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Japanese woodblock print of two children playing with toys beside a lattice screen and blossoming plum branches.

Brother and sister

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1751

Woodblock print of an armored samurai on horseback crossing a river, with cherry blossoms and a boat in the background.

Lieutenant Taifu Atsumori [who has not received his proper name]

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Ink print of two kabuki-style figures in patterned kimono beside a latticed screen and pine tree on a veranda.

The actors Sawamura Kodenji [and ? in the role of Minamoto Yoshitsune]

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1744

Woman in kimono kneeling by a flowering branch and vase, looking toward a bird outside a latticed window.

May: Cuckoo

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a seated young boy holding a flowering branch and a hanging fruit ornament, in a butterfly-patterned robe.

Male child with pleach blossom sprig

Ishikawa Toyomasa, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of two armored warriors, one on a red horse, with a raised halberd and calligraphy.

The warriors Miura Ōsuke Yoshiaki and Miura Bettō Yoshizumi

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1804

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a hobby horse beside a latticed screen.

The actor Ichimura Uzaemon as Kidōmaru

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hairpins holding a pipe, beside a man with a topknot, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Osono and Rokusaburō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Japanese woodblock print of three women and a child walking beneath drooping wisteria, with pine trees and water behind them.

Three beauties beneath wisteria

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Black-and-white Japanese print of a seated man in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword and bamboo motifs.

Singing

Torii Kiyonaga, 1781

Woodblock print of two courtesans with gold hairpins, one reading a handwritten letter, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

The courtesans Yoyotose and Yoyoginu of the Matsuba-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins and patterned kimono, with calligraphy and signature beside them.

The courtesan Midorigi of Okamatsu-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a courtesan with a floral parasol, flanked by two attendants and a man in a checked robe.

The courtesan Tsurunoo of Tsuru-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black kimono holding a green parasol, beside wooden buckets and a barrel.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō in the role of Sukeroku

Torii Kiyohiro, 1751

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono standing under a willow tree, one holding a sword.

The actors Ichimura Kamezō and Nakamura Kiyoza

Torii Kiyohiro, 1751

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in warrior costume with swords, seated before a wooden barrier between red pillars.

The actor Ichikawa Ebizō in the role of Shinozuka breaking through the barrier

Torii Kiyomasu, 1730

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style figure in a long robe holding a fan and a parasol, in pink and tan tones.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1777

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned grey kimono, hand at her chin, beside rippling water and reeds.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō IV

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1775

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono holding a sword, with a lantern and flowering branch.

The actor Sawamura Sojūrō III

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1776

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one in dark robe with checkered design, the other in floral green g

Actors in the roles of Kono Moronau and Kaoyo

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Poster of a man in white shirt sowing coins across a sunlit field, with bold German slogan text above and below.

Willst du den Frieden ernten, musst du säen -- darum zeichne 8. Kriegsanleihe ..

Ernst Ludwig Franke, 1918

Poster of a knight in red holding a golden banner with a double-headed eagle, promoting an Austrian war loan.

Zeichnet vierte österreichische Kriegsanleihe

Adolf Karpellus, 1916

Black and cream 1914 recruitment poster of an athlete leaping over rifle-bearing soldiers, with Irish Canadian Rangers text.

Jump into your place in the Sportsman's Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers

Unknown artist, 1914

Poster for Canadian war savings stamps showing a green stamp of a soldier with a torch and flag, with price tables in French.

Canada timbres d'epargne de guerre. Venez en aide au pays

Unknown artist, 1918

WWI recruitment poster showing four soldiers in front of Belgian, French, British flags, with French text urging enlistment.

Canadiens-Francais! Le Prussien est encore sur le sol de France ... Enrolez-vous dans le 189e Bataillon, F.E.C

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI-era recruitment poster with crossed Union Jack and Red Ensign flags and text urging men to enlist at once.

Did you do anything to beat Germany last year! You can do something this year. Enlist at once!

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster: smiling officer in khaki beside a globe, rooster labeled France fighting an eagle labeled Allemagne,

Canadiens Francais. Venez avec nous dans le 150ieme Bataillon C.M.R. Aider a la victoire du coq Gaulois sur l'aigle P…

Unknown artist, 1915

Vintage 1919 poster for Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto showing a woman on horseback with flags and a soldier.

Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto ..

J. E. H. MacDonald, 1919

Poster with skeletal figure over a factory and wheat sheaf offered to three men, title Kohle ist Brot in blackletter.

Kohle ist Brot

Unknown artist, 1918

Vintage German political poster of a red-coated figure with a torch over a map of Bavaria, with slogan text below.

Bayern, der Bolshewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag!

Unknown artist, 1919