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Woodblock print of bearded deities gathered in an Izumo shrine hall, with a priest carrying an offering and red banners.

Gathering of gods at the great shrine at Izumo

Utagawa Sadahide, 1857

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

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

A comic dialogue between two males

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1793

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

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

Monochrome woodblock print of two women in kimono, one gesturing toward a tightrope walker in the upper left.

Parody of the Chinese sage Tieqiao

Okumura Masanobu, 1711

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