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Woodblock print of two costumed figures gathering shells on a tidal flat with boats and birds in the sky.

Segawa Kikunojō and Bandō Minnosuke collecting seashells

Utagawa Kunisada, 1825

Woodblock print of a reclining woman and sleeping child in a room with shoji screens, a seated attendant, and bamboo outside.

Taira no Kanemori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of Susanoo standing on a rocky cliff above the sea with a sword, while a woman in pink sits above him.

Susanoo no mikoto

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a tattooed warrior with a sword leaping over rippling water, with arrows and a dragon ornament nearby.

Lang Libai and Fei Zhangfan

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1826

Woodblock print of a young man with a sword and a woman in a kimono on a veranda beside roosters and plum blossoms.

Young dandy and a beauty on a veranda

Suzuki Harunobu, 1750

Poster of an elderly man shaking hands with a soldier holding a rifle, with farmland behind them and text urging purchase of

"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" Third Liberty Loan /

Lawrence Harris, 1918

Woodblock print of a samurai in floral armor on a white horse riding through blue waves, with a bow raised.

The actor Iwai Shijaku in the role of Mukan Tayū Atsumori

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of a standing samurai watching a kneeling craftsman repair high wooden clogs on a stand.

Repairing Ushiwakamaru's high clogs (takageta)

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Poster with a stylized portrait of Cardinal Mercier in red robes and French text urging food aid for war victims.

Cardinal Mercier - Le Cardinal supplie l'Administration-Alimentaire de venir en aide de suite, en expédiant plus de v…

George Illian, 1917

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned blue kimono adjusting her hair, with an inset scene of figures in a room.

Tatsunokoku Asa Itsutsu (8 am): the courtesan Kashiku of Tsuru-ya

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a steamship, horse-drawn carriage, covered carts and porters pushing goods along a harbor shore.

New forms of transportation

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1871

Woodblock print of women in kimono and flower-decorated hats in a festival procession before a Edo-period building with lante

Sanno Festival in front of Kame-ya Department Store

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1804

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono at a wooden pier, with birds flying over a blue bay and distant mountains.

Young woman at Sanbashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Woodblock print of three women in kimono among bushclover shrubs beside a stream, with a bamboo fence and pine trees behind.

Bushclover at Tamagawa

Kubo Shunman, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in red and plaid robes with a sword beside a standing woman in a black kimono.

Tachibana-ya and Ōmi-ya

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a man poling a bamboo raft past tall reeds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and green hills in the distance.

Sagami River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Poster of a soldier ladling milk from a metal can to children and villagers in snowy winter scene.

Free milk for France

Francis Luis Mora, 1918

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a floral kimono with a black cloak and ornate hair ornaments on a silver ground.

Yamatoya

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a seaside beach with Mount Fuji, a small island, a teahouse with banners, and figures on the sand.

Shichirigahama in Sagami Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a figure in a red patterned kimono and white hooded cloak standing in snow beside bamboo and a wooden fenc

Ichikawa Monnosuke II

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Woodblock print of a plant seller with potted plants and bonsai, watched by two women in kimono and a man under a lantern.

Plant seller

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of a snow-capped mountain above a lake with pine-covered rocky shores and yellow sky.

The lake in Hakone

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor carrying a wooden beam and raising a sword before a tiled roof and brick wall.

The actor Nakamura Nakazō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1760

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one kneeling in a patterned red kimono holding a sword, one standing bare-chested besid

Ichikawa Yaozō III in the role of Fuwa no Banzaemon and Sakata Hangorō III in the role of Kosodate no Kannonbō

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Woodblock print of towering waves near a cliff with a sailboat and snow-capped Mount Fuji in the distance.

Sea at Satta in Suruga Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Poster of a red boot with a spur stomping on a banner with black eagles, text reads Keep these off the U.S.A. Buy more Libert

Keep these off the U.S.A. - Buy more Liberty Bonds

John Warner Norton, 1918

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono and striped hakama on a silver background, 1795.

Arashi Ryūzō I in the role of Yakko Ukiyo Matabei and Ōtani Hiroji III in the role of Yakko Tosa no Matabei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a bay with pine-lined shore, sailboats and a small red boat in the foreground.

Pine beach at Miho in Suruga

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Poster of a soldier embraced by a child and a woman in blue, with the text 'For Home and Country' and 'Victory Liberty Loan'.

For home and country - Victory Liberty Loan

Alfred Everitt Orr, 1919

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one standing in a red checked kimono and one kneeling with a sword, on silver backgroun

The actors Ōtani Oniji III and Ichikawa Omezō I

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795