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Hand-colored oval print of a May Day scene with a young man pointing to dancers around a maypole near a church.

May

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 30, 1793

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono on a veranda, one holding a round fan, beside a shoji screen and bare tree.

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Minamoto no Yorimasa and Segawa Kikujiro I as Nobutsura's wife Karumo in the play…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Hand-colored oval print of women haymaking in a field, with a boy holding a cup, a hay wagon, and a horse.

June

Francesco Bartolozzi, July 10, 1789

Red chalk drawing of a woman's head with flowing hair and a draped veil, turned slightly to the side.

Head

Simeon Solomon, c. 1880

Oval hand-coloured print of shepherdesses, children and sheep beneath a tree, with a shepherd and flock on a hillside.

July

Francesco Bartolozzi, July 10, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in green kimono and a muscular man holding a maple branch before a lattice-scree

The Actors Segawa Kikujiro I as Nobutsura's wife Karumo and Otani Oniji I as Tahara Matataro in the play "Shusse Momi…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Hand-colored oval print of women and children harvesting wheat beside a thatched cottage, with sickles and sheaves in the fie

August

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 30, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in kimono on a veranda, one holding a sword, beside a paper lantern.

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo, and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spir…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki warrior with a staff beside a pine tree, with two kneeling young figures in patterne

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Musashibo Benkei, Sakata Shintaro (?) as Soga no Goro, and Takigawa Kinya (?) as Soga…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Hand-colored print of women and children picking hops into a basket in a rural field, with a dog in the foreground.

September

Francesco Bartolozzi, October 1, 1793

Hand-coloured oval print of figures harvesting apples from a tree, with a ladder, basket, and cottage, labelled October.

October

Francesco Bartolozzi, August 30, 1793

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in green kimono beside a pine tree and veranda, by Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746.

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo I as Araki Shozaemon and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Daidoji Tahatanosuke in the play "Chigoza…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

Hand-coloured oval print of a woodcutter chopping a tree while children gather sticks and a woman loads a donkey.

November

William Nelson Gardiner, April 14, 1788

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in checkered costume holding a sword beside a maple tree and a wooden building.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Winter landscape drawing with bare trees, a stream, a small bridge, a man crossing, and a building behind.

Winter Landscape with a Man Crossing

Anthonie Waterloo, c. 1660

Watercolor of a wooded river bank with tall leaning trees, rocky earth, and reflections in dark water under a pale sky.

A Wooded River Landscape

Peter De Wint, 1839/40

Black and white lithograph of a peasant woman in a bonnet churning milk in a tall container beside a doorway.

Peasant Woman Churning Milk

Camille Pissarro, c. 1896

Etching of a winding path lined with bare trees and shrubs, with two figures walking at the lower right.

Path at Pontoise

Camille Pissarro, 1882

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono beside a shoji screen, a stone basin with water, and maple leaves.

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji and Segawa Kikujiro I as Hitachi Kohagi in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Y…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors beneath a maple branch beside a stream, by Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Taira no Koremochi and Arashi Koroku as Makomo no Mae in the play "Shusse Momijig…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1747

Etching of a seated peasant woman in a bonnet holding a jug, with trees and bushes behind her.

Peasant Woman with a Jug

François Boucher, n.d.

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe with a fan, beside a plum tree and a bird in flight, 1748.

The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame II as Hotoke Gozen in the play "Onna Monji Heike Monogatari," performed at the Nakamura The…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in green robes forging a sword at an anvil beside a water trough, 1746.

The Actors Fujikawa Heikuro as Masamune and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Rai Kunitsugu in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogat…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1746

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one seated and one standing with a fan beneath hanging crest-marked

The Actors Yamamoto Iwanojo as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Fuwa Bansaku in the play "Monzukus…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono kneeling beneath pink plum blossoms, holding a sword.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theate…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1748

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe and floral kimono, holding a bamboo branch over his shoulder.

The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as a madwoman in the play "Kabuto Goban Tadanobu," performed at the Nakamura Theater in th…

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1728

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow and pink robe beside a pine tree, reeds and water.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1731

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword and round fan beside a torii gate and blossoming trees, in orange and black.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the thir…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1733

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in a house, one pounding grain with a pestle while the other kneels by a tub.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kenkaya Gorouemon and Segawa Kikunojo I as Osen in the play "Hatsugoyomi Akinai Soga…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1732

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a peddler, in a yellow and black patterned kimono, holding a packet beside a tall box.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye

Torii Kiyomasu II, c. 1727