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Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a fan and a small bird on a gold background.

The Courtesan Takao

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned grey kimono holding a red box with a dragon-decorated helmet, c. 1773.

The Actor Arashi Hinaji I as Hananoi in the Play Gosho-zakura Horikawa Youchi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in t…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bald seated man gesturing toward a flaming bowl with a coin and mallet nearby.

Burning a Buddhist Image

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a green kimono with a black cloak and ornate hair pins, 1795.

Hamamuraya: Segawa Kikunojo III as the courtesan Koman, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white robes holding a large fan and a decorated staff, by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1773.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira, Younger Brother of Emperor Go-Toba, in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho (Y…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a striped kimono, tall grey hat and wooden geta, holding a sword.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Gokumon Shobei in the Play Sugata no Hana Kurofune Zukin, Performed at the Morita The…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Hanging scroll of a hawk diving with a fish in its beak above dark rocks and waves, in ink and colour on silk.

Hawk and fish

Katsushika Hokusai

Multi-panel Japanese print of women in kimono on a verandah, some playing music, overlooking a river with boats and a wooden

Recital on a verandah overlooking Sumida River

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1790/95

Ink painting of a grey pigeon with pink beak and feet pecking at scattered grains on a beige background.

Pigeon

Katsushika Hokusai

Woman in red kimono writing on a veranda overlooking a river with boats, pine and cherry trees, and distant mountains.

Murasaki Shikibu composing the Tale of Genji at Ishiyamadera

Gakutei Harunobu, 1810

Woman with raised sword battling a giant octopus at sea, with a sailing boat in the upper cartouche.

The Jeweled Chaplet

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845-46

Ink wash sketch of a stooped animal figure in a dark robe leaning on a staff, with a second figure at the right edge.

An old mouse (?) dressed in a black robe

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a tea bowl on a red tray beside wooden shelves.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the Waitress Otake in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura T…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a raised sword over a man on a wooden floor, with a boat in a top vignette.

A Boat upon the Waters

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845-46

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman in hair ornaments unrolling a long written scroll beside a snowy wooden structure.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Naoe in the Play Tsuma Mukae Koshiji no Fumizuki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Hanging scroll of a snowy riverside landscape with pine trees and distant hills, mounted in gold-patterned silk.

Arashiyama in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman carrying a child beside a seated man and a toy shrine, with poem text above.

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Ink sketch of two seated figures in robes, surrounded by small studies of exaggerated faces and heads.

Various Faces

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a standing woman in layered kimono beside a snowy tree and lattice fence, in pale pink and black.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Courtesan Kisewata (Tagasode) (?) in the Play Hana-zumo Genji Hiiki (?), Perform…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors on a rocky shore with waves and bamboo, by Kunisada, 1857.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Ichizo ja Shiko näytelmässä Irifune Soga Nihon no torikachi (Sogan suku valloittaa Japanin)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black updo and long hairpins, head bowed, wearing a patterned pink and cream kim

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Sh…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a long robe holding prayer beads, standing before water and a yellow ground.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Miura no Katagai Disuigsed as the Nun Narukami, in the Play Ume-goyomi Akebono Soga,…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned green kimono holding a white bottle beside reeds and water.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as the Potter Tsuchihei in the Play Higashiyama Momiji no Kadode, Performed at the Ichi…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

Woman in patterned kimono reaching into a bamboo birdcage on a yellow tub, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika k…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

Ink line drawing of a young woman in a patterned kimono swinging a battledore, with shuttlecocks sketched at upper left.

Girl playing with a battledore and shuttlecock

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a fierce blue deity with a raised sword and rope, surrounded by flames, standing on rocks.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Stone Image of Fudo Myoo in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at th…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1780

Japanese print of a shirtless man with a fan beside a willow, and a woman pouring water over fans in a tub.

The Sixth Month (Rokugatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Ink and wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, a river with boats, and a riverside village of wooden houses.

Landscape: mountains, stream and boats

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a white cloud-patterned robe with a black sword and tall headdress, c. 1773.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Prince Koreakira (?) in the Play Gohiiki Kanjincho, Performed at the Nakamura Theater…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor raising a red lantern, wearing a butterfly-patterned kimono before a striped backdrop.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Ageha no Chokichi Disguised as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Kaido Ichi Yawara…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1778

The Bird's Nest Patriarch

The Bird's Nest Patriarch

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early to mid-1600s

Japanese woodblock diptych of women in kimono serving tea in a tatami room with lanterns and a garden view.

Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95