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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role holding a swallow-decorated fan, with a sword at the waist and a veranda b

The Actor Ichikawa Uzayemon IX 1724-1785 in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō

Line drawing of a seated woman in a kimono holding an incense burner, with cushions, a basket and a flowering branch.

Konosato of Takeya Seated, Holding an Incense Burner

Chobunsai Eishi

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono kneeling to play a koto beside a tea kettle and a flowering screen.

Young Lady Playing a Musical Instrument

Chobunsai Eishi

Woodblock print of four women in kimono beneath an autumn maple tree beside a patterned wooden fence.

Prince Genji and Three Young Women

Chobunsai Eishi

Woodblock print of three women and a child with a dog on a veranda overlooking a seashore with pines and boats.

Genji in Exile at Suma, from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Suma)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791-92

Japanese print of a young woman in a patterned kimono beside iris plants and a lantern in a garden.

Young Lady and Iris Garden

Chobunsai Eishi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with yellow hairpins holding a red-ribbed fan, wearing a pink patterned robe.

A Beauty

A Woman Kneeling

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins holding blossoms and a blue-green cloth, in a patterned robe.

A Beauty

Ichirakutei Eisui

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins holding chrysanthemums beside a patterned box.

The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyōgoya

Ichirakutei Eisui

Woodblock print of a courtesan with long hairpins holding a folding fan, wearing a patterned pink and green kimono.

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya no uchi Hanaōgi)

Ichirakutei Eisui, 1790s

Vertical Japanese print of two geisha with decorated hairpins and patterned kimono in green, pink and cream.

Two Geisha

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle holding a comb, with a second figure below in patter

Man and Girl

Japanese woodblock print of a woman kneeling by an incense burner beside a black vanity mirror, with cherry blossoms above.

Lady Arranging Binsashi (Support for the Hair over the Temples) to put in Her Hair

Torii Kiyomine, ca. 1808

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red face makeup in a black and gold costume, holding a fan and sword.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II, 1688-1758

Torii Kiyomine, ca. 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned yellow kimono, large black hat, and holding a tasseled bag.

The Actor, Arashi Otohachi, 1695-1769 in an Unidentified Role

Tsunegawa Shigenobu

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a patterned yellow kimono holding a fan, with stacked crates behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II, 1688-1758

Nishimura Shigenobu

Japanese woodblock print of two seated figures in kimono and a woman peering from behind a yellow checkered lattice screen.

Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kanto Koroku and Yamamura Ichitaro as Oichi

Torii Kiyotomo, ca. 1721

Black-and-white woodblock print of a seated woman in patterned kimono pouring tea beside a lantern and futon.

Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono reading and writing in a room overlooking a garden with a stone lantern.

Three Women Enjoying Literary Pursuits

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. late 1780s

Woodblock print of a young man with an umbrella watching a frog by a stream under drooping willow branches.

Ono no Dofu as a Young Man Watching a Frog Jumping at a Willow Branch

Kitao Shigemasa

Black-and-white woodblock print of three figures in an interior with a willow tree and sliding screen, one holding a sword.

Scene from a Drama: Matsumoto Koshiro I and Two Other Actors

Ink line drawing of a woman in layered robes tending a sleeping baby, with hair ornaments and a comb.

A Woman and Baby

Katsushika Hokusai, 1830s

Ink outline of a warrior in patterned armor raising a long sword overhead, with bare feet planted wide.

A Warrior

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink drawing of a woman in a canopied carriage under a pine tree, with an attendant holding the pole.

Lady in a Chariot

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of two men washing a horse in a rushing waterfall beside a red cliff and green hills.

“The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province,” from the series A Tour of Waterfalls…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall beside a cliff where three travelers rest near a pine tree, in blue and green tones.

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisoji no oku Amida-ga-taki), from the series A Tour of Wat…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of porters carrying a green palanquin and baskets over a plank bridge above a winding river at dusk.

Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga e…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1845

Woodblock print of figures in a red boat poling through lotus-covered water beside a grassy bank, with a poem cartouche.

Poem by Funya no Asayasu, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by a Nurse (Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe lifting a large beam overhead against stylized clouds.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro I 1660-1704

Katsushika Hokusai