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Pencil sketch of ships in churning water and smoke, inscribed with the destruction of the Housatonic by a torpedo near Charle

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston

William Waud, 1864

Japanese woodblock print of a Yokohama foreign settlement with people on a street, a veranda of diners, and sailing ships in

Foreign settlement house in Yokohama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of two women in long skirts and two uniformed foreign men, one with a sword and one with a rifle.

People from foreign lands - Americans, French

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of a long temple hall with tiled roof, pine trees, and visitors strolling in a courtyard before distant hills

View of Sanjūsangendō in Kyōto

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono beside a striped tiger, with two kneeling attendants and bamboo.

Four sleepers: spring sunrise

Katsushika Hokusai, 1806

Woman in a blue floral kimono reclining to play a koto, drawn on cream paper within a red border.

Lady playing the koto

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with lanterns, banners, wooden buildings and pedestrians under a red sky.

Perspective picture of a night show of the opening-of-the-season performance at Fukiyachō and Sakaichō

Utagawa Toyoharu, 1764

Woodblock print of two women walking a monkey beside a plum tree, with mountains and calligraphy on the left.

Young women walking a monkey under a plum tree

Keisai Eisen, 1824

Ink drawing of monkeys gathered around a go board, one reaching to place a stone, within a red border.

Playing go

Hasegawa Settei, 1878

Japanese print of a red and gold armor helmet beside pink plum blossoms on a rocky cliff, with calligraphy at left.

Helmet on a Plum Tree

Ryūsai Shigeharu, 1828

Japanese print of a red lobster on folded paper beside pine and plum branches, with calligraphy and a red seal.

New Year's decoration

Niwa Tōkei, 1801

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a field toward snowy Mount Fuji, with a crane flying and the sea at left.

Hara

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Ink drawing of a snowman beneath a snow-laden pine branch with a bird, with columns of Japanese text on the left.

Snowman under a Pine

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Japanese print of a treasure ship on waves with a flying crane, a tortoise, and vertical calligraphy at right.

Treasure ship with crane and tortoise

Niwa Tōkei, 1810

Woodblock print of porters loading boxes onto a packhorse before a wooden inn, with a woman in a white hat nearby.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Woodblock print of a dancing woman in a red skirt holding a wand, with vertical calligraphy text beside her.

Amenouzumi no Mikoto from the Kojiki

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woman in kimono picking a pine sprig beside a child holding pine branches, with calligraphy on the left.

Picking young pines

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Woodblock print of travelers, horses and porters crossing a sandy riverbank with blue water channels and a pine tree.

Shimada

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Ink and color print of a man leaning on a waterwheel by rocks and grass, with Japanese calligraphy text above.

Waterwheel

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding a painted crane scroll while a child and an older man look on.

Prince of high

Teisai Hokuba, 1804

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a long wooden bridge over a river, with mountains and a temple complex behind.

Okazaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833

Japanese print of children holding fighting roosters beside a woven basket, with calligraphy text and red seals on the page.

Cockfight

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Back of a Japanese print with vertical handwritten calligraphy in black ink on pale cream paper.

Willow bundle offering (Kezuribana)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797

Woodblock print of travelers in yellow umbrellas wading a river toward thatched houses, trees and mountains at dusk.

Fujieda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Japanese print of fishermen in straw capes carrying a fish on a pole across snow, with calligraphy and red seals.

Ice fishing trip

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Woodblock print of two seated figures making paper umbrellas, one man holding a rib and a woman in green kimono beside him.

Making umbrellas

Katsushika Hokusai, 1802

Woodblock print of ferry boats crossing a river with poled boatmen and travelers under yellow umbrellas, hills beyond.

Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of two riders on galloping horses beside a shrine on rocks, with Japanese text columns above.

Ayō (Tokushima-ken) Shrine festival race horse

Hōjō Katei, 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man facing three women on a veranda beneath a rising sun and bare tree.

Transformation of three ridiculous laughs

Kubo Shunman, 1789

Woodblock print of a thatched roadside stall under a large tree, with travelers and children on a dirt road.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Ink print of a white heron standing in water beneath drooping willow branches, with Japanese calligraphy at left.

White heron beneath a willow tree

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Poster of a wounded veteran in military cap with cane and prosthetic hand holding a hammer, German text at bottom.

Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte

Ludwig Hohlwein, 1914

Woodblock print of travelers on a red bridge over a river, with sailboats, a castle, and hills in the background.

Yoshida

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Two grey fish among holly leaves and plum blossoms on a pale sheet, with handwritten calligraphy above.

Sardines and plums on holly

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Gaunt peasants pull a plow across a field under a fiery sky, with German blackletter slogans above and below.

So würde es uns bei Polen erehen! Wir Bauern stimmen für Deutschland!

Fritz Gottfried Kirchbach, 1920

Woodblock print of travelers and shopkeepers on a stone-paved road beside wooden shops hung with cords, by Hiroshige.

Fujikawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Japanese-style print of blue ocean waves with white foam crests and spray breaking under a pale sky.

Waves

Uehara Konen, 1900

Woodblock print of figures warming by a pink fire beneath a snowy mountain, with bare trees and a hanging kettle at right.

The courtier Minamoto no Muneyuki

Katsushika Hokusai, 1835

Woodblock print of travelers resting at a thatched teahouse beside a waterfall and misty mountains.

