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Woodblock print of a long-tailed tit hanging upside down from autumn ivy with red leaves against a blue-to-cream sky.

Long-tailed Tit on Autumn Ivy

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Two-panel woodblock print: a yellow bird on cherry blossoms at left, and an armored rider on a white horse beside a pine at r

Left: Bird on Branch of a Cherry Tree; Right: Minamotono Yoshiié on Horseback

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of a woman seated on a saddled horse led by a man beside a flowering plum tree.

Version of Legend of Michizane: Woman Riding Ox Which a Man is Leading

Utagawa Toyohiro

Woodblock print of wild geese flying past a full moon over a curved bay with boats and shoreline houses.

Full Moon at Takanawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1831

Woman playing a flute while riding a mythical bird with flowing robes and scarves among clouds, Japanese woodblock print.

Mystical Bird (Karyōbinga)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820-33

Japanese woodblock print of two mandarin ducks in green, gray and pink, with vertical calligraphy and red seals.

Two Birds

Woodblock print of a harbor at dusk with a crescent moon, tall masts, moored boats, riverside houses and red clouds.

The Year's First Song of the Cuckoo at Tsukudajima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1831

Japanese print of folded embroidered costume in a red lacquer tray, with a tiger figure on a table at right.

Costume for Bugaku Court Dance From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, probably 1818 (Year of the Tiger)

Cock and dog

Totoya Hokkei, probably 1814

Woodblock print of a busy roadside tea house with travelers, porters, a horse, and a woman serving tea.

Tea house in Hakusen district

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835-42

Woodblock print of a white rat on a gray fūchin ornament with red cord, handwritten poems, and a red seal.

Rat on a Fūchin, Ornament with a Design of Egoyomi (Pictorial Calendar)

Kubo Shunman, 1816

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan beside a thatched house, with a boatman in a small boat below and birds in flight.

Scene from a Drama, probably "Musume Dojoji"

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1744

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a flying crane and calligraphy above.

The Second Segawa Sangoro in the Role of Kiyomihara Tengyoku

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1761

Japanese print of a female warrior on a white horse grappling with a samurai in green armor beside a windswept pine tree.

Tomoe Gozen Killing Uchida Saburo Ieyoshi at the Battle of Awazu no Hara

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1750

Woodblock print of three sparrows, two perched among plum blossoms and one flying, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Sparrows and Plum Blossoms

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a crane-patterned kimono carrying a basket and leading a horse beside flowering plants.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke in the Role of the Famous Strong Woman Okane

Torii Kiyomitsu, probably 1765

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 two women in kimono playing a string game together in a room with a folding screen.

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-66

Woodblock print of a snowy hill with a brown horse running on a white path and a figure in a hood behind it.

Snowy Landscape

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

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

Two women in kimono on a veranda look up at plum blossoms and geese flying overhead, in a Japanese woodblock print.

See Them Fly

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of a crane-decorated bowl of New Year food and a red dish with an egg, with chopsticks and calligraphy.

Bowl of New Year Food

Teisai Hokuba, probably 1808

Japanese print of courtiers in formal robes leading a white horse past a wooden veranda and a pine tree.

Hakuba no Sechie

Kitao Shigemasa

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono holding a black dog, with a letter and box on the floor.

An Oiran Holding a Black Dog

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Woodblock print of a white and grey cat with a red ribbon sitting on a patterned box, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: “Books from Kanazawa Library” (Kanazawa Bunko) and “Foreign Cat of Shō…

Kubo Shunman, early to mid-1810s

Woodblock print of a black court hat, folding fan, crane-patterned robe and cherry blossom sprig with calligraphy above.

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, probably 1816

Woodblock print of a bush warbler beside a plum branch with red buds and white blossoms, with a poem column at left.

Bush Warbler on a Plum Branch (Ume ni uguisu)

Totoya Hokkei, early 19th century

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 woman in a floral kimono holding a wine-pot beside a New Year pine decoration and a small dog.

Young Woman Carrying a Wine-Pot for the New Year Ceremony

Katsukawa Shuntei, ca. 1815

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