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

Picking young pines

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Soga hobby horses

Utagawa Kunisada, 1822

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 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

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

Woodblock print of three women in kimono seated in a sailboat on water, with pine trees and reeds on the shore.

Returning sails at Yabase

Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Woodblock print of yokai demons and ghosts surrounding a frightened woman at a wooden chest, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880.

Pandora's box: omoi tsuzura and yokubari obasan

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese-style print of blue ocean waves with white foam crests and spray breaking under a pale sky.

Waves

Uehara Konen, 1900

Japanese woodblock print of red and white chrysanthemums and plum blossoms framing a central calligraphic title panel.

Kachō gafu/

Matsumoto Kazuo, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a wild-haired blue-faced demon with clawed hands running in a patterned robe and red cape.

Ibaraki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of figures warming by a pink fire beneath a snowy mountain, with bare trees and a hanging kettle at right.

The courtier Minamoto no Muneyuki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with plum blossoms, a water tub, and a calligraphy panel, by Suzuki Harunobu.

The poet Chōsui

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764

Woodblock print of a woman in a red floral kimono with a billowing white cloak under a full moon over hills.

Moon at Gojō Bridge

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Monochrome woodblock print of two men measuring Mount Fuji from a rocky hill, with pine trees and clouds behind them.

Measuring the shape of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono on a veranda reaching toward white blossoms under a crescent moon.

The fourth month

Mizuno Toshikata, 1892

Woodblock print of a samurai slashing at a giant spider with glowing yellow eyes that holds a white cloth in a dim room.

Earth spider

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a gray kimono and purple obi watching falling rain beside a wooden post.

Courtesan watching the rain

Migita Toshihide, 1890

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a pine tree over a thatched house with a distant conical mountain and clouds.

Snake chasing Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai, 1836

Woodblock print of a snarling white-haired demon with clawed hands reaching through diagonal rain beside a red pillar.

Watanabe no Tsuna cutting the arm of the demon at Rashomon

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Woodblock print of soldiers with rifles and a flag advancing through heavy rain and dark smoke.

Attack at Weihaiwei Bay

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1895