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Woodblock print of armored samurai on horseback fighting in battle before a red and blue roofed gate with banners.

Battle between the Minamoto and the Taira at Taiken Gate

Utagawa Kunisada, 1817

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 a black kimono with fan patterns beside a latticed screen.

Courtesan

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1786

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

Japanese woodblock print of a muscular warrior hurling men into a river beside a waterfall, 1813.

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1813

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

Two-panel woodblock print of kabuki actors: a man in a checked robe beside flames and a pine, and men in blue and striped kim

Actors in the roles of Oyone Magoshichi and Taheiji

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848

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

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 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 diptych of samurai warriors and a demon, with a mounted warrior in patterned robes and a snarling figure with a swo

Raikō Shitennō (Minamoto Yorimitsu and his fellow warriors, ) and Kidōmaru

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1811

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in samurai costume against stylized blue waves, 1815.

The actors Seki Sanjūrō and Sakata Hangurō

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1815

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

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

Young lady reading a letter

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1844

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women bathing nude in a crowded public bathhouse with wooden tubs and attendants.

Naked bodies compared to irises in hot water, comparing hips to a snow laden willow in hot water

Toyohara Kunichika and Ochiai Yoshiiku, 1868

Triptych Japanese print of elegant figures on a boat with Mount Fuji, a hawk and eggplants, by Utamaro, 1798.

First dream: Fuji, hawks, and eggplants

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Triptych woodblock print of armored samurai fighting in a mountain valley with red banners and pine trees.

The great battle at Kurikara Valley

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1810

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

Japanese print of cherry blossoms over a wooden shelf with tea utensils, a jar and bowl, with calligraphy on the left.

Utensils for picnic tea ceremony

Niwa Tōkei, 1819

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 diptych of a child in red costume and a woman in patterned kimono beside a pine and bamboo grove.

Yamauba to kaidōmaru

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

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