Sakanoshita

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded festival street leading to Shinmei Shrine, with lanterns, parasols and a torii gate.

New perspective print: festival at Shinmei Shrine in Shiba

Tamagawa Shūchō, 1795

Woodblock print of pilgrims in white robes and yellow hats climbing rocky mountain paths above clouds, with the sea at left.

Pilgrims climbing

Katsushika Hokusai, 1834

Hiroshige woodblock print of travelers with hats passing a thatched house and tree, with the sea visible in the distance.

Minakuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838

Woodblock print of a woman on an upper veranda, a man with a fan beside a tub, and a child in red kneeling below.

Number 14

Utagawa Kunisada, 1848

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of samurai battling on a fortified mountain castle with banners and horsemen.

The warrior Kusunoki barricading himself into Akasaka Castle

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1804

Woodblock print of a Tokaido roadside with pine trees, thatched buildings, and travelers by Hiroshige, 1848.

Futagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848

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

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

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

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

Battle at Kawanakajima

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1809

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

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

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

The warrior Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo

Katsukawa Shuntei, 1813

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 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 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

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 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

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 print of a cooking pan with a black lid, a fish, pine sprigs and a tray, with calligraphy at upper left.

Baby whitefish

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of camels with a rider, a handler, and columns of Japanese text.

A pair of camels

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1824

Ink-wash sketch of a grey cylindrical object beside a small outlined mouse with a long tail on cream paper.

Chinese sage

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830

Woodblock print of sailboats near a hilly shore at dusk, with a calm sea stretching to a pale horizon.

Evening sailboats

Ohara Koson, 1900

Woodblock print of a red arched bridge over a river in rain, framed by dark trees and green foliage.

Rain over sacred bridge (shinkyō)

Uehara Konen, 1900

Woodblock print of two fishermen on rocks hauling lines, with breaking waves and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Kōshū kajikazawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Japanese print of a pumpkin plant with yellow flower and gourd, and a dragonfly flying above against a pale background.

Dragonfly and pumpkin

Ogata Gekkō, 1890

Woodblock print of a torii gate in snow with snow-covered pine branches, a bridge, and distant trees under a grey sky.

Mimeguri Shrine in snow

Uehara Konen, 1900

Japanese woodblock print of travelers and porters with a palanquin, with the title Shimada in the upper right corner.

Shimada

Katsushika Hokusai, 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a group of seated figures in kimono drawing lots near a brazier, with a crane screen behind.

Drawing lots [for pairing]

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Blue woodblock print of two sailboats on calm water with snow-capped Mount Fuji and pine trees behind them.

Sailboats and Mount Fuji

Uehara Konen, 1900

Small colored sketch of a seated woman in a dark kimono beside a green shrub, wooden fence and pink flower.

Oiran zu

Katsushika Hokusai, 1900

Woodblock print of a courtesan and male guest reclining in an interior with a painted screen and lacquer boxes.

Courtesan and her guest in bed

Suzuki Harunobu, 1767

Teal woodblock print of large ocean waves curling and breaking into white foam under a pale sky.

Ocean waves

Uehara Konen, 1900

Woodblock print of a timber yard by a canal, with workers, stacked lumber, wooden houses and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Tategawa at the capital

Katsushika Hokusai, 1833

Woodblock print of a woman writing at a low table beside willow-framed windows, with a snowy pine landscape beyond an open sc

Kisaragi: the second month

Isoda Koryusai, 1772

Woodblock print of sailboats moored at night under a full moon, with bare trees and red-roofed houses on the shore.

Sailboats moored under the moon

Uehara Konen, 1900

Woodblock print of women washing cloth by a river under willow trees, with a child and a distant bridge.

Washing clothes in the river

Utagawa Kunisada, 1818

Ink sketch of a man with a blue-clad monkey on his shoulder, walking beside a barking dog on a plain background.

Monkey trainer and a dog

Shibata Zeshin, 1880

Woodblock print of two snow-covered ferryboats moored by reeds on a river, with thatched houses and bare trees under falling

Ferryboats in snow

Uehara Konen, 1900

Black ink print of a mythical Chinese lion dog with a swirling tail and curled mane, drifting among stylized clouds.

Chinese lion dog

Katsushika Hokusai, 1880

Ink and color drawing of Fukurokuju, an elderly sage with a domed head and long white beard, beside a crane on a rock.

Fukurokuju

Shibata Zeshin, 1880

Woodblock print of a snowy village with red-roofed houses, bare trees and a frozen path under a pale blue sky.

Red roofs

Uehara Konen, 1900

Japanese woodblock print of a man stretching threads beside a spinning wheel, plum blossoms, and a cat, with calligraphy.

Hair ties

Tachibana Minkō, 1770

Woodblock print of festival dancers with fans and swords beneath a large red parasol, by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804.

Sumiyoshi festival dance

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1804

Woodblock print of a thatched tea house with red lanterns in a green field, framed by trees under a pink sky.

Tea house

Uehara Konen, 1900

Japanese woodblock print of a reclining courtesan beside a young man, with a standing woman at a patterned screen and plum br

Courtesan watching a young apprentice in bed

Kitao Shigemasa and Isoda Koryūsai, 1768

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji with red slopes, white clouds, green hillside and diagonal rain streaks below the summit.

Shower below the summit

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

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

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 an arched wooden bridge over a river with boats, people crossing, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Beneath Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Katsushika Hokusai, 1826

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

Woman with a visitor

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1797

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