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Woodblock print of a coastal village with sailboats on a bay, pine trees, and cherry blossoms in the foreground.

Shinagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of an old white-haired woman in a floral green kimono bending over a box with paper streamers.

Watanabe no Tsuna and the demon of Ibaraki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Poster with blackletter text above a circular drawing of a seated soldier warming his hands at a stove.

Spende für bayerische Soldatenheime

Franz von Stuck, 1914

Woodblock print of a moonlit bay with sailboats, a rowboat, and a lantern-lit teahouse on the shore under pine trees.

Kanagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in green beside tall dark reeds, a armored figure at left, and a full moon in the

The filial son Huai Shui

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Poster of green nettle leaves in a wreath around a beer stein on blue and white diamond background, with blackletter text.

Sammelt Brennesseln, die deutsche Baumwolle!

Fritz Wolffhügel, 1918

Woodblock print of a river valley with pine trees, thatched teahouses, red lanterns, and travelers on a path.

Hodogaya

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a woman in black kimono under a cherry tree at night, petals falling, crescent moon above.

Moon over Shinobugaoka

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Poster of a uniformed soldier carrying a shovel and pickaxe, with moored boats behind him and German text below.

Pioniere heraus! G.Kav.Schützen Div

Lucian Zabel, 1918

Woodblock print of farmers planting rice terraces with pine trees, travelers on a road, and snowy Mount Fuji behind.

Totsuka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a mounted archer in green robes aiming at a white dragon rising from a stormy waterfall.

The warrior Tada no Manchū

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Yellow political poster showing a striding worker with a sack over his shoulder, sunburst behind him, with German slogan text

Freiheit, Friede, Arbeit. Wählt die Deutsche Volkspartei in Bayern

Valentin Zietara, 1919

Woodblock print of pine trees on a hillside above a bay with sailing boats and a distant mountain coastline.

Ohiso

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of two women, one in lavender kimono, the other reaching toward a peony-shaped lantern.

Peony lantern

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

WWI relief poster: kneeling woman with three children beside a helmeted figure, text urging support for destitute Belgians.

3,000,000 Belgians are destitute in Belgium. They must not starve. Support the local fund

Unknown artist, 1915

Woodblock print of travelers with a palanquin and red banners on a rocky riverbank beneath gnarled pines and dark mountains.

Hakone

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Two women sit on a mat under a flowering evening glory vine beside a kettle and a tea bowl, seen from behind.

Cooling beneath a evening glory canopy

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Recruitment poster showing a knight on a white horse lancing a green dragon, with the text Britain needs you at once.

Britain needs you at once

Unknown artist, 1915

Japanese woodblock title page with Mount Fuji in a fan cartouche, surrounded by flowers, maple leaves, waves and calligraphy

Mokuroku - title page and table of contents

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a figure in checkered kimono watching a full moon through orange smoke and flames over a town.

Moon through the smoke of a blaze

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Japanese woodblock print of the Seven Gods of Good Luck, with a fisherman holding a red fish above a crowd of robed deities a

The seven gods of good luck

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of snowy rooftops along a canal with Mount Fuji rising in the distance under a pink sky.

Sukiya Bridge in the eastern capital

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a fox disguised as a woman in grey robes and white headscarf, standing among tangled branches at night.

The fox trap

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Vertical Japanese woodblock-style print of a woman with a bamboo flute beneath a drooping willow tree.

Komusō

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a wooden bridge over a river with boats, pine trees on a hill, and Mount Fuji under a red sky.

Ochanomizu in the eastern capitol

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a tanuki peeking from a cloak on a table beside a woman in a kimono, with a round window and kett

The clothes changing tea pot

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing courtesan in patterned kimono with wisteria blossoms above her head.

The courtesan Hanaōgi of the house of Ōgi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1794

Woodblock print of Ryōgoku Bridge over a river with Mount Fuji, boats, rowers, and two women in kimono under willow branches.

Ryōgoku in the eastern capital

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono holding red maple branches beside a gnarled tree and patterned fans.

Autumn moon over Sumiyoshi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a black kimono with fan patterns beside a latticed screen.

Courtesan

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1786

Woodblock print of autumn maples on a hill above fields and a river, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance at sunset.

Sunset Hill, Meguro in the eastern capitol

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono gathering red maple leaves from a branch against a pale background.

Maple leaf gathering

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a seated man beside a painted screen with pine branches, interior scene.

