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Woodblock print of two women with ornate hairpins, one holding a large woven hat, in pink and plaid kimono.

Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a woman with upturned eyes and a draped cloak, on tan paper.

Portrait of a Woman (Martha Hess)

Henry Fuseli, 1781

Ukiyo-e print of a man in red kimono beside a woman with ornate hairpins, with a go board in the foreground.

Ohan and Choemon, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Sepia drawing of a landscape with a ruined arch, a tall tree, distant mountains, a small figure, and birds in the sky.

Landscape with Ruined Arch near Water, and Mountains in Distance

Style of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, n.d.

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with hairpins glancing back, and a young man resting his head on his hand in front.

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Woodblock print of two women, one in a pink floral kimono pouring from a black kettle, the other in a striped black robe.

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Japanese woodblock print of two women close together, one in a black kimono with an ornate hair pin and one under a pale veil

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Woodblock print of a woman with a hairpin leaning over a man in patterned kimono, with calligraphy at upper right.

Ohatsu and Tokubei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/99

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono carrying a smiling child holding a yellow chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo matsu)"

Torii Kiyomine, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a striped-sail boat on blue waves, with hills, village houses and a poem cartouche at upper right.

Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga…

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Pencil and wash portrait drawing of an elderly man in a wide-brimmed hat and overcoat, on ochre-toned paper.

Portrait Bust of an Old Man Wearing Hat and Overcoat

Attributed to Jean Jacques de Boissieu, n.d.

Red chalk sketch of a woman in period dress playing a lute, with a separate study of the lute beside her.

Sketches of a Lute Player and Lute

Jan Anton Garemyn, 1756

Woman in pink kimono tossing a ball over a railing to a man in striped robe below, Japanese woodblock print.

Young Woman Throwing a Ball at a Young Man

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono beneath blossoming cherry branches, with vertical calligraphy.

Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1782

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan beside a seated companion, cherry blossoms overhead and sailing boats behind.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1788/89

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a pole beside a wooden tub, one seated.

Washing Clothes

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1780/1800

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with ornate hair pins, hand to cheek, in a patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Komurasaki of the Tamaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono beside a green bell tower, with plum branches and scattered coins.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Katakai in the play "Mugen no Kane Omoi no Akatsuki," performed at the Nakamura Theate…

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1746

Ukiyo-e triptych of women at work in a printmaking workshop, carving blocks, sizing paper and drawing designs.

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints,…

Kitagawa Utamaro, About 1803

Woodblock print of a woman in a purple kimono holding an inscribed folding fan, wearing a broad white hat.

The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800/01

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate black hairstyle and gold hairpins, looking down at a cup and paper in her hands.

Geisha of the West District

Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.

Ichikawa Danjuro Vl

Utagawa Kunimasa, n.d.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in…

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1721

Hand-colored woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes and an ornate headdress against a cloud background.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Juro in the play "Hanabusa Bunshin Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater…

Torii Kiyonobu II, c. 1733

Hand-colored woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beside reeds, a river, rice sheaves and a house.

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Nakamura Shichisaburo II as Hanbei in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya…

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with figures in kimono, wooden gates, and lattice-windowed houses.

The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada, c. 1745

Woodblock print of a girl playing battledore and a woman looking up at plum blossoms, with a shuttlecock in the air.

Battledore and shuttlecock

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow floral kimono and grey robe, with two swords and a horse on the hem.

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I

Attributed to Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1719

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono holding a branch of pink and white plum blossoms.

Young Woman Holding Flowers

Okumura Toshinobu, c. 1730

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono leading a white horse, with vertical calligraphy above.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Koroku in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in t…

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1765