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Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono holding a lantern beside a lattice screen.

Mimasu Tokujirō in the role of San

Katuskawa Shunkō, 1780

Woodblock print of a long temple hall with tiled roof, pine trees, and visitors strolling in a courtyard before distant hills

View of Sanjūsangendō in Kyōto

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of clam and scallop shells on a pale ground with handwritten verses above a wave band.

Aragai, masuōgai, anagai: clams

Totoya Hokkei, 1800

Ink drawing of a snowman beneath a snow-laden pine branch with a bird, with columns of Japanese text on the left.

Snowman under a Pine

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with lanterns, banners, wooden buildings and pedestrians under a red sky.

Perspective picture of a night show of the opening-of-the-season performance at Fukiyachō and Sakaichō

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Woodblock print of four women in patterned kimono and ornate hairstyles walking together, with calligraphy above.

Whose sleeves? at Daimonji-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a dancing woman in a red skirt holding a wand, with vertical calligraphy text beside her.

Amenouzumi no Mikoto from the Kojiki

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of a child kneeling by a carp near a pine tree, bridge and hills, with a fan-shaped inscription at upper righ

No. 15 Ōshō (Wang Xiang)

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green and peach robe reaching toward cherry blossoms, with a kneeling figure below.

Updated version of Hagoromo

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1764

Ink and color print of a man leaning on a waterwheel by rocks and grass, with Japanese calligraphy text above.

Waterwheel

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of children in East Asian dress watching roosters in a courtyard beneath a pine tree.

Chinese children fighting cocks

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man facing three women on a veranda beneath a rising sun and bare tree.

Transformation of three ridiculous laughs

Kubo Shunman, 1789

Japanese print of children holding fighting roosters beside a woven basket, with calligraphy text and red seals on the page.

Cockfight

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of children playing a neck rope tug of war on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with cherry blossoms.

Neck tug of war

Kitao Shigemasa, 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda with pine branches and calligraphy above.

Ureshino of the house of Ōgiya: autumn month

Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Japanese print of fishermen in straw capes carrying a fish on a pole across snow, with calligraphy and red seals.

Ice fishing trip

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of a woman with an insect net and a child reaching toward a cricket on a willow tree.

Catching crickets

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of three women in kimono seated in a sailboat on water, with pine trees and reeds on the shore.

Returning sails at Yabase

Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Woodblock print of two riders on galloping horses beside a shrine on rocks, with Japanese text columns above.

Ayō (Tokushima-ken) Shrine festival race horse

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with plum blossoms, a water tub, and a calligraphy panel, by Suzuki Harunobu.

The poet Chōsui

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded festival street leading to Shinmei Shrine, with lanterns, parasols and a torii gate.

New perspective print: festival at Shinmei Shrine in Shiba

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1795

Woodblock print of an armored archer beneath a pine tree with a kneeling companion and stylized waves behind.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black hair, a fan, and a red patterned kimono.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo

Enkyō Kabukidō, 1796

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree, with Japanese text above.

Young attendants (Kamuro) celebrating the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai, 1791

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a standing attendant holding a box, in a room with a go board and

Courtesan and Kamuro in a parlour

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned peony kimono, holding a raised sword against a plain background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1772

Vertical Japanese woodblock-style print of a woman with a bamboo flute beneath a drooping willow tree.

Komusō

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing courtesan in patterned kimono with wisteria blossoms above her head.

The courtesan Hanaōgi of the house of Ōgi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1794

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a black kimono with fan patterns beside a latticed screen.

Courtesan

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1786

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a seated man beside a painted screen with pine branches, interior scene.

House of Daifuku

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785