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Japanese woodblock print of women and a kneeling man with swords before a painted landscape screen.

Great house cleaning at year's end

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in grey robes and a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a blossom branch.

The actors Ichikawa Danzō and Ichikawa Danzaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1798

Japanese woodblock print of three courtesans and a young attendant in patterned kimono, one carrying a flower bouquet.

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Choji-ya

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Woodblock print of women and children catching fireflies with fans near reeds, a bridge, and a stone lantern.

Catching fireflies

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1810

Woodblock print of a standing woman and seated man beside a brazier and sword, behind a lattice shoji screen.

The actors Segawa Yūjirō and Onoe Tamizō

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Woodblock print of women in kimono doing household tasks in a wooden house with shoji screens and snow outside.

House of Ichizuke

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a man holding a parasol over a woman in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy and a handwritten label.

The actors Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon and Segawa Kikunojō as the keisei Tamagiku

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman holding a gourd and a child reaching toward a leaping horse, 1795.

A modern allegory of the Chinese sage Zhang Guo lao (Chōkaro)

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1795

Woodblock print of a mounted traveler in a hat passing a roadside teahouse with pine trees and a servant beside him.

Shirasuka

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of two children playing with toys beside a lattice screen and blossoming plum branches.

Brother and sister

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1751

Woodblock print of an armored samurai on horseback crossing a river, with cherry blossoms and a boat in the background.

Lieutenant Taifu Atsumori [who has not received his proper name]

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Ink print of two kabuki-style figures in patterned kimono beside a latticed screen and pine tree on a veranda.

The actors Sawamura Kodenji [and ? in the role of Minamoto Yoshitsune]

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Woman in kimono kneeling by a flowering branch and vase, looking toward a bird outside a latticed window.

May: Cuckoo

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a seated young boy holding a flowering branch and a hanging fruit ornament, in a butterfly-patterned robe.

Male child with pleach blossom sprig

Ishikawa Toyomasa, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of two armored warriors, one on a red horse, with a raised halberd and calligraphy.

The warriors Miura Ōsuke Yoshiaki and Miura Bettō Yoshizumi

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1804

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a hobby horse beside a latticed screen.

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Kidōmaru

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hairpins holding a pipe, beside a man with a topknot, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Osono and Rokusaburō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Japanese woodblock print of three women and a child walking beneath drooping wisteria, with pine trees and water behind them.

Three beauties beneath wisteria

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Black-and-white Japanese print of a seated man in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword and bamboo motifs.

Singing

Torii Kiyonaga, 1781

Colored print of Itsukushima Shrine with red-roofed halls on water, a torii gate, boats, and green hills behind.

A perspective picture of Itsukushima Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Woodblock print of two courtesans with gold hairpins, one reading a handwritten letter, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

The courtesans Yoyotose and Yoyoginu of the Matsuba-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins and patterned kimono, with calligraphy and signature beside them.

The courtesan Midorigi of Okamatsu-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a courtesan with a floral parasol, flanked by two attendants and a man in a checked robe.

The courtesan Tsurunoo of Tsuru-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono holding a green parasol, beside wooden buckets and a barrel.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in the role of Sukeroku

Torii Kiyohiro, 1751

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono standing under a willow tree, one holding a sword.

The actors Ichimura Kamezō and Nakamura Kiyoza

Torii Kiyohiro, 1751

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in warrior costume with swords, seated before a wooden barrier between red pillars.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizō in the role of Shinozuka breaking through the barrier

Torii Kiyomasu, 1730

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style figure in a long robe holding a fan and a parasol, in pink and tan tones.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1777

Woodblock print of a Kagura performance inside a timber shrine hall with seated audience, musicians and bamboo at centre.

Perspective picture of Daidai Kagura performance at the two sites, Ise Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned grey kimono, hand at her chin, beside rippling water and reeds.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1775

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono holding a sword, with a lantern and flowering branch.

The actor Sawamura Sojūrō III

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1776

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one in dark robe with checkered design, the other in floral green g

Actors in the roles of Kono Moronau and Kaoyo

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Poster of a man in white shirt sowing coins across a sunlit field, with bold German slogan text above and below.

Willst du den Frieden ernten, musst du säen -- darum zeichne 8. Kriegsanleihe ..

Ernst Ludwig Franke, 1918

Poster of a knight in red holding a golden banner with a double-headed eagle, promoting an Austrian war loan.

Zeichnet vierte österreichische Kriegsanleihe

Adolf Karpellus, 1916

Black and cream 1914 recruitment poster of an athlete leaping over rifle-bearing soldiers, with Irish Canadian Rangers text.

Jump into your place in the Sportsman's Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers

Unknown artist, 1914

Poster for Canadian war savings stamps showing a green stamp of a soldier with a torch and flag, with price tables in French.

Canada timbres d'epargne de guerre. Venez en aide au pays

Unknown artist, 1918

WWI recruitment poster showing four soldiers in front of Belgian, French, British flags, with French text urging enlistment.

