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Woman in a floral kimono beside a hagoita paddle and shuttlecock, with vertical calligraphy and red seals on a woodblock prin

Girl and a Hagoita (Japanese Battledore and Shuttlecock)

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Chromolithograph card of a woman in a yellow patterned robe smoking a long pipe, labeled JAPANESE, 1888.

Japanese, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with a songbird cage on a wooden veranda beside a green shrub.

Japanese Bush Warbler

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754-1806

Cutaway woodblock print of a warship showing sailors working in labeled decks, with smoke and rough sea below.

The Interior Works of an Armed Japanese Battleship

Unsen, 1874 (Meiji 7)

Three Japanese women in patterned kimono and upswept hairstyles, drawn in black ink on a pale woodblock print page.

Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo: One Hundred Japanese Women

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1625

Triptych print of diplomats in a formal room, Chinese officials in robes and Japanese officials in uniform, around draped tab

Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

Fuenken Tsuneshige, March 1895

Woodblock print of a green white-eye and a titmouse perched on a branch with red camellia flowers against a pale sky.

Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Two yellow-green white-eyes on a plum branch with blossoms and drooping willow, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Japanese White-eyes with Plum Tree and Willow, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 3)

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1810

Woodblock print of two robed figures on a rock ledge beside a tall waterfall, with a red-branched pine overhead.

Ri Haku from the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyō)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama merchant house with Japanese women and foreign residents in Western dress.

A True View of a Trading House of a Yokohama Merchant

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Triptych night print of soldiers firing cannons and a searchlight beam over water toward an exploding fortress.

Use of Electricity during the Siege of Pyongyang

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1894

Three green and yellow white-eye birds perch among pink peach blossoms on branches, with Japanese calligraphy beside them.

Japanese White-eyes on a Branch of Peach Tree,” from the Series An Array of Birds (Tori awase), from Spring Rain Suri…

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of two seated women and a child beside a veranda, with flowering plants and a lattice window behind them.

Madame Tang (Tō Fujin), from the series Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Fū…

Isoda Koryusai, 1764-72 (Meiwa era)

Woodblock print of a robed man with a scroll and a woman in pink kimono standing in a boat on rippling water.

Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten"

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Triptych woodblock print of a busy Yokohama street with shops, carts, pedestrians and blossoming cherry trees.

The Newly Opened Port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanagawa Yokohama shinkaikōzu)

Utagawa Sadahide, 2nd month, 1860

Etching of a woman in a feathered hat beside a Japanese figure with a lantern and fan, 1881.

Japonisme

Henry Somm, 1881

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of officials in ceremonial uniforms at a railway station beside a steam train.

Triumphant Arrival of the Emperor at Shinbashi Station

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1895

Etching of a reclining female nude seen from behind on a pale draped cloth against a dark shadowed background.

Reclining Female Nude

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1658

Triptych woodblock print of uniformed officials, a red carriage with white horses, flags and women in kimono, Meiji era.

His Imperial Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief, Arriving in the Capital in Triumph [Sino-Japanese War] (Daigenshi heika…

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1895 (Meiji 28), 5th month

Two women kneel on green floor playing shōgi beside a lantern, folding screen and lacquer tray, with calligraphy above.

A Young Woman and Man Playing Shōgi (Japanese Chess); Chūnagon Kanesuke, from a series alluding to the Thirty-Six Poe…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767-69

Cover of a drawing book with ornate black scrollwork, a central 'Drawing Book' title, and small landscape vignettes on sage g

Drawing Book

H. Byrne, 1880-81

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a domed circular temple with elevation, section, and floor plan.

Architectural Drawing

Nicolas François Barbier, n.d.

Symmetrical black-and-white geometric ornament drawing with radiating lines, pointed arches and stylized foliage in a rectang

Design drawing

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Watercolor of a calm sea and pastel sunset sky with lavender clouds and a thin orange horizon glow.

Sunset at Sea

John Singer Sargent, 1905-6 (?) or 1905-?6

Watercolor of waves breaking on a sandy beach under a dark, cloudy sky with a distant horizon.

Marine

John La Farge, 1883 (?)

Watercolor of a rocky coastline with waves breaking against cliffs and seabirds flying under a grey sky.

A Rocky Coast

William Trost Richards, 1877

Watercolor interior of a lottery office with a large window, wooden counter, stools, shelves, and lottery posters.

Interior of a Lottery

James Kidder, 1821

Watercolor street elevation of three adjoining New York buildings with an eagle pediment, arched shop windows, and a red bric

Shop and Warehouse of Duncan Phyfe, 168-172 Fulton Street, New York City

John Rubens Smith, 1817-20

Muted gouache drawing of a classical theatre facade with columns, staircases, and a CIVIC sign over the entrance.

14th Street Theatre

Perkins Harnly, ca. 1940

Woodblock print of a man with a shoulder pole and buckets beside a kneeling woman holding a plum branch, with calligraphy.

Print - Torii Kiyomitsu, 1760

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1760