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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 two women in kimono, one reading a scroll, with a flock of plovers flying over a river.

The Jewel River chidori

Utamaro II, 1806

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

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

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

Woodblock print of a golden shachihoko roof ornament with a full moon, flying geese, and a bay beyond Nagoya.

View of Bishū Nagoya

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Monochrome Japanese print of a rooster with long sweeping tail feathers and a hen pecking below, with a red label at top.

Chicken

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

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

Grey monochrome print of a rooster and hen with a small chick at lower right, on pale paper.

Hen and chick

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

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

The actor Onoe Tamizō writing a letter

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1773

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

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

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe and red patterned skirt, holding a fan in a dramatic pose.

The actor Nakamura Utaemon in the role of Den Kaibō

Shunbaisai Hokuei, 1833

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face paint and a stern look, in black robes and patterned costume.

The actor Arashi Kichisaburō in the role of Sasaki Takatsuna

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1818

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

Woodblock print of two figures in patterned kimono beside a carriage on a snowy veranda at night.

Mitsūji near a carriage in the snow

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor in black robe and blue kimono with fan, before blooming cherry trees.

An actor

Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kunihisa, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono playing a koto beside a screen, with a basket of oranges.

Hidari izutsu no mae

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1726

Woodblock print of two women in a Western-style room with large windows overlooking ships in a harbor.

Courtesans in a western-style building of Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one holding a blue fan, with a small bird flying above.

Uzuki no hototogisu

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1890

Woodblock print of three women tending silkworm trays on racks beside a green woven basket, under a tiled roof.

Number four

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in patterned kimono sharing a large umbrella, dated 1751.

The actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu and Segawa Kikunojō as lovers beneath an umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1751

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a red parasol and a small child in a patterned kimono, with vertical text at left.

Onnagata Matsumoto Hyōzo

Torii Kiyonobu, 1868

Japanese woodblock print of a rider on a galloping brown horse through snow, with pine branches and a blue sky.

America

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

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

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

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

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

Courtesan beneath cherry blossoms

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1785

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