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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono and courtesan costume before a floral patterned screen.

Acteur Iwai Hanshiro IV in de rol van courtisane

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono gripping a sword while seated on a wooden bench.

Acteur Sawamura Sojuro III zich opmakend voor een gevecht

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a fan, brushes, inkstone and basket beside her.

The Fourth Month (Shi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Vertical Japanese print of the deity Daikoku with a mallet on a rice bale, with three boys below.

Daikoku en drie jongetjes

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in striking poses before a wooden fence and tree branches, one holding a fan.

Acteurs Otani Hiroji III en Otani Tomoemon

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1783

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a lantern and fan beside a basin of reeds.

The Sixth Month (Roku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woman kneeling beside bamboo hung with paper poem slips and fans, in a purple kimono, Japanese woodblock print.

The Seventh Month (Shichi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a checked kimono playing a shamisen beside a flowering arrangement on a lacquer table.

The Eighth Month (Hachi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a woman in black kimono reading a scroll beside a yellow vase with a leafy branch.

The Ninth Month (Ku gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a purple kimono beside a kettle, brazier and rabbit figure, with Japanese calligraphy.

The Tenth Month (Ju gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a pink patterned kimono sewing beside a lacquer box and ruler.

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1793

Two white rabbits gaze up at a full moon above reeds on a grassy bank in a blue night sky, Japanese woodblock print.

Rabbits under full moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono admiring a flowering branch in a fish-decorated vase on a low table.

Viewing Ikebana

Utagawa Toyohiro, c.1802

Woodblock print of a figure in striped robe holding a sword beside a lattice wall and tiled-roof house.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman of a Samurai Family

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1786

Hanging scroll of a woman in black kimono and wide hat with wisteria blossoms and red fronds, in a patterned silk mount.

Wisteria Maiden

Unknown artist, c.1725

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers grappling in a ring, one holding the other from behind, with patterned loincloths.

The Sumo Wrestlers Uzugafuchi Kandayu and Takasaki Ichijuro

Katsushika Hokusai, 1783-84

Woodblock print of two seated figures smoking under a pine tree, with Mount Fuji and green hills behind them.

Evening Glow for Date no Yosaku and Seki no Koman, from the untitled series known as "Eight Views of Tragic Lovers (M…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801-04

Hanging scroll of a crescent moon above pine branches and red maple leaves on a rock, painted on silk.

Moon, Pine and Maple

Tawaraya Sōri, c. 1764-81

Three women in kimono walk past a torii gate and fence beneath a pine tree, in a pastel Japanese woodblock print.

Visitors to the Hachiman shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1803/04

Japanese woodblock print of women and children near pine and cherry trees beside a wooden bridge and river bank.

A Wayside Scene (Oji)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1801-04

Woodblock print of an artisan's shop with figures at work, a woman serving tea, and Mount Fuji in the background.

An Artisan’s Shop, from the album The Mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1798

Japanese woodblock print of women and children watching fireworks over a river with boats and dark shoreline trees.

Women and Children Viewing the Fireworks

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798

Woodblock print of passengers seated in a ferryboat poled by a boatman, with a pagoda and trees on the shore at left.

Ferryboat

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1798

Three women in kimono beneath a blossoming plum tree with a lantern, beside a bamboo fence and garden gate.

Three women beneath a plum tree at night

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1796

Woodblock print of courtly travellers on a path with a horse, pine trees, a pink mountain and cliffs beside the sea.

Parody of Ariwara no Narihira's eastern journey

Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1803

Two women serve at a shop counter beside a child and blossoming plum tree, with calligraphy text on the left, Hokusai print.

Fujieda, from an untitled series of the fifty-three stations of the Tokaido

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Two sparrows on stone millstones under leafy bush clover branches, with Japanese calligraphy on a pale paper sheet.

Sparrows on Millstones with Hagi Bushes

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797

Hokusai print of workers hanging patterned dyed cloth on bamboo poles and washing fabric at wooden tubs outdoors.

Hanging up dyed cloth

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1805

Woodblock print of figures gathering shellfish on tidal flats beside boats, with a distant mountain and coastline.

Shellfish gathering

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a nobleman on horseback under a pine with attendants and a blue snow-capped mountain behind.

The Eastern Journey of the Celebrated Poet Ariwara no Narihira

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1806

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono leaning toward a smiling child in a black robe.

Tuntematon aihe sarjasta "Kodakara rokkasen"

Kikugawa Yeizan, 1820

Woodblock print of a swordsmith at an anvil beside a mythological figure in patterned robes, under pine branches.

The Swordsmith Munechika and the God of Inari

Katsushika Hokusai, 1805