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Woodblock print of two women with an umbrella and a child with a second umbrella walking in rain past a red fence and a dog.

Rain in May

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a samurai in orange armor facing a clawed demon emerging from dark clouds above a tiled floor.

Rajōmon

Torii Kiyonobu, 1711

Woodblock print of three women on a veranda beside a river, one standing with a pipe and two tending a teapot on a brazier.

Otomo no Kuronushi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1795

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a fence and bamboo grove, with a bird and a riverbank behind them.

Bush warbler in bamboo

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman in yellow kimono above and a man in grey robe below on wooden stairs.

The actors Iwai Sagenta and Katsuyama Matagorō

Torii Kiyonobu, 1705

Japanese woodblock print of three women in an interior room with a bamboo-patterned screen and a garden view.

Sojo Henjō

Chobunsai Eishi, 1795

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda beside sliding screens and a fruiting branch.

Early spring

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman offering chestnuts to a red-skinned child who reaches up beside her.

Yamauba holding chestnuts and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and pink kimono bracing against wind beneath wisteria.

Woman protecting herself against the wind beneath wisteria blooms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a riverside platform with boats, red lanterns, and a bridge at dusk.

June

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one in green and one in plum, the right one carrying a long wooden koto case.

Geisha and a servant carrying her koto

Kitao Shigemasa, 1777

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned orange kimono holding a small object, with Japanese inscriptions and a horse mo

Courtesan likened to the Chinese sage Zhang Guolao (Chōkarō)

Okumura Masanobu, 1715

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a red mat, one looking at a full moon, with flowering branches and poem te

Mid-Autumn

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese print of a woman in a kimono with feather patterns, holding a checkered fan, in orange and black tones.

Beauty wearing a kimono with falcon feather patterns

Kaigetsudō Doshin, 1712

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a kimono with wave and waterwheel patterns, signed in calligraphy.

Beauty wearing a kimono with a pattern of waterwheels in waves

Kaigetsudō Dohan, 1711

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one reading a scroll and one peeking through a sliding door, by Suzuki Harunobu.

November

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of figures in kimono inside a room with hanging netting, a folding iris screen, and tea utensils on the floor

Outside the mosquito netting

Torii Kiyomasu, 1716

Hand-colored Japanese print of people on a veranda viewing cherry blossoms, with a pond, pagoda and hillside path.

Viewing cherry blossoms from the bank of a pond at Ueno

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1725

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda at dusk, with a bridge, boats, rooftops and Mount Fuji in the background.

Evening glow at Ryōgoku Bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of two women in a boat on water, one playing a lute, under a crescent moon and clouds.

Genji ukifune

Okumura Masanobu, 1742

Woodblock print of figures in a wooden pavilion, with boats on the sea and a rising sun beyond the veranda.

Shinagawa tsukimi no keshiki

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1726

Woodblock print of two women under a patterned parasol beside a blossoming cherry tree, in blue and tan kimono.

Right

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1748

Woodblock print of a long boat with a thatched cabin among reeds, with Mount Fuji and flying cranes in the background.

Shibori of Jōshū

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Print of two koi fish swimming beneath a pine branch with needles, beside a rock with blue-green spots.

Koi under a pine branch

Maruyama Ōkyo, 1890

Woodblock print of two figures in patterned kimono, one in a conical hat playing a lute and one holding a shamisen, by Ishika

The actors Onoe Kikugorō and Nakamura Kiyosaburō

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1750

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad man bent against driving rain beside a tree, with a blue cloth on the ground.

Gathering salt

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1820

Woodblock print of a samurai on a red horse crossing a rushing river past wooden bridge pilings, holding a bow.

Sasaki no Takatsuna at the Battle of Uji River

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a black and red kimono on a veranda at night, beside a koi pond under a full moon.

The courtesan Azumaji of Kadoebi-ya

Utagawa Sadahide, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of figures on a shore beside a red sun, rocks, monkeys, a palanquin and distant islands.

Futamigaura

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1804

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a striped kimono holding a fan, with lacquer boxes and a patterned window behind her.

The actor Segawa Kikunojō V in the role of Koharu

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1818