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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 two red-crowned cranes by a blossoming tree over marsh water, with a sunset landscape of fields and roofs.

Minowa kanasugi mikawashima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

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 street at Ueno hill with shoppers, a pack horse, parasols and geese flying over a sunset sky.

Ueno yamashita

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

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

Woodblock print of white herons over a blue river with thatched houses, pine trees and boats on the shore.

Sakasai ferry

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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

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

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

Woodblock print of a traveler with a staff beside two seated men under a full moon by a river.

Matsuo Bashō

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

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 a tall cedar and stone torii gate beside a street of wooden houses with townspeople walking.

Mishima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a warrior wading through water carrying a woman in patterned kimono under a full moon.

Omori Hikoshichi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors with white-painted faces, red eye makeup and dark hair, in patterned robes against a gra

Sawamura Yodogorō II in the role of Kawatsura Hōgen and Bandō Zenji in the role of Oni Sadobō

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1795

Woodblock print of sailboats on calm sea before a forested headland, with pine trees and pilings and a yellow dusk sky.

Maisaka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded man seated with a straw bundle, gazing at a large moon above a thatched house.

Moon of the filial son

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Color woodblock print of a fierce armored warrior with arrows on a deck beside a railing, with rough blue sea waves behind.

The warrior saga Gorō Mitsutoki

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Japanese woodblock print of two seated men with books, a lectern, a potted plant and a fan, with calligraphy above.

Kiichi Hōgen and Oumaya Kisanda

Keisai Eisen, 1829

Woodblock print of a bearded man playing a biwa under a full moon beside a pine tree and pampas grass.

Prince Semimaru

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880