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Woodblock print of a youth in a black kimono with crests, holding a pink and red parasol, with a caption strip below.

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a wakashu (youth) in a kappa (raincoat)

Nishikawa Yoshinobu, ca. 1725

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume with a sword, beside a child attendant, on a patterned background.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Samuri

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1735

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono sitting close on a veranda beside a lattice screen and a tea tray.

The Gossips

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a green lion dance in a courtyard, watched by women on a veranda, with children and pine tree.

The Lion Dance

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of seated spectators watching a performer in red robes while musicians play in a screened interior r

Seeing a Performance

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Triptych print of women painting, writing, and arranging flowers in a traditional interior with a garden and pine trees.

The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1788-90

Woodblock print of merrymakers on a veranda beside a pine tree, with figures walking along a riverbank toward a distant town.

A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Monochrome print of tiered palace pavilions with a flag, and two robed figures walking across a long wooden bridge.

The Palace in the Moon

Kitagawa Utamaro, 8th month, 1789

Woodblock print of a woman washing at a stream under a full moon, with a family outside a thatched house and distant mountain

The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

Kitagawa Utamaro, 8th month, 1789

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed Japanese women in kimono with ornate hairpins against a pale landscape.

Narihira's Journey to the East

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1797

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of courtly women and attendants under cherry trees, with a seated man and a parasol.

A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Triptych print of women at a merry evening party, playing koto and shamisen, a board game, and sweets before a pine screen.

A Merry Evening Party

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1805

Triptych woodblock print of women picking persimmons from a tree beside a bamboo lattice gate, in kimono.

Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1802-4

Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono, one raising a wooden staff, with two kneeling women and an inset scene.

Chushingura Act III

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of boats on a rainy river with a red banner, a flying bird, and a temple roof in the foreground.

“Azuma Bridge from Komagatadō Temple,” from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei, Komagatad…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese print of conch, clam and other seashells scattered on sand, with calligraphic verses written above.

Shells under Water

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing a shell game on a veranda beside a peony screen and pine bonsai.

Girls Playing a Game with Shells

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of a child lighting fireworks under willows while women with a baby and a fan look on.

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono gathering green leaves into baskets in a grassy field, with a child crouching nearby.

Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing with a ball on a veranda, with a child and a blossoming plum branch nearby.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women watching a performer with a drum, a standing woman in patterned kimono, and cranes near a pine tree.

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped robe and a kneeling woman in a dotted kimono with hairpins.

Parting of Lovers: Courtesan and Her Lover

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a large tortoise hanging over a river with sailboats and Mount Fuji in the distance at dawn.

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese print of women in kimono reading letters and holding a fan beside a lantern, with landscape roundels above.

Spirit Summoner; Wild Geese Returning Home (Maboroshi; Rakugan) (right) and A Thin Veil of Clouds; Clearing Weather (…

Chobunsai Eishi, 1797-99

Japanese print of a mounted warrior in yellow armour drawing a bow on a black horse beneath a pine tree.

The Actor Nakamuro Tomijuro as a Mounted Warrior

Okumura Masanobu, 1740

Woodblock print of figures on a temple veranda looking toward Mount Fuji across a river under a blue sky.

Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mo…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers crossing a wooden walkway above a braided river, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

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

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of roofers and two women at a window overlooking a river and rice fields, with a poem cartouche at upper righ

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of women working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and brazier, with rising steam.

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a samurai in green and yellow robes, holding a staff, with calligraphy.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as a Samurai in Green and Yellow Robes

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1742