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Triptych woodblock print of robed figures seated at a formal ceremony in a hall, with red sun banners and blossoming trees.

Print - Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1867

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1867 (Meiji 1)

Triptych print of uniformed officers and court ladies presenting gift cups in a decorated room, with chrysanthemums and patte

Illustration of the Commanders who Pacified Western Japan, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cups (Saigoku chinsei shoshō…

Toyohara Chikanobu, September, 1887

Triptych Japanese print of uniformed officers feasting in a lantern-lit banquet hall, with a musician and a seated woman in b

Police Superintendant's Party: A Gift of Food and Drink

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, September 1877

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with umbrella and lantern on a rainy path, with two figures sheltering under a tree.

Where is Tokubei?

Momokawa Shiko II, ca. 1800

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono gathered around a cart with a large wheel.

Ladies Surrounding a Cart

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated at a railing and one standing with a box and bowl.

Two Women

Yumiaki Toriyama

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor raising a staff beside a sword, with waves and a tiled-roof building behind him.

Actor, Danjuro, Impersonating Murubashi Chuye

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hairpins leaning toward a man in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy at to

Okaru and Yuranosuke (Okaru, Yuranosuke)

Woodblock print of a songbird on a vine with pink and white morning glories and green leaves on cream paper.

Morning Glories and Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840-50

Woodblock print of a woman in checked kimono and large white headdress, with Japanese calligraphy and a crest beside her.

The Courtesan Umematsu of the Atarashiya Brothel Costumed as an Ohara Maiden

Ryūkōsai Jokei, early 1790s

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a purple kimono and striped hakama, holding a closed fan, with cherry blossoms

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke I, as a Man Holding a Closed Fan in His Right Hand

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a round fan beside bamboo, against a yellow ground.

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1788-90

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and striped kimono holding a fan beside a yellow boat.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Koshizuka

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of a crowded parliamentary chamber with seated men at desks, balcony spectators, and uniformed officials unde

Illustration of The Imperial Assembly of the House of Peers (Teikoku gikai kizokuin no zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1890

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume holding a katana, with striped hakama and red plant motifs behind him.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 2nd as a Samurai

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1771-72

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a red kimono holding a plum branch with a lantern, beside a wooden lattice fence.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Mutsuhana

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono standing beside a pillar under a parasol.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro 3rd as a Man Stnding in a Pleasure-boat

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role wearing a green robe and striped kimono beside a lacquered box.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono on a veranda beside a shoji screen and potted plants.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo 3rd in a Female Role

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a sword, with a floral curtain behind him.

Unidentified Actor (possibly Yoshizawa Ayame) as a Woman with a Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono and red robe, holding a sword, with iris-decorated hakama.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 3rd in an Unidentified Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1769

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono and red cloak holding a sword, with a riverbank behind him.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro 4th as a Man

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a green crane-patterned kimono before a lattice screen and plum branches.

An Actor of the Iwai Clan as a Woman

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role, wearing a floral kimono beside a shoji screen.

The Actor Arashi Hinaji in a Female Role

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Triptych woodblock print of women artisans working at crafts in a traditional Japanese interior with shoji screens.

Artisans, from the series "An Up-to-Date Parody of the Four Classes"

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a crane and young birds in a nest on a pine branch, with a gnarled trunk and bamboo at right.

Crane and Their Young in Their Nest in the Branches of a Pine-tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a floral kimono reading a letter, with calligraphy above and a hair ornament.

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1760s

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding a parasol before a lattice screen, with crane and floral designs.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII 1699-1762 as a Woman with Parasol

Torii Kiyomasu I

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print: a canal with boats and bridge at left, and a crowded kabuki theater interior with hanging

Cooling at Nakazu/ Kabuki Theater

Utagawa Toyoharu

Woodblock print of a woman disrobing, wearing a patterned yellow kimono, with calligraphy in the margins.

Woman Disrobing

Okumura Toshinobu