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Woodblock print of festival dancers with fans and swords beneath a large red parasol, by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804.

Sumiyoshi festival dance

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining courtesan beside a young man, with a standing woman at a patterned screen and plum br

Courtesan watching a young apprentice in bed

Kitao Shigemasa and Isoda Koryūsai, 1768

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji with red slopes, white clouds, green hillside and diagonal rain streaks below the summit.

Shower below the summit

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

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

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 an arched wooden bridge over a river with boats, people crossing, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Beneath Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

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

Woman with a visitor

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1797

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with townhouses, lanterns, and figures in kimono, with fields beyond.

Perspective picture of famous places of Japan: Nakanocho in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1775

Woodblock print of a large blue wave curling over boats, with snow-capped Mount Fuji visible in the distance under a grey sky

The great wave off shore of Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

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 in a boat on water, one playing a lute, under a crescent moon and clouds.

Genji ukifune

Okumura Masanobu, 1742

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

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

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

Futamigaura

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1804

Poster of six smiling sailors in different uniforms with battleships and national flags, urging enlistment in the navy.

All together! Enlist in the Navy

Henry Reuterdahl, 1917

Japanese woodblock print of samurai and travelers on a path past a thatched house, bamboo, and a wooden bridge.

Act six [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]

Utagawa Sadahide, 1830

Japanese print of a dark cormorant diving into water beside two pale herons, with small fish and a misty grey sky.

Cormorant and white heron

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Brown-toned Japanese triptych of kimono-clad women beneath branches, with figures in clouds and calligraphic inscriptions.

Triptych of viewing maple leaves

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1744

Woodblock print of a seated woman with a pipe and a kneeling man in an interior with a folding screen and birds.

Page 13

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of six figures in traditional robes, a reclining woman in a floral kimono at center with seated men

Six poets

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of a Shinto Kagura performance in a shrine hall, with seated audience, drum and paper streamers.

Perspective picture of the Daidai Kagura performance at the two sites, Ise Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Woodblock print of a man with a sake cup and two women in kimono seated on tatami beside a sliding door.

A drinking party

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded market in front of a red temple gate with guardian statues and a pagoda.

Perspective picture of the market at Kinryūzan Temple

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1792

Woodblock print of women bathing and dressing in a Japanese bathhouse with wooden tubs, a child, and patterned red panels.

Bathhose women

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman and a child lying on the floor with an open book in a traditional room.

A mother and son [her son doesn't want her to read]

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716

Woodblock print of porters carrying palanquins across a rough blue river, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance.

Fuji at Kanaya on the Tōkaidō

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad procession with a palanquin and parasol, townhouses and a shrine among pines beyond.

Brocade parade of the eastern capital: a view of Hachiman Shrine at Ichigaya

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a lantern-lit interior hall with kimono-clad women and attendants on a matted floor, in orange and green.

Perspective picture of cleaning out in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1770

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji reflected in a lake, with a thatched village, pine trees and a rowing boat in the foreground.

The water's surface at Misaka in Koshu

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832

Triptych woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned costumes with swords against a dark, cloudy night sky.

Arashi Rikan as Mashiba Hisatsugu [left]; Nakamura Utaemon as Hakusho, Gosaku who is actually Ishikawa Goeimon [cente…

Ryūsai Shigeharu, 1830

Colour woodblock print of townspeople walking a riverside railing beside a busy waterway filled with boats.

A view of Nakazu

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1772

Black and white Japanese woodblock print of a two-story building with lattice windows and figures in kimono on the street bel

Edochō, Shin-Yoshiwara

Okumura Masanobu, 1890

Woodblock print of performers in patterned kimono beside a pine decoration, with fans and a lacquered box.

A saruwaka performance before a New Year's decoration

Torii Kiyonaga, 1804

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a pink kimono picking chrysanthemums beside rushing river rapids.

Transformation of Kikujirō

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one raising a cup on a tray beside a screen, with a red sun and calligraphy.

A New Year's toast

Kubo Shunman, 1789

Woodblock print of Kanda Myōjin Shrine precinct with trees, a stone lion, strolling figures, stalls and city rooftops.

View from the precinct of Kanda Myōjin Shrine

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge with travelers, a conical mountain and wooded hills across the water.

