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Japanese woodblock print of a woman and two children looking into a peep box showing a landscape scene.

Viewing a peep box show

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Japanese woodblock print of a woman reading by a shelf of ceramics, with a small inset of figures on a ladder.

Shaving a monk's head [Daikoku shaving Fukurokujin's head]

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of a courtesan and male guest reclining in an interior with a painted screen and lacquer boxes.

Courtesan and her guest in bed

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a woman writing at a low table beside willow-framed windows, with a snowy pine landscape beyond an open sc

Kisaragi: the second month

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of women washing cloth by a river under willow trees, with a child and a distant bridge.

Washing clothes in the river

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of two women in a room, one looking at a hanging scroll of a man, the other kneeling near plum blossoms.

Courtesans admiring a painting by Okumura Masanobu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded poet in yellow robes writing by lantern light, with a pheasant, reeds and full moon.

Kakinomoto no hitomaro

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

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 two women in kimono washing and stretching cloth beneath a weeping willow tree.

Washing and stretching cloth

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

Taira no Kanemori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Ink sketch of a man with a blue-clad monkey on his shoulder, walking beside a barking dog on a plain background.

Monkey trainer and a dog

Shibata Zeshin, 1880

Black ink print of a mythical Chinese lion dog with a swirling tail and curled mane, drifting among stylized clouds.

Chinese lion dog

Katsushika Hokusai, 1880

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

Ink and color drawing of Fukurokuju, an elderly sage with a domed head and long white beard, beside a crane on a rock.

Fukurokuju

Shibata Zeshin, 1880

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

Japanese woodblock print of a man stretching threads beside a spinning wheel, plum blossoms, and a cat, with calligraphy.

Hair ties

Tachibana Minkō, 1770

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

Woodblock print of festival dancers with fans and swords beneath a large red parasol, by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804.

Sumiyoshi festival dance

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

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

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining courtesan beside a young man, with a standing woman at a patterned screen and plum br

Courtesan watching a young apprentice in bed

Kitao Shigemasa and Isoda Koryūsai, 1768

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

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji with red slopes, white clouds, green hillside and diagonal rain streaks below the summit.

Shower below the summit

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

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

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge over a river with boats, people crossing, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Beneath Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826