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Woodblock print of a sage holding a smoking bowl as a dragon rises through rain beside a rocky cliff.

The Chinese sennin Ch'en Nan (Japanese "Chinnan")

Nishimura Shigenaga, ca. 1722

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one playing a biwa lute and the other a koto, with calligraphy above.

Two Ladies; One is Playing the Biwa (Japanese Lute) and the Other, the Koto (Japanese Harp)

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Black-and-white Japanese print of two women in patterned kimono, one wearing a wide hat, with script along the border.

Leaf from One Hundred Japanese Women

Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1695

Woodblock print of a formal reception hall with seated Western officers in uniform and Japanese officials in black robes.

Reception by the Japanese of the Americans at Yokohama

Sensai Eiko, 1870s

Chromolithograph card of a woman in a yellow patterned robe smoking a long pipe, labeled JAPANESE, 1888.

Japanese, from World's Smokers series (N33) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter, 1888

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with a songbird cage on a wooden veranda beside a green shrub.

Japanese Bush Warbler

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754-1806

Three Japanese women in patterned kimono and upswept hairstyles, drawn in black ink on a pale woodblock print page.

Leaf from a Book Entitled: Wakoku Hiaku-jo: One Hundred Japanese Women

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1625

Triptych print of diplomats in a formal room, Chinese officials in robes and Japanese officials in uniform, around draped tab

Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

Fuenken Tsuneshige, March 1895

Woodblock print of two robed figures on a rock ledge beside a tall waterfall, with a red-branched pine overhead.

Ri Haku from the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyō)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama merchant house with Japanese women and foreign residents in Western dress.

A True View of a Trading House of a Yokohama Merchant

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of two seated women and a child beside a veranda, with flowering plants and a lattice window behind them.

Madame Tang (Tō Fujin), from the series Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Fū…

Isoda Koryusai, 1764-72 (Meiwa era)

Woodblock print of a robed man with a scroll and a woman in pink kimono standing in a boat on rippling water.

Parody of the Noh Play "Hakurakuten"

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Etching of a woman in a feathered hat beside a Japanese figure with a lantern and fan, 1881.

Japonisme

Henry Somm, 1881

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of officials in ceremonial uniforms at a railway station beside a steam train.

Triumphant Arrival of the Emperor at Shinbashi Station

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1895

Triptych woodblock print of uniformed officials, a red carriage with white horses, flags and women in kimono, Meiji era.

His Imperial Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief, Arriving in the Capital in Triumph [Sino-Japanese War] (Daigenshi heika…

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1895 (Meiji 28), 5th month

Two women kneel on green floor playing shōgi beside a lantern, folding screen and lacquer tray, with calligraphy above.

A Young Woman and Man Playing Shōgi (Japanese Chess); Chūnagon Kanesuke, from a series alluding to the Thirty-Six Poe…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767-69

Woodblock print of a man with a shoulder pole and buckets beside a kneeling woman holding a plum branch, with calligraphy.

Print - Torii Kiyomitsu, 1760

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1760

Black-and-white woodblock print of two women in kimono reading books in an interior with a leaf-patterned screen.

Print - Hishikawa Morofusa

Hishikawa Morofusa, early 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a lantern on a wooden veranda beside a flowering plant.

Print - Suzuki Harunobu, 1762

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1762

Japanese woodblock print of three men in purple kimono with swords, with red name cartouches and black calligraphy.

Print - Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono by rough blue waves, with a red title cartouche above.

Print - Utagawa Kunisada, 1786

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono reading a long scroll on a veranda beneath a hanging lantern.

Print - Yuko, 1700

Yuko, 1700

Japanese print of two samurai-dressed men by a river beneath a gnarled pine tree, one in a pink patterned kimono.

Print - Kajita Hanko, 1870

Kajita Hanko, 1870

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a paper lantern and lattice window, with a child holding paper and a

Print - Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1750

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1750-1835

Woodblock print of two men in court robes on a veranda beside plum blossoms, with calligraphy and water below.

Print - Totoya Hokkei, 1780

Totoya Hokkei, 1780-1850

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono holding a scroll of a pagoda, on a red patterned ground.

Print - Yashima Gakutei, 1820

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a seated woman and older man in an interior, with a screen of fighting samurai behind them.

Print - Utagawa Kunisada, 1840

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1840

Japanese woodblock print of a woman adjusting her hair beside a child carrying a sign, with plum blossoms and a bamboo fence.

Print - Totoya Hokkei, 1830

Totoya Hokkei, 1830

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono bending by a fence with pine trees and a doorway at right.

Print - Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono examining paper at a low writing table, with calligraphy and a scre

Print - Yashima Gakutei, 1810

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1810