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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

Poster of a helmeted soldier silhouetted with a camera before an orange battle scene, titled U.S. Official War Pictures.

U.S. official war pictures

Louis D. Fancher, 1917

Hotei carries a child piggyback through shallow water beside a woman under a willow tree, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Hotei carrying a young girl piggyback

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of two men in patterned kimono crossing a wooden bridge with a servant, river and village behind.

Ichikawa Omezō and Sawamura Gennosuke crossing Azuma Bridge

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1804

Woodblock print of two women standing on a pier beside a seated man, with rippling water and a boat behind them.

A young man at Sanbashi

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of a man with a sword and a woman on a veranda, with a rooster and hen and blossoming plum branches.

A young dandy and a woman on a veranda

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and two children looking into a peep box showing a landscape scene.

Viewing a peep box show

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Japanese woodblock print of a woman reading by a shelf of ceramics, with a small inset of figures on a ladder.

Shaving a monk's head [Daikoku shaving Fukurokujin's head]

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of two women in a room, one looking at a hanging scroll of a man, the other kneeling near plum blossoms.

Courtesans admiring a painting by Okumura Masanobu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded poet in yellow robes writing by lantern light, with a pheasant, reeds and full moon.

Kakinomoto no hitomaro

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Poster showing a worker with an ice hook over cut ice blocks, with workers and an ice house behind, promoting the ice harvest

Help in the harvest ice is needed to save food for the starving people of the world /

Unknown artist, 1910

Woodblock print of two women in kimono washing and stretching cloth beneath a weeping willow tree.

Washing and stretching cloth

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Poster of a nurse in a veil holding an infant beside a large red cross, titled The Greatest Mother in the World.

The greatest mother in the world

A. E. Foringer, 1917

Woodblock print of two costumed figures gathering shells on a tidal flat with boats and birds in the sky.

Segawa Kikunojō and Bandō Minnosuke collecting seashells

Utagawa Kunisada, 1825

Woodblock print of a reclining woman and sleeping child in a room with shoji screens, a seated attendant, and bamboo outside.

Taira no Kanemori

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of Susanoo standing on a rocky cliff above the sea with a sword, while a woman in pink sits above him.

Susanoo no mikoto

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of a tattooed warrior with a sword leaping over rippling water, with arrows and a dragon ornament nearby.

Lang Libai and Fei Zhangfan

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1826

Woodblock print of a young man with a sword and a woman in a kimono on a veranda beside roosters and plum blossoms.

Young dandy and a beauty on a veranda

Suzuki Harunobu, 1750

Poster of an elderly man shaking hands with a soldier holding a rifle, with farmland behind them and text urging purchase of

"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" Third Liberty Loan /

Lawrence Harris, 1918

Woodblock print of a samurai in floral armor on a white horse riding through blue waves, with a bow raised.

The actor Iwai Shijaku in the role of Mukan Tayū Atsumori

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of a standing samurai watching a kneeling craftsman repair high wooden clogs on a stand.

Repairing Ushiwakamaru's high clogs (takageta)

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Poster with a stylized portrait of Cardinal Mercier in red robes and French text urging food aid for war victims.

Cardinal Mercier - Le Cardinal supplie l'Administration-Alimentaire de venir en aide de suite, en expédiant plus de v…

George Illian, 1917

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned blue kimono adjusting her hair, with an inset scene of figures in a room.

Tatsunokoku Asa Itsutsu (8 am): the courtesan Kashiku of Tsuru-ya

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a steamship, horse-drawn carriage, covered carts and porters pushing goods along a harbor shore.

New forms of transportation

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1871

Woodblock print of women in kimono and flower-decorated hats in a festival procession before a Edo-period building with lante

Sanno Festival in front of Kame-ya Department Store

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1804

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono at a wooden pier, with birds flying over a blue bay and distant mountains.

Young woman at Sanbashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Woodblock print of three women in kimono among bushclover shrubs beside a stream, with a bamboo fence and pine trees behind.

Bushclover at Tamagawa

Kubo Shunman, 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in red and plaid robes with a sword beside a standing woman in a black kimono.

Tachibana-ya and Ōmi-ya

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a man poling a bamboo raft past tall reeds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and green hills in the distance.

Sagami River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Poster of a soldier ladling milk from a metal can to children and villagers in snowy winter scene.

Free milk for France

Francis Luis Mora, 1918

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a floral kimono with a black cloak and ornate hair ornaments on a silver ground.

Yamatoya

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1794

Woodblock print of a seaside beach with Mount Fuji, a small island, a teahouse with banners, and figures on the sand.

Shichirigahama in Sagami Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a figure in a red patterned kimono and white hooded cloak standing in snow beside bamboo and a wooden fenc

Ichikawa Monnosuke II

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1770