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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in checkered robes with a sword and red box beside a torii gate and water spray.

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, c. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a red kimono with checkered sleeves, by Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814.

Courtesan of the Chikiriya in Furuichi, Ise Province, from the series "Comparison of Proverbs and Customs (Tatoegusa…

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1814

Fan-shaped sketch of a woman in a tulle skirt facing a mustached man in a top hat, with another figure behind him.

Fan for the Gavarni Ball

Jean-Louis Forain, 1903

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono standing before a bamboo fence and blooming chrysanthemums.

Fashionable Beauties in a Chrysanthemum Garden (Furyu bijin kikubatake)

Kikukawa Eizan, c. 1810

Woodblock print of two women and two men viewing hanging votive paintings on a wooden gallery beside a pine tree.

Viewing votive paintings

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1800

Ambroise Vollard, Four Sketches

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1910

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins and striped and patterned kimono, by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801.

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase"

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801

Woodblock print of a woman in striped kimono leaning toward a child holding a staff, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo…

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1806

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle biting thread while holding a needle, in a patterned kimono.

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyobo), from the series "A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tosei onna fuzoku…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801/02

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one in a pink floral kimono and one in a dark kimono.

The Courtesan Yosooi of the Matsubaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1799

Woodblock print of a woman in a checked kimono tuning a shamisen, with an elaborate black hairstyle and red hair ornaments.

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1804/06

Charcoal drawing with white highlights of a bent woman in a long dress, hands covering her face, standing on cobblestones.

Weeping Woman

Vincent van Gogh, 1883

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a black hairstyle, holding a round fan and looking to the side.

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Two wild geese fly past a large full moon against a blue-to-turquoise night sky in a Japanese woodblock print.

Wild Geese Flying Across Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, late 1830s

Woodblock print of visitors strolling past a fenced plum garden with gnarled branches and a thatched hut.

Plum Garden in Full Bloom (Ume yashiki manka no zu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge with pedestrians and a boat, with Mount Fuji and pine trees in the background.

View of Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no zu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 1840s

Charcoal and wash study of a reclining nude male figure with eyes closed, legs outstretched, and a sketched arm at upper righ

Study for L'Autopsie

Paul Cézanne, 1867/69

Woodblock print of a figure poling a bamboo raft through reeds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind green hills.

View of Mt. Fuji from the Sagami River

Ichirusai Hiroshige, Unknown

Engraving of St. George on horseback in armor, holding a lance with banner, trampling a dragon below.

St. George on Horseback

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Woodblock print of a night river scene with a pine branch, a bamboo-screened boathouse, rowboats and a starry sky.

The Pine of Success and Onmayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series One Hund…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Stylized woman's face with flowing blue hair above a cluster of red roses, in a flat graphic print style.

Woman's Head with Roses

Koloman Moser, 1899

Etching of two women carrying large wicker laundry baskets, one with a checkered cloth, against a pale background.

Laundresses Carrying Back Their Work

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1898

Woodblock print of samurai retainers crossing a snowy wooden bridge, with a mounted rider at left and a red title cartouche.

The Night Attack, Part 4 [sic; actually 5]: The Retreat across Ryogoku Bridge (Youchi yon, Ryogoku hikitori), from th…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1834/39

Woodblock print of blossoming cherry trees, a teahouse and torii gate along the Sumida River embankment, with boats and pedes

The Mimeguri Embankment on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Mimeguri tsutsumi), from the series "Famous Places in the Eas…

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1862

Woodblock print of Edo harbor with cargo ships, shrine on shore, and three women in kimono in a boat in the foreground.

The Sumiyoshi Shrine on Tsukuda Island (Tsukuda Sumiyoshi no yashiro), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo mei…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Woodblock print of visitors walking past a stone torii gate toward a red shrine, with cherry trees and pines in view.

The Precincts of the Hachiman Shrine in Fukagawa (Fukagawa Hachiman no keidai), from the series "Famous Places in Edo…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1839/42

Woodblock print of travelers and horses walking through snowfall along a road lined with pine trees, with mountains behind.

No. 47: Oi, from the series "Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1835/38

Woodblock print of travelers on a snowy road beside tall trees, with fields and a pink horizon by Hiroshige.

Ejiri: Distant View of Shimizu Harbor in Clear Weather after Snowfall (Ejiri, Shimizu no minato enbo, yukibare), from…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1841/44

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a tea house beside blossoming plum trees, with a flowering branch in the foreground.

Mariko, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Gyos…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1841/44

Woodblock print of travelers and shops on a stone-paved mountain road, with straw-hatted figures and hanging goods.

Fujikawa: Lodgings and Shops on the Mountainside (Fujikawa, sanchu shuku shoka), from the series "Fifty-three Station…

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1841/44