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Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with townhouses, lanterns, and figures in kimono, with fields beyond.

Perspective picture of famous places of Japan: Nakanocho in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1775

Woodblock print of figures in kimono inside a room with hanging netting, a folding iris screen, and tea utensils on the floor

Outside the mosquito netting

Torii Kiyomasu, 1716

Woodblock print of a large blue wave curling over boats, with snow-capped Mount Fuji visible in the distance under a grey sky

The great wave off shore of Kanagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

Hand-colored Japanese print of people on a veranda viewing cherry blossoms, with a pond, pagoda and hillside path.

Viewing cherry blossoms from the bank of a pond at Ueno

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1725

Woodblock print of two women in a boat on water, one playing a lute, under a crescent moon and clouds.

Genji ukifune

Okumura Masanobu, 1742

Woodblock print of a long boat with a thatched cabin among reeds, with Mount Fuji and flying cranes in the background.

Shibori of Jōshū

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Woodblock print of figures in a wooden pavilion, with boats on the sea and a rising sun beyond the veranda.

Shinagawa tsukimi no keshiki

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1726

Japanese woodblock print of figures on a shore beside a red sun, rocks, monkeys, a palanquin and distant islands.

Futamigaura

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of samurai and travelers on a path past a thatched house, bamboo, and a wooden bridge.

Act six [of the Kanadehon Chushingura]

Utagawa Sadahide, 1830

Japanese print of a dark cormorant diving into water beside two pale herons, with small fish and a misty grey sky.

Cormorant and white heron

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Brown-toned Japanese triptych of kimono-clad women beneath branches, with figures in clouds and calligraphic inscriptions.

Triptych of viewing maple leaves

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1744

Woodblock print of a seated woman with a pipe and a kneeling man in an interior with a folding screen and birds.

Page 13

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of six figures in traditional robes, a reclining woman in a floral kimono at center with seated men

Six poets

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of a Shinto Kagura performance in a shrine hall, with seated audience, drum and paper streamers.

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

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1767

Woodblock print of a man with a sake cup and two women in kimono seated on tatami beside a sliding door.

A drinking party

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded market in front of a red temple gate with guardian statues and a pagoda.

Perspective picture of the market at Kinryūzan Temple

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1792

Woodblock print of women bathing and dressing in a Japanese bathhouse with wooden tubs, a child, and patterned red panels.

Bathhose women

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman and a child lying on the floor with an open book in a traditional room.

A mother and son [her son doesn't want her to read]

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716

Woodblock print of porters carrying palanquins across a rough blue river, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance.

Fuji at Kanaya on the Tōkaidō

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad procession with a palanquin and parasol, townhouses and a shrine among pines beyond.

Brocade parade of the eastern capital: a view of Hachiman Shrine at Ichigaya

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of a lantern-lit interior hall with kimono-clad women and attendants on a matted floor, in orange and green.

Perspective picture of cleaning out in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1770

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji reflected in a lake, with a thatched village, pine trees and a rowing boat in the foreground.

The water's surface at Misaka in Koshu

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832

Triptych woodblock print of three kabuki actors in patterned costumes with swords against a dark, cloudy night sky.

Arashi Rikan as Mashiba Hisatsugu [left]; Nakamura Utaemon as Hakusho, Gosaku who is actually Ishikawa Goeimon [cente…

Ryūsai Shigeharu, 1830

Colour woodblock print of townspeople walking a riverside railing beside a busy waterway filled with boats.

A view of Nakazu

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1772

Black and white Japanese woodblock print of a two-story building with lattice windows and figures in kimono on the street bel

Edochō, Shin-Yoshiwara

Okumura Masanobu, 1890

Woodblock print of performers in patterned kimono beside a pine decoration, with fans and a lacquered box.

A saruwaka performance before a New Year's decoration

Torii Kiyonaga, 1804

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a pink kimono picking chrysanthemums beside rushing river rapids.

Transformation of Kikujirō

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one raising a cup on a tray beside a screen, with a red sun and calligraphy.

A New Year's toast

Kubo Shunman, 1789

Woodblock print of Kanda Myōjin Shrine precinct with trees, a stone lion, strolling figures, stalls and city rooftops.

View from the precinct of Kanda Myōjin Shrine

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Woodblock print of an arched wooden bridge with travelers, a conical mountain and wooded hills across the water.

Okazaki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804