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Woman in pink kimono with morning glory pattern beside a bamboo screen, Japanese woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

風俗三十二相みたさう天保年間御小性之風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and scowling face, wearing a blue floral kimono, with calligraphy beside him

可吟大谷友右衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki-style man in striped kimono holding a sword before a red checkered curtain.

団七九郎兵衛・団七女房お梶・一寸徳兵衛

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing in a red checked kimono and one kneeling with a sword, on silver backgroun

The actors Ōtani Oniji III and Ichikawa Omezō I

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Woodblock print of a man in a striped kimono with a sword, smoke rising, beside a page of Japanese newspaper text.

錦画百事新聞.第百六十号

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1876

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing in a striped red kimono and one kneeling in a patterned robe, on silver gr

Bando Hikosaburō III in the role of Obi-ya Chōeimon and Iwai Hanshirō IV in the role of Shinano-ya Ohan

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Woodblock print of two robed figures by a desk and pillars, with a standing man at left and a hillside behind.

仮名手本忠臣蔵初(段)

Katsushika Hokusai

Sanogawa Ichimatsu III in the role of the courtesan Onnayo of Gion and Ichikawa Tomieimon in the role of Kanisaka Tōma

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Japanese woodblock print with a kabuki actor portrait, a blue-faced mask, and a view of Kanda Myojin shrine with a torii gate

江戸の花名勝会か八番組尾上菊五郎／神田明神の祭／神田

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock portrait of a man with topknot holding a green spiral-patterned fan, in a reddish kimono against a grey background.

The actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III in the role of Ōgishi Kurando

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a man in checkered kimono drawing a sword, with a vertical title cartouche and red artist seal.

雁金文七・布袋市右衛門・野田角左衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a bald man in a red patterned kimono kneeling and holding up a large inscribed paper.

Shinozuka Uraeimon in the role of the announcer at Miyako-za

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Woodblock print of a bearded man in green robes pointing at a large yellow moon, with an axe and clouds below him.

月百姿つきのかつら呉剛

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Woodblock print of a woman threatened by a long-necked yokai and a blue demon, with an old figure in green crouching nearby.

和漢百物語頓欲の婆々

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairdo holding a chrysanthemum fan, a small bird on her finger.

Suzume of Yoshiwara

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a lantern while a man in black robe stands at a doorway with incense smoke.

皇国二十四功常盤御前

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle holding a yellow comb before a floral pink background.

Comb

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

Woodblock print of two travelers beside a rapid river with pine trees, a waterfall, and a mountain in the distance.

諸国六玉川紀伊高野

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1891

Woodblock print of a rocky coast with pine cliffs, boats, a sailing ship, and three women in kimono in the foreground.

日本八景つくしの内

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of two women and a child with a cat in a traditional Japanese interior with a garden and red camellias.

東風俗福つくし匍匐

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono in a backstage passage behind a latticed screen, one carrying a lantern.

三十六ばんつゞき役者十二つき十一月顔見せ楽屋新道の図

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1809

Woodblock print of a long-haired figure in blue floral kimono holding a torch by a gate under a moon, with a second figure be

月百姿賊巣の月小碓皇子

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1868

Woodblock print of a sumo wrestler in a checkered mawashi standing on straw bales against a blue background.

響灘五郎吉

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of two women in striped kimono beside a fountain and pavilion in a garden with pine trees.

同小なつ・講武所吉川屋小鎌

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of a samurai thrusting a spear through a night bamboo grove, with two armored figures crouching nearby.

瓢軍談五十四場三十五中沼忠兵衛闇夜に道秀を突く

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a mounted samurai with raised sword amid smoke and battle, with wooden stakes and a white heron over a riv

徳川治蹟年間紀事・二代台徳院殿秀忠公

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins reading a book, wearing a striped kimono against a grey background.

Ochie of the Ko-ise-ya of the Arayashiki in Kobikichō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

Woodblock print of two women, one standing on a pier and one seated in a boat on a river.

Enjoying cool evening on a boat beneath Azuma Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono holding up an unrolled letter, with Japanese text at upper right.

Woman reading a letter

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a red lacquer box, shells, potted plant and paper packet with calligraphy, by Hokusai, 1821.

Salt Shells

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Woodblock print of three women on a veranda overlooking a snow covered garden with bamboo fencing.

Viewing a snow covered garden

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783

Woodblock print of a woman with a green basket beside a fence, two women watching from a barred window, and calligraphy above

April

Suzuki Harunobu, 1769