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Woodblock print of a reclining woman in a checkered kimono with a figure peeking behind a fan in an interior room.

Daikoku taking a peek

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of samurai and figures on a veranda beside rice paddies, by Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815.

Act six [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe and white headscarf standing on a boat in falling snow.

The actor Onoe Baikō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and stern expression, holding a sword within an oval frame, in a patterned k

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Kuro Suketsune

Katsukawa Shunjo, 1781

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda beside a lantern and shoji screen, with a maple branch.

The actor Arashi Hinaji in the role of Jōruri Gozen

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Woodblock print of three figures on a veranda: two musicians in wide hats play shamisen while a seated figure holds a vessel.

Three actors

Okumura Masanobu, 1716

Woodblock print portrait of a kabuki actor with a black topknot and stern look, wearing a dotted black and red plaid kimono.

The actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1795

Woodblock print of a pheasant standing in grass with two swallows flying above, with Japanese calligraphy columns.

Swallows and pheasant

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Poster of a colonial militiaman aiming a musket, with text urging viewers to buy Liberty Bonds in 1917.

Your forefathers died for liberty in 1776 - What will you do for it in 1917? Buy Liberty Bonds

Paul A. Ickes, 1917

Navy recruitment poster from 1917 showing a woman in a navy uniform and cap beside orange text reading I want YOU for the Nav

I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster /

Howard Chandler Christy, 1917

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red robes holding a sword, framed within a fan-shaped cartouche with a red seal.

The actor Ichikawa Danzō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770

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