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Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a red mat, one looking at a full moon, with flowering branches and poem te

Mid-Autumn

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman offering chestnuts to a red-skinned child who reaches up beside her.

Yamauba holding chestnuts and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and pink kimono bracing against wind beneath wisteria.

Woman protecting herself against the wind beneath wisteria blooms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one reading a scroll and one peeking through a sliding door, by Suzuki Harunobu.

November

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda at dusk, with a bridge, boats, rooftops and Mount Fuji in the background.

Evening glow at Ryōgoku Bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of travelers leaving a roadside inn at night, with blue crest curtains, red lanterns and a tall pine.

Seki: Early Departure of a Daimyō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Colored woodblock print of travelers and attendants on an inn veranda with a washtub and hanging placards.

Seki: The Inn

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1841

Color woodblock print of a merchant examining samurai armor and a helmet beside two armored warriors with swords.

Selling Armor to a Scrap Metal Merchant

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Woodblock print of a long boat with a thatched cabin among reeds, with Mount Fuji and flying cranes in the background.

Shibori of Jōshū

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Two Japanese courtesans in patterned kimono, one reading a book and one reclining beside scattered papers.

The Yoshiwara in Edo, from the series "Seven Courtesans (Nana yujo)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1807/08

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with kabuki actor portraits, one with red face makeup and white beard, and handwritten ca

The actors Iwai Hanshiro VI, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kintoki, and Ichikawa Ebizo V as the woodcutter Nekko no Yokizo

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1833

Woman in a green patterned kimono walks past pine trees and a red torii gate in a Japanese woodblock print.

Woman on her way to visit a shrine

Utagawa Kunisada I, early 1830s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen, with calligraphy and a boxed object in a red cart

Flowers: Onoe Kikugoro III, from an untitled series of actors representing snow, moon, and flowers

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono seated in a boat on a river, with small boats and a bridge behind her.

Oteiroku, from the series "Fashionable Women as the One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Water Margin (Fuzoku onna Sui…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828/30

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role holding a monkey mask, in a red dragon-patterned kimono before a dark sky.

The actor Iwai Hanshiro VI in a female role

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830s

Woodblock print of two seated figures in patterned kimono beneath a large butterfly, with inscribed paper slips beside them.

Soga no Goro, Oiso no Tora, and Kewaizaka no Shosho

Kubo Shunman, 1809

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in kimono in a garden with bare plum branches and a tiled-roof building.

The actors Seki Sanjuro II, One Kikugoro III, and Ichikawa Danjuro VII on a Kabuki stage

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1822

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a striped kimono holding a fan, with lacquer boxes and a patterned window behind her.

The actor Segawa Kikunojō V in the role of Koharu

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese print of a dark cormorant diving into water beside two pale herons, with small fish and a misty grey sky.

Cormorant and white heron

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned kimono holding bamboo beneath a snowy pine.

Corresponded to snow, Shūka (Bando Mitsugoro V) as Kasuga-ya Tokijirō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in a green robe with a white crest, beside a folding fan.

The actor Bandō Minosuke in the role of Mitsuhide

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor drawing a bow beneath plum blossoms, with a second figure and pine trees behind hi

The actor Nakamura Shikan

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese print of a kabuki actor seated in a red patterned kimono beside stone steps and pine branches.

The actor Bandō Mitsugorō in the role of Tokubei

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of six figures in traditional robes, a reclining woman in a floral kimono at center with seated men

Six poets

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

The actor Nakamura Karoku in the role of Sagami

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese print of a kabuki actor in a plaid kimono and black hood standing in falling snow beside willow branches.

The actor Ichikawa Sanshō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a red lacquered object, with two swords at his waist.

The actor Seki Sanjūrō in the role of Izumi no Saburō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor in a green patterned kimono holding a staff, beside a window with a paper lantern.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō in the role of Toragaishi no Ofumi from Ōiso

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Woodblock print of a seated figure in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke in the role of Yao-ya Oshichi

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in striped kimono and white headdress posed before a red patterned screen.

The actor Nakamura Shikan in the role of Kitsune Kuzunoha

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe carrying a beam over his shoulder beside a bamboo fence and plum blossoms.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in the role of Kaya no Sanpei, also known as Yomei Soga Dozaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of two figures in patterned robes beneath willow branches and a blossoming tree beside a rock, with calligrap

Akutagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/06