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Woodblock print of travelers and a pack horse on a path beside pink cherry blossoms, with a torii gate and rooftops above.

Yoshino, from the series "Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833

Japanese woodblock print of purple irises and a grasshopper among tall green leaves above blue water.

Iris and Grasshopper, from an untitled series of large flowers

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a standing samurai, a woman with a sword, and a kneeling figure in a teahouse interior with shoji screens.

Act VII: The Ichiriki Teahouse in the play Chushingura Juichidan Tsuzuki

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1786

Triptych woodblock print of a stone merchant building in Yokohama with a carriage, horseman and pedestrians in the street.

A Prosperous American Merchant Building in Yokohama (Yokohama asanban shokan hanei no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1871

Japanese woodblock triptych of a crowded harbor with Western ships, a bridge of people on horseback, and European buildings.

The Great Harbor in London, England (Egirisu, Rondon taiko)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862

Woodblock print of women and men in kimono on an upper veranda with a coffered ceiling and patterned folding screen.

Upper Floor of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro age)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a horse-drawn carriage on a harbor street, with sailboats and steamships on the bay beyond.

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita kaigan jokisha tetsudo no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, c. 1871

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama teahouse garden with a red arched bridge, women in kimono, and a hanging lantern.

The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of a European-style city street with fashionable figures, parasols, and towers.

A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono and tan hakama, holding a small round object beside a sword and railing.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Oboshi Yuranosuke in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Nakamura Theate…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1786

Woodblock print of Yokohama harbor with sailing ships, boats, Western figures on a quay, and foreign buildings on the shore.

True View of the Foreign Buildings along the Waterfront Seen from the Yokohama Wharves (Yokohama hatoba yori kaigando…

Utagawa Hiroshige III, c. 1875

Woodblock print of a bearded man in blue European military uniform with a rifle and sword, walking beside a sheep.

England (Igirusu)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a fur-robed figure on a rug, a uniformed soldier beside him, and a child, under cherry blossoms.

China and Russia (Nankin, Oroshiya)

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a large lion-decorated kite over green fields, pine trees and distant mountains, with small figures on a p

Kites of Fukuroi and Distant View of Akiba in Totomi Province (Enshu Akiba enkei Fukuroi tako), from the series "One…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a woman on a brown horse beside a grey dog and a black goat on a yellow ground.

English Woman, Chinese Dog, and Sheep (Eikoku fujin, karainu, rashiyamen), from the series "People of the Five Nation…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a woman with a lit taper and a man crouching over a box on a red tray, with a warrior inset.

Catching a mouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Three women in kimono stand by a river with a wooden bridge, boats, and timber stacks in an Edo-period woodblock print.

Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615-1868), about 1788

Woodblock print of a young man with a yellow umbrella and lantern in night rain, with maple leaves and a lattice window.

Night Rain of Genjo (Genjo no yau), from the series "Parodies of Eight Scenes from Noh Chants (Furyu utai hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in bold costumes and poses with swords, set beneath bamboo and pine branches.

Hagitsubo - A Parody of Shibaraku

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785 (?)

Poem card with gold pine trees under dark clouds above layered ink bands of water, with brushed calligraphy in black.

Poem-card from the Shinkokin wakashu (New Collection of Japanese Poems from Ancient and Modern Times) with Design of…

Hon'ami Koetsu, 1606

Woodblock print of a man carving a block beside a kneeling woman, with a large calligraphy board behind them.

Surimono maken voor Nieuwjaar

Katsushika Hokusai, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red face paint being dressed by a young assistant beside a patterned box.

De acteur Ichikawa Danjuro VII maakt zich op voor een Shibaraku voorstelling geassisteerd door een jongen

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of artisans in kimono working among fans, paper and boards in a Tokyo workshop interior.

Een voorstelling van de productie van waaiers in Tokyo (''Tokyo nishiki-e seizo no zu'')

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1877

Painting of a rooster and a hen in orange, black, and brown on pale paper, with green grass strokes below.

Cock and Hen

Unknown artist, 18th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black patterned kimono holding a sword, with a fierce expression, by Utagawa Toyokuni

The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V as Ishikawa Goemon in the play "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri," performed at the Ichimura Theate…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue kimono gesturing from a seated pose beside a painted ceiling and garden.

The actor Seki Sanjuro II as Sasaki Saemon in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Danmaku," performed at the Nakamur…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned black kimono holding a letter, with lilies at upper left.

Lilies: young woman holding a letter, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a woman carrying a baby on her back beside a stalk of red pink flowers.

Pinks: nurse and baby, from an untitled series of beauties and flowers

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, with a Japanese title cartouch

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Churo Onoe

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman with a fan beside a roundel showing blossoming cherry trees.

Goten Hill (Goten-yama), from the series "Flower Viewing in Edo (Edo hanami tsukushi)"

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1820s

Woodblock print of kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII in patterned robes before rough waves, with lantern boats and a ghostly

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sagami Goro, from the series "Popular Actors as the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin…

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1828

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reaching toward yellow kerria flowers beside a river, with cherry blossoms a

The Ide Jewel River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro kuni Ide no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of the Six Jewel…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/52