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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

Triptych woodblock print of samurai battling on a rocky shore beside blue waves, with pine trees and a boat with a red banner

Battle at Yashima Dannoura

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1855

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned robes and armor, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848.

Scene from a Soga play

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

Triptych woodblock print of armored warriors, a seated woman in a kimono, and a fierce dragon face in stormy clouds.

The warrior Fujiwara Hidesato battling the giant centipede

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1815

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

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

Battle at Kawanakajima

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1809

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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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

Komusō

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

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

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 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

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

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