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Woodblock print of a river, bridge and wooded hills with a distant mountain, a red sun and calligraphy in the sky.

An evening view of Fuji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1829

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman playing a shamisen beside a red table, with cursive calligraphy filling the background.

Scene of Oshun Denbei Horikawa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a staff, with calligraphy and loquat blossoms behind him.

Secret song of the biwa (loquat) blossom: Matsunami Kengyo as Akushichi Byoe

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1863

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen of flowers, with a mountain landscape behind.

Ichimura Takenojo IV as a flower vendor

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1726

Japanese print of a cooking pan with a black lid, a fish, pine sprigs and a tray, with calligraphy at upper left.

Baby whitefish

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of a giant hand in a military sleeve gripping a walled town and harbor with ships below.

Pressure from a heavy hand

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1904

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of camels with a rider, a handler, and columns of Japanese text.

A pair of camels

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1824

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono under willow branches, with scattered letters at her feet.

Shohei

Torii Kiyomasu, 1726

Wartime poster of a Polish soldier in a helmet charging with a bayoneted rifle, red flag with white eagle behind him.

Polish Army in France

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster of a worker with a sledgehammer shaking hands with a soldier holding a rifle, with a slogan about the future.

The past is behind us, the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ev…

Gerrit A. Beneker, 1918

Ink-wash sketch of a grey cylindrical object beside a small outlined mouse with a long tail on cream paper.

Chinese sage

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Sepia charcoal portrait of a woman in a headscarf with hands at her chest, above the poster text 'Give or we perish'.

Give or we perish American Committee for Relief in the Near East--Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia--Campaign for $30,000,0…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1919

Woodblock print of a large lion-decorated kite and many small kites over green fields, with pine trees and distant mountains.

Distant view of Akiba of Enshu: kites of Fukuroi

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a wooden veranda with a railing, blossoming branches below.

Viewing cherry blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Charcoal poster of a plumed armored horseman on a white horse with a lance, under an eagle, with Polish and English text belo

Following the paths of our fathers in the ranks of the Polish army for motherland and freedom

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Woman warrior in red armor on a rearing white horse, holding a bow, with a quiver of arrows, against a patterned background.

The female warrior Hangaku

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dramatic pose with a sword, under a Japanese calligraphy banner.

Ichikawa Ebizō

Torii Kiyomasu, 1736

Poster of a woman knitting in a chair beside a red cross, with the text 'You can help, American Red Cross' below.

You can help--American Red Cross

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Japanese print of an old white-haired figure with a dragon staff beside two women holding flaming orbs, with calligraphy abov

The yokyoku tamanoi (jewelled well)

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black and brown robes holding a fan and sword, by Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794.

Kinokuniya Sawamura Sanj-ro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Charcoal portrait of a young woman above a poster slogan urging support for the country's girlhood and the Y.W.C.A.

Stand by the country's girlhood--The Y.W.C.A. acts for you

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Ink drawing of a seated woman in a striped kimono beside a child, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal on grey paper.

Mother and child

Baitei Kino, 1750

Woodblock print of a samurai facing an elderly monk holding a mirror, with a willow tree and text panel above.

Miyamoto musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

When the boys come home While I was over there what were you doing here? Students of America, how will you answer him…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Woodblock print of a woman in a plaid and floral kimono reaching toward a lantern, with gold flecks on a pale background.

Volume one

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a warrior in a blue patterned robe wielding a fur-tasselled weapon among swirling leaves and reeds.

Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1826

Woodblock print of three Japanese women in patterned kimono, one with a carp design, dated 1772 by Isoda Koryūsai.

Ukifune of the hōse of Kanaya

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red floral kimono and blue hakama, holding a sword against a dark background.

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the role of Kaja Yoshitaka

Utagawa Kunisada and Takizawa Bakin, 1854

Woodblock print of a seated samurai in blue robes surrounded by glowing skeleton warriors wielding swords and bows at night.

Ōya tarō mitsukuni

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of women in kimono and a man with a sword under cherry blossoms, with a temple in the background.

Cherry blossom viewing at Ueno

Katsukawa Shunzan, 1781