Onna fuzoku masukagami)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman writing with a brush on a red-railed veranda overlooking a lake and hills.

Murasaki Shikibu

Woodblock print of two women and a man beneath a green mosquito net, with a lacquered box and teapot on the floor.

Mosquito Net, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with a lattice window, a paper lantern, and a garden rock below.

Parody of Princess Joruri and Ushiwakamaru

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono looking up at a cherry blossom branch beside a rock.

Kukkivan kirsikkapuun alla

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of three elegantly dressed women in kimono, one holding a parasol, with Japanese title text at upper right.

A Woman and Two Maids, from the series "A Mirror of Feminine Manners (Onna fuzoku masu kagami)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1790

Woodblock print of children in patterned robes playing a cord-pulling game with small toys on a tiled floor.

No. 4: Chinese boys playing a raffle game, from the series "Children Say 'This is Japan!' and Imitate the Games They…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1791

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono, one seated on a bench with a cat, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Flowers of the Doteshita District (Dotebana), from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Three women in patterned kimono walk together, one holding a parasol, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Entertainers of Tachibana (Kitchugi), from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781

Woodblock print of three women in kimono, one holding a calligraphy fan and one playing a shamisen, beneath a paper lantern.

Cooling off at Nakasu (Nakasu no suzumi), from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quar…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking under cherry blossoms on a grassy riverbank.

Spring Outing, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a shamisen on a patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, against a pale green circular background.

Courtisane en shamisen

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1822

Triptych woodblock print of three courtesans in patterned kimono with ornate hairpins, set before peonies and a railing.

Drie courtisanes

Utagawa Kunisada, 1814

Woodblock print of figures in kimono on a ferry boat, with a river, pine trees and a distant mountain behind them.

Ferry on the Rokugo River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono with a parasol and child walking past a thatched teahouse beside a river.

Spring Outing to Mukojima

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Woodblock print of four women in kimono walking past a stone wall, with a crowd of visitors on a grassy slope above.

Women Visiting Mimeguri Shrine

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Woodblock print of figures in kimono sheltering from rain beside a red shrine gate and stone wall.

Sudden Shower at Mimeguri Shrine

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Woodblock print of women and children on a stone causeway under cherry blossoms, with turtles in the pond below.

Women and Children on the Causeway at Shinobazu Pond

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Japanese woodblock print of two court ladies in layered kimono, one seated beside a white kitten, with a peony branch and pat

The Third Princess and Her Kitten, from an untitled series of court ladies

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Woodblock print of a woman with an umbrella in rain beside a thatched teahouse, with travelers and a flooded field.

Tsuchiyama, from Tokaido gojusantsugi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Two Japanese court ladies in patterned silk robes on a veranda overlooking a lake, one standing and one seated.

Sei Shonagon and Her Companion, from an untitled series of court ladies

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Woodblock print of a woman in a crane-patterned robe by a window with snowy garden, attendants and brazier nearby.

Snowy Morning in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yuki no ashita)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1789

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with a kneeling man holding a fan and a pine tree.

A Party in the Shinagawa Pleasure Quarters

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1790

Woodblock print of three women on a veranda in kimono, looking toward a snowy garden with bamboo and a shoji screen.

Women Viewing a Snowy Garden from a Parlor

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with bold face makeup and a fierce expression, in a blue robe with floral patterns.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Arajishi Otokonosuke

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Woodblock print of two men in kimono beneath a paper lantern and blossoming branch, one holding a folding fan.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V and his attendant, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor preparing papers beside a folding screen with a plum branch and a brazier.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Preparing New Year's Gifts

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1830

Ukiyo-e print of two women with ornate hairstyles and patterned kimono, one holding a striped fan, with a cartouche at upper

Teahouse girl and servant: Snow from the series Comparison of Snow, Moon and Flower Beauty

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 18th century