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Three-panel Meiji woodblock print of court attendants and uniformed officers in a formal palace interior with a floral screen

Commanders Receiving the Emperor's Drinking Cups

Yamazaki Toshinobu, 1886 (Meiji 19)

Triptych print of court ladies in red hakama and kimono at a station, with uniformed guards, carriage and flags.

Illustration of Ladies-in-waiting boarding at a station (Kanjo sutēshon chakusha zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1879

Triptych woodblock print of an imperial carriage procession with white horses, flag-bearing guards, and figures in kimono bef

Visit of the Empress to the Third National Industrial Promotional Exhibition at Ueno Park (Ueno dai sankai naikoku ka…

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of uniformed officers with plumed helmets and a woman in a red kimono holding a fan.

Civil and Military Officers

Toshimasa, December 1877

Triptych woodblock print of a parliament chamber with seated members, a standing speaker, and printed member name lists.

Illustration of the Imperial Diet House of Commons with a Listing of all Members

Toyohara Kuniteru III, 10/1890

Triptych woodblock print of kabuki actors in military uniforms with swords, before tents and a red sky.

Ichikawa Kodanji as Seppu Shinsuke, Ichikawa Sadanji as Kishino Toshiaki, Ichikawa Danjūrō as Saijō Takamori, Onoe Ki…

Toyohara Kunichika, March, 1878

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom above wooden buildings, with women in kimono and a palanquin carrier on a street.

Morning Cherries at Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige

Triptych woodblock print of women with parasols and a uniformed man beneath blossoming cherry trees, with Mount Fuji in the d

View of Benten Shrine on Nakanoshima Island in Shinobazu Pond, Ueno Park, from the series Famous Views of Tokyo (Tōky…

Utagawa Hiroshige III, May, 1881

Woodblock print of travelers in tall grass below a hill with a torii gate and blossoming plum tree, with distant mountains.

Santono Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of Kiyomizu Temple on a hillside with figures under red lanterns on a veranda and a sunset sky over the sea.

Kiyomizu Temple (Kiyomizu), from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of evening diners on riverside platforms and lantern-lit teahouses along a river, with mountains beyond.

Cooling off in the Evening at Shijogawara

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of travelers on a road beneath pine trees, with Mount Fuji rising over green fields in the distance.

Meguro Gionin Zaka

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of two pine trees on a hill above a bay, with travelers on a path and boats on the water.

Shinagawa Hakkei Zaka

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of white-robed mountain climbers with staffs ascending pink rocky slopes through clouds toward a cave.

Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen beyond a temple roof with green ornaments, workers, a kite, and clouds over rooftops.

Honganji at Asakusa in Edo (Tōto Asakusa Honganji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a teahouse with travelers overlooking the sea and Mount Fuji, with a skeleton in the foreground.

Yoshida on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Yoshida), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Hokusai woodblock print: travelers cross wooden and rope bridges with Mount Fuji rising in the distance over fields.

Nakahara in Sagami Province (Sōshū Nakahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen across water, with a village, thatched huts and blue-coated porters carrying poles in the

Fuji Seen in the Distance from Senju Pleasure Quarter (Senju kagai yori chōbō no Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Vi…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above misty water, with thatched houses and travelers in the foreground at dawn.

Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province (Kōshū Isawa no akatsuki), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjū…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of an arched bridge over a river with boats below and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa (Fukagawa Mannenbashi shita), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fug…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of two galloping horsemen on a riverbank, a leaning pine, a wooden house, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugak…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Triptych print of a soldier beside a stone wall as an explosion breaks a gate, with fallen figures and a flag at right.

Onoguchi Tokuji during the Siege of Jinzhou Fortress

Mizuno Toshikata, February 1895

Triptych woodblock print of uniformed officers receiving ceremonial cups from attendants in red and white robes in a formal i

Illustration of the Commanders who Pacified Western Japan, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cups (Saigoku chinbu shoshō t…

Toyohara Chikanobu, July, 1877

Triptych woodblock print of women in long dresses and a bearded officer in uniform before screens, with a seated woman at a p

Illustration of the Empress Visiting the General Staff Headquarters [to present a tray of bandages] (Sanbō honbu gyōk…

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1895

Three-panel woodblock print of sailing ships, a steamship, and people in Western dress on a harbor quay with a city beyond.

Sailing from a California Port

Utagawa Sadahide, 1862

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of many world monarchs in uniforms and gowns against a red background, labeled in Japane

Mirror of Portraits of All Sovereigns in the World (Sejō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami)

Toyohara Chikanobu, April, 1879

Triptych woodblock print of a steam train with freight bales and rickshaws passing pine trees and Japanese buildings.

Illustration of a Steam Locomotive Running on the Takanawa Railroad in Tokyo (Tōkyō takanawa tetsudō jōkisha sōkō no zu)

Utagawa Kuniteru, ca. 1873

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of horse racing at a lake with jockeys, and a pavilion of spectators in kimono and lante

View of the Horse Track at Shinobazu in Ueno Park (Ueno shinobazu keiba zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1885

Triptych woodblock print of nurses caring for patients in a field hospital, with officers and women in Western dress.

Illustration of the Empress Visiting a Field Hospital [in Hiroshima] (Yasen byōin gyōkō no zu)

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1895

Woodblock print of a woman washing clothes on a rock in a stream beneath a drooping willow tree.

A Woman Stands on a Rock in a Stream Washing Clothes

Utagawa Toyokuni II, ca. 1828