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Color woodblock print of a samurai clinging to a dark rock beside a full moon and grasses under a teal night sky.

Moon over Mount Inaba

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of an armored archer beneath a pine tree with a kneeling companion and stylized waves behind.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a potted plum tree in bloom.

The actor Onoe Kikugorō and a potted plum tree

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

Japanese woodblock print of a courtier drawing a bow under a full moon beside a deer and red maple tree.

Moon over Jogan Hall of the palace

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded samurai with sword seated among elegant women in kimono beneath cherry blossoms.

Hideyoshi and his wives

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Woodblock print of a fierce-faced man in blue kimono carrying a plank in snow, with a tiled building behind.

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a kneeling man with a sword facing a large yellow-eyed cat beside a paper lantern.

Summer-like moon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup, black hair, a fan, and a red patterned kimono.

The Actor Nakayama Tomisaburo

Enkyō Kabukidō, 1796

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono on a veranda beside a pine tree, with Japanese text above.

Young attendants (Kamuro) celebrating the New Year

Katsushika Hokusai, 1791

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono holding a round black fan, with a decorative fan panel at left.

Kiyomizu Komachi

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue and red patterned kimono gesturing toward a reed-lined lake vignette.

The young maiden Oshichi

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1867

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a standing attendant holding a box, in a room with a go board and

Courtesan and Kamuro in a parlour

Kitao Shigemasa, 1764

Woodblock print of a reclining woman dreaming of a boat with two women and a poling boatman on waves.

Dream Ukihashi

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned peony kimono, holding a raised sword against a plain background.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of still life with red shibori cloth, lacquer box, hairpin, patterned bowl and calligraphy, 1818.

Shibori, hairpin, and lip color bowl

Horai Hidenobu, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black ox through a snowy village at night, with a mountain behind.

Picture of Kanbara

Utagawa Kunisada, 1836

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono reeling silk thread at a wooden frame, with hanging skeins and a brazier.

Pulling silk thread

Utagawa Yoshifuji

Woodblock print of a crowded arched wooden bridge over a river, with cargo boats, warehouses, and a distant mountain.

Nihonbashi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai fighting, one with raised sword, scattered arrows and spear on a teal backgro

Moon viewed through the heart

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 a coastal village with sailboats on a bay, pine trees, and cherry blossoms in the foreground.

Shinagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of an old white-haired woman in a floral green kimono bending over a box with paper streamers.

Watanabe no Tsuna and the demon of Ibaraki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

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

Komusō

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of a moonlit bay with sailboats, a rowboat, and a lantern-lit teahouse on the shore under pine trees.

Kanagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man in green beside tall dark reeds, a armored figure at left, and a full moon in the

The filial son Huai Shui

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

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

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

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

Courtesan

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1786

Woodblock print of farmers planting rice terraces with pine trees, travelers on a road, and snowy Mount Fuji behind.

Totsuka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855