House of Daifuku

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind green hills and pine trees, with white-sailed boats on a bay.

Noge, Yokohama in Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a samurai on a boat battling a huge wave under a full moon at night.

Moon over the waters at Daimotsu Bay

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one kneeling with a hairpin beside a wooden box.

A courtesan and her apprentice (Shinzo)

Isoda Koryusai, 1774

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a bay, with a yellow-sailed boat in the foreground and a pine tree at right.

Honmoku no hana in Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono reading a letter, with ornate hair combs.

Young lady reading a letter

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a seated man by a river beneath willow branches, with stepping stones in water.

On the way to Tamagawa

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen across a bay, with fishing boats, pine trees on rocky shore, and a red sky.

Sea at Miura in Sōshū Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Poster showing a soldier before a black church silhouette, with text urging support for troops and a khaki Testament for sold

Put the church behind Pershing To win this war the boys at the front need strength of spirit : a khaki testament for…

Unknown artist, 1918

Vertical Japanese print of a woman in a kimono seated on a crane beside pine branches, holding an open scroll.

A modern view of the Chinese immortal Hichobo

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of women in patterned kimono and a child in a dark robe walking beneath a parasol.

Tomimoto School of Joruri

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Woodblock print of a river, bridge and wooded hills with a distant mountain, a red sun and calligraphy in the sky.

An evening view of Fuji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1829

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman playing a shamisen beside a red table, with cursive calligraphy filling the background.

Scene of Oshun Denbei Horikawa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a staff, with calligraphy and loquat blossoms behind him.

Secret song of the biwa (loquat) blossom: Matsunami Kengyo as Akushichi Byoe

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1863

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen of flowers, with a mountain landscape behind.

Ichimura Takenojo IV as a flower vendor

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1726

Woodblock print of a giant hand in a military sleeve gripping a walled town and harbor with ships below.

Pressure from a heavy hand

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1904

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono under willow branches, with scattered letters at her feet.

Shohei

Torii Kiyomasu, 1726

Wartime poster of a Polish soldier in a helmet charging with a bayoneted rifle, red flag with white eagle behind him.

Polish Army in France

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster of a worker with a sledgehammer shaking hands with a soldier holding a rifle, with a slogan about the future.

The past is behind us, the future is ahead. Let us all strive to make the future better and brighter than the past ev…

Gerrit A. Beneker, 1918

Woodblock print of a large lion-decorated kite and many small kites over green fields, with pine trees and distant mountains.

Distant view of Akiba of Enshu: kites of Fukuroi

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Sepia charcoal portrait of a woman in a headscarf with hands at her chest, above the poster text 'Give or we perish'.

Give or we perish American Committee for Relief in the Near East--Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia--Campaign for $30,000,0…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1919

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a wooden veranda with a railing, blossoming branches below.

Viewing cherry blossoms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woman warrior in red armor on a rearing white horse, holding a bow, with a quiver of arrows, against a patterned background.

The female warrior Hangaku

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

Charcoal poster of a plumed armored horseman on a white horse with a lance, under an eagle, with Polish and English text belo

Following the paths of our fathers in the ranks of the Polish army for motherland and freedom

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dramatic pose with a sword, under a Japanese calligraphy banner.

Ichikawa Ebizō

Torii Kiyomasu, 1736

Japanese print of an old white-haired figure with a dragon staff beside two women holding flaming orbs, with calligraphy abov

The yokyoku tamanoi (jewelled well)

Poster of a woman knitting in a chair beside a red cross, with the text 'You can help, American Red Cross' below.

You can help--American Red Cross

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black and brown robes holding a fan and sword, by Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794.

Kinokuniya Sawamura Sanj-ro III as Oboshi Yuranosuke

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Ink drawing of a seated woman in a striped kimono beside a child, with vertical calligraphy and a red seal on grey paper.

Mother and child

Baitei Kino, 1750

Charcoal portrait of a young woman above a poster slogan urging support for the country's girlhood and the Y.W.C.A.

Stand by the country's girlhood--The Y.W.C.A. acts for you

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Woodblock print of a samurai facing an elderly monk holding a mirror, with a willow tree and text panel above.

Miyamoto musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of a woman in a plaid and floral kimono reaching toward a lantern, with gold flecks on a pale background.

Volume one

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

When the boys come home While I was over there what were you doing here? Students of America, how will you answer him…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Woodblock print of a warrior in a blue patterned robe wielding a fur-tasselled weapon among swirling leaves and reeds.