Okazaki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street at dusk with theater banners, lanterns and people in kimono.

Perspective picture of night show at the opening-of-the-season performance at Fukiyacho and Sakaicho

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Colour woodblock print of people and children in a shrine courtyard beside a red shrine hall, with tall trees and roosters.

Precinct of Shiba Shinmei Shrine

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Woodblock print of a green temple roof with figures, a kite, bamboo scaffolding, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Colored woodblock print of a long hall with tiled roof, crowded street with pedestrians, pine trees, and distant hills.

Perspective picture of hall of thirty-three bays, Fukagawa in Edo

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Woodblock print of pine-covered hill above bay water, with a crowded street of shops and blue banners in the foreground.

Matsuchiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Japanese print of a samurai under an umbrella in rain beside a pine tree, with a seated man holding a lantern.

Act five [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of porters carrying palanquins through waves, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and thatched houses in the backgrou

Fuji at Kanaya on the Tōkaidō

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a harbor with sailboats, porters carrying boxes, a red-lantern teahouse, and a pack horse.

View of Takanawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1837

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in samurai costume with a lantern and swords before a red gate.

Act eleven [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of people crossing a high arched bridge over a river with boats, Mount Fuji in the distance.

Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of a red temple gate with blue roof, pedestrians, trees, and a pagoda at the right edge.

Kinryūzan Temple, Asakusa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1837

Woodblock print of three figures in a screened interior, one standing with swords and two kneeling, snowy bamboo outside.

Act nine [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a bay, with boats on rippling water and thatched houses along the shore.

A sketch of Tago Bay at Ejiri along the Tōkaidō

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of cherry blossom trees on a grassy slope with picnickers, and sailing boats on water at sunset.

Blossoms at Gotenyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1835

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in black, yellow and red costumes before a stone wall, with a woman in kimono behind.

Act one [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of two fishermen on a cliff hauling lines over waves, with a conical mountain on the horizon.

Kōshū kajikazawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of two sailboats on the Sumida River at dusk, with barges, a green embankment and distant mountains.

View of Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a samurai with a drawn sword and a kneeling woman holding a tea cup, with a red sun over waves.

Act two [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Four-panel 1918 American wartime poster with photographs of marines, a funeral procession, a truck of men, and an interior sc

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Unknown artist, 1918

Woodblock print of three figures on a veranda: two musicians in wide hats play shamisen while a seated figure holds a vessel.

Three actors

Okumura Masanobu, 1716

Woodblock print of three samurai in combat beside a red wall, bamboo, and a lantern marked with the character for loyalty.

Epilogue [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Four-panel 1918 WWI propaganda poster with photos of soldiers, artillery, a railway gun, and gas-masked troops.

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Unknown artist, 1918

Woodblock print of a pheasant standing in grass with two swallows flying above, with Japanese calligraphy columns.

Swallows and pheasant

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Japanese woodblock print of three figures on a red bridge by the sea, one man raising a sword, a woman in a patterned kimono.

Act three [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono and a crouching fierce-faced man with a sword.

Toragaishi

Unknown artist, 1716

Navy recruitment poster from 1917 showing a woman in a navy uniform and cap beside orange text reading I want YOU for the Nav

I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster /

Howard Chandler Christy, 1917

Japanese woodblock print of samurai and figures on a veranda beside rice paddies, by Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815.

Act six [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Two-panel WWI bond poster: left shows US Treasury building under a gold eagle, right shows a flag in a blue circle with 4th L

Wear your Fourth Liberty Loan honor button--4th Liberty Loan bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a shore with a pine-covered island, choppy sea, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

New edition of a view of Enoshima in Sagami Province

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1789

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior with cherry blossoms, a floral screen and a child.

Flower performance

Toyohara Kunichika, 1862

Dark 1917 American wartime poster with a harbor ship silhouette and orange text urging food conservation for soldiers and all

Get behind our soldiers, sailors, and our allies Send them the most food possible in the least shipping space--Do it…

Unknown artist, 1917

Woodblock print of crowds walking toward a red-pillared temple with a tiled roof, framed by pine trees.

