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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 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

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

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 wooden bridge over a river with boats, pine trees on a hill, and Mount Fuji under a red sky.

Ochanomizu in the eastern capitol

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a tanuki peeking from a cloak on a table beside a woman in a kimono, with a round window and kett

The clothes changing tea pot

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 Ryōgoku Bridge over a river with Mount Fuji, boats, rowers, and two women in kimono under willow branches.

Ryōgoku in the eastern capital

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono holding red maple branches beside a gnarled tree and patterned fans.

Autumn moon over Sumiyoshi

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 autumn maples on a hill above fields and a river, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance at sunset.

Sunset Hill, Meguro in the eastern capitol

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono gathering red maple leaves from a branch against a pale background.

Maple leaf gathering

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a seated man beside a painted screen with pine branches, interior scene.

House of Daifuku

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind green hills and pine trees, with white-sailed boats on a bay.

Noge, Yokohama in Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a samurai on a boat battling a huge wave under a full moon at night.

Moon over the waters at Daimotsu Bay

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one kneeling with a hairpin beside a wooden box.

A courtesan and her apprentice (Shinzo)

Isoda Koryusai, 1774

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a bay, with a yellow-sailed boat in the foreground and a pine tree at right.

Honmoku no hana in Musashi Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono reading a letter, with ornate hair combs.

Young lady reading a letter

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a seated man by a river beneath willow branches, with stepping stones in water.

On the way to Tamagawa

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen across a bay, with fishing boats, pine trees on rocky shore, and a red sky.

Sea at Miura in Sōshū Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Poster showing a soldier before a black church silhouette, with text urging support for troops and a khaki Testament for sold

Put the church behind Pershing To win this war the boys at the front need strength of spirit : a khaki testament for…

Unknown artist, 1918

Vertical Japanese print of a woman in a kimono seated on a crane beside pine branches, holding an open scroll.

A modern view of the Chinese immortal Hichobo

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Japanese woodblock print of women in patterned kimono and a child in a dark robe walking beneath a parasol.

Tomimoto School of Joruri

Torii Kiyonaga, 1784

Woodblock print of a river, bridge and wooded hills with a distant mountain, a red sun and calligraphy in the sky.

An evening view of Fuji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1829

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman playing a shamisen beside a red table, with cursive calligraphy filling the background.

Scene of Oshun Denbei Horikawa

Utagawa Kunisada, 1830

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a staff, with calligraphy and loquat blossoms behind him.

Secret song of the biwa (loquat) blossom: Matsunami Kengyo as Akushichi Byoe

Utagawa Kunisada II, 1863

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono beside a bamboo screen of flowers, with a mountain landscape behind.

Ichimura Takenojo IV as a flower vendor

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1726

Woodblock print of a giant hand in a military sleeve gripping a walled town and harbor with ships below.

Pressure from a heavy hand

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1904