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Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checked summer kimono holding a round fan, with hair combs and bare feet.

Standing beauty in a summer gown

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1772

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a brown kimono holding a pipe and a tray with cups, with a crest above.

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon in the role of Osugi

Suzuki Harunobu, 1761

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a sword astride a snarling tiger, with bamboo and patterned robes in pink and teal.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizō in the role of Kinzaemon Yorikata

Torii Kiyomasu, 1744

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in costume beneath a pine branch, with Japanese inscriptions and a signature.

The actors Ichikawa danzō in the role of Shinozuka Gorō and Sakata Hangorō in the role of Ōmori Hikoshi

Torii Kiyotsune, 1760

Woodblock print of a black bird standing on snow beside snow-dusted reeds against a grey background.

Blackbird near reeds in snow

Bessho Eigon, 1890

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style man in striped robe and checkered hakama, holding a paper tag, with sea and rocks

The actor Nakamura Nakazō holding a rice coupon

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1781

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of Daikoku, god of good fortune, holding a mallet beside a rice bag and a rat, in blue and

The god of good fortune, Daikoku

Utamaro II, 1806

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned robe, with calligraphy above her head.

Courtesan

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono standing by a latticed screen with irises below.

Courtesan gazing at Nihon embankment

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of Ebisu, god of good fortune, holding a large sea bream and a fishing rod, with a bamboo sprig behind him.

The god of good fortune, Ebisu

Utamaro II, 1806

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

Okazaki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

The actor Nakmura Matsue

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1758

Woman in patterned kimono holding a round fan beneath wisteria, beside irises, in a 1770 Japanese woodblock print.

The actor Yamashita Kinsaku in the role of Omiya, seller of green tea (senji-cha)

Torii Kiyotsune, 1770

Woodblock print of a bearded foreign man on a horse lighting his pipe from a stableboy's pipe, with calligraphy.

Foreign gentleman and stableboy exchanging a light with their pipes

Suzuki Harunobu, 1761

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 a standing man in a floral kimono holding a black and white box lantern, by Katsukawa Shunshō.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II holding a box lantern

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe holding a spear and sword, standing on rocky ground.

The actor Onoe Matsusuke

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1781

Vertical ink print of the warrior figure Shōki striding left, wearing a patterned hat and flowing robe, by Okumura Masanobu.

Shōki striding

Okumura Masanobu, 1741

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono holding a long paper scroll, with birds flying behind her.

The actor Onoe Tamizō writing a letter

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1773

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior beside a lattice blind, by Isoda Koryūsai, 1775.

The courtesan Nishikini of Yotsumei-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1775

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with a parasol and attendants beneath flowering cherry branches.

Courtesan beneath cherry blossoms

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1785

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an orange hat and green robe holding a bird-decorated fan.

The actor Nakamura Tomijurō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1774

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child on an arched red bridge with wisteria and koi fish below.

Drum Bridge at Kameido

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a woman on a veranda gazing up at a hanging birdcage, with a potted plant and screen beside her.

Listening to the cricket on the veranda

Suzuki Harunobu, 1768

A comic dialogue between two males

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of a young man flying a kite below a woman beside a blossoming plum tree.

Youth flying a kite

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Vertical Japanese print of armored warriors, pine trees, and a kneeling woman in patterned robes beside two men.

The tale of Ōeyama

Kitao Shigemasa, 1768

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reading a scroll before a wooden balcony and lattice railings.

A modern version of act seven from the Kanadehon Chushingura

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1772

Vertical Japanese print of a woman leaning over a railing above a standing man in a striped kimono.

A modern version of act seven from the Kanadehon Chushingura

Isoda Koryusai, 1772