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Woodblock print of travelers on a riverside path below green mountains, with thatched houses and bare trees.

Mizukuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda beside a vine-covered screen, with fishermen and a winding river beyond.

The Rustic Pavilion

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two women reading a letter together, one holding a broom, in a tall vertical format.

The Idle Broom

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a woman with a basket and two children watching geese fly over autumn rice fields and mountains.

Rustic Scene

Chōkyōsai Eiri, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and gold hairpins, holding a brush and writing a letter.

Portrait of Toyozumi of Chojiya House, Writing a Letter

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, with a moonlit landscape roundel in the upper left.

Gonpachi ni Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with feathered cloak and fan, with calligraphy in upper right.

Konami of Kurahashi-ya

Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a woman combing another seated figure's hair beside a shamisen, on a wooden veranda with a cabinet.

Combing His Hair

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a shore, one reaching toward a crab, with a river village behind them.

The Clinging Crab

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers embracing, seen from behind, with fringed belts and bare feet on a pale ground.

Two Famous Wrestlers Onogawa and Tanikase

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of three children building a snowman beneath a snow-covered plum tree with red blossoms.

Three Boys Making a Snowman

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767-68

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a brazier and a standing man at a fence, with a maple branch above.

Warming the Sake by Maple Leaf Fire

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a young samurai in a green floral kimono with a sword, riding a pale horse.

Actor Sanokawa Ichimatsu as Young Samurai riding on Horse-back

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Woodblock print of a man with umbrella below a lattice balcony where a woman reads a letter, with Japanese calligraphy above.

The Lovers O-Hatsu and Tokubei

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a muscular kabuki actor in wrestler costume with a maple-leaf robe and sword, c. 1770.

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall in a rocky gorge, with three figures crouching on a ledge beside pine trees.

Kegon Waterfall

Woodblock print of a woman fishing from a riverbank while a standing man with a sword watches beneath drooping willow branche

Kyo Shi

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1765

Pen drawing of a standing kabuki-style figure in white robes beside a fan-shaped portrait cartouche with Japanese text.

Drawing Intended as Design for an Actor Print

Utagawa Kunisada, 1833-47

Woodblock print of a figure in a floral kimono beside a stylized pine branch, with a Japanese inscription.

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1764

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a blue hat riding a reddish horse, with a pink Japanese text scroll at upper left.

An American on Horseback

Utagawa Yoshitora, ca. 1861

Woman in a feathered hat and maroon jacket beside a street lamp, with a silhouetted man walking along a misty shoreline.

Print - Tsuneshige, 1900

Tsuneshige, ca. 1900

Woodblock print of a procession on a hillside with Western men and a woman in red, Japanese attendants, pines, and yellow-roo

Hodogaya

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1865

Japanese woodblock print of a uniformed man, a woman in a violet dress and feathered hat, and a child under cherry blossoms.

Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno kōen kaika zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1888

Woodblock print of a uniformed man in a plumed hat among five kimono-clad women, with peonies and cherry blossoms behind them

Emperor among Court Ladies

Toyohara Chikanobu, ca. 1880

Woodblock print of three women and a girl in Western dress with a small dog beneath cherry blossoms, by Chikanobu, 1889.

Western Clothing from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi-Yōfuku)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Woodblock print of a courtesan on a green balcony, with a laughing man in a red jacket dancing above holding an umbrella.

Shin Yoshiwara: The New Yoshiwara

Shōsai Ikkei, ca. 1875

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a latticed window, one sewing and one kneeling beside white folded cloth on the f

Evening Snow on the Nurioke, from the series Eight Parlor Views

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of a caricatured Russian officer held by two Japanese soldiers, one with a rising sun flag.

Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1904-5

Woodblock print of a caricatured officer in white uniform on a stone bridge, with camellias and Japanese text.

Farce of the Death at stone bridge from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon…

Kobayashi Kiyochika, October 1904

Woodblock print of a spotted deer calling out beside rocks and maple branches, with Japanese calligraphy above.

The Cry of the Stag

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1760