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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

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

Kite Flying

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of children in kimono playing on a riverbank, one pointing at a bird flying over water and flowering shrubs.

The Fourth Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a child in kimono on a veranda, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Visiting Komachi

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1779

Woodblock print of a celestial maiden floating on clouds with flowing blue robe, scarf, and calligraphy above.

Girl In the Form of a Divinity Beating a Drum

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

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

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a room with calligraphy scrolls, an inkstone, and hanging poem slips.

Gyoku-kashi Eimo Preparing Calligraphy Offerings

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1782

Woodblock print of two women in kimono approaching a shrine with a red lantern, a child at lower left, and a fern above.

Young Women Visiting a Shinto Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, 1814

Japanese print of courtiers on a wooden veranda with plum blossoms, a reading figure, and a standing woman in patterned robes

An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono, one carrying a child in an orange robe, with a bald man at right.

MotHer Carrying Her Baby Girl to the Miya Mairi

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784

Woodblock print of two women and an infant on a veranda beside a garden tree with a hanging wind-bell.

The Evening Wind-bell

Santō Kyōden, ca. 1783

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two young attendants in patterned kimono, with calligraphy in the upper left.

The Oiran Shirayu of Wakanaya attended by Two Kamuro and Shinzo

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of women, children and a man in kimono before a shop with hanging curtains and a large crest.

Group before the Echigo-ya Dry-goods Shop on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child on a balcony, one pointing at a long-tailed bird in the sky.

A Long-Tailed Fowl (Onagadori), from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochō jūnikin)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black patterned kimono with two young attendants in striped robes, ca. 1788.

The Oiran Utagawa of Matsubaya attended by Her Kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1788

Watercolor drawing of three young women resting among classical ruins with an obelisk and broken stone fragments under a blue

Three Young Girls by Ruins

Hubert Robert, ca. 1790

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna and Child with a mitred bishop and a standing youth in a cloak, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints Martin and Maurice (?)

Gaudenzio Ferrari, ca. 1530

Woodblock print of an older woman combing long hair while a child clambers over her shoulder, in pink and cream tones.

Yamauba Combing Her Hair with Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1801

Two-panel woodblock print of women in kimono walking past pine trees and a stone lantern at a temple grounds.

Horinouchi Myo-ho-ji Eho Mairi no Zu

Utagawa Toyohiro, ca. 1804

Woodblock print of a fisherwoman beside a large basket, with two boys and shellfish on the ground, plus calligraphy.

Fisherwoman with a Basket and Two Boys

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman playing with a laughing red-faced child wrapped in a patterned garment.

Yamauba Playing with Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Japanese triptych print of women and children under cherry blossoms on a grassy hill, with distant boats on the sea.

Women and Children Viewing the Cherry Blossoms at Gotenyama

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1787

Japanese print of a gold-decorated leather panel with a boy figure and deer, beside a green patterned leather swatch with poe

“Gold-decorated Leather with Figure of a Chinese Boy” and “Patterned Leather,” from the series Famous Leathers, Inrō,…

Kubo Shunman, 1810s

Woodblock print of a wild-haired woman tying the topknot of a boy who sticks out his tongue.

Yamauba Tying Kintarō’s Topknot

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a dancing woman in a patterned kimono, wearing a headdress and carrying a sword.

Dancing Girl Wearing a Sword

Woodblock print of a teahouse courtyard with tall trees, lanterns, and women and children in kimono strolling.

Zoshigaya no Zu (Myoga-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woman in floral kimono tends a crawling baby while another woman gazes into a mirror beside a black vanity box.

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1793

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 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 woman bending over a stone basin where a child sleeps, with a dog and leafy plants nearby.

Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800