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Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins reading a book, wearing a striped kimono against a grey background.

Ochie of the Ko-ise-ya of the Arayashiki in Kobikichō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

Woodblock print of a tall pine, torii gate, horseback rider and cherry blossoms, with Mount Fuji beyond a lake at dusk.

Mount Kanō in Kazusa Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of two women, one standing on a pier and one seated in a boat on a river.

Enjoying cool evening on a boat beneath Azuma Bridge

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono holding up an unrolled letter, with Japanese text at upper right.

Woman reading a letter

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

Woodblock print of crashing waves on a rocky coast, travelers on a cliff path, a boat on the bay, and Mount Fuji in the dista

The coast at Hota in Boshu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of three women and a child by a pond beneath weeping willows, one seated on a wooden bench.

Willow garden

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1790

Woodblock print of a woman and child with fans watching fireflies over irises at night.

Fireflies

Eishosai Choki, 1793

Woodblock print of a leaning pine on a cliff path above a bay with sailboats, travelers, and a teahouse.

Armor-Hanging Pine, Hakkeizaka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of three women on a veranda overlooking a snow covered garden with bamboo fencing.

Viewing a snow covered garden

Torii Kiyonaga, 1783

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman tending a brazier with charcoal fire and a small pan, with calligraphy at upper

Brazier

Eishosai Choki, 1794

Woodblock print of a curving moat with stone banks, pine trees, tiled buildings, and parasol-carrying pedestrians.

Benkei Moat from Soto-Sakurada to Kojimachi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman with a green basket beside a fence, two women watching from a barred window, and calligraphy above

April

Suzuki Harunobu, 1769

Poster of four women in work coats with a white horse, rake and vegetable basket, lettered 'The Girl on the Land Serves the N

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee /

Edward Penfield, 1918

Woodblock print of a man poling a raft on a river beneath willow branches, with a red sunset horizon.

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Sepia wartime poster of a battleship at dock with cranes, biplanes overhead, and the slogan Buy Liberty Bonds below.

Provide the sinews of war, buy Liberty Bonds

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Poster of a girl in a straw hat pushing a garden cultivator past green plants, with text urging readers to join the school ga

Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now

Edward Penfield, 1918

Woodblock print of a shrine among pines beside a lake with reeds, flying geese, and mountains under a dusk sky.

Bentei Shrine, Inokashira Pond

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Red-tinted poster of the Statue of Liberty silhouetted against a fiery sky, with a biplane above and a harbor below.

That liberty shall not perish from the earth - Buy liberty bonds Fourth Liberty Loan /

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in a room with a sea view, a folding screen, and lacquer boxes.

A brothel in Shinagawa: first page of a Shunga set

Isoda Koryusai, 1774

Woodblock print of a waterfall over a cliff beside a river, with bathers, a pavilion, a wooden bridge and pine trees.

Takinogawa, Ōji

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink and white kimono holding a striped parasol beside chrysanthemums and straw bundles.

Segawa kikunojō

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1769

Woodblock print of a woman holding an umbrella in snow while another kneels to clear snow from her clog.

Removing snow from one's clogs

Isoda Koryusai, 1776

Woodblock print of a river with a yellow-sailed boat, pine trees, a teahouse, and distant hills under a red sunset sky.

Niishuku Ferry

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woman in green kimono with pink obi holding a fan beside a shamisen, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Itsutomi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of an actor with pale makeup, ornate hair ornaments, and a black chrysanthemum-patterned kimono with

Segawa tomisaburō [as yadorigi, wife of ogishi kurando]

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a paper lantern and hanging cloths.

Ōmando ogie oiyo takeji

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a grey kimono with floral crests, grimacing, against a plain grey background.

Kataoka nizaemon

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1793

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono, one standing with a sword, one seated in black with a cres

The actors Sawamura Sōjūrō and Segawa Kikunogō

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a checkered pink kimono blowing a golden popper against a silver background.

Young lady blowing on a poppin

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking along a river bank with reeds and houses behind them.

Cooling off near the river bank

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono at a doorway and a man with a sword below a red calligraphy banner.

Correspondence of Rajōmon

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman reading a scroll beside a young attendant, with a lacquer writing box on a red mat.

The hour of the dog

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Woodblock print of two women and a man in kimono walking in snow beside a red pillar and snow-covered tree branches.

Viewing snow at Mount Matchi

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checked summer kimono holding a round fan, with hair combs and bare feet.

