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Woodblock print of travelers on a village road with thatched houses, a large pine, and snowy Mount Fuji in the distance.

東海道五十三次蒲原

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Triptych print of a steam locomotive, crowds in Western dress, a carriage and palm tree before blue misty mountains.

France (furansukoku)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol, a child and a black dog beneath cherry blossoms, by Utagawa Hiroshige II.

French Woman, Her Child and Pet Dog

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 10th month, 1860

Woodblock print of travelers on a road before thatched houses, green hills, pine trees and Mount Fuji in the distance.

東海道五十三次江尻

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a grey and yellow gown beside a tree, with a boy and a rider on a white horse.

Beauties

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1st month, 1861

Woodblock print of a leaping tiger above a boy in red and yellow robes beside a pine tree and waterfall.

Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kag…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1843

Woodblock print of townspeople in a busy Edo street under a full moon, with willow trees and wooden buildings.

東海道五十三次府中二丁町廓之図

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of figures strolling among irises near a tea house with lanterns, under a leaning pine, in blue tones.

View of Iris Gardens at Horikiri

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of a night street with blooming cherry trees, lanterns, carriages, and people in kimono.

Cherries at Night at New Shimabara

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Woodblock print of travelers on a pine-lined mountain road passing a thatched teahouse, with calligraphy in the sky.

東海道五十三次岡部

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Surimono print of plum blossoms, a waterfall over a bamboo pipe, rock and bamboo, with calligraphy at left.

Surimono

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1860

Two kabuki actor portraits in woodblock print, framed by cherry blossoms and blue patterned borders, one holding an open fan.

Kabuki Actors Onoe Kikugorō III as Shizuka Gozen and Nakamura Utaemon III as Kitsune Tadanobu, in the play Yoshitsune…

Gyokuryūtei Shigeharu, 1830

Woodblock print of travelers wading a shallow river past a wooden bridge, with dark trees and haystacks behind them.

東海道五十三次藤枝

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of a court lady standing under a blossoming plum tree, with poem text and lacquer cabinets on the left.

Court Lady Beneath an Old Plum Tree; Two Lacquer Cabinets for the Shell-matching Game

Kubo Shunman, 1793

Hand-colored drawing of a seated woman and a bearded seated man under a tree, with a saddled pink horse and canopy at left.

Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert

Becharam Das Dutta, August 26, 1856

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a curved wooden bridge beside a torii gate, pine trees and distant mountains.

東海道五十三次掛川

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woodblock print of two courtiers in a boat, poled by a woman along a river with plum blossoms and pines.

Courtier and Lady with a Young Woman Poling a Boat

Kubo Shunman, 1796

Watercolor of a stone château with blue conical towers, shuttered windows, a garden bed, and a figure on a path.

Château de Vouzan

Henry Victor Burgy, 1888

Woodblock print of pine trees, travelers and sailboats on a shore under a red and blue sky, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

東海道五十三次之内荒井

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Japanese print of a courtier and two court ladies on a veranda beside plum branches and a pine tree.

Seated Courtier with Two Court Ladies by Plum and Pine

Kubo Shunman, 1796

Watercolor landscape of a rocky path winding past trees toward distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of Hamamatsu town with travelers, a castle on a hill, pine trees and a sunset sky.

東海道五十三次浜松

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Woman in red robe and veil stands by a bare plum tree and white fence, with Japanese calligraphy beside her.

Court Lady by Old Plum Tree

Kubo Shunman, 1796, year of the dragon

Watercolor drawing of a stag beside a bare twisted tree at dusk, with does in the distance under pink clouds.

Deer and Tree Against Sunset

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

Woodblock print of travelers on a coastal road beside pine trees, a thatched rest stop, and the sea at sunset.

Shirasuka, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Japanese print of a gnarled plum tree with blossoms and branches on a pale blue ground, with calligraphy above.

Old Plum Tree

Kubo Shunman, 1796

Watercolor of vultures perched on a gnarled dead tree under a dusky, cloudy sky, with a carcass on rocky ground.

Vultures on a Tree

Antoine-Louis Barye, 1810-75

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse crossing a wooden bridge over a river at sunset, with a blue-roofed temple beyond pi

Yoshida, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, early 20th century

Two green kadomatsu pine decorations beside Japanese calligraphy on a pale sheet, with grey wash at the right edge.

Pair of Kadomatsu (pine decorations)

Kubo Shunman, 1797

Etching of a nobleman on a rearing horse holding a baton, with a tree and hills in the background, after Velázquez.

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count Duke of Olivares on horseback, after Velázquez

Francisco Goya, 1778