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Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in windblown kimono under cherry trees on a grassy hill.

A Windy Day under the Cherry Trees

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono gathering and carrying cut bamboo through a grove beside a river and a wooden hou

The Fifth Month, a Set of Three (Gogatsu sambukutsui), from the series "Twelve Months by the Twin Brushes of Toyohiro…

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1798

Triptych print of women at a banquet in an interior, with lattice screens, a lake landscape and pine branches behind.

Chinese Beauties at a Banquet

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788/90

Utamaro woodblock triptych of women in kimono around a carriage beneath cherry blossoms, with a railed veranda at right.

An Imperial Carriage

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/04

Woodblock print of a figure in a pink kimono and dark hooded robe holding an orange pole beside pampas grass.

The Actor Ichikawa Monosuke (?) or Ichikawa Omezō in Female Role

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1726-1792

Triptych woodblock print of women on boats beneath and beside a wooden bridge over a river, by Utamaro.

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Twelve-panel gold folding screen with figures, a moon, river, trees and birds in misty landscape scenes.

Six Tama Rivers

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of seven women in kimono on a wooden veranda beside blossoming cherry and camellia branches and a bird.

Seven women walking near a football court

Katsukawa Shunshō

Hanging scroll of a woman in a lavender kimono walking past a bamboo fence and blooming chrysanthemums.

Woman near a fenced-off flowering garden

Katsukawa Shunshō

Triptych woodblock print of women fishing with a scoop net from a boat and riverside platform, with fish and river waves.

The Scoop-Net

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Painting of a child confronting a tiger that lunges toward an older man beneath a pine tree.

Filial piety: Yang Hsiang saving his father from a tiger

Katsushika Hokusai

Triptych print of women cleaning a house on a veranda, with a broom, bamboo screen, lanterns and a serving tray.

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 1790s

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono under pink lanterns and wisteria, one playing shamisen beside a lattice screen.

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters (Mitate Yuranosuke yukyo)

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1796

Triptych Japanese print of women with a parasol and insect cages in a riverside landscape with pines and a carriage.

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono near cherry blossoms, with boats and a seaside town on the water.

Watching the Shellfish Gathering during Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari kenbutsu)

Chobunsai Eishi, n.d.

Woodblock print of a woman in an orange kimono with a green umbrella beside a stream, a frog and willow tree nearby.

Parody of Ono no Tofu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Triptych print of women in kimono under autumn maple trees beside a pavilion and folding screen, in gold and muted colors.

Momiji no ga, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono at a tea house, one reaching to a lattice shelf beside a red lantern and gift bo

Waitresses at a tea house (Ebisu-ya) :Twelve prints of beautiful women

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of two cranes standing on a snow-covered pine branch against a grey background.

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1834

Ink painting on a fan-shaped sheet showing a dark crow beside three red maple leaves, with a red seal at lower right.

Young Crow and Maple Leaves

Katsushika Hokusai

Triptych print of women washing and drying cloth on a wooden veranda beside a garden and river, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Women Washing Clothes

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Woman with green parasol walking against wind beside a bending willow branch, in a Japanese woodblock print.

A Windy Day in Summer

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda with lanterns and a shamisen, overlooking a river and city.

A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1787

Small fan-shaped painting of a seated man with a fan, a white bowl, and butterflies above him.

A man with a fan, butterflies, and a bowl of water

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a snowy street with bamboo, flying sparrows, pedestrians with umbrellas, and a blue canal.

Atagoshita in Winter

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Ink sketch of a man sleeping face-down on tan paper, one arm stretched forward and his robe loosely draped.

Sleeping Man

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting of a dragon with clawed feet curling through dark swirling clouds, with calligraphy and a red seal at lower left

Dragon and clouds

Katsushika Hokusai

Triptych Japanese print of women in kimono viewing hanging scroll paintings in an interior with a landscape beyond.

Women Viewing Scroll Paintings of the Gods of Good Fortune

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1790

Triptych print of women in kimono viewing a dragon and tiger in a garden, with fans, blossoms and a child nearby.

Women viewing dragon and tiger made of tobacco pouches

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors by a river, one with a parasol and drawn sword, under cherry blossoms.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VIII ja Ichikawa Kodanji IV näytelmässä Kagamiyama kokyo no nishikie (Vanha värikuva Kag…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped painting of a flying cuckoo beside columns of black ink calligraphy.

Flying Cuckoo

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Goose

Katsushika Hokusai