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Woodblock print of a curving moat with stone banks, pine trees, tiled buildings, and parasol-carrying pedestrians.

Benkei Moat from Soto-Sakurada to Kojimachi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman with a green basket beside a fence, two women watching from a barred window, and calligraphy above

April

Suzuki Harunobu, 1769

Poster of four women in work coats with a white horse, rake and vegetable basket, lettered 'The Girl on the Land Serves the N

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee /

Edward Penfield, 1918

Woodblock print of a man poling a raft on a river beneath willow branches, with a red sunset horizon.

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Sepia wartime poster of a battleship at dock with cranes, biplanes overhead, and the slogan Buy Liberty Bonds below.

Provide the sinews of war, buy Liberty Bonds

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Poster of a girl in a straw hat pushing a garden cultivator past green plants, with text urging readers to join the school ga

Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now

Edward Penfield, 1918

Woodblock print of a shrine among pines beside a lake with reeds, flying geese, and mountains under a dusk sky.

Bentei Shrine, Inokashira Pond

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Red-tinted poster of the Statue of Liberty silhouetted against a fiery sky, with a biplane above and a harbor below.

That liberty shall not perish from the earth - Buy liberty bonds Fourth Liberty Loan /

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in a room with a sea view, a folding screen, and lacquer boxes.

A brothel in Shinagawa: first page of a Shunga set

Isoda Koryusai, 1774

Woodblock print of a waterfall over a cliff beside a river, with bathers, a pavilion, a wooden bridge and pine trees.

Takinogawa, Ōji

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink and white kimono holding a striped parasol beside chrysanthemums and straw bundles.

Segawa kikunojō

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1769

Woodblock print of a woman holding an umbrella in snow while another kneels to clear snow from her clog.

Removing snow from one's clogs

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a river with a yellow-sailed boat, pine trees, a teahouse, and distant hills under a red sunset sky.

Niishuku Ferry

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woman in green kimono with pink obi holding a fan beside a shamisen, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Itsutomi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of an actor with pale makeup, ornate hair ornaments, and a black chrysanthemum-patterned kimono with

Segawa tomisaburō [as yadorigi, wife of ogishi kurando]

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a paper lantern and hanging cloths.

Ōmando ogie oiyo takeji

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a grey kimono with floral crests, grimacing, against a plain grey background.

Kataoka nizaemon

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one standing with a sword, one seated in black with a cres

The actors Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikunogō

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a checkered pink kimono blowing a golden popper against a silver background.

Young lady blowing on a poppin

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking along a river bank with reeds and houses behind them.

Cooling off near the river bank

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono at a doorway and a man with a sword below a red calligraphy banner.

Correspondence of Rajōmon

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a young attendant, with a lacquer writing box on a red mat.

The hour of the dog

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of two women and a man in kimono walking in snow beside a red pillar and snow-covered tree branches.

Viewing snow at Mount Matchi

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checked summer kimono holding a round fan, with hair combs and bare feet.

Standing beauty in a summer gown

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1772

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle wiping her face with a patterned cloth, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Woman wiping sweat

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Lithograph poster of the Court of Honor on South Broad Street, Philadelphia, with flags, eagles and a domed building, 1919.

The court of honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia, designed by the Advisory Committee of Artists for the Victory Loan…

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Poster of a mounted soldier with a flag riding a horse, with large text urging boys to do their duty by enlisting now.

Come on, boys! Do your duty by enlisting now!

Vojtěch Preissig, 1917

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one pointing toward a shop street scene with lanterns, with calligraphy above.

Chrysanthemum viewing

Suzuki Harunobu and Shiba Kōkan and Suzuki Harushige, 1771

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono inside a green mosquito net with red valances and bedding.

Woman with a visitor

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1797

Teal and black wartime poster showing two soldiers charging past an explosion, with Czech slogans for independence and democr

Za nasi samostatnost! Hrr na vraha! Za demokracii! Československá armáda

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918