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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword, wearing wooden geta sandals.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

Ippitsusai Bunchō, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a fan, beneath a plum branch, with water and a grassy bank

The Actor Iwai Kiyotaro II

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword, with water and a blossoming branch behind h

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1790s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor drawing a sword, with autumn maple leaves and reeds behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Omezo I as Kamei Rokuro Disguised as the Servant Dadahei in the Play Kimmenuki Genke no Kakutsuba,…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1791

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono standing on a boat beside a figure in a gold robe and wide hat.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Minamoto no Yorinobu in the Play Kikujido Shuen no Iwaya, Performed at the Morita…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono holding a bamboo pole beside potted plants, c. 1776.

The Actor Bando Mitsugoro I as Taira no Tadamori Disguised as a Potted-Plant Seller in the Play Sakuya Kono Hana no K…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1776

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki-style male figure in layered robes with a sword, by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1779.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Prince Takanori in the play "Kaeribana Eiyu Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theate…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1779

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in green kimono holding a folding fan beside a latticed screen.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke

Katsukawa School, 18th century

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono with a sword, standing before a snowy bamboo fence.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo

Katsukawa Shunkō I, late 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a robe gesturing up to a woman on a wooden balcony beside a pine tree.

The Actors Iwai Hanshiro IV as Okaru and Onoe Kikugoro I (?) as Yuranosuke

Katsukawa Shunkō I, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a kneeling figure in a floral kimono beside a picket fence under cherry blossom branches.

The Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Onoe in the Play Haru no Nishiki Date-zome Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1790

Ink drawing of two men on a bench under a lamp post with a large umbrella; one in a top hat, one reading a newspaper.

Two Gentlemen Seated Under Lamp Post with Japanese Umbrella

S.F. Paynter, 1850/1911

Etching of a New York City skyline with tenement rooftops in front and a tall Gothic tower among skyscrapers behind.

New York, from Brooklyn Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red striped robe holding a pole and sword, with floral pattern above.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as An no Heibei in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theat…

Katsukawa Shunkō I, c. 1789

Woman in striped kimono reading a paper menu at a wooden teahouse counter beside a kettle, Japanese woodblock print.

Waitress at the Minatoya Teahouse

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1769

Engraving of a kneeling man courting a woman in a satin gown beside classical columns, with a cupid statue above.

La Déclaration (The Declaration)

Charles Clément Bervic, c. 1786-1800

Engraving of two couples in a garden beneath classical columns, with a wreath, a nude statue and a cupid.

Le Serment (The Oath)

Charles Clément Bervic, c. 1786-1800

Charcoal drawing of women praying in a Gothic church interior, one seated holding an infant, one kneeling on stone floor.

Women Praying in Church

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1875/1885

Woodblock print of a woman with umbrella and a man on snowy ground, a woman at a lattice window above, with calligraphy.

Chizuka no Fumi no Bosetsu (The Evening Snow of a Thousand Bundles of Love-Letters), the Lovers Ohatsu and Tokubei, f…

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1772

Engraving of Hercules swinging the figure Lichas overhead beside a lion pelt and pedestal, after a sculptural group.

Hercules Throwing Lichas into the Sea

Auguste de Valmont, 1815/45

Lithograph of figures around a stone well with an iron cross in a town square, smoke rising, a large building behind.

Unknown Dramatic Scene

Charles Étienne Pierre Motte, 1822

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a cloud-patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword and straw hat beside him.

Tachibanaya: Ichikawa Yaozo III as Fuwa Banzaemon, from the series "Portraits of Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no su…

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a bald kabuki actor with red eye makeup and a checked kimono against a black background.

The actor Sawamura Sojuro lll as the lay priest Kiyomori

Utagawa Kunimasa, c. 1795

Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/04

Color print of a woman and girl in a period room as a caged bird flies free, with a cat, guitar and doll nearby.

Les Chagrins de L'Enfance (The Sorrows of Children)

Louis Le Coeur, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beneath a maple tree with red autumn leaves and poem text.

Poem by Bun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Modern Versions of the Six Immortal Poets (Imayo fuzoku rokkasen)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Ink and watercolor drawing of two sunflowers with yellow petals in an orange vase, with dark outlines and leaves.

Sunflowers

Georges Lemmen, August 20, 1895

Etching of draped women near a fountain among cypress trees, with a river and temple on a hill, in a classical border.

Psyche Wandering, plate 28 from Cupid and Psyche

Max Klinger, 1880

Etching of three draped women seated on a terrace between classical columns, with trees and mountains in the background.

Psyche and her Sisters, plate 18 from Cupid and Psyche

Max Klinger, 1880

Blue-ink theatre program on peach paper with a floral border, a gesturing figure, an elephant, and a Sanskrit inscription.

Program for "The Little Clay Cart"

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895