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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a folding fan before a pine and bamboo backdrop.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Mashiba Hisatsugu

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors: a woman in blue kimono, a man with a monkey, and a circular inset portrait.

The actors Bando Shuka I as a Tea Picker (Chatsumi), Ichimura Uzaemon XII as a Monkey Trainer (Sarumawashi), and Onoe…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono holding a sword, with a circular inset portrait of a second actor.

The actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Goshaku Somegoro and Onoe Kikugoro III as Denkichi Tsuchizaemon (inset)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1844/48

Woman in patterned kimono playing a koto, with calligraphy and a red title cartouche, Japanese woodblock print.

Akizuki Yuminosuke's Daughter Miyuki, Later the blind Musician Asagao (Akizuki Yuminosuke musume Miyuki, nochi ni goz…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1848

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned kimono holding a dotted cloth, with a red title cartouche.

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Tsunagoro

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of Lake Biwa under a full moon with a wooden bridge, sailboats, and lakeside buildings by Hiroshige.

Omi Province: Lake Biwa and Ishiyama Temple (Omi, Biwako Ishiyamadera), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-o…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Woodblock print of a temple on a sea cliff under a full moon, with boats and jagged rocks below.

Bingo Province: Kannon Temple at Abuto (Bingo, Abuto, Kannondo), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Prov…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Two small octagonal ink and wash vignettes with handwritten quotations: draped women above, winged figures and animals below.

Study for a plate from The Task

Thomas Stothard, c. 1800

Three small vignettes on a cream sheet: two billiards scenes and a rural scene with women and a child, with verse lines.

Plate from The Task

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1800

Etching of a seated woman in a hat and ruffled collar, working on tatting with her hands near a small table.

Tatting

James McNeill Whistler, 1874

Woodblock print of pink flowering trees, Mount Fuji, a river with a boatman, and travelers under umbrellas in green fields.

The Outskirts of Koshigaya in Musashi Province (Musashi Koshigaya zai), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fu…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Three small grey wash vignettes on cream paper showing a reclining figure, two swans, and a seated figure under a tree.

Study for a plate from Telemachus

Thomas Stothard, c. 1797

Sheet with three small octagonal vignettes of classical figures and interiors, with handwritten quotations beneath two of the

Plate from Telemachus

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1797

Engraved print of Atlas holding a large globe between classical columns, with a title panel for a pocket atlas below.

Frontispiece from Marmion, in the 1809 Royal Engagements Pocket Book

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1808

Engraved sheet with two plates of the mythological figure Atlas bearing a globe, and a title panel for a pocket atlas.

Study for frontispiece from Marmion

Thomas Stothard, c. 1808

Woodblock print of boats on a night river beneath a pine branch and starry sky, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of four kabuki actors in a room with a plum blossom screen, a woman in kimono and two bald men in patterned r

The actors Arashi Kichisaburo III as Aboshi Samojiro, Onoe Kikugoro II as Hamaji, Nakamura Kan'emon as Nurude Gobaiji…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1852

Woodblock print of a standing man in a blue robe and a kneeling woman in a dark kimono beside a screen with plum branches.

The Country Samurai Sachuta and Odan

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1854

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red patterned kimono holding a sword, with gold coins and potted violets.

Potted Violets: Jiraiya (Tsubo sumire, Jiraiya), from the series "Contemporary Parodies of the Thirty-six Selected Fl…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in red face paint raising a sword, one in patterned kimono behind him.

The actors Nakamura Fukusuke I as Matsugae Matonosuke and Ichikawa Komazo VII as Nikki Danjo in the play "Konoshita K…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1855

Japanese woodblock print: a man wades a stream under autumn trees, and a woman in blue holds a rope by a waterfall.

Shimosa Province: Asakura Togo and Hitachi Province: Oguri's Wife Kohagi, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provi…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono flying a round green kite with red blossoms.

Ohatsu

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/48

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, with a man holding a lantern at a striped screen.

Kiritsubo, No. 1 from the series "Murasaki Shikibu's Genji Cards (Murasaki Shikibu Genji karuta)"

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a crouching pose with a sword, in patterned blue trousers and brown robe.

The actor Ichikawa Kuzo II as Tanigoro

Utagawa Kunisada II, c. 1842

Woodblock print of figures in kimono walking past blossoming trees and wooden buildings at dawn in Edo.

Yoshiwara Licensed Quarters at Dawn (Kakuchu shinonome), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman in a red kimono holding a naked infant close to her face, with a calligraphy panel behind her.

Maiden (Kimusume), from the series "Mirror of Flowering Humanity (Kaika ninjo kagami)"

Toyohara Kunichika, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a wooden sword, with a wisteria cartouche in the upper left

Iwafuji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1847/48

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a patterned kimono holding a flower-decorated fan, with begonias and a title cartouch

Begonias of Mount Ashigara (Ashigarayama no shukaido): Bando Hikosaburo V as Yamauba, from the series "Contemporary V…

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1862

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in purple kimono beside chrysanthemums and a lattice fence, with a pink calligraphy panel.

The actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Inada Kozo disguised as Yamagata Gyobunosuke

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a yellow umbrella, blue robe and red undergarment, framed by cherry blossoms and calli

The actor Bando Hikosaburo V as Konjin Chogoro, from the series "One Hundred Selected Actors (Haiyu hyakkasen)"

Utagawa Kunisada I, 1864