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Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a staff, with a large hat above and calligrap

Umegawa and Chūbei

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hair ornaments holding a bowl, wearing a black kimono with patterned robe.

Woman holding a brush

Keisai Eisen, 1825

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono beneath blossoming plum branches, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Courtesans beneath plum blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1781

Japanese woodblock print of a flower vendor carrying blossoming branches and chrysanthemums on a pole, with wooden plant stan

Flower vendor

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1725

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a geisha in a black kimono with hair pins, holding a cloth, wearing patterned green robe

Geisha

Keisai Eisen, 1825

Woodblock print of a man wading in water while a woman in a patterned kimono embraces him under willow branches.

Ohan and Chōemon

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped black kimono with a sword, standing before a red lattice screen.

The actor Bandō Mitsugorō II in the role of An no Heibei

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1782

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a boat on a river.

The actor Ichimura Kamezo in the role of Kyo no Jirō

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1760

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an iris-patterned kimono with a sword, beside a lantern and a spotted animal.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in checked costume drawing a sword, with pine trees behind him on a green ground.

The actor Nakamura Nakazō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath a striped lantern, one holding a fan and sword.

The actors Ogawa Zengorō, Ichikawa Danjūrō, Yamashita Kinsaku

Torii Kiyomasu, 1723

Woodblock print of an adult and child in patterned kimonos picking persimmons from a branch, with Japanese calligraphy on the

Picking persimmons

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1748

Triptych of kabuki actors by Utagawa Kunisada, with an umbrella-holding figure, a red-robed figure, and a woman reading a scr

An actor in the role of Hachiman Taro Yoshiie : An actor in the role of Abe Sadato : An actor in the role of Sodehagi…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

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

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

Brother and sister

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1751

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

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

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

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