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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

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned blue kimono with ornate hairpins, stepping across a wooden floor.

Courtesan climbing stairs

Kikukawa Eizan, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding an infant, with a second woman with elaborate hairpins above, in muted tones.

Souvenirs from Zōshigaya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a courtesan with decorated hair holding a green patterned coat over a floral kimono.

Courtesan holding a customer's coat

Keisai Eisen, 1818

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

Geisha

Keisai Eisen, 1825

Vertical Japanese print of a red-brown eagle attacking a grey monkey on rocks above a waterfall.

Eagle attacking a monkey

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

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

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

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

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

Flower vendor

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1725

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono and a monk beside a temple veranda, cherry blossoms, and waterfalls.

Three: Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple

Torii Kiyomasu, 1727

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and a young girl at a low writing table, with hanging calligraphy slips on the wall.

The young girl Gyokkashi Eimo

Torii Kiyonaga, 1781

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a robe and black cap standing beneath willow branches beside rocks.

Zhanggui painted by Sesshu

Isoda Koryusai, 1782

Japanese woodblock print of women gathered at a screen, one raising a sake cup, with a pine tree and text above.

Sake cup

Santō Kyōden, 1783

Japanese woodblock print of two women, one raising a dark sake cup while the other holds a red lacquer tray.

Sake cup

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

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 checked costume drawing a sword, with pine trees behind him on a green ground.

The actor Nakamura Nakazō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775

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

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Shakkyō dancer in lion mask beside peony branches.

The actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu in the role of Shakkyō dancer

Okumura Masanobu, 1741

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 women warming sake over a brazier beside a maple branch, with a child and folding fan in the foreground.

Maple leaves

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a room, one reading an open book, with a painted screen of a horse rider behind the

Two young girls reading a book

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

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 a nude woman seated indoors drying her foot with a cloth beside a red basin.

Woman after a bath

Hashiguchi Goyô, 1915

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono standing beside two seated women near a brazier, with calligraphy above.

The courtesan Segawa

Santō Kyōden, 1784

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

Woodblock print of a man in a striped kimono and a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink floral robe, with calligraphy.

Shirai Gonpachi and the courtesan Komuraski of the Miura-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Woodblock print of a woman with a dark bun holding sheer cloth stretched across her face, tan paper background.

Sheer cloth

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of four women in kimono sorting green leaves on a mat in a room, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799.

Number five

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799