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Japanese woodblock print of six women in patterned kimono seated around a bird cage, with calligraphy above.

Six women seated around a bird cage

Katsushika Hokusai, 1823

Three seated men in robes beneath a gnarled maple tree with golden autumn leaves, in a horizontal Japanese woodblock print.

Night Watchmen Under Maple Tree

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woven basket of mushrooms and chrysanthemums with a calligraphy slip and loose blossoms.

An Autumn Gift

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Woodblock print of a roadside tea house with a server and seated customer, and a woman riding a horse past attendants by a sh

Travelers' tea house

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1804

Woodblock print of women washing cloth by a river with thatched houses, a poled boat, and distant hills.

The Chofu Jewel River, one of the Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa)

Katsushika Hokusai, early 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a child by a garden pond, a stone lantern and a seated woman at right.

Goldfish vendor

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/05

Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda watching a girl picking flowers in a garden under a pine and moon.

Women on the Veranda Looking at a Girl Picking Flower

Katsushika Hokusai, about 1790s

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji framed by cherry trees in bloom, with pale pink blossoms and drifting horizontal clouds.

Mount Fuji with Cherry Trees in Bloom

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/05

Woodblock print of women gathering herbs in snow near a plum branch, with a man leading a horse loaded with hay.

Gathering Herbs

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1796/97

Woodblock print of a seated woman watching a young girl in a kimono beside a red umbrella and painted screens.

Young girl dancing at nobleman's mansion

Katsushika Hokusai, 1805

Japanese print of a sake keg with flowers and paper streamers beside a basket of oranges, with calligraphy at left.

A Keg of Sake and a Basket of Oranges

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820

Woodblock print of a celestial maiden and a fisherman beside a shore, with a large feathered bird with trailing plumes above.

The Feather Robe (Hagoromo)

Attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with attendants and a horse on a shore, with sailing boats and a pine tree.

Women and Attendents by the Beach of Tanakawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800-10

Woodblock print of women in kimono walking past a pine tree toward red torii gates and shrine banners.

Women Visiting the Shrine of Shoichii Taro Inari Daimyo

Katsushika Hokusai, about 1804

Woodblock print of women, children and a porter walking a shore toward a bamboo-covered islet with Mount Fuji in the distance

Visitors to Enoshima

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1801/04

Woodblock print of women in kimono entering a garden past shelves of potted plants, a stone lantern and a bare tree.

A Group of Young Women Entering the Garden of a Horticulturist

Katsushika Hokusai, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors on a veranda by the sea, with a tea tray, bowls, and fishing boats.

The actors Onoe Kikugoro III, Onoe Matsutake III, and Iwai Kumesaburo II

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1825

Woodblock diptych of armored warriors fighting in falling snow, with pine trees and vertical calligraphy in the sky.

Warriors Fighting in the Snow

Utagawa Kunisada I, 19th century

Woodblock print of three bearded warriors seated at a banquet table in a circular frame with dragons and clouds.

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1825

Woodblock print of figures in patterned kimono at a banquet in a restaurant interior with food, teapot and hanging scroll.

Second Illustration of Calligraphy and Painting Party on the Upper Floor of the Manpachiro Restaurant (Manpachiro jo…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Woodblock print of a kabuki samurai crouching on a rooftop in rain while a demon-masked woman floats on clouds above.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII as Watanabe no Tsuna and Segawa Kikunojō V as the Female Demon, in “Modori Bridge” (Modoribashi)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1833

Woodblock print of a flaming Fudo Myoo deity with sword and rope above a kneeling warrior behind falling water.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Mongaku and Matsumoto Koshiro V as Fudo Myoo

Utagawa Kunisada I, c. 1829/32

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in armor and bare-chested pose, one wielding a raised sword against an olive background.

The actors Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Soga Goro and Bando Mitsugoro III as Kobayashi no Asahina

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and green hood beneath cherry blossoms, with a sword.

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1827

Five-panel Japanese print of women and children gathering shellfish on tidal flats at low tide, with boats in the distance.

Low Tide at Susaki - A Set of Five (Shiohi goban no uchi)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1828-30

Woodblock diptych of a night boat scene with a woman under a canopy and two women with a paper lantern on a landing.

Night scence aboard a pleasure boat

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830's

Japanese woodblock diptych of two women in kimono by a bay with boats and a distant mountain.

Two women by a tea house in Takanawa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, n.d.

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in an orange kimono holding a fan to her mouth, surrounded by ivy leaves and calligraphy.

Women holding fan in her mouth

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. early 1830s

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono holding an umbrella in falling snow beside a river and willow tree.

Snow: Onoe Kikugoro III, from "A Set of Three (Sanbantsuzuki)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1829

Japanese print of writing tools, inkstone, seal stones and ink box with a potted flower and handwritten verse above.

Writing Implements and Seals

Kubo Shunman, 1799 or 1811

Japanese print of travelers with a palanquin on a shore, with Enoshima island and sea behind them and poems above.

Visitors to Enoshima, from the album "Mountains of the Four Quarters (Yomo no yama)"

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Japanese print of a long-haired yamauba beside a waterfall watching a boy wrestle a grey boar.

Yamauba Watching Kintaro Wrestle a Boar

Kubo Shunman, late 18th/early 19th century