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Japanese woodblock print of Mount Fuji above green hills and a rippled sea, with calligraphy on the left.

Gezicht op de berg Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797

Woodblock print of figures warming by a pink fire beneath a snowy mountain, with bare trees and a hanging kettle at right.

The courtier Minamoto no Muneyuki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835

Monochrome woodblock print of two men measuring Mount Fuji from a rocky hill, with pine trees and clouds behind them.

Measuring the shape of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with plum blossoms, a water tub, and a calligraphy panel, by Suzuki Harunobu.

The poet Chōsui

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a pine tree over a thatched house with a distant conical mountain and clouds.

Snake chasing Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji framed by a circular torii gate, with figures at a shrine basin and stone lanterns.

Mount Fuji framed by a fire circle

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of pilgrims in white robes and yellow hats climbing rocky mountain paths above clouds, with the sea at left.

Pilgrims climbing

Katsushika Hokusai, 1834

Woodblock print of a woman on an upper veranda, a man with a fan beside a tub, and a child in red kneeling below.

Number 14

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded samurai with sword seated among elegant women in kimono beneath cherry blossoms.

Hideyoshi and his wives

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a fierce-faced man in blue kimono carrying a plank in snow, with a tiled building behind.

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree, with Japanese text above.

Young attendants (Kamuro) celebrating the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai, 1791

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a round black fan, with a decorative fan panel at left.

Kiyomizu Komachi

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Woodblock print of a reclining woman dreaming of a boat with two women and a poling boatman on waves.

Dream Ukihashi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of pink peonies and a yellow canary in flight, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal.

Peony and canary

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black ox through a snowy village at night, with a mountain behind.

Picture of Kanbara

Utagawa Kunisada, 1836

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes and armor, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848.

Scene from a Soga play

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

Hanging scroll of two monkeys on a rock above a stream, with red-leaved vines and misty ink washes.

Monkeys by a Stream

Nagasawa Rosetsu, c. 1796

Woodblock print of Kinryūzan temple at Asakusa with pagoda, tiled roofs, blossoming trees and visitors on a veranda.

De Kinryuzan tempel te Asakusa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1862

Woodblock print of a festival float procession moving down a street lined with tiled houses and pine trees.

Optocht in Kasumigaseki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of a procession with samurai and banners on a green plain, Mount Fuji and pines behind.

Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1864

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with painted face and black wig, holding a staff, in a patterned costume.

Toneelspeler Ichikawa Danjûrô II

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1830

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor holding a bowl beside a plum blossom screen, with a lacquer table and floral mat.

Acteur Bando Mitsugoro III in de rol van Kizo

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in dark and patterned robes, with calligraphy in the margins, dated 1828.

Ichikawa Danjûrô VII trekt zijn kostuum aan

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1828

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red and white face paint and a black wig, with calligraphy above.

Ichikawa Danjûrô VII in het toneelstuk Shibaraku

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1819

Woodblock print of a seated man in a patterned kimono holding a red cup beside a brazier, with calligraphy.

Minamoto no Yoshinaka

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1822

Woodblock print portrait of an actor in elaborate floral hairpieces and a plum-patterned kimono, with a wide-eyed expression.

Iwai Hanshiro V in de rol van Yaoya Oshichi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1812

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a shaven head and red lips in a blue starburst-patterned kimono.

Nakamura Utaemon III in de rol van Yojiro

Utagawa Kunisada, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor beside a makeup stand, with a sword, calligraphy and an attendant.

Nakamura Shikan I na zijn laatste voorstelling

Utagawa Kunisada, 1815

Woodblock print of a costumed man with a wide hat holding an axe beside a rock and bamboo, with calligraphy at upper left.

Man met bijl stapt uit een boom

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in kimono, one in a black robe with a white crest, with calligraphy above.

Drie acteurs met een pop

Utagawa Kunisada, 1815

Woodblock print of three costumed figures at a red temple gate, with a large stone Buddha head and a paper scroll.

Drie acteurs bij een tempelpoort

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor in patterned kimono holding a parasol and a goose with an arrow.

Acteur met een gans in de hand

Utagawa Kunisada, 1820