Kinhyōshi yōrin, hero of the Suikoden

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1826

Woodblock print of three Japanese women in patterned kimono, one with a carp design, dated 1772 by Isoda Koryūsai.

Ukifune of the hōse of Kanaya

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red floral kimono and blue hakama, holding a sword against a dark background.

Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the role of Kaja Yoshitaka

Utagawa Kunisada and Takizawa Bakin, 1854

Woodblock print of a seated samurai in blue robes surrounded by glowing skeleton warriors wielding swords and bows at night.

Ōya tarō mitsukuni

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of women in kimono and a man with a sword under cherry blossoms, with a temple in the background.

Cherry blossom viewing at Ueno

Katsukawa Shunzan, 1781

Woodblock print of a red five-storied pagoda and blue torii gate framed by tall cedar trees in green foliage.

Five-storied pagoda at Nikko

Uehara Konen, 1900

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono with a round fan, seated on a veranda with feet in water.

Evening cool

Otake Kokkan, 1900

Woodblock print of a snipe bird standing on one leg among slender reeds beside a misty pool.

Snipe bird in reeds

Ohara Koson, 1900

Wartime poster of a woman stirring a bowl beside cornmeal boxes, with the slogan 'she is doing her part to help win the war'.

She is doing her part to help win the war

Howard Chandler Christy, 1918

Woodblock print of a temple beside waterfall and steep green mountains, with small figures on a path below.

Nihon Temple on Mount Yokogiri at Bōshū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock-style print of a small red-capped bird perched on a stem beside a white lily with green leaves.

Small bird on lily plant

Baison, 1890

Poster titled Patriotic League showing a smiling woman in a white blouse holding a billowing American flag, with a blue trian

Patriotic League

Howard Chandler Christy, 1918

Black crow with open beak perched on a snowy branch with icicles hanging below, on a tan background.

Blackbird in snow

Ikeda Koson, 1880

Woodblock print of Kirifuri Falls with white water cascading over rocks, travelers in robes at its base and on a path.

Kirifuri Falls at Mount Kurokami in Shimosuke

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Poster of a woman in a nurse's cap with a red cross holding an American flag, with the words The Spirit of America and JOIN.

The spirit of America--Join

Howard Chandler Christy, 1919

Woodblock print of five women in kimono dancing under a large parasol, holding fans and a lantern.

Sumiyoshi dance

Chobunsai Eishi, 1791

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall framed by trees, with travelers in wide hats on a path beside a thatched hut.

Yōrō waterfall in Mino Province

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of children gathered at a painting class with brushes, fans, bowls and paper on red mats.

Children in a painting class

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of men tumbling on a moonlit Edo street beneath willow trees, with paper signs and lanterns.

48: Emonzaka, Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hirokage, 1861

Woman in patterned kimono holding a basin with a morning glory, beside calligraphy and a blue crest banner.

Beauty carrying morning glory in a basin

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

Woodblock print of a bald, fierce-faced man in a patterned robe seated on rocks, holding a bowl, with a golden dragon above.

Actor in the role of Nakasaina Sonja

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a standing man with a yellow fan and a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono.

Arashi Hinasuke in the role of Minamoto no Raikō and Iwai Kumesaburō in the role of Yosoi Hime

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1799

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono walking by a river with bushclover, hills and a moon above.

Bushclover at Tamagawa (Six Jewel Rivers)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Woodblock print of a tall courtesan in a black patterned kimono walking with two attendants in pale robes.

The Courtesan Kinshū of Yotsumei-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1775

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono beside a wooden fence and pine branch.

First scene

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1785

Two helmeted soldiers charge with rifles through snow beside a stone wall, under a 1917 food administration poster slogan.

Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar--The fuel for fighters United States Food Admin…

Harvey Dunn, 1917

Japanese woodblock print of women, children and a man under yellow parasols walking in falling snow.

Snow

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a folding fan, with a red Japanese cartouche.

Ichikawa Yaozō III in the role of Yoshida-ya Kizaemon

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1804

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a drawn sword above his head, with water in the background.

Ichikawa Danzō I

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1776

Woodblock print of a mother and child behind teal mosquito netting, with a standing woman and paper lantern in a Japanese int

Mother and child behind mosquito netting

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono, one standing and two seated, with tall black hats and crane moti

Fūryū onna shikisanba

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1788