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Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a pink patterned robe holding prayer beads, with vertical inscriptions.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1824

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono holding prayer beads, with Japanese calligraphy inscriptions beside him.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Kanjaku II

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1861

Woodblock print of a seated bald man in a dark kimono beside a tea kettle and brazier, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (Ichikawa Danjuro VII)

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a maple branch and a seated man with prayer beads, with calligraphy.

Memorial Portraits of the Actors Otani Baju II (right) and Ichikawa Monnosuke III (left)

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1824

Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a patterned kimono holding a flowering branch, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Roko IV

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a robed figure lifting a wooden tray above his head beside a lattice window, with a kneeling armo

Sato Shirobei Tadanobu (Sato Shirobei Tadanobu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1776-80

Japanese woodblock portrait of a sumo wrestler in a striped kimono holding an inscribed black fan.

Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1845

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in pink kimono holding prayer beads beside a lacquer table, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1836

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono before a latticed building, one holding a sword, with a calligraphic

Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Nakayama Tomisaburo, the left hand sheet of a triptych entitled “Six Actors Likened to the I…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1784

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in a purple robe holding a bowl beside a wooden box, with calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Sawamura Tanosuke II

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1817

Woodblock print of a grey hawk perched on a gnarled branch beside white plum blossoms, with pink and yellow accents.

Hawk on a Plum Branch

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796/1804

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in a room, a woman in patterned kimono beside a seated woman and a man lifting a cu

Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1783

Woodblock print of a seated man with prayer beads, sword and incense burner, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1859

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki-style figures, a bowman, a sworded man and a kneeling woman, against a dark

Sammakon taika. Kohtaus Jiraiyan tarinan kertovasta kabuki-näytelmästä

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking on a wooden walkway, one wearing a large pale hat, with hills behind.

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783

Japanese woodblock print of four women in kimono gathered around a bench, one seated, beside a bamboo plant.

Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, right (Furyu hana no ka asobi, jo)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783

Three women in patterned kimono in a garden by a stream, one holding a tea bowl on a tray, with green shrubs behind.

Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, left (Furyu hana no ka asobi, ge)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783

Japanese diptych print of kabuki actors in a fight scene under paper lanterns, with a woman and a fallen figure.

Näyttelijät Iwai Kumesaburo, Ichikawa Ichizo ja Ichikawa Gado näytelmässä Iseondo koi no minato (Isen tanssilaulu lem…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono holding round fans, with ornate hairpins and patterned robes.

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child on a verandah, one reading a scroll, with a swallow flying above.

Evening Cool on the Verandah (Ensaki no yusuzumi): Genre scenes with kyoka poems, in aiban format (Kyoka-iri aiban fu…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1788/90

Woodblock print of a seated man in blue kimono and hakama with a sword, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III

Attributed to Utagawa Kunisada I, 1849

Japanese woodblock print of a man in black kimono with women holding a lantern and parasol, near cherry blossoms.

Seiro niwaka

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of two women in a tatami room beside a shoji screen with grass and moon, with calligraphy above.

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

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1792/93

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue and violet kimono beside iris plants, with poem columns.

Memorial portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro VIII

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1854

Woodblock print of a saddled horse grazing under a flowering plum tree with white and red blossoms.

Horse beneath a Flowering Plum Tree

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/99

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a lavender kimono with gold crests, beside columns of calligraphy.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Senjo (Segawa Kikunojo III)

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810

Diptych woodblock print of two women and a child before a pagoda and temple buildings in Asakusa.

Kinryuzan in Asakusa in de Oostelijke hoofdstad

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned blue kimono on a snowy veranda beside a stone lantern.

Vrouw in wintertuin

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan seated in a boat beside a willow tree, with hills and a moon in the background.

Shirabyoshi danseres in een Asazuma boot

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of two women at a wooden doorway in patterned kimono, with a small inset of a woman undressing.

Twee vrouwen bij de ingang van een badhuis

Utagawa Kunisada, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono holding a sword, with pine branch and straw bales beside him.

Nakamura Shikan II als Matsuomaru

Utagawa Kunisada, 1825

Woodblock print of a court scene with seated nobles, women on tatami mats, a pine tree, and a horse and rider on a veranda.

New Year at Court, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, New Year, 1789