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Woodblock print of two kimono-clad figures on a wooden stage with plum blossoms, a rock and a basin, in green and yellow.

Scene from a Drama

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1745

Woodblock print of two kabuki figures in blue patterned kimono beside a shoji screen, pine and vine.

Scene from a Drama: Ichimura Uzaemon as a Samurai

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1745

Woodblock print of a bearded man standing above a seated woman and child beside a waterfall, with a mountain behind.

Scene from a Drama

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1749

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a round mirror stand, chest, and bamboo screen.

Actor as a Woman Standing by a Mirror Stand

Torii Kiyotada, ca. 1735

Woodblock print of a kneeling kabuki actor in a bird-patterned kimono with crests, beside a wooden stand and calligraphy.

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo in the Role of Sogo no Juro Sukenari, in the Drama "Edo Murasaki Kongen Soga"

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1761

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki figure in a patterned kimono holding two swords, with calligraphy at upper left

The Second Segawa Kikunojo Commonly Known by His Literary Name, Roko

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1762

Woodblock print of two figures in kimono under a green parasol beside a pine tree, one carrying two swords.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes

Torii Kiyohiro, ca. 1756

Japanese print of a female warrior on a white horse grappling with a samurai in green armor beside a windswept pine tree.

Tomoe Gozen Killing Uchida Saburo Ieyoshi at the Battle of Awazu no Hara

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1750

Japanese woodblock print of a court lady in patterned robes with a cat at her feet and calligraphy at upper left.

Court Lady

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono seated in a palanquin, with a kneeling attendant in green beside her.

A Woman Seated in a Kago

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1752

Woodblock print of a robed calligrapher with a brush in his mouth unrolling a scroll at a red writing table by a river.

The Chinese Calligrapher Boying (Japanese: Hakuei; also known as the “Sage of Cursive Script”); “Inkstone” (Suzuri),…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woodblock print of women and a small boy gathering shells on a beach, with boats and waves on the sea behind them.

Women and a Small Boy Gathering Shells on a Beach by the Sea

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1758

Woodblock print of children playing games indoors with a standing woman, pine decorations, and New Year offerings on a tatami

The First Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a seated calligrapher in a patterned kimono beside a writing table with scroll and brushes.

The Heian Court Calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (894-966); “Calligraphy Brush” (Fude), from Four Friends of the Writing Tabl…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woman seated at a writing table holding a sheet of paper, with scrolls, a candle stand and a large ceramic jar, Japanese prin

Nuji (Japanese: Joki; female attendant who compiled writings by Daoist sages); “Paper” (Kami), from Four Friends of t…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woollen-robed scholar at a writing table, with a black ink-smoke trail rising to a small figure, in a floral-bordered Japanes

Emperor Xuanzong (Japanese: Gensō) and Daoist Magician Lo Gongyuan Arising from an Inkstone; “Ink” (Sumi), from Four…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woodblock print of a woman beside a doll display while attendants carry a child in a palanquin across a wooden floor.

The Festival of Dolls (Third Month)

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Japanese print of two men preparing for New Year beside a mortar, wooden board, and lattice screen, with calligraphy at left.

Preparations for the New Year, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 1)

Totoya Hokkei, 1817

Japanese print of two costumed manzai dancers beside pine decorations with gold streamers and calligraphy.

New Year's Decoration of Pine Trees and Manzai Dancers

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono beside bamboo, two children with a kite, and a dog, with calligraphy at upper left.

Street Scene in the New Year Season

Utagawa Kuninao, 1814

Japanese woodblock print of women and children on a veranda with lanterns, a man on a swing, and a flying crane.

The Eleventh Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of two women in kimono playing a string game together in a room with a folding screen.

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-66

Woodblock print of figures flying a kite beside a river under drooping willow branches, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Kite Flying

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woman in orange kimono reading a long scroll while standing on a large carp in waves, woodblock print.

The Bijin Kinko

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono gathered around a man in a green hat beside a screen with a bird.

Daikoku Dōagé

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1766

Woodblock print of a woman and a man dancing on a veranda beneath red lanterns, with pine and blossoming trees behind.

Furuichi Dance (No. 2 of a Set of Four)

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of two women dancing on a veranda under paper lanterns, with blossoms and pine trees behind them.

Furuichi Dance (No. 3 of a Set of Four)

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Two women in dark kimono dance on a wooden veranda under red lanterns, with pine branches behind a railing.

Furuichi Dance (No. 4 of a Set of Four)

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of two court ladies in orange and white robes beside a patterned folding screen, one holding a fan.

Two Court Ladies

Kitagawa Kikumaro, probably 1815

Two women in kimono on a veranda look up at plum blossoms and geese flying overhead, in a Japanese woodblock print.

See Them Fly

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767