Standing beauty in a summer gown

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1772

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle wiping her face with a patterned cloth, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Woman wiping sweat

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Lithograph poster of the Court of Honor on South Broad Street, Philadelphia, with flags, eagles and a domed building, 1919.

The court of honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia, designed by the Advisory Committee of Artists for the Victory Loan…

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Poster of a mounted soldier with a flag riding a horse, with large text urging boys to do their duty by enlisting now.

Come on, boys! Do your duty by enlisting now!

Vojtěch Preissig, 1917

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one pointing toward a shop street scene with lanterns, with calligraphy above.

Chrysanthemum viewing

Suzuki Harunobu and Shiba Kōkan and Suzuki Harushige, 1771

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono inside a green mosquito net with red valances and bedding.

Woman with a visitor

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1797

Teal and black wartime poster showing two soldiers charging past an explosion, with Czech slogans for independence and democr

Za nasi samostatnost! Hrr na vraha! Za demokracii! Československá armáda

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo-period street with townhouses, lanterns, and figures in kimono, with fields beyond.

Perspective picture of famous places of Japan: Nakanocho in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1775

Woodblock print of two women with an umbrella and a child with a second umbrella walking in rain past a red fence and a dog.

Rain in May

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodcut poster of black double-headed eagles nailed to grey crosses with pink placards, Czech text, 1918.

Za ceskou samostatnost, Ceske narodni sdruzeni

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918

Woodblock print of a samurai in orange armor facing a clawed demon emerging from dark clouds above a tiled floor.

Rajōmon

Torii Kiyonobu, 1711

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a fence and bamboo grove, with a bird and a riverbank behind them.

Bush warbler in bamboo

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of three women on a veranda beside a river, one standing with a pipe and two tending a teapot on a brazier.

Otomo no Kuronushi

Chobunsai Eishi, 1795

Poster of a robed figure raising a hammer amid red lightning, with two soldiers running behind him under a dark sky.

Bǒh do krivdy hromom a junák gulámi..

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda beside sliding screens and a fruiting branch.

Early spring

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of three women in an interior room with a bamboo-patterned screen and a garden view.

Sojo Henjō

Chobunsai Eishi, 1795

Wartime poster showing four soldiers in different uniforms with rifles against a smoky battlefield, advertising Under Four Fl

Under four flags Third United States official war picture

Philip Martiny, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a riverside platform with boats, red lanterns, and a bridge at dusk.

June

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman in yellow kimono above and a man in grey robe below on wooden stairs.

The actors Iwai Sagenta and Katsuyama Matagorō

Torii Kiyonobu, 1705

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman offering chestnuts to a red-skinned child who reaches up beside her.

Yamauba holding chestnuts and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono on a red mat, one looking at a full moon, with flowering branches and poem te

Mid-Autumn

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and pink kimono bracing against wind beneath wisteria.

Woman protecting herself against the wind beneath wisteria blooms

Torii Kiyonaga, 1780

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one in green and one in plum, the right one carrying a long wooden koto case.

Geisha and a servant carrying her koto

Kitao Shigemasa, 1777

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one reading a scroll and one peeking through a sliding door, by Suzuki Harunobu.

November

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned orange kimono holding a small object, with Japanese inscriptions and a horse mo

Courtesan likened to the Chinese sage Zhang Guolao (Chōkarō)

Okumura Masanobu, 1715

Japanese print of a woman in a kimono with feather patterns, holding a checkered fan, in orange and black tones.

Beauty wearing a kimono with falcon feather patterns

Kaigetsudō Doshin, 1712

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda at dusk, with a bridge, boats, rooftops and Mount Fuji in the background.

Evening glow at Ryōgoku Bridge

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a kimono with wave and waterwheel patterns, signed in calligraphy.

Beauty wearing a kimono with a pattern of waterwheels in waves

Kaigetsudō Dohan, 1711

Woodblock print of figures in kimono inside a room with hanging netting, a folding iris screen, and tea utensils on the floor

Outside the mosquito netting

Torii Kiyomasu, 1716

Hand-colored Japanese print of people on a veranda viewing cherry blossoms, with a pond, pagoda and hillside path.

Viewing cherry blossoms from the bank of a pond at Ueno

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1725

Red Cross poster with gray yarn, knitting needles and a wicker basket, reading 'Our boys need sox, knit your bit'.

Our boys need sox, knit your bit

Unknown artist, 1918