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Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a floral kimono handing a letter to a man at a window, with a pine tree.

Prinses Shokushi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and a man with firewood in falling snow, with a poem cartouche above.

Sanuki

Utagawa Kunisada, 1845

Woodblock print of a seated man reading a scroll beside a kneeling woman in blue kimono, with a lantern and moths.

Tayû

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono above a reclining man, with snowy plum branches and a poet cartouch

Masatsune

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1846

Japanese woodblock print of a snowy town with a bridge over a blue canal, moored boats, and bare winter trees on a hill.

Clear Weather after Snow at Matsuchi Hill (Matsuchiyama no yukibare), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Ca…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a large spiraling whirlpool and crashing blue waves between rocky cliffs, with birds flying over a distant

Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fūha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Roku…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of farmers planting rice in rain, with a dark conical mountain and tall cedars behind the paddies.

Ono, Distant View of Mount Daisen in Hoki Province (Hoki, Ono, Daisen enbo), from the series "Famous Places in the Si…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a reed marsh with pine trees, rowing boats, and birds flying across the sky.

Yoshiwara: Fuji Marsh and Ukishima Plain (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara), no. 15 from the series "Famous S…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a snowy garden with rocks, a bent pine, plum blossoms, and a stone lantern beside a blue pool.

Taira no Kiyomori Sees an Apparition (Taira no Kiyomori kaii o miru zu)

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom and people with umbrellas walking in rain past a torii gate beside a river.

Cherry Blossoms in Rain at the Sumida Embankment (Sumida zutsumi uchu no sakura), from the series "Famous Places in E…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1832/34

Japanese print of a red round fan with dark motifs and a pale handle, with vertical calligraphy above.

Sake cup and fan

Totoya Hokkei, Early 19th century

Woodblock print of a plum orchard in bloom with figures at picnic tables beneath a pink sky.

Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a rainy mountain procession crossing a bridge beside a waterfall, with banners and a horse rider.

Tsuchiyama, from the series "[Scenes of Famous Places on the] Tokaido (Tokaido meisho fukei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1863

Woodblock print of a dark stone memorial with white calligraphy and a small seated figure, beside a column of text.

Memorial Monument for Utagawa Hiroshige II

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1882

Woodblock print of a red parrot with blue wings perched on a blue-tinted pine branch against a cream background.

Bird on pine tree

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1857

Woodblock title page with Mount Fuji in a fan cartouche, surrounded by cherry blossoms, maple leaves, irises and text panels.

Title page for the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Meisho sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1859

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers grappling as attendants and spectators watch beneath a pine tree and tents.

Kawazu Saburo Sukemichi wrestling Matano Goro Kagehisa, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two archers in red and blue armor aiming bows beside tall trees, with a valley path and calligraphy above.

Yawata Saburo and Omi Kotoda ambushing Kawazu Saburo, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga mo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a samurai with drawn sword facing two kneeling boys on a shore beside a pine and blue waves.

Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) about to be executed at Yuigahama, from the series "Illustrat…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two brothers on a riverbank with their mother on a veranda, with calligraphic verse in the sky.

Ichimanmaru (Soga no Juro) and Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) with their mother, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the S…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a kneeling samurai and a young boy before a veranda of seated courtiers, with a waterfall and pine.

Hakoomaru meets Kudo Saemon Suketsune, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of travelers on horseback passing pine trees, with Mount Fuji in the distance, by Ando Hiroshige.

Yoshiwara. Hidari Fuji (Yoshiwara with Mount Fuji), from Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-na Uchi (Fifty-Three Stations on the T…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830

Woodblock print of three seated samurai in blue robes with an ornate helmet on a stand, beside calligraphic text.

Hojo Tokimune and Soga no Juro Sukenari celebrate Goro's coming of age, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan admonishing a seated young man on a veranda beside plum blossoms and a pond.

Soga on Goro admonished by his mother, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Two women kneel in a room working on cloth beside a bamboo screen and persimmon branch, with a poem slip on the wall.

Cloth-fulling Jewel River, from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a man in a straw hat and red kimono beside a wooden gate, with mountains and cedar trees behind him.

Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro) leaving the temple, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono on a veranda gazing at a moonlit river, with ducks and reeds and poem text.

Poem by Minamoto no Saneakira Ason, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of a woman seated by a shoji screen with a snowy plum branch and falling snow behind her.

Returning Sails (Kihan), from the series "Eight Views of Snow Scenes (Yukimi hakkei)"

Utagawa Toyokuni, c.1810s

Japanese woodblock print of two warriors on a rocky cliff by a waterfall and pine, one lifting a boulder.

Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro), from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of two blue-robed men in a garden by a pond with flowers and butterflies, with text panel above.

Soga brothers bid farewell to the summer grasses, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monoga…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

Woodblock print of a kneeling courtesan with ornate hair pins playing a flute, wearing a black kimono with blossoms.

The Courtesan Seyama of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Woodblock print of samurai confronting attackers beside a wooden fence and pine tree, with sea and text panel above.

Asahina Saburo saves the Soga brothers from Hachiman Shichiro, from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47