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Colored print of Itsukushima Shrine with red-roofed halls on water, a torii gate, boats, and green hills behind.

A perspective picture of Itsukushima Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

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

Woodblock print of a Kagura performance inside a timber shrine hall with seated audience, musicians and bamboo at centre.

Perspective picture of Daidai Kagura performance at the two sites, Ise Shrine

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe holding a lacquered tray with a potted pine, by Katsukawa Shunkō.

The actor Nakamura Tomijūrō in the role of Ōiso no Tora

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1775

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

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 of a Polish officer raising a sabre before a red and white flag, with a plumed soldier behind him and a call to enlist

Poles! Kosciuszko and Pulaski fought for the liberty of Poland and other nations--Follow their example--Enlist in the…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster of Uncle Sam shaking hands with a woman holding a rake, recruiting for the Woman's Land Army, 1918.

Help! The Woman's Land Army of America, New Jersey Division, State House, Trenton

Charles Dana Gibson, 1918

Poster of three women in headscarves pulling a wooden implement across a stony field, with the text Save Wheat.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat

Edward Penfield, 1918

1917 poster showing the US Capitol dome under a blue sky with a white cloud, titled 4 Minute Men.

4 minute men, a message from the government at Washington Committee on Public Information /

H. Devitt Welsh, 1917

Poster of a man in colonial dress shouting through a megaphone beside red-brick Independence Hall, with bold 4 Minute Men let

4 Minute men--A message from Washington

H. Devitt Welsh, 1917

Wartime poster: a gorilla labeled Militarism carries a club marked Kultur and a woman, with ruins behind, under the text Enli

Destroy this mad brute Enlist - U.S. Army

Harry R. Hopps, 1917

Poster for Rachel's Man showing a man in a blue cape and striped jacket within a yellow circle, with theatre details.

The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "Rachel's man" by Bradley Foote

Bradley Foote, 1936

Travel poster with palms, a blue agave plant, a sailboat on turquoise water, and a pink tower, reading Discover Puerto Rico.

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet

Frank S Nicholson, 1936

Travel poster of a large red sandstone arch with two riders and a pack horse in the valley below, with See America lettering.

See America

Frank S Nicholson, 1936

Vintage 1936 theatre poster for Censored, showing a woman, a soldier in a helmet and an open book in red and cream tones.

Federal Mayan Theatre [presents] Censored, "a modern play" by Conrad Seiler Hilarious 3 act comedy

Conrad Seiler, 1936

Red and black 1936 theatre poster for the comedy Censored at the Columbia Theatre, with illustrated faces of a woman and a ma

Columbia Theatre [presents] hilarious 3 act comedy "Censored" by Conrad Seiler It shocked Hollywood

Conrad Seiler, 1936

Vintage brown and tan poster for Cradle Snatchers at Pickering Park Playhouse, showing a woman and a man in a suit.

"Cradle snatchers" Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse

Russell G Medcraft and Norma Mitchell, 1936

Theatre poster for Day is Darkness showing a man with outstretched arms before a flaming sun, with Yiddish and English text.

The Federal Theatre Project presents "Day is darkness" in 3 acts The famous anti-nazi play by George Fess : Directed…

George Fess, 1939

Blue and red Federal Theatre poster with blindfolded Lady Justice holding scales, advertising Judgment Day at the Savoy in Sa

The Federal Theatre presents Elmer Rice's "Judgment day" First time in San Diego

Elmer Rice, 1938