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Woodblock print of a woman in a swirl-patterned kimono beside a lacquer tray of sweets and a pine tree.

The Tea Stall - Kagiya Osen

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of a costumed figure with a fan beneath a red maple branch, on a green hillside.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Princess Sakura (Sakura Hime) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami, Performed at the N…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black floral kimono holding a fan beneath a blossoming branch.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Spirit of Joro-gumo (Harlot Spider) Disguised as the Maiko Tsumagiku (?), in the…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1781

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono holding an umbrella and wooden bucket beside a sliding door.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in an Unidentified Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a shoji screen, one seated holding a hand mirror, the other standing in green kim

Ono no Komachi, from the series A Collection of Fashionable Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin ryaku shu)

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking past fields, a red torii gate and river boats.

Women Visiting Mimeguri Shrine

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono with elaborate hairstyles, by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800.

Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of two women with chrysanthemums, a kettle and a zither, with calligraphy in the upper right.

The Chrysanthemum Festival in the Ninth Month, from an untitled pentaptych of the five festivals

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1803

Japanese woodblock diptych of women and a man picnicking by a winding stream under blossoming trees, with poems above.

A Winding Stream Party (Kyokusui no en)

Kubo Shunman, Edo period

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a straw cape holding a parasol and basket with greenery in falling snow.

The actor Segawa Senjo as Shirotae

Utagawa Toyokuni, n.d.

Woodblock print of workers at a riverside lumberyard with timber stacks, rooftops, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Tatekawa River Lumberyard at Honjo (Honjo Tatekawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurok…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in purple kimono pointing upward, with samurai, masked figures and a red demon.

Knielende vrouw

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a court woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda, with a white cat at her trailing robe.

The Third Princess (Nyosan no miya)

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1792

Woodblock print of a white rooster beside a black and yellow umbrella with purple and blue morning glories.

Rooster, umbrella, and morning glories

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Two shrine maidens in white and ochre robes carry branches on a shrine veranda beside red railings and paper streamers.

Shrine Maidens Onami and Ohatsu Dancing at Yushima Tenjin Shrine

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned kimono beside a screen, bed, and lacquer box, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Courtesan Standing by Screen and Bed

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of a woman with a naginata beside a woman pouring tea, with bows, arrows and a bucket on the floor.

The Wife of Izumi no Saburo Tadahira, from the series Lives of Wise and Heroic Women (Kenjo reppu den)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, about 1842

Woodblock print of a bay with sailing ships, rowboats, and a resting ox in the foreground at dusk.

The Beach at Takanawa (Takanawa kaigan), from the series "Thirty-six Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of a man in blue robes and a woman beside baskets of chrysanthemums and peonies.

Actors Kataoka Gado II as Florist (Hanaya) Tokubei (R) and Nakamura Daikichi III as Tokubei's Wife (Tsuma) Ofusa (L)

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1855

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with black topknot and checkered robe, beside a pink panel of plum blossoms and calligraphy

The actor Morita Kan'ya, from the series "Pictures and Calligraphy of Kabuki Actors-Poets (Haika shoga kyodai)"

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1847/50

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in courtesan costume with ornate hairpins and a patterned green and pink kimono.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro as a courtesan

Utagawa Toyokuni, Unknown

Ukiyo-e print of two women in kimono, one with a tall pink and gold hair ornament, against a pale grey background.

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin go…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle playing a shamisen, with an open book of birds and river above her.

The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori Tamagawa), from the series "Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)"

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1804/18

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with stylized makeup and topknot in an oval frame, with calligraphy on a cream background.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki," from the seri…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1825

Woodblock print of a moonlit river with geese, men pounding grain near a thatched hut, and a temple beyond.

Ariwara no Narihira, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red headscarf and striped robe gripping an ornate sword, with a stern expression.

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famo…

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two struggling men by a waterfall as a pale ghostly woman with long black hair watches from the right.

Katsugorô fighting, wife under waterfall

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a ferryman poling a boat past a seated woman beneath willow branches on a river.

Nun Seigen and ferryboat

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman in a bamboo grove holding a bloodied knife, wearing a striped dark robe and patterned blue garment

Otaki met bebloed mes in haar handen

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe and black hat, holding a sword beside a wooden fence.

The Actor Nakayama Kojuro VI as Ko no Moronao in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1786

The actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu III as Onayo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned red kimono holding a blue fan, with a black lacquer stand at left.

Prins Genji verfrist zich

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859