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Woodblock print of kimono-clad figures before a wooden gate and willow tree, with a palanquin, rooftops, and a crescent moon.

De wilg bij de poort van Shimabara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Woodblock print of a bay with reeds, small boats with figures, sailboats, a shoreline village and a distant mountain.

De kust bij Samezu in Zuid Shinagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman in a grey kimono looking into a hand mirror beside a bamboo blind, with a red obi and lacquer box.

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795

Woodblock print of pedestrians in kimono on a street with blossoming trees, wooden buildings and a fence under a blue dusk sk

Ochtendgloren in het Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of two women in kimono preparing food, one at a low table with a tray, the other kneeling with a board and ut

Preparing a Meal

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a large basket, with Japanese calligraphy.

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Stuttering Matahei (Domo no Matahei)

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1826

Woodblock print of three women in kimono, two wearing green hats, against a gray textured background.

Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seiro san bijin)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono and a kneeling man in a leaf cape beside stylized blue waves.

Kohtaus kabuki-näytelmästä

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1850

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono, one with a pestle over her shoulder and one holding a fan, by Utamaro.

Folding Fan Seller, Round Fan Seller, and Barley Pounder (Ogi-uri, uchiwa-uri, mugi-tsuki), from the series "Female G…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in patterned kimono with a child peeking from behind her pink robe.

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wak…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/94

Woodblock print of two women preparing bean curd beneath a red Gion lantern, one cutting food at a table.

Women Preparing Gion Bean Curd, from the series "Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni-ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Triptych of Japanese kabuki actors in costume: a figure with a parasol, a seated figure in green, and a standing figure in or

Näyttelijät Mimasu Gennosuke, Segawa Kikunojo V ja Nakamura Shikan näytelmässä Yoshitsune sembonzakura (Tuhat kirsikk…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya with Attendants Senkaku and Banki

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Woodblock print of a young woman with a brush and a young man behind her, beside a screen with a bird on a blossoming branch.

Young Couple in Front of a Screen, from the Series Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an updo holding up a patterned sheer cloth before her face.

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a blue kimono beside an incense burner, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Segawa Kikunojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1832

Japanese print of two women with ornate hairstyles, one holding a red tray with a tea bowl while the other adjusts a hairpin.

A Young Girl Offering Tea to Another Woman

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono holding a round fan, with ornate gold hair pins on a yellow background.

Hinazuru of the Chojiya, Whose Attendants Are Tsuruji and Tsuruno (Chojiya uchi Hinazuru, Tsuruji, Tsuruno), from the…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and hairpins, in a patterned kimono with orange obi, against yellow.

Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba), from…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in blue kimono and grey robe holding prayer beads, with calligraphy and seals.

Memorial portrait of the actor Ichimura Takenojo V

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1851

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with elaborate hairstyles against a pale yellow background, one holding a folding fan.

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series "Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue kimono and headcloth, hand raised to his face, against a pale blue flora

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII Commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of His Death, from the dipty…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a shrine maiden with a pole and streamers beside a flute player in a green robe.

Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series “Customs of Beauties Around the Clock”…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Two-panel folding screen of scholars playing games and writing beneath pine trees in a misty landscape with rocks.

The Four Accomplishments

Kanō Shōei, late 1500s-early 1600s

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a brown and blue kimono with an upswept hairstyle against a pale floral background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro IV, from the diptych "Visions of Mementos in Double Mirrors (Awase kagam…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1860

Takigawa, from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin zoroe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII kneeling in a red robe beside a sword, with calligraphy.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1826

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with ornate hairpins and a folding fan, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Miyahito of the Ogiya, Whose Assistants Are Tsubaki and Shirabe (Ogiya uchi Miyahito, Tsubaki, Shirabe)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793-94

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside a lacquered box and red lantern.

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1849

Woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins in a purple kimono with red collar, looking down, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazu…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1794/95

Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1802/03

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a round fan, beside an orchid in a planter, with a calligraphy scrol

Beauty Wearing a Summer Kimono, from the series “New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style" ("Nishiki-ori Utamar…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1796/98