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Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with cherry blossoms, potted plants, and a garden with a persimmon tree.

Naisia kuistilla

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black haori with crests and dotted hakama, holding two swords, by Kunisada, 1860.

Actors Nakamura Fukusuke and Tokuji in the Play Kanadehon Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Japanese diptych woodblock print of kabuki actors in samurai costume with swords, peonies and clouds on a green ground.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danzo VI ja Bando Hikosaburo(?) näytelmässä Kazashi no hana megumi no Takatsuna (Kukka Takatsuna…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one raising a fan beneath cherry blossoms.

Kohtaus kabuki-näytelmästä, kaksi onnagata näyttelijää

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in checkered kimono beside irises at night with fireflies.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Gado ja Yoroku näytelmässä Gonin otoko isoji no tateire (Viiden miehen viisikymmentä urotekoa)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of women in kimono and a man gathering flowers in a grassy field, with butterflies overhead.

Gathering spring flowers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated holding a sake cup, with calligraphy and floral patterns.

Kurtisaani Ohyodo pitelee sakekuppia

Japanese print of a woman carrying a kettle and food box past rice planters bent over paddies under a pine tree.

Taking Food to Rice Planters

Kubo Shunman, late 18th/early 19th century

Japanese print of three travelers pausing at a stream beside yellow flowering shrubs, with a kneeling attendant and sandals.

The Ide Jewel River

Kubo Shunman, c. 1781/89

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child by a fence, with men reading on a veranda above under a pine tree.

Returning from a Poetry Gathering

Kubo Shunman, c. 1785/89

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of a woman crouching in kimono and a man in plaid robe raising a sickle among willows.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VII ja Iwai Shijaku näytelmässä Date kurabe O-Kuni kabuki (Tanssinäytelmä Daten sukuriid…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped robe and patterned blue trousers under flowering plum branches.

Näyttelijä Nakamura Fukusuke (?) Imayo Kurosuken roolissa tunnistamattomassa näytelmässä

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Hanging scroll of a seated figure in a blue kimono on a green cushion, with red seals at the right edge.

Portrait of Iwai Kumesaburō II

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1827-29 (Kansei 10-12)

Woodblock print of a reclining courtesan in a floral kimono beside a koto and shamisen, with calligraphy above.

Courtisane met koto

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol beneath blossoming cherry branches.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Shizuka Gozen (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a sword beside bamboo, with a screen behind him.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Kichisaburo in the play "Junshoku Edo Murasaki," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1779

Japanese woodblock print of a seated older man in patterned robes holding a pipe, with bonsai trees in pots before a lattice

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Sansho Dayu (?)

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and green costume holding a yellow fan, with a red sun behind him.

Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside chrysanthemum plants, by Torii Kiyonaga, 177

Bando Mitsugoro II as Tennen no Mansaku-kitsune and Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Nikaido Shinanonosuke and Iwai Hanshiro…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1778

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an autumn garden, with geese flying overhead and a flowering shrub nearby.

Geese Descending in Mid Autumn (Seishu no rakugan), from the series "Eight Scenes of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Woodblock print of three women in kimono in a interior setting, one arranging flowers beside a kettle, one standing with a ha

Morning of Iris, from the series "Five Festivals in the Pleasure Quarters (Hanakuruwa gosechi no asobi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Woodblock print of women in kimono and children playing with a rope under falling grass blades, yellow ground.

The Fifth Month (Satsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Seasons (Furyu juni kiko)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1779

Japanese woodblock print of travelers by a pine tree, with a palanquin, a woman with a parasol, and a man smoking a pipe.

Yumoto, from the series "Seven Famous Hot Springs of Hakone (Hakone shichito meisho)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a wooden room, one lifting a bamboo blind, with a flowering plant and fence outsid

Discovering the Address of a Husband's Lover, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman in a straw hat beside a kneeling porter, with pine trees and Mount Fuji behind them.

Totsuka, from the series "Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1785

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a brown kimono standing with a young girl in a grey checked robe, beside a blossom car

Kävelyllä, sarjasta Seitsemän sievän pikkutytön muotokuvat

Woodblock print of a man with a sword and two women in kimono beside a shrine rope and pine branches.

A visit to a shrine, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1786

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned robe beside a seated man in green and a young attendant, with a folding screen.

The Actor Nakamura Riko with a courtesan, from an untitled series of aiban prints depicting Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781/82

Woodblock print of five Japanese women in patterned kimono with elaborate hairstyles, standing in a group.

The Courtesan Maizumi of the Daimonjiya with Her Attendants Shigeki and Naname, from the series "Models for Fashion:…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Four women in patterned kimono walk in a row, with bamboo, plum and fan designs, in an 18th-century Japanese woodblock print.

The Courtesan Toji of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Satoji and Uraji, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Design…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono with a maid holding a parasol, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Two Women and a Maid, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783/84

Japanese woodblock print of a young boy in kimono with a sword, flanked by women in patterned robes.

Young Boy Wearing Hakama for the First Time, from from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nish…

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783/84