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Ink drawing of bamboo stalks and leaves beside a dark rock, framed by a red border, by Hasegawa Settei.

Rock & bamboo in garden

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese print of a woman in striped kimono with a tiger and small dog beside her, with calligraphy at upper left.

Gyōja Bushō

Kubo Shunman, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of two Western men riding horses by the sea, with a large sailing ship flying a French tricolour fla

French men taking horse ride on Sunday in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with lanterns, banners, wooden buildings and pedestrians under a red sky.

Perspective picture of a night show of the opening-of-the-season performance at Fukiyachō and Sakaichō

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Japanese print of a Western-style clock beside a rolled scroll showing a sailing ship on a patterned cloth.

Painting of a ship of treasures and a western clock

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a Western family walking by a harbor with tall sailing ships and flags behind them.

Dutch people taking a Sunday walk in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1871

Japanese print of primroses in an open patterned box with name labels, beside a potted flowering plant, with calligraphy.

Primrose

Kubo Shunman, 1810

Woodblock print of a standing samurai figure in a striped robe, holding a sword, with a helmet and calligraphy on pale paper.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII

Utagawa Kunisada, 1823

Woodblock print of two Russian sailors with a telescope on a harbor quay, a large sailing ship and small boat behind them.

Russians enjoying themselves on Sunday in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Japanese print of a monkey warrior in armor riding clouds with a long black staff, with calligraphy below.

The monkey Songokū from travels to the west

Kubo Shunman, 1812

Woodblock print of two women walking a monkey beside a plum tree, with mountains and calligraphy on the left.

Young women walking a monkey under a plum tree

Keisai Eisen, 1824

Japanese woodblock print of two Western men in a carriage pulled by a horse, with a sailing ship in the harbor behind them.

Americans enjoying Sunday in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Japanese print of a red and gold armor helmet beside pink plum blossoms on a rocky cliff, with calligraphy at left.

Helmet on a Plum Tree

Ryūsai Shigeharu, 1828

Japanese print of a red lobster on folded paper beside pine and plum branches, with calligraphy and a red seal.

New Year's decoration

Niwa Tōkei, 1801

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a field toward snowy Mount Fuji, with a crane flying and the sea at left.

Hara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Ink drawing of a snowman beneath a snow-laden pine branch with a bird, with columns of Japanese text on the left.

Snowman under a Pine

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of a temple complex among blooming cherry trees, with red halls, tiled roofs and red clouds in the foreground

Hasedera in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of porters loading boxes onto a packhorse before a wooden inn, with a woman in a white hat nearby.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Woodblock print of a dancing woman in a red skirt holding a wand, with vertical calligraphy text beside her.

Amenouzumi no Mikoto from the Kojiki

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of pink cherry blossoms on a green hillside, a blue waterfall, and two travelers on a winding path.

Yoshino Mountain in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of travelers, horses and porters crossing a sandy riverbank with blue water channels and a pine tree.

Shimada

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Ink and color print of a man leaning on a waterwheel by rocks and grass, with Japanese calligraphy text above.

Waterwheel

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of a steep cliff with blossoming trees, a narrow path with travelers, and a distant sea and coast.

Mount Kaito in Iga Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a long wooden bridge over a river, with mountains and a temple complex behind.

Okazaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Japanese print of children holding fighting roosters beside a woven basket, with calligraphy text and red seals on the page.

Cockfight

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of a mountain path lined with blooming wisteria, travelers, stone lanterns, and a pagoda above a river.

Path to Zenkōji Temple on Kusuri Mountain in Shinshū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of travelers in yellow umbrellas wading a river toward thatched houses, trees and mountains at dusk.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Japanese print of fishermen in straw capes carrying a fish on a pole across snow, with calligraphy and red seals.

Ice fishing trip

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of boats moored in a bay below rooftops and pine-covered hills, with a red-tinted horizon.

View of Niigata in Echigo Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of ferry boats crossing a river with poled boatmen and travelers under yellow umbrellas, hills beyond.

Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838