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Night woodblock print of a moonlit harbor with a red bridge pillar, lantern-lit boats, and tall masts along the shore.

Tsukuda island from Eitai bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman in blue kimono and a seated man in red robe beneath a blossoming tree.

The couple Osome and Hisamatsu viewing the mid-August moon

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1788

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono within a circular frame, one holding a sword beside a green patterned screen.

Act nine [of the Chūshingura]

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

The actor Nakmura Matsue

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1758

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and a man with a red fan inside a circular frame, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799.

Act three [of the Chūshingura]

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned costume with arrows, pushing a stone block in a wooden tub, 1815.

Yanone gorō

Torii Kiyomine, 1815

Woman in patterned kimono holding a round fan beneath wisteria, beside irises, in a 1770 Japanese woodblock print.

The actor Yamashita Kinsaku in the role of Omiya, seller of green tea (senji-cha)

Torii Kiyotsune, 1770

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned blue kimono holding a red scroll beside a black lacquer table with books.

Princess Minatsuru, daughter of Kiichi Hōgen

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume with two swords, a fan, and a patterned blue robe, before a lattice scre

The actor Onoe Kikugoro in the role of Ōboshi Yuranosuke

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman in an indigo kimono seated beside paper butterflies, bamboo and a flower arrangement.

The young maiden Omiwa of the liquor store Sugizake-ya

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai under cherry blossoms on a green hillside with a wooden fence.

Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Woodblock print of a fierce warrior in armor and checkered hakama holding a banner with a black horse emblem.

The warrior Heishino Masakado

Utagawa Kunisada, 1826

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono beside a lacquer box, with a standing woman at a screen.

Tale of the courtesan Shiratama

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a black kimono with two attendants in patterned robes, 1795.

The courtesan Shinateru of the Okamoto-ya

Chokosai Eisho, 1795

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a pipe, with a red box and vase beside him.

The actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII in the role Konoju of Ebiza

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a fish-patterned kimono holding a red checkered curtain, with a sword at his waist.

An actor in the role of Danshichi Kurobei

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono carrying a child, with a calligraphy scroll and poem cards beside her.

The courtier Teishin

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Woodblock print of a woman in floral kimono holding a red robe beside a torii gate, with calligraphy above.

May

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a young figure with a fan beside a seated woman and child before a patterned screen.

Ushiwakamaru and Imawakamaru

Utagawa Kunisada, 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono beside a calligraphy panel, umbrella and sword, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

One

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black cloak and green patterned robe holding a yellow staff, with red flecks.

The actor Mimasu Gennosuke in the role of Naniwa Jirosaku

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830

Woodblock print of a figure in a black robe holding a parasol beside a river, with bamboo and calligraphy above.

The actor Iwai Hanshirō

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Woodblock print of a woman with a yellow umbrella in rain beside pines, a red fence, and water.

Evening rain at Karasaki

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one with a parasol, with an inset view of a bridge and pagoda.

Ōkawa Bridge

Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kunihisa, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe and sash with a sword, standing in snow beneath pine branches.

An actor in the role of Yoji of Tama-ya

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Wartime poster titled Buy War Loan with a table of interest amounts in pounds and shillings and a patriotic slogan below.

Buy war loan and you will help your country and our brave troops in the fighting line

Unknown artist, 1915

Woodblock print of a woman playing shamisen in patterned kimono, with a framed panel of rape blossoms and a butterfly.

Butterfly on rape blossoms [nanohana]

Utagawa Kunisada, 1831

Woodblock print of a woman in a purple floral kimono walking in rain under a blue and white umbrella.

An actor in the role of Tegoshi Tsukuna

Utagawa Kunisada, 1844

Japanese print of a samurai under an umbrella in rain beside a pine tree, with a seated man holding a lantern.

Act five [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman in a striped blue robe and a man in a green checked kimono, beside a chest.

Actors in the roles of Ushiwaka Denji and Shinzo Shiratama

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen beside a black lacquer box, under cherry blossoms.

Floating world beauties in a parody of three classic plays

Keisai Eisen, 1820

Japanese woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles and hair ornaments, one in a green kimono and one in a black

July

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in green kimono adjusting her hair beside a child, with calligraphy and a river vignette.

Tama River at Ide

Kikukawa Eizan, 1804

Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in samurai costume with a lantern and swords before a red gate.

