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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

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