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Woodblock print of four women in patterned kimono and ornate hairstyles walking together, with calligraphy above.

Whose sleeves? at Daimonji-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a bay with sailboats, a red torii gate in the shallows, pine islands and a sandy shore with figures.

Kubodani Beach in Sanuki Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of travelers and shopkeepers on a stone-paved road beside wooden shops hung with cords, by Hiroshige.

Fujikawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a woman with a sword in a checkered kimono, with a pink Mount Fuji and porters behind her.

View of Hara

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Japanese woodblock print of a snow-capped twin-peaked mountain above clouds, with masted boats in a bay and pine trees on the

Mount Chōkai in Dewa Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a thatched teahouse beside a waterfall and misty mountains.

Sakanoshita

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Color woodblock print of a woman with a staff on a shore, with snow-capped Mount Fuji, pines and sailing boats behind her.

View of Yui

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Japanese woodblock print of masked dancers on a shore with a snow-capped mountain and boats on a bay at dusk.

Celebratory dance (to the God of long life Jurojin) and Mount Kaimongatake in Makurazaki of Satsuma Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Hiroshige woodblock print of travelers with hats passing a thatched house and tree, with the sea visible in the distance.

Minakuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a child kneeling by a carp near a pine tree, bridge and hills, with a fan-shaped inscription at upper righ

No. 15 Ōshō (Wang Xiang)

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Woodblock print of two figures in conical hats gathering mushrooms by rope down a steep gorge above a rushing river.

Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a Tokaido roadside with pine trees, thatched buildings, and travelers by Hiroshige, 1848.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

Woman in blue kimono reading a letter by a screen, with travelers and porters on a sandy shore beyond, woodblock print.

View of Shimada

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Woodblock print of a covered bridge over a green ravine with red autumn maples and a temple on the hillside.

Tsūten Bridge, Tōfukuji Temple at Kyōto

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a seated woman beside a round patterned bag and colorful cloth, with calligraphy above.

Doll and money bag

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman holding a blue-patterned cloth in a garden, with figures inside a traditional house behind her.

View of Akasaka

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Woodblock print of a coastal bay with pine trees, a man leading a loaded horse, smoke rising over hills and sailboats.

Okitsu

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of children in East Asian dress watching roosters in a courtyard beneath a pine tree.

Chinese children fighting cocks

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono before a Japanese post town with travelers, horses, and tiled roofs.

View of Sakanoshita

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Woodblock print of travelers wading across a river with a palanquin, a horse, and porters, with mountains behind.

Shimada

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of a red inro case with cords beside a folding fan with green and black patterns, with calligraphy above.

Inrō and fan

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green and peach robe reaching toward cherry blossoms, with a kneeling figure below.

Updated version of Hagoromo

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a wooden bridge, sailing boats on a river, a castle and pine trees under a mountain sky.

Yoshida

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a black lacquered object with a crest, draped in a patterned robe, with calligraphy above.

Kudō (suketsune) no isyō

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Woman in kimono picking a pine sprig beside a child holding pine branches, with calligraphy on the left.

Picking young pines

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Woodblock print of horses and travelers on a grassy hillside beneath pine trees, with a red sunset horizon.

Chiryū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of horse stirrups with red lacquer and patterned surfaces, with Japanese calligraphy and red seals.

Edo Musashi saddle stirrup

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding a painted crane scroll while a child and an older man look on.

Prince of high

Teisai Hokuba, 1804

Woodblock print of a busy Japanese town street with wooden buildings, a loaded horse, travelers, and a red demon mask.

Yokkaichi

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of two seated figures making paper umbrellas, one man holding a rib and a woman in green kimono beside him.

Making umbrellas

Katsushika Hokusai, 1802

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man facing three women on a veranda beneath a rising sun and bare tree.

Transformation of three ridiculous laughs

Kubo Shunman, 1789

Ink print of a white heron standing in water beneath drooping willow branches, with Japanese calligraphy at left.