Act eleven [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a paper, with a seated reader and pines behind her.

New Year's

Kikukawa Eizan, 1818

Woodblock print of three figures in a screened interior, one standing with swords and two kneeling, snowy bamboo outside.

Act nine [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in black, yellow and red costumes before a stone wall, with a woman in kimono behind.

Act one [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of a samurai with a drawn sword and a kneeling woman holding a tea cup, with a red sun over waves.

Act two [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of porters carrying palanquins through waves, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and thatched houses in the backgrou

Fuji at Kanaya on the Tōkaidō

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of people crossing a high arched bridge over a river with boats, Mount Fuji in the distance.

Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a bay, with boats on rippling water and thatched houses along the shore.

A sketch of Tago Bay at Ejiri along the Tōkaidō

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Woodblock print of three samurai in combat beside a red wall, bamboo, and a lantern marked with the character for loyalty.

Epilogue [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of two fishermen on a cliff hauling lines over waves, with a conical mountain on the horizon.

Kōshū kajikazawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1890

Four-panel 1918 American wartime poster with photographs of marines, a funeral procession, a truck of men, and an interior sc

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Unknown artist, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of three figures on a red bridge by the sea, one man raising a sword, a woman in a patterned kimono.

Act three [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of a reclining woman in a checkered kimono with a figure peeking behind a fan in an interior room.

Daikoku taking a peek

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Four-panel 1918 WWI propaganda poster with photos of soldiers, artillery, a railway gun, and gas-masked troops.

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Unknown artist, 1918

Japanese woodblock print of samurai and figures on a veranda beside rice paddies, by Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815.

Act six [of the Chūshingura]

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe and white headscarf standing on a boat in falling snow.

The actor Onoe Baikō

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and stern expression, holding a sword within an oval frame, in a patterned k

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of Kuro Suketsune

Katsukawa Shunjo, 1781

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono and a crouching fierce-faced man with a sword.

Toragaishi

Unknown artist, 1716

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda beside a lantern and shoji screen, with a maple branch.

The actor Arashi Hinaji in the role of Jōruri Gozen

Torii Kiyotsune, 1764

Woodblock print of three figures on a veranda: two musicians in wide hats play shamisen while a seated figure holds a vessel.

Three actors

Okumura Masanobu, 1716

Woodblock print portrait of a kabuki actor with a black topknot and stern look, wearing a dotted black and red plaid kimono.

The actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1795

Woodblock print of a pheasant standing in grass with two swallows flying above, with Japanese calligraphy columns.

Swallows and pheasant

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Two-panel WWI bond poster: left shows US Treasury building under a gold eagle, right shows a flag in a blue circle with 4th L

Wear your Fourth Liberty Loan honor button--4th Liberty Loan bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of galloping horses pulling a cannon with soldiers in campaign hats, under bold text reading Uphold the Tradition of I

Uphold the tradition of Indiana

Unknown artist, 1917

Vintage Navy recruitment poster with a sailor in uniform, bold headline, verse, and recruiting station addresses.

A man in time is worth nine

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster of a colonial militiaman aiming a musket, with text urging viewers to buy Liberty Bonds in 1917.

Your forefathers died for liberty in 1776 - What will you do for it in 1917? Buy Liberty Bonds

Paul A. Ickes, 1917

Poster showing a woman in white with a red and blue cap before an American flag, urging viewers to join the Army, Navy or Mar

Uphold our honor - fight for us Join Army-Navy-Marines

Unknown artist, 1917

Navy recruitment poster from 1917 showing a woman in a navy uniform and cap beside orange text reading I want YOU for the Nav

I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster /

Howard Chandler Christy, 1917

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red robes holding a sword, framed within a fan-shaped cartouche with a red seal.

The actor Ichikawa Danzō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a woman with a fan and a man in red with a sword, 1764.

The actors Onoe Matsusuke in the role of Princess Odamaki and Ōtani Hiroji in the role of Okabe no Rokuyata

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1764

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reading a scroll, with a flock of plovers flying over a river.

The Jewel River chidori

Utamaro II, 1806

Dark 1917 American wartime poster with a harbor ship silhouette and orange text urging food conservation for soldiers and all

Get behind our soldiers, sailors, and our allies Send them the most food possible in the least shipping space--Do it…

Unknown artist, 1917

Wartime poster with helmeted soldiers in a trench and red slogan 'Fats are fuel for fighters' urging baking, boiling, and bro

Fats are fuel for fighters Bake, boil, and broil more - fry less

Unknown artist, 1917

Wartime poster showing a sliced loaf of bread and knife with the slogan 'Save a loaf a week - Help win the war'.

