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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

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

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

Willow bundle offering (Kezuribana)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1797

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

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

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 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

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

Woodblock print of two sailboats on the Sumida River at dusk, with barges, a green embankment and distant mountains.

View of Sumida River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1838