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Ink sketch of five robed musicians in varied poses, several playing drums, drawn in bold angular black lines on paper.

Five musicians playing drums

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a dancer in a black chrysanthemum kimono and tall yellow headdress holding a fan.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Shirabyoshi Dancer in Musume Dojo-ji in the Play Edo no Hana Mimasu Soga, Performe…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a woven hat and patterned kimono holding a fan, with waves behind him.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Kume no Heinaizaemon Disguised as the Street Fortune-teller Kosaka Jinnai, in the Play…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono and white headcloth before stylized waves, c. 1783.

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Hanako, the Daughter of Koshiba Kamon, Disguised as a Yotaka (Low-class Prostitute), in…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1783

Hanging scroll of an seaside pavilion with kimono-clad figures seated on terraces, pine trees, and a shoreline with distant m

An amusement resort at the seashore

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a misty river landscape with a moored boat, bare trees, and a distant mountain under a pale sky.

River landscape

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono beneath willow branches beside a rocky cliff.

Näyttelijä Nakamura Daikichi II palvelijatar Kakogawan roolissa

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1815

Ink drawing of a barefoot man wringing out a dark robe beside a wicker basket, water falling to the ground.

Man wringing out his robe

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a pine, rising sun, crane, and hanging paper lanterns on bam

Prinsessa Tamakazura sarjasta Murasaki Shikibu Genji-karuta 32

Kunisada II, 1857

Fan-shaped painting of an orange butterfly beside a branch of red flowers and dark ink-drawn leaves, with a red seal.

A butterfly and a flowering plant

Katsushika Hokusai

Goose with outstretched wings flying left in front of a large pale full moon against a light blue sky.

Goose flying in front of the moon

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of many crabs and a horseshoe crab on an ochre ground with green seaweed.

Crustaceans

Katsushika Hokusai

Two women in patterned kimono sit on a veranda beside a blossoming cherry tree, one reading a letter.

Early Ferns, Chapter 48 of The Tale of Genji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1810

Seated priest with ritual object, a red demon with staff approaching, and a snarling wolf by a tree under a night sky.

A Priest (Kōbō Daishi) practicing the Tantra, a demon before him, and a wolf behind

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a seated man gazing up at potted pink and white peonies on a rock against a misty background.

A Seated Man Looking at Potted Peonies

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of two kimono-clad figures walking in snow under a blue parasol beside a willow tree.

A girl and a man walking in the snow

Katsukawa Shunshō

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside calligraphy screens, with smoke swirling at ri

Näyttelijät Onoe Kikugoro IV ja Bando Hikosaburo näytelmässä Ashiya Doman ouchi kagami (Ashiya Doman keisarin hovissa)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of red-hulled boats moored at a shore with rooftops, a full moon and a flock of birds in the sky.

Misty Moonlight on the Shore at Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima kaihen oborozuki), from the series "Famous Places in the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of two sailing cargo boats on a calm blue sea, with Mount Fuji visible on the distant horizon.

Sea Lane off Kazusa Province (Kazusa no kairo), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830/33

Ink and color painting of a branch with split pomegranates, a red blossom and dark green leaves on pale paper.

Pomegranates

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a seated man in a black robe and court hat, with patterned paper sheets at his feet, on a pale ground.

Six immortals of poetry

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Hanging scroll of a bearded man in a patterned robe reclining near a misty mountain, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Poet Semimaru with His Lute in a Bag

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a kimono-clad woman beside a blossoming cherry tree, in a patterned brown silk mount.

A courtesan under a cherry tree

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink drawing of laughing Hotei with a pole beside a child acrobat in a feathered headdress, with calligraphy at upper left.

Hotei and Chinese Child Acrobats

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink sketch of a bearded man seated on a mat beside a large sword, wearing a loose robe and topknot.

A Man sitting with large sword

Katsushika Hokusai

Painting of a misty river landscape with red autumn trees, pines, sailing boats and Mount Fuji in the distance.

River landscape: red foliage and Mount Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Hanging scroll of a woman in a striped robe raising her hand to her hair beside a black lacquer box with gold flowers.

A geisha about to adjust a tortoise-shell hairpin

Chobunsai Eishi, 1800

Ink and color painting on a fan-shaped sheet of a stout old man in a blue checkered robe seated beside a large bell.

A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a twisting blossoming tree, pine trees, red-roofed village and a snow-capped mountain on tan silk.

River landscape: village and tall trees

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Ink and colour drawing of a man bent under a blue backpack with an umbrella, carrying a bundle, in yellow trousers.

Man carrying back-pack and lantern

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a Dutch three-masted ship at anchor beside a rocky coast with breaking waves and a pine tree.

Dutch Ship at Anchor off the Coast of Tsushima

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 3rd month, 1859

Hokusai-attributed sketch of a smiling cloth merchant holding up a long patterned fabric, with folded cloth and tools below.

A Cloth Merchant

Katsushika Hokusai