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Woodblock print of a child raking a field beside two white elephants, with birds, a snake, mountains and a village behind.

Dashun (Taishun), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety as a Mirror for Children (Nijushiko doji kaga…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped hat and red robe, with bold pink face makeup, by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Usui Arataro Sadamitsu in the Shibaraku scene of the play "Seiwa Nidai Oyose Genji," perf…

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman dancing with a fan before a bald man and two seated women in a gold-screened room.

Hotoke Gozen Dancing before Taira no Kiyomori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Black-ground Japanese woodblock print of two cranes flying before a full moon, with a stag, tortoise, and seated figure below

Jurojin with cranes, a stag, and a tortoise

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of fox bearers carrying a palanquin through rain past hills and pines, with a setting sun.

The Bride Traveling in the Rain, from the series "The Foxes' Wedding"

Tachibana Minkō, 1765

Japanese print of children in pink robes rolling a huge snowball, one lifting a smaller ball overhead, under a grey sky.

The Big Snowman

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1764

Woman in red kimono with umbrella watches a frog by a stream beneath a bare tree in rain, Japanese woodblock print.

Ono no Tofu Watching a Leaping Frog

Kitao Shigemasa, early 1760s

Woodblock print of the Seven Lucky Gods on a sailing treasure ship with a crane flying overhead and waves below.

The Treasure Ship

Kitao Shigemasa, c. 1778

Woodblock print of a courtesan writing a letter while two men watch through a lattice window behind her.

Courtesan Writing a Letter as Two Men Watch through a Window Lattice

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a lattice fence under a blossoming cherry

Courtesan Parading Beneath Cherry Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Woodblock print of a court woman holding a blossoming branch, with a young attendant holding a round fan, on a dark ground.

Yokihi (Chinese: Yang Guifei) with attendant

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Woodblock print of a dancer in a patterned kimono standing in a boat beneath drooping willow branches.

Shirabyoshi Dancer Standing in Asazuma Boat

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor under a yellow parasol in falling snow beside a snow-covered tree, in green kimono.

The Actor Nakamura Riko I as Kiyotaki in the Play Oakinai Hiru ga Kojima, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the El…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1784

Japanese print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono beneath a willow and hanging lantern, with a second figure at upper left.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1744

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one with a folding fan and one carrying a box on a pole.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a F…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1777

Japanese triptych print of elegant women in kimono on a peacock-shaped boat over stylized waves, with a parasol and musical i

The Peacock Boat

Chobunsai Eishi, c. 1795/96

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword under drooping willow branches, wearing a patterned kimono and striped robe.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hiranoya Tokubei (?) in the Play Wada Sakamori Eiga Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakam…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1773

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in green kimono and white hakama, holding a sword beneath a pine branch.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Shinoda Jirodayu in the Play Keisei Momiji no Uchikake, Performed at the Morita Theat…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black floral kimono holding a sword, against a pale reed-grass background.

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Tonase (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura (?), Performed at the Kiri Theater (?) in…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1787

Woodblock print of a courtesan washing her hands at a basin beside bamboo, with another woman on a veranda above.

Courtesan Washing her Hands

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1784

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young man in a kimono holding a hawk, with a mountain above.

Young Man with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol, with Mount Fuji and a pagoda in the distance.

Finely-Dressed Woman Crossing Nihonbashi Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1783

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned kimono watching two kneeling attendants playing cat's cradle.

The Courtesan Segawa of Matsubaya Watching Her Attendants Play Cat's Cradle

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1773/75

Woodblock print of Shoki the demon queller holding a sword and subduing a red demon at his feet.

Shoki the Demon Queller

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1793

Woodblock print of a carp rising through swirling blue water with green aquatic plants and detailed scales.

Carp

Katsushika Taito II, c. 1830/44

Woodblock print of two standing figures in green patterned kimono, one holding a straw basket hat, c. 1749.

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I dressed as mendicant monks (komuso)

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1749

Woodblock print of women in a room opening shoji screens onto a garden with a stone lantern and pine tree.

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1793/97

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairpins, one in a dragon-patterned kimono, with calligraphy at up

The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink kimono beside a man in a gray patterned robe.

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800

Woodblock print of a woman in a sedge hat and a child walking by a river with plovers flying overhead.

The Jewel River of Plovers (Chidori no Tamagawa), from an untitled series of Six Jewel Rivers

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767