White heron beneath a willow tree

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of children playing a neck rope tug of war on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with cherry blossoms.

Neck tug of war

Kitao Shigemasa, 1770

Woodblock print of two hooded figures in striped robes holding toy hobby horses, with calligraphy above.

Soga hobby horses

Utagawa Kunisada, 1822

Two grey fish among holly leaves and plum blossoms on a pale sheet, with handwritten calligraphy above.

Sardines and plums on holly

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of a woman leading an ox carrying firewood bundles decorated with blue flowers, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Oharame: village girl from Ohara

Katsushika Hokusai, 1829

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda with pine branches and calligraphy above.

Ureshino of the house of Ōgiya: autumn month

Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Woodblock print of a bald man in black robe holding a fan at sunrise over the sea, with a woman beside a red railing.

Heishōkoku Kiyomori

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a woman with an insect net and a child reaching toward a cricket on a willow tree.

Catching crickets

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of three women in kimono seated in a sailboat on water, with pine trees and reeds on the shore.

Returning sails at Yabase

Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Woodblock print of yokai demons and ghosts surrounding a frightened woman at a wooden chest, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880.

Pandora's box: omoi tsuzura and yokubari obasan

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese-style print of blue ocean waves with white foam crests and spray breaking under a pale sky.

Waves

Uehara Konen, 1900

Japanese woodblock print of red and white chrysanthemums and plum blossoms framing a central calligraphic title panel.

Kachō gafu/

Matsumoto Kazuo, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a wild-haired blue-faced demon with clawed hands running in a patterned robe and red cape.

Ibaraki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of figures warming by a pink fire beneath a snowy mountain, with bare trees and a hanging kettle at right.

The courtier Minamoto no Muneyuki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with plum blossoms, a water tub, and a calligraphy panel, by Suzuki Harunobu.

The poet Chōsui

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Woodblock print of a woman in a red floral kimono with a billowing white cloak under a full moon over hills.

Moon at Gojō Bridge

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Monochrome woodblock print of two men measuring Mount Fuji from a rocky hill, with pine trees and clouds behind them.

Measuring the shape of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono on a veranda reaching toward white blossoms under a crescent moon.

The fourth month

Mizuno Toshikata, 1892

Woodblock print of a samurai slashing at a giant spider with glowing yellow eyes that holds a white cloth in a dim room.

Earth spider

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a gray kimono and purple obi watching falling rain beside a wooden post.

Courtesan watching the rain

Migita Toshihide, 1890

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a pine tree over a thatched house with a distant conical mountain and clouds.

Snake chasing Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of a snarling white-haired demon with clawed hands reaching through diagonal rain beside a red pillar.

Watanabe no Tsuna cutting the arm of the demon at Rashomon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of soldiers with rifles and a flag advancing through heavy rain and dark smoke.

Attack at Weihaiwei Bay

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1895

Japanese woodblock print of an officer crouching by a pine tree as a horse and soldiers with rifles move through forest.

The daring Lt. General Tachimi

Mizuno Toshikata, 1895

Woodblock print of a samurai in blue hakama drawing a bow before a fire, with attendants holding spears at left.

Oda Nobunaga

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of blue-coated soldiers struggling through a snowstorm under orange explosions above a distant cliff.

Attack in a snowstorm on the 100 Shaku Cliff in Weihaiwei Bay

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1895

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji framed by a circular torii gate, with figures at a shrine basin and stone lanterns.

Mount Fuji framed by a fire circle

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of a bald, scowling man in a patterned kimono with a sword, seated beside a lantern and grass-decorated scree

Taira no Kiyomori

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a pale dragon rising through dark clouds beside a snow-capped mountain under a grey sky.

Dragon rising to the heavens

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of blue irises in a patterned white pot beside pink pinks in a green pot on a yellow stand.

Potted irises and pinks

Keisai Eisen, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman with a brush and paper beneath a blooming plum tree and a full moon at night.

Sugawara no Michizane

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded festival street leading to Shinmei Shrine, with lanterns, parasols and a torii gate.