Canadiens-Francais! Le Prussien est encore sur le sol de France ... Enrolez-vous dans le 189e Bataillon, F.E.C

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI-era recruitment poster with crossed Union Jack and Red Ensign flags and text urging men to enlist at once.

Did you do anything to beat Germany last year! You can do something this year. Enlist at once!

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster: smiling officer in khaki beside a globe, rooster labeled France fighting an eagle labeled Allemagne,

Canadiens Francais. Venez avec nous dans le 150ieme Bataillon C.M.R. Aider a la victoire du coq Gaulois sur l'aigle P…

Unknown artist, 1915

Vintage 1919 poster for Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto showing a woman on horseback with flags and a soldier.

Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto ..

J. E. H. MacDonald, 1919

Poster with skeletal figure over a factory and wheat sheaf offered to three men, title Kohle ist Brot in blackletter.

Kohle ist Brot

Unknown artist, 1918

Vintage German political poster of a red-coated figure with a torch over a map of Bavaria, with slogan text below.

Bayern, der Bolshewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag!

Unknown artist, 1919

Poster with large black and red curved shapes on beige paper above bold German capital letters advertising a 1916 Hamburg war

Deutsche Kriegsausstellung Hamburg

Unknown artist, 1916

Poster of a smiling German officer in grey uniform holding champagne, with a flag and brick wall behind him.

Feist-Feldgrau, Sektkellerei Frankfurt a.M. A.G

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster of a Polish officer raising a sabre before a red and white flag, with a plumed soldier behind him and a call to enlist

Poles! Kosciuszko and Pulaski fought for the liberty of Poland and other nations--Follow their example--Enlist in the…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster of Uncle Sam shaking hands with a woman holding a rake, recruiting for the Woman's Land Army, 1918.

Help! The Woman's Land Army of America, New Jersey Division, State House, Trenton

Charles Dana Gibson, 1918

Wartime poster of a winged woman raising a sword, shield reading 'the world safe for democracy', above text promoting Liberty

There is a Liberty Bond in this house

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of three women in headscarves pulling a wooden implement across a stony field, with the text Save Wheat.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat

Edward Penfield, 1918

1917 poster showing the US Capitol dome under a blue sky with a white cloud, titled 4 Minute Men.

4 minute men, a message from the government at Washington Committee on Public Information /

H. Devitt Welsh, 1917

Poster showing the Lusitania sinking in smoke, with lifeboats and swimmers, under the text urging Irishmen to join a regiment

Irishmen - avenge the Lusitania. Join an Irish regiment to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a man in colonial dress shouting through a megaphone beside red-brick Independence Hall, with bold 4 Minute Men let

4 Minute men--A message from Washington

H. Devitt Welsh, 1917

1918 recruitment poster showing a smiling farm woman with a pitchfork and a shadowed soldier with rifle behind her.

Get behind the girl he left behind him Join the land army /

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster showing a soldier beside an ambulance marked with a red cross, with stretcher bearers and smoke in the background, in

This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia The American ambulance in Russia /

Unknown artist, 1914

Wartime poster: a gorilla labeled Militarism carries a club marked Kultur and a woman, with ruins behind, under the text Enli

Destroy this mad brute Enlist - U.S. Army

Harry R. Hopps, 1917

Poster with a glowing red cross above a dark sea and a verse honoring Red Cross sisters lost on hospital ships.

Missing! To the sisters of the Red Cross who have perished in hospital ships sunk by German submarines

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime British recruitment poster: a young man in a suit beside an older woman with her hand on his shoulder, on orange.

Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster showing cavalry horsemen charging past an exploding shell, with the caption 'At the Front!' and an enlistment call bel

At the front! Every fit Briton should join our brave men at the front. Enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

Red and black 1914 British recruitment poster with treaty text, drawn wax seals and signatures, and the words Enlist To-day.

The scrap of paper - Prussia's perfidy - Britain's bond [...] Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1914

British 1915 recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in military uniform with a quote urging men to enlist today.

Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Horizontal 1915 British recruitment poster with six smiling soldiers in khaki caps above the slogan Join the brave throng tha

Join the brave throng that goes marching along

Unknown artist, 1915

Recruitment poster with silhouetted soldiers beside a cannon and a biplane, quoting Lord Kitchener: Enlist to-day.

"Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse." Lord Kitchener. Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster for Rachel's Man showing a man in a blue cape and striped jacket within a yellow circle, with theatre details.

The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "Rachel's man" by Bradley Foote

Bradley Foote, 1936

Travel poster with palms, a blue agave plant, a sailboat on turquoise water, and a pink tower, reading Discover Puerto Rico.

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet

Frank S Nicholson, 1936

Travel poster of a large red sandstone arch with two riders and a pack horse in the valley below, with See America lettering.

See America

Frank S Nicholson, 1936

Vintage 1936 theatre poster for Censored, showing a woman, a soldier in a helmet and an open book in red and cream tones.

Federal Mayan Theatre [presents] Censored, "a modern play" by Conrad Seiler Hilarious 3 act comedy

Conrad Seiler, 1936