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Japanese woodblock print of five caricatured foreign men stacked in acrobatic poses on a yellow background.

Five People Working Like Ten (Gonin jūshin no hataraki)

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1861, 3rd month

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a staff, beside potted plants and a bamboo flower stand.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Plant Seller Awashima no Yonosuke in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, P…

Katsukawa Shunsen, c. 1781

Japanese triptych print of a harbor with steamships, sailing ships, a pier, and Western-dressed figures on the shore.

Illustration of a Large French Port Trading with Many Nations (Furansukoku oominato shokoku kōeki zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 4th month, 1866

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a toy peddler, in patterned robe beside a pine tree with hanging toys.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as a peddler of toys

Katsukawa Shunzan, c. 1782/90

Triptych woodblock print of French and English soldiers maneuvering with cavalry, infantry and artillery amid smoke on a plai

Maneuvers by Three Categories of French and English Soldiers (Furansu Igirisu sanhei ōchōren no zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 8th month, 1867

Japanese triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors with swords, blossoming plum branches, and a woman beside a lacquer chest.

Näyttelijät Ichikawa Danjuro VIII ja Ichikawa Kodanji IV näytelmässä Mimasu no Date-zome (Upea näyttelijän viitta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Triptych woodblock print of cavalry and infantry in red and blue uniforms advancing across a smoky battlefield.

Illustration of Cavalry, Infantry and Soldiers Retreating (Kiheitai, hoheitai, daichōren no zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 8th month, 1867

Japanese triptych woodblock print of elephants attacked by tigers, with men on elephants and spearmen in grass.

Big Elephants Being Attacked

Isshinsai Yoshikata, 2nd month, 1863

Woodblock print of a spotted tiger with bared fangs facing a red-combed rooster against a dark background.

“The Tiger of Ryōkoku,” from the series True Scenes by Hirokage

Utagawa Hirokage, 8th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a couple embracing under a green mosquito net, with a sleeping figure inside and a pine-decorated screen b

Lovers Beneath a Mosquito Net

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a pink iris in bloom with buds and curving green leaves against a pale and blue background.

Iris

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s

Woodblock print of a courtesan embracing a bearded foreign man in a black hat, framed by a pine branch and a red lacquer stan

Dutchman and Maruyama Courtesan

Chōkyōsai Eiri, 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue striped kimono holding a folding fan and hand mirror against a red patterned background.

Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times

Utagawa Kunisada, 1838

Woodblock print of a leaping tiger above a boy in red and yellow robes beside a pine tree and waterfall.

Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kag…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1843

Woodblock print of tall sea stacks with pine trees, rowboats with figures, and sailboats on the horizon under a pale sky.

Upright Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Woodblock print of figures strolling among irises near a tea house with lanterns, under a leaning pine, in blue tones.

View of Iris Gardens at Horikiri

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of Yokohama waterfront with Western buildings, flags, sailing ships, carriages and pedestrians.

View of the Seafront in Yokohama (Yokohama Kagandori no fūkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 5th month, 1870

Woodblock print of a standing young man in a patterned kimono holding a sword, by Ippitsusai Bunchô, about 1769.

Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu II as a Fashionable Young Man (Wakashu)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, About 1769

Three-panel black ink print of multi-masted foreign ships with rigging anchored in a harbor before a Japanese town.

Foreign Ships Offshore at Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a procession passing a torii gate and bay with boats, framed by pine trees and village rooftops.

View of Kanagawa on the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō kanagawa no shōkei)

Utagawa Sadahide, ca. 1862-63

Triptych woodblock print of a crowded arched bridge over a river, with hundreds of boats and fireworks in a night sky.

Panoramic View of Ryōgoku Bridge in the Summer

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Three-panel woodblock print of a storm at sea with wrecked ships, armored warriors with banners, and divine figures in the cl

Defeat of the Mongols in the Western Sea

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Ink drawing of an armored samurai warrior holding a bow, with arrows, a sword, and a crescent banner behind him.

Preparatory Drawing for a Warrior Print

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a night street with blooming cherry trees, lanterns, carriages, and people in kimono.

Cherries at Night at New Shimabara

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Woodblock triptych of women bathing and dressing in a crowded Japanese public bath, with wooden tubs and hanging signs.

Interior of a Public Bath

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 19th century

Triptych print of a courtier in green robe on a moonlit beach with crescent moon, rocks, pine tree and calm sea.

Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a circus with horse riders, acrobats, clowns, tigers in a cage, and elephants on green ground.

Chiarini's Circus (Sekai daiichi charine daikyokuba)

Utagawa Masanobu, September 4, 1886

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono bracing against wind with cherry petals swirling around her.

Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album (Azuma fūzoku fuku tsukushi) 東風俗福つくし

Toyohara Chikanobu, late 19th century

Surimono print of plum blossoms, a waterfall over a bamboo pipe, rock and bamboo, with calligraphy at left.

Surimono

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono adjusting her hair, with an inset of porters and a red clock tower.

Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Dragon

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century