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Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in black and grey robes with a sword, before a shoji screen and veranda.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as a Kyokaku

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1777

Woodblock print of a seated woman, a standing man in a red checked robe, and a figure peeking through a curtain.

Scene from the Tenth Act of Chushingura

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe reaching toward a zigzag lightning bolt against a dark sky.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1796

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green robe and checked hakama, holding a katana with a stern expression.

The Actor Ichikawa Omezō I as the Young Daimyo Momonoi Wakasanosuke

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1795 (Kan’ei 7), 4th month

Japanese print of a woman poling a red boat while a seated man in grey rides at her feet, with reeds on the bank.

A Young Woman Standing in a Boat Pulling it along and a Young Man Seated in it at Her Feet

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child in kimono on a veranda, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Visiting Komachi

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1779

Woodblock print of a standing woman, a servant with a tray, a seated child and a man smoking in an interior.

Forgetting Filial Piety

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1781

Woodblock print of two women and a samurai man under cherry blossoms, one holding a birdcage and one a fan.

Drunk with Flowers

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1781

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a room with calligraphy scrolls, an inkstone, and hanging poem slips.

Gyoku-kashi Eimo Preparing Calligraphy Offerings

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1782

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono, one carrying a child in an orange robe, with a bald man at right.

MotHer Carrying Her Baby Girl to the Miya Mairi

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono in an interior with a screen, one bent forward playfully near a seated figu

A Practical Joke

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1782

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a staff, two kneeling performers with peonies, and musicians under a pine tree.

Actors in a Shosa (Combination of Acting and Dancing) Performance

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of women, children and a man in kimono before a shop with hanging curtains and a large crest.

Group before the Echigo-ya Dry-goods Shop on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1789

Japanese print of flowers, leaves, a bird and an insect on black ground, with calligraphy and embossed motif on cream paper.

Design for Leather and Netsuke

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of decorative leather designs with stitched scroll motifs and a multicolored ornament, with calligraphy above.

Designs for Leather

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a patterned sugoroku game box with a bow, drum, and cord, with calligraphy above.

Box for Sugoroku Game (A Kind of Backgammon), Bow and Drum

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of an open lacquered writing box with chrysanthemum lid, brushes, inkstone, paper scroll and water jar.

Table and Writing Set

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a court carriage with a seated noblewoman behind a lifted blind and a standing attendant beside the shafts.

Court Carriage

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print showing a black lacquer inro with pine design, a carved netsuke, and a bearded figure netsuke, with calligraph

Inro and Two Netsuke

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a young nobleman in patterned robes playing a koto before distant hills, with poem columns beside him.

Young Nobleman Playing Koto (Harp)

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of red camellias and plum blossoms with a calligraphy slip of writing paper across a patterned panel.

Designs of Writing-Paper with Flowers

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a black sword guard, brown tied pouch, pink patterned cloth and white paper with calligraphy.

Tsuba (Sword Guard) and Bags

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kneeling nobleman on a veranda gazing at a shuttered house beside water, with calligraphy at left.

Young Nobleman Looking Inside of a House

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a snowy hill with a brown horse running on a white path and a figure in a hood behind it.

Snowy Landscape

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reaching toward a flowering branch beside a fruit basket and shoji screen.

Ono no Komachi, from A Set of Three Beauties (Bijin sanpukutsui)

Nishimura Shigenobu, c. 1720s

Woodblock print of two women, one combing her hair by a mirror and one washing her hair over a tub on a veranda.

Two Women Washing Their Hair

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1767/68

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling court lady in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy and a red seal beside her.

Young Court Lady

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in striped kimono dreaming of a woman with a red umbrella, beside peonies and a screen.

Dreaming of the Heron Maiden

Komai Yoshinobu, c. 1771

Woodblock print of a black letter box with red tassels and a branch of plum blossoms, with Japanese calligraphy.

Letter-Box and Plum Blossoms

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in colorful kimono beneath willow branches, with musicians and a yellow parasol.

The Actors Bando Matakuro IV as Chubei, Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Umegawa, and Nakamura Katsugoro as Magoemon, in the pla…

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783