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Woodblock print of a child raking a field beside two white elephants, with birds, a snake, mountains and a village behind.

Dashun (Taishun), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kaga…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman dancing with a fan before a bald man and two seated women in a gold-screened room.

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of a courtesan writing a letter while two men watch through a lattice window behind her.

Courtesan Writing a Letter as Two Men Watch through a Window Lattice

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Japanese woodblock print of kimono-clad figures on a snowy veranda with pine trees and rooftops beyond.

Liefdesparen op terras in winter

Utagawa Kunisada, 1840

Japanese woodblock print of two couples on a veranda overlooking a harbor with boats and a red sun.

Liefdesparen op veranda

Utagawa Kunisada, 1840

Japanese woodblock print of kimono-clad figures in a wooden interior with shoji screens, a staircase, and a moonlit balcony.

Taferelen in een bordeel

Utagawa Kunisada, 1840

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a lattice fence under a blossoming cherry

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a dancer in a patterned kimono standing in a boat beneath drooping willow branches.

Shirabyoshi Dancer Standing in Asazuma Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one with a folding fan and one carrying a box on a pole.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a F…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese triptych print of elegant women in kimono on a peacock-shaped boat over stylized waves, with a parasol and musical i

The Peacock Boat

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword under drooping willow branches, wearing a patterned kimono and striped robe.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hiranoya Tokubei (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakam…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in green kimono and white hakama, holding a sword beneath a pine branch.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theat…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Woodblock print of a courtesan washing her hands at a basin beside bamboo, with another woman on a veranda above.

Courtesan Washing her Hands

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young man in a kimono holding a hawk, with a mountain above.

Young Man with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol, with Mount Fuji and a pagoda in the distance.

Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of women in a room opening shoji screens onto a garden with a stone lantern and pine tree.

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/97

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairpins, one in a dragon-patterned kimono, with calligraphy at up

The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink kimono beside a man in a gray patterned robe.

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a woman in a sedge hat and a child walking by a river with plovers flying overhead.

The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Ink sketch of a temple on a rocky cliff above a lake, with a crescent moon, flying geese and calligraphy.

Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi h…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, c. 1859

Ink sketch of women in a boat among reeds and trees, with another boat and a wading figure on distant water.

Gathering Seaweed at Omori

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on stepping stones beside a red fence with a flowering vine.

Meeting her Lover (parody of the Yugao chapter of "Tale of Genji")

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1766

Woodblock print of two figures in kimono picking persimmons from a branch over a red bamboo fence.

Picking Persimmons

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Woodblock print of two women at night, one holding a paper lantern and one crouching beside a flowering shrub and cage.

Searching for Fireflies

Suzuki Harunobu, 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a hooded man with a sword, a woman in a patterned kimono, and two children near a building.

Lovers Parting in the Morning

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1765/70

Woodblock print of two women and a child on a veranda gazing at a full moon beside bamboo.

Two Women and a Child Viewing the Full Moon

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a man reaching toward her, bamboo and tiled roof behind.

Man Pulling at a Woman's Kimono

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono playing with a small cat beside a paper lantern.

Girl Playing with a Cat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a red lacquer box and a pine tree.

The Waitress Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse Holding a Fan

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

Woodblock print of a crane standing on a blue wave beside reeds, with a large pink sun in the upper left.

Crane, waves, and rising sun

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a mallard duck swimming past snowy reeds and a snow-covered bank while snow falls over pale blue water.

A Wild Duck Swimming by a Snow-covered Bank beneath Snow-laden Reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of three mandarin ducks on blue water beneath drooping willow branches, with calligraphy at upper left.

Mandarin ducks

Utagawa Hiroshige, n.d.