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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

Triptych woodblock print of samurai battling across a river, with archers, arrows, red banners and distant mountains.

Battle at Kawanakajima

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1809

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

Triptych woodblock print of a comic rosary procession with a giant octopus, demons, a mounted rider, and townspeople.

A comic Buddhist rosary procession

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1864

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

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in costume with swords and staff, before pines, a castle, and a rising

The actors Seki Sanjūrō, Ichikawa Danjūrō, and Iwai Hanshirō

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

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

Triptych woodblock print of a night river festival with lantern-lit boats, fireworks over a bridge, and crowds of figures.

Flourishing fireworks at Ryōkoku Bridge Kawabiraki ("opening the river" ceremony) in the eastern capital

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

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 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

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

Komusō

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

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

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

Japanese woodblock print of samurai fighting in heavy rain beneath a pine tree, with fallen warriors and labeled cartouches.

Scene from a Soga play

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1858

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

Woodblock print of armored samurai on horseback fighting in battle before a red and blue roofed gate with banners.

Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Taiken Gate

Utagawa Kunisada, 1817

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

Courtesan

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1786

Japanese woodblock print of a muscular warrior hurling men into a river beside a waterfall, 1813.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1813

Two-panel woodblock print of kabuki actors: a man in a checked robe beside flames and a pine, and men in blue and striped kim

Actors in the roles of Oyone Magoshichi and Taheiji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

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 diptych of samurai warriors and a demon, with a mounted warrior in patterned robes and a snarling figure with a swo

Raikō Shitennō (Minamoto Yorimitsu and his fellow warriors, ) and Kidōmaru

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1811

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in samurai costume against stylized blue waves, 1815.

The actors Seki Sanjūrō and Sakata Hangurō

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

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

Young lady reading a letter

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women bathing nude in a crowded public bathhouse with wooden tubs and attendants.

Naked bodies compared to irises in hot water, comparing hips to a snow laden willow in hot water

Toyohara Kunichika and Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1868

Triptych Japanese print of elegant figures on a boat with Mount Fuji, a hawk and eggplants, by Utamaro, 1798.

First dream: Fuji, hawks, and eggplants

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Triptych woodblock print of armored samurai fighting in a mountain valley with red banners and pine trees.

The great battle at Kurikara Valley

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1810

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

Japanese print of cherry blossoms over a wooden shelf with tea utensils, a jar and bowl, with calligraphy on the left.

Utensils for picnic tea ceremony

Niwa Tōkei, 1819

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 diptych of a child in red costume and a woman in patterned kimono beside a pine and bamboo grove.

Yamauba to kaidōmaru

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

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

Japanese print of a cooking pan with a black lid, a fish, pine sprigs and a tray, with calligraphy at upper left.

Baby whitefish

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

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

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of camels with a rider, a handler, and columns of Japanese text.

A pair of camels

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1824

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

Ink-wash sketch of a grey cylindrical object beside a small outlined mouse with a long tail on cream paper.

Chinese sage

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830