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Woodblock print of three women with a flowering tree, two kneeling over paper and writing, one standing at left.

Number one

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono by a black palanquin under cherry blossoms, with sailing boats on the sea behind

Cherry-viewing at Gotenyama

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1805

Woodblock print of a white cat on a window ledge looking over ricefields toward Mount Fuji and rooftops.

Asakusa ricefields and torinomachi festival

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a man with a large oar beside a red gate, with pine trees, rooftops, and sailboats on the sea beyond.

Mount Atago, Shiba

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of men carrying a decorated banner past a shop with blue and red noren curtains.

Silk-goods (or drapery) lane, Ōdenma-chō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of purple iris flowers in a garden with figures working by water and pine trees at dusk.

Horikiri iris garden

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of plum blossoms framing a calm inlet with boats, pine trees, distant hills and birds in the sky.

View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet, and Sekiya

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a red temple pagoda beside a river and bridge, with a train and distant pagoda under a dusk sky.

Zōjōji pagoda and Akabane

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a tall festival banner by a pine, with a crowd, palanquin, boats and reeds on calm water at sunset.

Sumiyoshi festival, Tsukudajima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of figures crossing a wooden bridge in heavy rain, with a boatman on the river below.

Sudden shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono walking by a starry night canal with boats and a tree at right.

Night View of Matsuchiyama and San'ya Canal

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a snowy night at a riverside lumberyard with stacked logs, pine trees, and workers poling on the water.

Fukagawa lumberyards

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of two red-crowned cranes by a blossoming tree over marsh water, with a sunset landscape of fields and roofs.

Minowa kanasugi mikawashima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a street at Ueno hill with shoppers, a pack horse, parasols and geese flying over a sunset sky.

Ueno yamashita

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of white herons over a blue river with thatched houses, pine trees and boats on the shore.

Sakasai ferry

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

1915 British WWI poster: sketched soldier with rifle above civilians at a Post Office counter, text urging people to lend mon

£1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post office to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime British poster reading 'If you cannot fight, lend your money. £1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day.'

If you cannot fight, lend your money. £1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime poster of a tank advancing over a field with soldiers behind it, promoting national war bonds and savings certificate

The tank tour. Buy national war bonds (£5 to £5000) and war savings certificates 15/6

Unknown artist, 1918

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in an interior, one reading, one holding a fan, with pine branches and a round poem ca

The actors Ichikawa Kuzō, Sawamura Tanosuke, and Nakamura Shikan

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor seated with folded arms in a purple patterned kimono against a dark blue background.

An actor in the role of Iwagawa Jirokichi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of a seated woman and a man in a blue crested kimono beside a railing under blossoming branches at night.

Mitsūji preparing tea

Utagawa Kunisada, 1849

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a grey checkered kimono and blue sash, barefoot, with arm folded across his body.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII in the role of Yosaburō

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red patterned kimono with a sword, standing among pine and bamboo branches.

An actor in the role of Akugenta Yoshihira

Utagawa Kunisada, 1847

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a koto beneath a blossoming plum branch, wearing a patterned kimono.

The actor Ichikawa Yaozō [holding a koto]

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of women and a kneeling man with swords before a painted landscape screen.

Great house cleaning at year's end

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in grey robes and a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a blossom branch.

The actors Ichikawa Danzō and Ichikawa Danzaburō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1798

Japanese woodblock print of three courtesans and a young attendant in patterned kimono, one carrying a flower bouquet.

The courtesan Hinazuru of the Choji-ya

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Woodblock print of a standing woman and seated man beside a brazier and sword, behind a lattice shoji screen.

The actors Segawa Yūjirō and Onoe Tamizō

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Woodblock print of a man holding a parasol over a woman in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy and a handwritten label.

The actors Ichikawa Komazō as Sanno no Genzaemon and Segawa Kikunojō as the keisei Tamagiku

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman holding a gourd and a child reaching toward a leaping horse, 1795.

A modern allegory of the Chinese sage Zhang Guo lao (Chōkaro)

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1795