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Triptych woodblock print of armored samurai fighting in a rocky pine landscape, with a mounted warrior at left.

Shōtoku Taishi Destroying Mononobe no Moriya

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes and samurai swords, with calligraphy.

Näyttelijät Nakamura Utaroku, Ichikawa Danjuro ja Sawamura Gennosuke näytelmässä Yoshitsune sembonzakura (Tuhat kirsi…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Woodblock triptych of a warrior on a black horse charging over a red bridge amid battling soldiers and a river.

Changban Bridge, from Records of the Three Kingdoms

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese triptych of court women in patterned kimono, one drawing a bow toward a target beside pine trees and blue curtains.

Genjin tarinasta

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Triptych woodblock print of samurai in armor battling by a river, with a mounted warrior on a black horse under pine trees.

Battle of Awazugahara

Utagawa Kunisada, mid-19th century

Woodblock print of armored samurai fighting along a shoreline with banners, spears and distant mountains.

One of Fifteen Triptychs of Famous Battlescenes

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of an actor in a circle-patterned kimono and tall headdress beside a blossoming cherry branch.

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as Kiyo-hime in the Play Hanagatami Kazaori Eboshi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater i…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a treasure ship beneath a red sun and flying crane.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune in a Treasure Ship

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1789

Triptych woodblock print of samurai fighting a naval battle on boats amid rough dark sea waves, with labeled cartouches.

The Great Battle of Yashima

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1848

Japanese woodblock print with four bust portraits of figures in kimono and armor, with flower and plant motifs.

Neljä rintakuvaa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of armored warriors fighting on a tiled rooftop with a red gable, one figure in red leaping along th

The Hōryūkaku, from Hakkenden (Tale of eight dogs)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840

Woodblock print of a man reading a long scroll with two women, one kneeling and one at a balcony railing above.

A Chushingura Parody

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1787

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a red kimono reading a scroll above a man with a broom.

Young couple as Kanzan and Jittoku

Utagawa Toyokuni, early 19th century

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairstyles and an umbrella, with a man in a dark robe beside them.

Koharu of the Kinokuniya and Kamiya Jihei

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Pair of gold-leaf folding screens with white chrysanthemums beside a dark stream with gold wave patterns.

Chrysanthemums by a Stream

Ogata Kōrin, c. 1715-30 or later

Vertical Japanese print of two hares among bamboo stalks and leafy branches in soft rose and green tones.

Hares and Roses

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1783

Triptych woodblock print of kimono-clad figures seated at a banquet with fish, cups and tall calligraphic placards above.

Nimenvaihdospidot

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Woodblock print of an armored warrior with a sword standing on a rock above crashing ocean waves.

Takeuchi no Sukune op een rots bij de oceaan

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned robes pointing a staff at a rock shaped like a crouching animal.

Kôshôhei verandert een geit in een rots

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1890

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji at dawn with a red sun, a riverside hut, a bridge and blue hills.

Distant View of Mount Fuji at Dawn from Hakone

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a bamboo-patterned kimono inside a checkered lantern, with a red streamer below.

Tedai Seijuro sarjasta Suzumi chochin sakari no nanakusa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of three costumed kabuki-style figures on a stage ledge, one in a black cloak with a white crane crest.

Three actors and a puppet

Utagawa Kunisada I, late 1810s

Japanese woodblock print of a striped tiger crouching with its tail raised, against an olive green background with calligraph

Crouching tiger

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1830

Woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned robe with a sword and staff against a blue background with calligraphy.

Actor in riding garb

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1834

Sanjo Kantaro II in the Role of Urashima Taro

Sanjo Kantaro II in the Role of Urashima Taro

Kaigetsudō Ando, early 1700s

Woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins reading a scroll, wearing a red kimono with butterfly patterns.

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Hell Courtesan

Hell Courtesan

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1871-89

Japanese woodblock triptych of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one raising a staff, against bamboo screens.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danzo VI, Kataoka Ichizo ja Nakamura Fukusuke näytelmässä Ki-ichi Hogen sanryaku no maki (Ki-ich…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles in patterned kimono, one holding a sheet with a plum branch.

Kaksi geishaa

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese woodblock print of a mesh cage with rocks before a painted screen, with horsemen, a book and a fan.

Frogs in a Cage Before a Painted Screen, illustration for The Dry-Shallows Shell (Minasegai), from the series "A Matc…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

Japanese print of a woman in a blue kimono watching a fox near a small trap, with calligraphy above.

Vrouw bij een vossenklem

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1890

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor crouching in snow with a sword and wicker basket, charcoal scattered nearby.

Näyttelijä Kataoka Ichizo näytelmässä Kanadehon chusingura (Uskolliset vasallit)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830