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Triptych Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in kimono near a palanquin, on stairs, and entering a veranda with pines.

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

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Back view of a man in a blue robe and yellow trousers holding a cloth and carrying a broom at his waist.

Man with broom and cloth

Katsushika Hokusai

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda drying clothes, with infants, a cat, and Mount Fuji in the distanc

Drying Clothes (Monohoshi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1790

Triptych Japanese print of women and men in kimono relaxing in a garden under a pine tree and on a veranda.

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1788/90

Hanging scroll of a long scaled dragon descending through dark clouds, mounted in gold-flecked silk brocade.

Descending dragon

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a standing figure in a grey robe and patterned kimono, holding a pink fan.

Young man

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink line drawing of a seated woman in a kimono holding a cat against her shoulder, on pale paper.

Lady Holding a Cat

Katsushika Hokusai, 1810

Hanging scroll of a seated courtier in a green patterned robe and black hat, with a red sword hilt, on a pale ground.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Fun'ya no Yasuhide

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a black blossom-patterned kimono with a red sash, head bowed.

Courtesan

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink line drawing of a standing man in layered Japanese robes and trousers, with a topknot, on tan textured paper.

Standing figure of a man

Katsushika Hokusai

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Fishmonger Gorobei from the play A Medley of Tales of Revenge

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two women and a child in an interior with a brazier, screen, and vertical calligraphy text.

Kaksi naista ja lapsi interiöörissä. Fuzoku-ga

Suzuki Harunobu, 1750

Ink and color sketch of a seated man in a green robe painting characters on a pink panel beside an inkstone.

The Calligrapher

Katsushika Hokusai

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women at a seaside outing, with fishermen hauling a net and boats on the waves.

A seaside outing

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1801/04

Triptych woodblock print of women washing and beating cloth beside a stream under a tree, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Washing Cloth in a Stream

Utagawa Toyokuni, c. 1797

Hanging scroll of two women in an interior, one kneeling and writing, with a blossoming tree screen and calligraphy above.

Interior: a courtesan writing; another looking on

Katsushika Hokusai

The Lion Dance

Katsushika Hokusai

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in kimono playing music among folding screens and lanterns.

Parody of The Book of Joruri

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1789/1801

Japanese woodblock print of women on crowded pleasure boats on a river, with a wooden bridge and townscape behind.

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1792

Hanging scroll of a courtesan raising a blossoming branch, accompanied by a smaller attendant in a red kimono.

Courtesan and Attendant

Chobunsai Eishi, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of a seated courtly man in blue and red robes with a fan, beside folded paper, on a pale ground.

Six Immortals of Poetry: Ariwara no Narihira

Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Ink drawing of a sea turtle with a patterned shell and red-tinged head resting on layered waves.

Sea Turtle (Emblem of Longevity)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink sketch of an armored warrior on a tiger with a snake and clouds above, with Japanese notes in the margins.

Yorimasa Killing Nue

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of a boy in blue kimono fishing from a willow branch, with swallows flying nearby.

Boy fishing from the limb of a tree

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink drawing of the warrior Sakata Kintoki in a fierce crouching pose, with swords at his belt and a raised clenched fist.

Sakata Kintoki

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Muscular figure with a fierce face drinking from a large red sake cup, seated with a sword hilt beside him.

Sakata Kintoki Drinking Sake Wine

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink sketch of a bald peasant smoking a pipe on a mat, beside a noble figure in a patterned robe and black hat.

Peasant and noble

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink drawing of Guan Yu, Chinese god of war, seated with a fur mantle and scroll, with Japanese text in the margins.

Guan Yu Seated (Chinese God of War)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Walking figure of a courtesan

Katsushika Hokusai

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a brown robe with a patterned blue lining, holding a long pipe to her lips.

Woman holding a tobacco pipe

Katsushika Hokusai, 1810

Ink sketch of a laughing bald boy in ruffled clothing pointing at a large calligraphy scroll.

Chinese Boy

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink and colour sketch of a seated woman in a patterned kimono and veil, with red hair ornaments, on a cushion.

Seated courtesan

Katsushika Hokusai