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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

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath a striped lantern, one holding a fan and sword.

The actors Ogawa Zengorō, Ichikawa Danjūrō, Yamashita Kinsaku

Torii Kiyomasu, 1723

Woodblock print of a nude woman seated indoors drying her foot with a cloth beside a red basin.

Woman after a bath

Hashiguchi Goyô, 1915

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono standing beside two seated women near a brazier, with calligraphy above.

The courtesan Segawa

Santō Kyōden, 1784

Woodblock print of an adult and child in patterned kimonos picking persimmons from a branch, with Japanese calligraphy on the

Picking persimmons

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1748

Woodblock print of a man in a striped kimono and a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink floral robe, with calligraphy.

Shirai Gonpachi and the courtesan Komuraski of the Miura-ya

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Woodblock print of a woman with a dark bun holding sheer cloth stretched across her face, tan paper background.

Sheer cloth

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of four women in kimono sorting green leaves on a mat in a room, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799.

Number five

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

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