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Woodblock print of children in East Asian dress watching roosters in a courtyard beneath a pine tree.

Chinese children fighting cocks

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

Woodblock print of a woman holding a blue-patterned cloth in a garden, with figures inside a traditional house behind her.

View of Akasaka

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Woodblock print of travelers wading across a river with a palanquin, a horse, and porters, with mountains behind.

Shimada

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of a red inro case with cords beside a folding fan with green and black patterns, with calligraphy above.

Inrō and fan

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono before a Japanese post town with travelers, horses, and tiled roofs.

View of Sakanoshita

Utagawa Kunisada, 1837

Japanese woodblock print of a wooden bridge, sailing boats on a river, a castle and pine trees under a mountain sky.

Yoshida

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a black lacquered object with a crest, draped in a patterned robe, with calligraphy above.

Kudō (suketsune) no isyō

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Poster of an aviator in a flying helmet and coat before a propeller, with German text urging war loan subscription.

Und Ihr? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe

Fritz Erler, 1918

Woodblock print of horses and travelers on a grassy hillside beneath pine trees, with a red sunset horizon.

Chiryū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of horse stirrups with red lacquer and patterned surfaces, with Japanese calligraphy and red seals.

Edo Musashi saddle stirrup

Totoya Hokkei, 1818

Poster of a nude archer drawing a bow before flames, with German text promoting war bonds, by Fritz Erler, 1918.

Der 9te Pfeil, zeichnet Kriegsanleihe

Fritz Erler, 1918

Woodblock print of a busy Japanese town street with wooden buildings, a loaded horse, travelers, and a red demon mask.

Yokkaichi

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green and peach robe reaching toward cherry blossoms, with a kneeling figure below.

Updated version of Hagoromo

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1764

Wartime poster of a helmeted soldier with gas mask beside barbed wire, with German text urging war bond subscription.

Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe

Fritz Erler, 1917

Woman in kimono picking a pine sprig beside a child holding pine branches, with calligraphy on the left.

Picking young pines

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Poster of a man embracing a woman holding a baby, with red German blackletter slogan about war bonds, 1918.

Kriegsanleihe, helft den Hütern eures Glückes

Walter Georgi, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding a painted crane scroll while a child and an older man look on.

Prince of high

Teisai Hokuba, 1804

Back of a Japanese print with vertical handwritten calligraphy in black ink on pale cream paper.

Willow bundle offering (Kezuribana)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man facing three women on a veranda beneath a rising sun and bare tree.

Transformation of three ridiculous laughs

Kubo Shunman, 1789

Ink print of a white heron standing in water beneath drooping willow branches, with Japanese calligraphy at left.

White heron beneath a willow tree

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of two seated figures making paper umbrellas, one man holding a rib and a woman in green kimono beside him.

Making umbrellas

Katsushika Hokusai, 1802

Woodblock print of children playing a neck rope tug of war on a veranda beside a shoji screen, with cherry blossoms.

Neck tug of war

Kitao Shigemasa, 1770

Two grey fish among holly leaves and plum blossoms on a pale sheet, with handwritten calligraphy above.

Sardines and plums on holly

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of two hooded figures in striped robes holding toy hobby horses, with calligraphy above.

Soga hobby horses

Utagawa Kunisada, 1822

Woodblock print of a woman leading an ox carrying firewood bundles decorated with blue flowers, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Oharame: village girl from Ohara

Katsushika Hokusai, 1829

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda with pine branches and calligraphy above.

Ureshino of the house of Ōgiya: autumn month

Isoda Koryusai, 1770

1916 poster by Ludwig Hohlwein showing a prisoner gripping bars beside a red heart, with German text appealing for war prison

Volkspende für die deutschen Kriegs-und Zivil-Gefangenen ..

Ludwig Hohlwein, 1916

Woodblock print of a bald man in black robe holding a fan at sunrise over the sea, with a woman beside a red railing.

Heishōkoku Kiyomori

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a woman with an insect net and a child reaching toward a cricket on a willow tree.

Catching crickets

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Poster of a man gripping prison bars with a red heart behind him and German blackletter text below.

Volkspende für die deutschen Kriegs-und Zivil-Gefangenen

Ludwig Hohlwein, 1915