New perspective print: festival at Shinmei Shrine in Shiba

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1795

Woodblock print of an armored archer beneath a pine tree with a kneeling companion and stylized waves behind.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a woman in flowing robes holding a small vessel, standing on dark clouds against a pink sky.

Taoist deity Chang-e who stole the elixir of immortality

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of pilgrims in white robes and yellow hats climbing rocky mountain paths above clouds, with the sea at left.

Pilgrims climbing

Katsushika Hokusai, 1834

Woodblock print of a woman on an upper veranda, a man with a fan beside a tub, and a child in red kneeling below.

Number 14

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

Color woodblock print of a samurai clinging to a dark rock beside a full moon and grasses under a teal night sky.

Moon over Mount Inaba

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a potted plum tree in bloom.

The actor Onoe Kikugorō and a potted plum tree

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded samurai with sword seated among elegant women in kimono beneath cherry blossoms.

Hideyoshi and his wives

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a courtier drawing a bow under a full moon beside a deer and red maple tree.

Moon over Jogan Hall of the palace

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a fierce-faced man in blue kimono carrying a plank in snow, with a tiled building behind.

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black hair, a fan, and a red patterned kimono.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo

Enkyō Kabukidō, 1796

Woodblock print of a kneeling man with a sword facing a large yellow-eyed cat beside a paper lantern.

Summer-like moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree, with Japanese text above.

Young attendants (Kamuro) celebrating the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai, 1791

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a round black fan, with a decorative fan panel at left.

Kiyomizu Komachi

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue and red patterned kimono gesturing toward a reed-lined lake vignette.

The young maiden Oshichi

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1867

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a standing attendant holding a box, in a room with a go board and

Courtesan and Kamuro in a parlour

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a reclining woman dreaming of a boat with two women and a poling boatman on waves.

Dream Ukihashi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned peony kimono, holding a raised sword against a plain background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of pink peonies and a yellow canary in flight, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal.

Peony and canary

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black ox through a snowy village at night, with a mountain behind.

Picture of Kanbara

Utagawa Kunisada, 1836

Japanese woodblock print of still life with red shibori cloth, lacquer box, hairpin, patterned bowl and calligraphy, 1818.

Shibori, hairpin, and lip color bowl

Horai Hidenobu, 1818

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of samurai battling on a fortified mountain castle with banners and horsemen.

The warrior Kusunoki barricading himself into Akasaka Castle

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1804

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono reeling silk thread at a wooden frame, with hanging skeins and a brazier.

Pulling silk thread

Utagawa Yoshifuji

Triptych woodblock print of samurai battling on a rocky shore beside blue waves, with pine trees and a boat with a red banner

Battle at Yashima Dannoura

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1855

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes and armor, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848.

Scene from a Soga play

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

Triptych woodblock print of armored warriors, a seated woman in a kimono, and a fierce dragon face in stormy clouds.

The warrior Fujiwara Hidesato battling the giant centipede

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1815

Woodblock print of a crowded arched wooden bridge over a river, with cargo boats, warehouses, and a distant mountain.

Nihonbashi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai fighting, one with raised sword, scattered arrows and spear on a teal backgro

Moon viewed through the heart

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Triptych woodblock print of samurai battling across a river, with archers, arrows, red banners and distant mountains.

Battle at Kawanakajima

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1809

Woodblock print of a coastal village with sailboats on a bay, pine trees, and cherry blossoms in the foreground.

Shinagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of an old white-haired woman in a floral green kimono bending over a box with paper streamers.

Watanabe no Tsuna and the demon of Ibaraki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Triptych woodblock print of a comic rosary procession with a giant octopus, demons, a mounted rider, and townspeople.

A comic Buddhist rosary procession

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1864

Woodblock print of a moonlit bay with sailboats, a rowboat, and a lantern-lit teahouse on the shore under pine trees.

Kanagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in green beside tall dark reeds, a armored figure at left, and a full moon in the

The filial son Huai Shui

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880