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Woodblock print of fishermen hauling a net in a river beside a thatched house, with smoke rising from a fire on the hill.

Vissers een net binnen halend

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of workers sawing timber beside a river while others steer a plank raft through blue waves.

Houtzagerij in de bocht van een rivier

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Japanese print of a floral brocade pouch with spilling round beads, a tassel, and handwritten calligraphy on cream paper.

Kralen van kwarts met een tasje van brokaat

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman offering a poem slip on a tray beneath a flowering plum tree.

Een vrouw biedt gedichten aan op een dienblad

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono beside a painted screen, writing box and sand tray, with calligraph

Steen

Katsushika Hokusai, 1823

Woodblock print of a scowling muscular warrior holding a long staff over his shoulder, with patterned robe and inscribed cart

Cao Zheng (Sotoki Sosei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

Woodblock print of a figure in a black hat and floral kimono holding a sword, with a calligraphy panel and ivy at upper right

Vossenvrouw Kuzunoha

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a red blossom-patterned kimono with a white flower headdress against blue.

Hinadori en perzikbloesem

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of a woman with chopsticks beside blue and white noodle bowls, in a patterned kimono against a checkered back

Udon restaurant

Utagawa Kunisada, 1825

Woodblock print of a white cat at a window overlooking rice fields and Mount Fuji at dusk, with birds flying overhead.

Asakusa ricefields and Torinomachi festival

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Triptych woodblock print of three women in kimono wading a river beside yellow flowers and cherry blossoms.

De Ide Tama rivier in de provincie Yamashiro

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of two samurai with swords, one raising a blade, in front of a wooden barrel on a black background.

Twee samoerai

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with yellow hair combs holding paper, with an inset of fishing boats on the sea.

Kwallen uit de provincie Bizen

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono under cherry trees, with petals and paper blowing in the wind.

Stormachtige dag aan de Sumida rivier

Utagawa Kunisada, 1844

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol in falling snow, with the kanji for snow.

Sneeuw

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1800

Japanese triptych print of women in kimono and a boy with a lantern on a festival street near a temple.

Tempel festival

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of Miyajima with a torii gate, shrine buildings and green hills, with two women in a boat in the foreground.

Miyajima in de provincie Aki

Utagawa Kunisada, 1825

Woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono holding a blue sake bottle and cup, with a goldfish bowl inset.

Sake fles en kopje

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of an elderly man with white beard in a colorful robe holding a staff, with falling petals above.

Evening Snow on White Hair (Shiraga bosetsu), from the series "Personal Encounters from Eight Performances (Omi hakkei)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/52

Woodblock print of a tattooed monk beneath a waterfall, with a red demon and a floating woman in blue above.

The Austerities of Saint Mongaku

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

Japanese woodblock triptych of a river boating party with lanterns, a shamisen player, women in kimono, and small boats below

An Actors' Boating Party on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1789

Woodblock print of a monkey in red clothing riding a turtle over stylized waves, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Monkey and Turtle

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1824

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a parasol beside two lacquered boxes with calligraphy.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Female Beancake Peddler Hyugaya in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Woodblock print of bearded Shoki in a wide hat standing on a bridge while a small demon crouches in rushing water below.

Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles and ornaments, with a pink banner behind them.

Two Girls, from the series "Twelve Physiognomies of Beautiful Women Representing Views of Famous Places (Meisho fukei…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1803

Woodblock print of three women in kimono making music with drums and a shamisen in a traditional room.

Drums and Shamisen

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women under a yellow and blue umbrella in diagonal rain, wearing patterned kimono.

Two girls under an umbrella, from the series "Contemporary Flowers of the Southeast (Tosei Tatsumi no hana)"

Kikukawa Eizan, 1807

Japanese woodblock print of a swallow in flight beside drooping pale wisteria blossoms and dark leaves.

Swallow and wisteria

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.

Woodblock print of a golden pheasant perched on a rock beside bamboo, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Golden pheasant

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a blue Java sparrow perched on a branch with cherry blossoms in blue tones on cream paper.

Sakura ni Buncho

Utagawa Hiroshige, c.1833

Woodblock print of a red parrot perched on a plum tree branch with green-tinted blossoms and calligraphy at upper left.

Parrot on plum tree

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Blue woodblock print of two mice gnawing a radish root beneath its leafy top, with a signature at left.

Mice and radish

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840s