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Woodblock print of a man in blue coat and a woman with parasol beside a tree, gazing at a bay with a stone embankment.

Enjoying the view from Atago hill

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of a seated man in a top hat examining orange patterned cloth, with a woman's portrait in an inset above.

English man sorting fabrics for trade in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide and Koizumi Minokichi, 1861

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a black coat and top hat riding a brown horse on a yellow background.

England

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in plaid walking a spotted dog beside a man in a red turban against a blue background.

French girl taking walk with dog

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono holding a lantern beside a lattice screen.

Mimasu Tokujirō in the role of San

Katuskawa Shunkō, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a harbor with tall ships, a domed city skyline, and a horse-drawn carriage with figures in long d

Picture of London, England

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1866

Woodblock print of a Western couple in period dress walking past Japanese onlookers near a tree and shrine lanterns.

The grounds of Myōjin shrine in Kanda

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of a long temple hall with tiled roof, pine trees, and visitors strolling in a courtyard before distant hills

View of Sanjūsangendō in Kyōto

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Colour woodblock print of a Tokyo street with horseback riders, a carriage, pedestrians and a stone embankment under a sunset

Flourishing Nihonbashi section of Tokyo

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of two Western-dressed men beside a sheep against a pale blue background, with Japanese text.

Russians and sheep

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Print of a fisherman hauling a sail net from a wooden boat, with two distant boats on a calm grey-blue sea.

Fishing with the sail net

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of carriages, an omnibus, a rickshaw and a steamship on a river under a red sky.

Vehicular traffic in Tokyo

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1870

Woodblock print of two Qing-dressed figures, one in green robes holding an open fan, the other in black robes examining it.

Chinese from Nanking admire Koshū fan

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono beside a striped tiger, with two kneeling attendants and bamboo.

Four sleepers: spring sunrise

Katsushika Hokusai, 1806

Japanese woodblock print of a railway along a stone seawall with pedestrians, a crowded bridge, pine-covered hills and a suns

Steam train at Takanawa seashore, Tokyo

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1872

Woodblock print of two Western visitors in a crowd of Japanese onlookers, with a riverside bridge and boats behind them.

Foreign sightseers in famous spots of Edo - Ryōgoku bridge

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woman in a blue floral kimono reclining to play a koto, drawn on cream paper within a red border.

Lady playing the koto

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of two men and a woman in western dress on a porch, with a ship and American flag behind.

Japanese navy department tests balloons in front of the American Consulate

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1867

Japanese woodblock print of an American merchant in a dark coat with a woman in a red bonnet and a spotted dog on a leash.

American merchant strolling in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a potted pine, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal.

Leaving on a trip

Totoya Hokkei, 1825

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded man in a red jacket beside a pot, with a lakeside temple scene above him.

Famous spots in Edo - Shinobazu [pond]

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a seated European man in a tall hat served at a table by attendants, dated 1861.

Banquet at a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Ink drawing of monkeys gathered around a go board, one reaching to place a stone, within a red border.

Playing go

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Woodblock print of a saddle, reins, a whip with red tassel, checkered cloth and lacquer box, with Japanese calligraphy.

Saddlery

Kubo Shunman, 1810

Japanese woodblock print of Western figures in a parlour with a chandelier, table and ship seen through a window.

Parlour of a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Hand-colored print of a bald man peering from a window above two children reaching up beside a wall and tree.

The Japanese Santa Klaus

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of clam and scallop shells on a pale ground with handwritten verses above a wave band.

Aragai, masuōgai, anagai: clams

Totoya Hokkei, 1800

Woodblock print of workers loading crates onto a dark western ship with rigging, watched by foreign traders and an American f

Western traders loading cargo in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Ink drawing of bamboo stalks and leaves beside a dark rock, framed by a red border, by Hasegawa Settei.

Rock & bamboo in garden

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese print of a woman in striped kimono with a tiger and small dog beside her, with calligraphy at upper left.

Gyōja Bushō

Kubo Shunman, 1804