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Japanese sugoroku board game print with framed scenes of warriors and costumed figures in red, green and yellow.

しん板なぞなぞ双六

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1886

Woodblock print of women in white and red robes offering gift boxes to four uniformed officers seated in the foreground.

西国鎮静諸将天盃賜ル図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of tall paulownia trees beside a pond with thatched houses and pines on the far bank at dusk.

Paulownia Plantation at Akasaka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of Japanese soldiers charging under a rising sun flag through smoke, with fallen soldiers and a red banner in

牙山付近我兵大勝利之図

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1894

Woodblock print of two armored samurai on horseback charging with spear and sword past a stone wall and pine trees.

瓢軍談五十四場四十一英雄勇名を賎ケ嶽にとゞむ

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a standing samurai figure in a striped robe, holding a sword, with a helmet and calligraphy on pale paper.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII

Utagawa Kunisada, 1823

Painting of an imagined city of classical temples, a pyramid and a Gothic church beside a river, framed by green curtains.

Architect’s Dream

Thomas Cole, 1840

Woodblock print of a golden crested pheasant with long tail feathers perched on a rock beside green pine shoots.

Pheasant amid Pine Shoots

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a field toward snowy Mount Fuji, with a crane flying and the sea at left.

Hara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Woodblock print of porters loading boxes onto a packhorse before a wooden inn, with a woman in a white hat nearby.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Triptych woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theater with costumed actors on stage and packed audiences in the balconies.

Picture of a Crowded Theater Hosting Performance of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of travelers, horses and porters crossing a sandy riverbank with blue water channels and a pine tree.

Shimada

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a lattice screen, a reed in a tub, a hanging kimono and ducks.

Picture of the Middle Class

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a long wooden bridge over a river, with mountains and a temple complex behind.

Okazaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Triptych woodblock print of a steam train on an embankment beside a harbor with ships, carriages and pedestrians.

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1871

Japanese woodblock print of pilgrims climbing a stone staircase to a shrine beneath tall trees, with a wooden gate in front.

Pilgrims at the Fudō Shrine, Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1832

Woodblock print of travelers in yellow umbrellas wading a river toward thatched houses, trees and mountains at dusk.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of ferry boats crossing a river with poled boatmen and travelers under yellow umbrellas, hills beyond.

Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a thatched roadside stall under a large tree, with travelers and children on a dirt road.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of travelers on a red bridge over a river, with sailboats, a castle, and hills in the background.

Yoshida

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of travelers and shopkeepers on a stone-paved road beside wooden shops hung with cords, by Hiroshige.

Fujikawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a thatched teahouse beside a waterfall and misty mountains.

Sakanoshita

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Hiroshige woodblock print of travelers with hats passing a thatched house and tree, with the sea visible in the distance.

Minakuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a Tokaido roadside with pine trees, thatched buildings, and travelers by Hiroshige, 1848.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Triptych print of three women carrying buckets on yoke poles along a seashore, with birds flying overhead and a pine tree.

Plovers of the Noda Jewel River of Mutsu Province

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853

Woodblock print of a standing nobleman in black robes by a pine and waterfall, with seated courtiers and a poem cartouche.

Poem by Dainagon Kintō

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono holding a box beside an open book with poetry and a seated figure.

Poem by Kamakura Udaijin

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a path beside pine trees, with a poem panel in the upper right.

Poem by Kanke (Sugawara no Michizane)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840

Woodblock print of a temple complex among blooming cherry trees, with red halls, tiled roofs and red clouds in the foreground

Hasedera in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai in teal robes and a kneeling woman in a floral kimono beside a pine tree.

Poem by Nōin Hōshi; Tatsuta no mae and Sukune Tarō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Woodblock print of pink cherry blossoms on a green hillside, a blue waterfall, and two travelers on a winding path.

Yoshino Mountain in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed kabuki figures in blue and black robes with a red kimono and a framed poem vignette

Poem by Sei Shōnagon; Hangandai Terukuni and Kanshōjō (Sugawara Michizane)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847