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Woodblock print of a Western merchant leaning on a cane beside a blooming miniature cherry tree, with a portrait inset.

American merchant delighted with miniature cherry tree

Utagawa Sadahide and Koizumi Minokichi, 1861

Woodblock print of a man in blue coat and a woman with parasol beside a tree, gazing at a bay with a stone embankment.

Enjoying the view from Atago hill

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

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

Woodblock print of pink cherry blossoms on a green hillside, a blue waterfall, and two travelers on a winding path.

Yoshino Mountain in Yamato Province

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

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

Woodblock print of a mountain path lined with blooming wisteria, travelers, stone lanterns, and a pagoda above a river.

Path to Zenkōji Temple on Kusuri Mountain in Shinshū

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan beside a potted plum tree in bloom.

The actor Onoe Kikugorō and a potted plum tree

Utagawa Kuniyasu, 1818

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

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 a woman in a patterned kimono walking by a river with bushclover, hills and a moon above.

Bushclover at Tamagawa (Six Jewel Rivers)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

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 a man poling a bamboo raft past tall reeds, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and green hills in the distance.

Sagami River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of three women and a child by a pond beneath weeping willows, one seated on a wooden bench.

Willow garden

Katsukawa Shuncho, 1790

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking along a river bank with reeds and houses behind them.

Cooling off near the river bank

Torii Kiyonaga, 1785

Woodblock print of a snow-capped mountain above a lake with pine-covered rocky shores and yellow sky.

The lake in Hakone

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a samurai on a red horse crossing a rushing river past wooden bridge pilings, holding a bow.

Sasaki no Takatsuna at the Battle of Uji River

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

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 travelers on bamboo rafts and a palanquin crossing a river, with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Ōi River in Shun'en

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of women and a man picnicking under cherry blossoms, with a tea kettle, food boxes and a umbrella.

Third Lunar Month, Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill

Kitao Shigemasa, 1772

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

Woodblock print of a horse grazing by a stream with red flowers, with Mount Fuji and pines in the distance.

Kogane fields in Shimosa Province

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Vintage theatre poster for Murray Hill showing a horse-drawn carriage with a man in a top hat and a woman, 1936.

Federal Theatre, La Cadena and Mt. Vernon, presents Leslie Howard's "Murray Hill" Society farce-comedy

Leslie Howard, 1936

Poster of an oak branch with yellow leaves and acorns above the caption "Only God Can Make a Tree."

"Only God can make a tree"

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1938

Woodblock print of a man poling a raft on a river beneath willow branches, with a red sunset horizon.

Ayase River and Kanegafuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Poster of Buckingham Fountain in Chicago with a yellow central jet, white arching streams, and a dark city skyline under blue

Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front, world's largest and most beautiful illuminated fountain ..

John Buczak, 1939

Poster of three women and a boy in plain dress walking past a village with a steeple, under striped red and orange hills.

Rural Pennsylvania

Katherine Milhous, 1936