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Woodblock print of a blue bay between green cliffs, with white sails and small boats under an orange sunset sky.

Takanohama in Tajima, section of sheet no. 12 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Fan-shaped Japanese woodblock print of sailboats on a river with reeds, rooftops, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

The Parting Depth of the Three-pronged River at Nakasu (Nakasu Mitsumata Wakarenofuchi), section of a sheet from the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a figure in a straw hat wading in blue water beside a lattice net and a hanging basket.

Arai, section of sheet no. 8 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a pink and a red peony on stems with green leaves and buds against a cream background.

Fukagawa Tomigaoka, section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Harimaze Koto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a hooded figure in a blue hood and dark cloak beside a bucket, under a cedar-lined hill.

Mount Koya in Kii Province (Kii, Koya), section of sheet no. 16 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Ku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woman in grey kimono kneeling at a koto inside a circular frame, from a Hiroshige woodblock print, 1852.

Okazaki, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with firewood and a red maple branch inside a fan-shaped frame.

Visitor from Yase in Kyoto (Kyoto Yase no marebito), section of a sheet from the series "Pictures of the Fifty-three…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of white-sailed boats with red hulls on blue water, with bare masts in the foreground and calligraphy.

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase kihan)

Utagawa Hiroshige

Oval Japanese woodblock print of patterned cloth, a folded fan and a paper label with calligraphy on a cream background.

Odawara, section of sheet no. 3 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Tokaido (Tokaido harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848/52

Woodblock print of a hanging flatfish beside plum blossoms, with a pink-to-teal background, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Wakasa, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of sailing boats on a blue bay below green forested mountains, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852.

Nagato, section of sheet no. 15 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of two figures gathering seaweed on a rocky shore with wooden buckets and blue sea behind them.

Echizen, section of sheet no. 10 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of drooping purple wisteria blossoms and green leaves on a pale yellow background, with a red seal.

Harumaze

Utagawa Hiroshige, Unknown

Woodblock print of a woven basket beside a camellia branch with dark green leaves and a red bud on yellow.

Camellia and basket, section of an untitled harimaze sheet

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1850s

Woodblock print of a pine tree with dark green needles and a rust trunk in front of a full moon on blue.

Pine tree and full moon, section of an untitled harimaze sheet

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1850s

Woodblock print of a bullfinch hanging upside down from a branch with pink blossoms on a teal background.

Bullfinch, section of an untitled harimaze print

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1840s

Sheet of black-ink printed seated Buddha figures with halos in repeated rows on paper with torn edges.

Amida Buddha

Unknown artist

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe and green garment, holding a sword and glancing over his shoulder.

The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII as Iyo no Taro disguised as Bantaro in the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," performed a…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1796

Woman in pink kimono climbing snowy stone steps beside a pine tree, woodblock print.

Climbing the steps one hundred times

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765

Woman in a patterned robe and red hat sits in a boat under a willow branch, holding a fan beside a drum.

Shirabyoshi Dancer in Asazuma boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono kneeling beside a latticed shoji screen, one leaning against the other.

Double Pillow

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono bowing in a snowy garden beside a fence and umbrella.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III in Private Life, Standing in a Snow-Covered Garden

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of travelers and pack horses under pine trees by a stone wall, with rice fields and mountains beyond.

Ishibe, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Gyos…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1841/44

Ukiyo-e print of two sumo wrestlers standing side by side in decorated aprons, with Japanese inscriptions in the margins.

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: (right) Nijigadake Somaemon of Sekiwake Rank from Awa Province, and (left) Fuden…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1782/83

Woodblock print of two figures in hanging baskets descending a green gorge above a rushing river.

Mushroom Gathering at Kumano in Kii Province (Kishu Kumano iwatake tori) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of blue-roofed houses among banana plants by a river, with a sailboat and rolling hills behind.

De bananentuinen van Chuto

Katsushika Hokusai, 1829

Woodblock print of a seated man reading a poem beside flowering plum branches, with handwritten Japanese text on the left.

Poet Reading a Poem

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797

Woodblock print of sawyers cutting a plank on trestles, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and clouds in the background.

In de bergen in de provincie Totomi

Katsushika Hokusai, 1829

Japanese woodblock print of a horse beside a reclining man among flowering grasses, with mountains and calligraphy above.

Sojo Henjo, from the series "One Hundred Satirical Poems (Kyoka neboke hyakushu)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Woodblock print of two women reclining under a patterned kimono, with Japanese calligraphy above, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790.

Minnend paar

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of a reclining Hotei playing with a child while a woman in a coral kimono watches by a lattice window.

Hotei, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Ukiyo shichi fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an elderly bearded man reading beside a woman playing shamisen, with a crane and plum-blossom screen.

Fukurokuju, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769