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Woodblock print of two women reclining under a patterned kimono, with Japanese calligraphy above, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790.

Minnend paar

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of a reclining Hotei playing with a child while a woman in a coral kimono watches by a lattice window.

Hotei, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Ukiyo shichi fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an elderly bearded man reading beside a woman playing shamisen, with a crane and plum-blossom screen.

Fukurokuju, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of Tamonten with two women beside a brazier, folding screen and chrysanthemums, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Tamonten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a floral kimono preparing ink beside a fan, scrolls and blue-and-white bowls.

Woman Preparing to Inscribe a Fan

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1822

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono beside a wooden fence under pine branches, with calligraphy above.

Woman Walking Past a Fence

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono tuning a shamisen beside a cat and a blossoming plum branch.

Geisha Tuning her Shamisen

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1825

Woodblock print of a man on rice bundles, a child hanging a paper charm on a pine tree, and a woman beside a shop stall.

Daikokuten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a seated man, a woman and a boy with a basket under willow branches on a veranda.

Ebisu, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of an old bearded man tending a seated woman's foot beside a blossoming plum branch and shoji screen.

Jurojin, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono standing beside a seated man under red lanterns on a veranda.

Benzaiten, from the series "The Seven Gods of Good Luck in the Floating World (Ukiyo Shichi Fukujin)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769

Japanese woodblock print of Yamauba with long black hair nursing the red-faced child Kintaro in a floral purple kimono.

Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/06

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned robes seated on a white elephant above clouds, holding a scroll.

Courtesan on White Elephant

Attributed to Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of a samurai with a sword and a kneeling woman before crashing ocean waves, with a poet cartouche above.

Teika

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in checkered kimono in a room with a blue screen, with a poem cartouche above.

Shôsanmi no Ietaka

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red hair and patterned robes on a veranda, with an oval portrait inset above.

Juntoku In

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of a pale ghost with long dark hair rising from a paper lantern beside lightning and reeds at night.

O-Iwa het lantaarn spook

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Woodblock print of an embracing couple on patterned kimono fabrics, with Japanese calligraphy in the margins.

Man en vrouw in innige omarming

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a child, with a sewing box and vertical text in the background.

Vrouw met kind

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of an intimate embrace between a nude man and woman against a patterned textile, with text in the ma

In borst bijtende man

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of a couple in a patterned kimono and checked robe beside calligraphic text and lacquer objects.

In de buitenlucht

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Woodblock print of an intimate couple reclining on a patterned futon, with vertical Japanese calligraphy at upper right.

Echtpaar de liefde bedrijvend

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Woodblock print of two women embracing on a patterned futon, with calligraphy above and a lacquer box at lower left.

Weduwe en jongeman

Katsushika Hokusai, 1815

Japanese print of pink, orange and yellow chrysanthemums with green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Chrysanthemums

Katsukawa Shunshō, early 1780s

Woodblock print of three women with a parasol walking through falling snow, one in a pink peony-patterned kimono.

Sneeuwbal

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of two women in a workshop interior with ceramic bowls on shelves, paper sheets, and a lattice window.

Vrouwen maken prenten (linkerdeel)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1796

Japanese woodblock print of three women working on printmaking tasks in a room with paper, a carving block and a wooden tub.

Vrouwen maken prenten (middendeel)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1796

Triptych print of women in a room carving woodblocks, brushing paper, and working with bowls and tools.

Vrouwen maken prenten

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Two women in patterned kimono make woodblock prints in a room with a shoji screen, one drawing at a table, one at a water bas

Vrouwen maken prenten (rechterdeel)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1796

Woodblock print of a woman in a dark floral kimono and a girl in a patterned green robe standing on a pale background.

Jonge vrouw en meisje bij sneeuwbal

Suzuki Harunobu, 1763

Two Japanese woodblock prints: a woman beside snow-laden bamboo, and a woman with two girls in a snowy scene.

Jonge vrouw en twee meisjes bij een grote sneeuwbal

Suzuki Harunobu, 1763

Woodblock print of Fukurokuju and the Seven Gods of Fortune on a dragon ship, with crowds pulling ropes and Mount Fuji behind

Trekken van een juiste lot

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808