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Engraving of a proposed city square with a large domed civic building, an obelisk, classical facades, and carriages and crowd

Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Monochrome woodblock print of a horseback procession with porters and musicians beside a blossoming tree and a sleeping figur

The Courier Kantan dreaming of Himself as a Daimyo (Hikyaku Kantan: yume no daimyo), no. 8 from a series of 12 prints…

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Etching of a woman seated in an armchair reading a book, with a floral wallpaper behind her.

Seated Woman Reading

Georges Lemmen, 1905

Engraving of a family interior: a seated woman sewing, a man reading at a table, and two children with a small dog.

Morning, plate one from Four Times of Day

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of a convivial evening banquet with figures at a table, a servant pouring wine, and a Latin inscription below.

Evening, plate two from Four Times of Day

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of a midday workshop scene with a man holding a saw, a seated woman sewing, and a town and landscape beyond.

Midday, plate three from Four Times of Day

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Engraving of a sleeping woman in an armchair, with a candle, a canopied bed, a cat by the fireplace, and Latin verse below.

Night, plate four from Four Times of Day

Jan Saenredam, c. 1595

Woodblock print of seated women and a child under maple branches, with a kettle over a fire and a standing figure with swords

Heating Sake with Maple Leaves (Kanzake momijigari), no. 9 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Black and white woodblock print of figures in kimono on a veranda with shoji screens and a pine branch.

A Young Sanemori (Yaro Sanemori), no. 10 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Lithograph of a landscape with a large tree, a stone monument by water, figures on a path, and a distant domed building.

Landscape with Tree

Black and white woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe beside a mirror stand, with a figure on a staircase above.

A Woman Nomori (Onna Nomori), no. 11 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Black and white woodblock print of two figures preparing tea in a room with a painted screen and garden view.

The Bamboo Flute and the Potted Tree (Shakuhachi hachi-no-ki), no. 12 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies o…

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1716/35

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed actors beside a red torii gate and maple tree, with calligraphy, 1747.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Onatsu and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Seijuro in the play "Uno Hana Nisei no Aikago," p…

Okumura Masanobu, 1747

Three men in top hats examine paintings in a gallery; one leans over a table peering through a magnifying glass.

Painting Experts

Charles Maurand, 1863, printed 1920

Woodblock print of two women gathering shellfish at low tide with baskets, sailboats on blue water beyond.

Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohi), section of a sheet from the series "Cutouts of Famous Places in Edo (Harima…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a scroll, with an attendant beside her near a lattice screen.

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka Style (Osaka kakiwake), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals - A Set of Three (Sanga no t…

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1748

Woodblock print of three courtesans in green patterned kimono, with a man holding a parasol and an attendant.

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Ca…

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1748

Three kamuro attendants in patterned kimono in a room with buckets and flowers, Japanese woodblock print by Okumura Masanobu.

Child Attendants: A Set of Three (Kamuro sanpukutsui)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1744/51

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a straw hat and black robe holding a checkered staff, with patterned yellow kimono.

The Actor Tsutsui Kichijuro

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1725

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a straw hat holding a sword, wearing a yellow kimono with plum blossom patterns.

The Actor Sawamura Kamesaburo as Nagoya Kosanza in the play "Keisei Fukubiki Nagoya," performed at the Nakamura Theat…

Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu, 1731

Japanese print of an ornate drum with dragon and cloud designs, small chickens below, and calligraphy on pale paper.

Chickens and Drum

Rintei, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a red kimono and a seated man in green beside a box and fans.

Osome and Hisamatsu

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1720

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a flower vendor in red kimono with a lattice hat, carrying blossoms on a pole.

The Actor Hayakawa Hatsuse as a Flower Vendor

Okumura Toshinobu, mid-1720s

Woodblock print of a covered bridge over a gorge with autumn maples, a stream, and a temple on a hill.

Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned yellow kimono standing beneath a cherry branch with calligraphy.

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a woman standing beneath a cherry tree

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1724

Japanese woodblock print of a tall arched bridge over a river with travelers, umbrellas, boats and a distant snowy mountain.

Yahagi Bridge at Okazaki on the Tokaido (Tokaido Okazaki Yahagi no hashi), from the series “Unusual Views of Famous B…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a hilly shoreline with a winding path, wooden bridges, pink blossoming trees, boats and village houses.

Mount Tenpo at the Mouth of the Aji River in Settsu Province (Sesshu Ajikawaguchi Tenpozan), from the series "Unusual…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge on stone piers under falling rain, with a conical mountain and travelers in the di

Kintai Bridge in Suo Province (Suo no kuni Kintaibashi), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1833/34

Woodblock print of a village with blue rooftops, a bamboo grove, a stone-walled shore, and a small boat on calm water.

Bamboo Grove at Kume Village (Kumemura no chikuri), from the series “Eight Views of Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)”

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832

Woodblock print of a crescent moon over an inlet with a stone bridge, boats, blue-roofed buildings and hills.

Evening Moon at Izumizaki (Izumizaki yagetsu), from the series “Eight Views of Ryukyu Islands (Ryukyu hakkei)”

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1832