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Woodblock print of a woman with a yellow umbrella in rain beside pines, a red fence, and water.

Evening rain at Karasaki

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black cloak and green patterned robe holding a yellow staff, with red flecks.

The actor Mimasu Gennosuke in the role of Naniwa Jirosaku

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono beside a lacquer box, with a standing woman at a screen.

Tale of the courtesan Shiratama

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one with a parasol, with an inset view of a bridge and pagoda.

Ōkawa Bridge

Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kunihisa, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe and sash with a sword, standing in snow beneath pine branches.

An actor in the role of Yoji of Tama-ya

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fish-patterned kimono holding a red checkered curtain, with a sword at his waist.

An actor in the role of Danshichi Kurobei

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Wartime poster titled Buy War Loan with a table of interest amounts in pounds and shillings and a patriotic slogan below.

Buy war loan and you will help your country and our brave troops in the fighting line

Unknown artist, 1915

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beside a black lacquer box, under cherry blossoms.

Floating world beauties in a parody of three classic plays

Keisai Eisen, 1820

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono carrying a child, with a calligraphy scroll and poem cards beside her.

The courtier Teishin

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles and hair ornaments, one in a green kimono and one in a black

July

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Woodblock print of a reclining woman in a checkered kimono with a figure peeking behind a fan in an interior room.

Daikoku taking a peek

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in floral kimono holding a red robe beside a torii gate, with calligraphy above.

May

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in green kimono adjusting her hair beside a child, with calligraphy and a river vignette.

Tama River at Ide

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe and white headscarf standing on a boat in falling snow.

The actor Onoe Baikō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a young figure with a fan beside a seated woman and child before a patterned screen.

Ushiwakamaru and Imawakamaru

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a paper, with a seated reader and pines behind her.

New Year's

Kikukawa Eizan, 1818

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and stern expression, holding a sword within an oval frame, in a patterned k

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Kuro Suketsune

Katsukawa Shunjo, 1781

Woodblock print of a figure in a black robe holding a parasol beside a river, with bamboo and calligraphy above.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda beside a lantern and shoji screen, with a maple branch.

The actor Arashi Hinaji in the role of Jōruri Gozen

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Woodblock print portrait of a kabuki actor with a black topknot and stern look, wearing a dotted black and red plaid kimono.

The actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1795

Woodblock print of a woman playing shamisen in patterned kimono, with a framed panel of rape blossoms and a butterfly.

Butterfly on rape blossoms [nanohana]

Utagawa Kunisada, 1831

Poster of galloping horses pulling a cannon with soldiers in campaign hats, under bold text reading Uphold the Tradition of I

Uphold the tradition of Indiana

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster of a colonial militiaman aiming a musket, with text urging viewers to buy Liberty Bonds in 1917.

Your forefathers died for liberty in 1776 - What will you do for it in 1917? Buy Liberty Bonds

Paul A. Ickes, 1917

Woodblock print of a woman in a purple floral kimono walking in rain under a blue and white umbrella.

An actor in the role of Tegoshi Tsukuna

Utagawa Kunisada, 1844

Vintage Navy recruitment poster with a sailor in uniform, bold headline, verse, and recruiting station addresses.

A man in time is worth nine

Unknown artist, 1917

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red robes holding a sword, framed within a fan-shaped cartouche with a red seal.

The actor Ichikawa Danzō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman in a striped blue robe and a man in a green checked kimono, beside a chest.

Actors in the roles of Ushiwaka Denji and Shinzo Shiratama

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Poster showing a woman in white with a red and blue cap before an American flag, urging viewers to join the Army, Navy or Mar

Uphold our honor - fight for us Join Army-Navy-Marines

Unknown artist, 1917

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman with a fan and a man in red with a sword, 1764.

The actors Onoe Matsusuke in the role of Princess Odamaki and Ōtani Hiroji in the role of Okabe no Rokuyata

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1764

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reading a scroll, with a flock of plovers flying over a river.

The Jewel River chidori

Utamaro II, 1806