Save a loaf a week - help win the war

Unknown artist, 1917

Wartime poster of the Statue of Liberty with radiating rays, a navy ship on the harbor, and the text Enlist in the Navy.

For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy

Unknown artist, 1917

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a shore with a pine-covered island, choppy sea, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

New edition of a view of Enoshima in Sagami Province

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1789

Woodblock print of crowds walking toward a red-pillared temple with a tiled roof, framed by pine trees.

New edition of a front view of San'enzan Zojōji in Shiba

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1789

Woodblock print of a bearded foreign man on a horse lighting his pipe from a stableboy's pipe, with calligraphy.

Foreign gentleman and stableboy exchanging a light with their pipes

Suzuki Harunobu, 1761

Wartime poster reading Food will win the war, urging meatless, wheatless and porkless days under the U.S. Food Administration

Food will win the war - We observe meatless days, wheatless days, porkless days, and carry out all conservation rules…

Unknown artist, 1917

Woodblock print of a golden shachihoko roof ornament with a full moon, flying geese, and a bay beyond Nagoya.

View of Bishū Nagoya

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Monochrome Japanese print of a rooster with long sweeping tail feathers and a hen pecking below, with a red label at top.

Chicken

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior with cherry blossoms, a floral screen and a child.

Flower performance

Toyohara Kunichika, 1862

Grey monochrome print of a rooster and hen with a small chick at lower right, on pale paper.

Hen and chick

Utagawa Toyohiro, 1804

Woodblock print of a standing man in a floral kimono holding a black and white box lantern, by Katsukawa Shunshō.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II holding a box lantern

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775

Woodblock print of a woman in a kimono holding a long paper scroll, with birds flying behind her.

The actor Onoe Tamizō writing a letter

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1773

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an orange hat and green robe holding a bird-decorated fan.

The actor Nakamura Tomijurō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1774

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe holding a spear and sword, standing on rocky ground.

The actor Onoe Matsusuke

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1781

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe and red patterned skirt, holding a fan in a dramatic pose.

The actor Nakamura Utaemon in the role of Den Kaibō

Shunbaisai Hokuei, 1833

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face paint and a stern look, in black robes and patterned costume.

The actor Arashi Kichisaburō in the role of Sasaki Takatsuna

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1818

Monochrome woodblock print of two women and a child in kimono, one holding a shadow puppet and one playing a shamisen indoors

Shadow puppets

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716

Woodblock print of two figures in patterned kimono beside a carriage on a snowy veranda at night.

Mitsūji near a carriage in the snow

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1851

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor in black robe and blue kimono with fan, before blooming cherry trees.

An actor

Utagawa Kunisada and Utagawa Kunihisa, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono playing a koto beside a screen, with a basket of oranges.

Hidari izutsu no mae

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1726

Woodblock print of two women in a Western-style room with large windows overlooking ships in a harbor.

Courtesans in a western-style building of Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one holding a blue fan, with a small bird flying above.

Uzuki no hototogisu

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1890

Woodblock print of three women tending silkworm trays on racks beside a green woven basket, under a tiled roof.

Number four

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in patterned kimono sharing a large umbrella, dated 1751.

The actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu and Segawa Kikunojō as lovers beneath an umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1751

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a red parasol and a small child in a patterned kimono, with vertical text at left.

Onnagata Matsumoto Hyōzo

Torii Kiyonobu, 1868

Japanese woodblock print of a rider on a galloping brown horse through snow, with pine branches and a blue sky.

America

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Vertical ink print of the warrior figure Shōki striding left, wearing a patterned hat and flowing robe, by Okumura Masanobu.

Shōki striding

Okumura Masanobu, 1741

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior beside a lattice blind, by Isoda Koryūsai, 1775.

The courtesan Nishikini of Yotsumei-ya

Isoda Koryusai, 1775

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono preparing a festival interior with an Ebisu figure, lanterns and pine branches

Festival of the god of good fortune, Ebisu

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with a parasol and attendants beneath flowering cherry branches.

Courtesan beneath cherry blossoms

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1785