New edition of a front view of San'enzan Zojōji in Shiba

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1789

Monochrome woodblock print of two women and a child in kimono, one holding a shadow puppet and one playing a shamisen indoors

Shadow puppets

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716

Wartime poster with helmeted soldiers in a trench and red slogan 'Fats are fuel for fighters' urging baking, boiling, and bro

Fats are fuel for fighters Bake, boil, and broil more - fry less

Unknown artist, 1917

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono preparing a festival interior with an Ebisu figure, lanterns and pine branches

Festival of the god of good fortune, Ebisu

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Monochrome woodblock print of two women in kimono, one gesturing toward a tightrope walker in the upper left.

Parody of the Chinese sage Tieqiao

Okumura Masanobu, 1711

Wartime poster showing a sliced loaf of bread and knife with the slogan 'Save a loaf a week - Help win the war'.

Save a loaf a week - help win the war

Unknown artist, 1917

Triptych woodblock print of three kabuki actors in costume with swords, among pine trees and bamboo, by Utagawa Kunisada.

Actors in the role of Narutonomae, the role of Tairo no Munemorikyo, [and] the role of Akugenta Yoshihira

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of women and children catching fireflies with fans near reeds, a bridge, and a stone lantern.

Catching fireflies

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1810

Wartime poster reading Food will win the war, urging meatless, wheatless and porkless days under the U.S. Food Administration

Food will win the war - We observe meatless days, wheatless days, porkless days, and carry out all conservation rules…

Unknown artist, 1917

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 women in kimono doing household tasks in a wooden house with shoji screens and snow outside.

House of Ichizuke

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a mounted traveler in a hat passing a roadside teahouse with pine trees and a servant beside him.

Shirasuka

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Colored print of Itsukushima Shrine with red-roofed halls on water, a torii gate, boats, and green hills behind.

A perspective picture of Itsukushima Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Poster of three women in headscarves pulling a wooden implement across a stony field, with the text Save Wheat.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat

Edward Penfield, 1918

British 1915 recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in military uniform with a quote urging men to enlist today.

Lord Kitchener says: Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Woodblock print of a Kagura performance inside a timber shrine hall with seated audience, musicians and bamboo at centre.

Perspective picture of Daidai Kagura performance at the two sites, Ise Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Federal Theatre WPA poster, 1939, with bold lettering It Might Happen to You and a speeding car with motion lines.

Federal Theatre [presents] "It might happen to you" A drama in three acts by Leon Lord : The most powerful courtroom…

Leon Lord, 1939

Horizontal 1915 British recruitment poster with six smiling soldiers in khaki caps above the slogan Join the brave throng tha

Join the brave throng that goes marching along

Unknown artist, 1915

Green and gold poster advertising Paul Green's House of Connelly at the Mayan Theatre, opening Feb. 26, with a columned build

Paul Green's "House of Connelly" [at the] Mayan Theatre

Paul Green, 1937

Maroon and cream WPA exhibition poster with a stylized paintbrush and text announcing oils and watercolors at Federal Art Gal

Exhibition - oils & watercolors, Federal Art Gallery Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration

Richard Floethe, 1936

Wartime poster: a man sprays a red car with a hose while another washes a car with a pail, urging water conservation.

Your wartime duty! Don't waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile. Do use water from a pail /

Earl Kerkam, 1941

Blue poster with a hand aiming a fire hose at flames and a broken window, with text urging men to join the fire auxiliary.

Home safety is home defense Men: to learn proper fire control join the fire department auxiliary corps at the nearest…

Jack Tworkov, 1941

Yellow and brown poster reading Learn More Live More, with a circular Free emblem advertising federal adult classes.

Learn more live more Free Federal adult classes in many subjects : 225 teachers - 170 centers

Fred Rentschler, 1937

Black and yellow poster with a dome lamp casting a spotlight over the title "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon.

"The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon

Barré Lyndon, 1938

Red and black 1936 poster for The Devil Passes at Musart Theatre, showing a silhouetted man before a red cloaked figure.

"The devil passes"

Benn W. Levy, 1936

Theatre poster for Dracula at Mason Opera House, shaped as a black bat with yellow lettering and a fanged face.

"Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] Two weeks only

Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston and Bram Stoker, 1938

Horizontal 1937 Federal Theatre poster for Maxwell Anderson's play High Tor, with red title lettering and WPA emblem.

"High tor"

Maxwell Anderson, 1937