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Woodblock print of a brown goldfish inside a round glass bottle, with pink flowers and green leaves at lower left.

Gold-Fish in a Glass Bottle

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a nine-tailed fox inside a dark circle, with a red ribbon looping below and Japanese calligraphy above.

Mirror With the Design of a Nine-Tailed Fox

Harukawa Goshichi

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono holding a plum-blossom fan, with calligraphy beside her.

Courtesan Usugumo

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono holding a large yellow fan, with Japanese calligraphy beside her.

Lady Komachi

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Japanese print of a court woman in patterned robes holding a large fan, with a poem panel at upper left.

Princess Fujitsubo in Court Costume with a Fan

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono releasing a bird from a cage, with calligraphy beside her.

Lady Murasaki Sets a Bird Free from a Cage

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Japanese print of arching rice stalks with grain heads and a pale chrysanthemum-like flower, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Rice Plant and Butter-Burs

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a river with a curved wooden bridge, teahouse, and a covered boat with a woman playing shamisen.

Imadobashi no Zu (Tama-Sho)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a white rabbit beside pink blossoms on snow, under a large grey moon with stylized clouds.

Rabbit in the Snow beneath the Moon 月下の兎

Katsushika Hokushū, 1819

Woodblock print of three figures walking by a riverside teahouse with bamboo blinds, blossoming trees and tiled rooftops.

Mimeguri no Kei (Toyoha-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a teahouse courtyard with tall trees, lanterns, and women and children in kimono strolling.

Zoshigaya no Zu (Myoga-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of diners in a Japanese restaurant room with Mount Fuji visible through an open window.

The Yaozen Restaurant, San’ya (San’ya, Yaozen), from the series A Collection of Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo Kōmei…

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838-40

Woodblock print of cherry blossom trees below pavilions and pines, with strolling figures and a blue pond.

Sendagi Dangozaka

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Japanese print of a red patterned knife sheath on folded paper beside a branch of white plum blossoms.

Plum Blossoms, Cut Paper and a Knife in Sheath

Uematsu Tōshū

Woodblock print of weeping willows, a wooden watchtower, and hanging blue cloth banners over a grassy yard at dusk.

The First Race Course, Horse-Dealer's Street

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese print of a standing samurai beside a plum branch, with two seated women and a child at a writing table.

Street Scene in the Springtime

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a small yellow-green bird perched on a plum branch with white blossoms and handwritten inscriptions.

New Moon; Nightingale on a Plum Branch

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of rolled patterned cloth, a white cotton bundle, and colored yarn, with Japanese calligraphy on the left.

Rolls of Cloth, Cotton and Yarn

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Print of a shakuhachi bamboo flute resting on a red patterned cover with a cord and tassel, with calligraphy above.

Shakuhachi (A Kind of Bamboo Flute) and Its Cover

Sunayama Gosei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a hanging scroll with plum blossoms and calligraphy, resting on brocade beside a wooden box.

Kakemono and Its Box

Kubo Shunman, 18th-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of white and red peonies, a purple iris and green leaves, with vertical calligraphy at upper left.

Peonies and Iris

Yanagawa Shigemasa, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of two gnarled cherry trees in blossom on a rocky bank beside a stream, with grass in the foreground.

Blossoming Cherry Trees by a Stream

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a white rat resting on patterned cloth beside bundled paper strips and a green fabric, with calligraphy.

White Rat and Bundles of Cloth

Kubo Shunman, probably 1816

Ink drawing of a plum branch with round blossoms, accompanied by Japanese calligraphy and a red seal on pale paper.

Plum Blossoms

Yomo no Utagaki Magao

Woodblock print of a moonlit veranda overlooking a bay with sailboats, a lantern, and a pine tree.

Moon-Viewing Location (Tsuki no Misaki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo Hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen across a bay with sailboats, pine trees on a rocky shore, and a red dusk sky.

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Sōshū Miura no kaijō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjū)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month

Woodblock print of a shrimp with long antennae beside green seaweed, a dark cuttlefish shape above, and Japanese calligraphy

Shrimp and Cuttlefish

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of a dark belt, tassel and folding fan on patterned cloth over snow, with calligraphy above.

Belt and Fan on a Piece of Cloth

Japanese print of a young pine tree with blue needles beside a dotted, tied decorative broom, with calligraphy.

Young Pine Tree and Jeweled Broom

Woodblock print of a shamisen, plectrum, open book and patterned cloth with calligraphy above.

Shamisen, Plectrum and a Book

Chobunsai Eishi

Japanese woodblock print of a blue floral box, stacked books, and two cards showing plum blossoms and a bird, with calligraph

Books and Cards

Reisai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a decorated drum, sho mouth organ and helmet on a wooden stage railing, with calligraphy.

Drum with Stand, Sho (A Kind of Mouth Organ) and Helmet on the Stage for Bugaku Dance

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of a Noh mask, lacquered box, folding fan and braided cord on cloth, with handwritten calligraphy above.

Mask and Other Objects for the Noh Dance

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock-style print of a red crab beside a rice ball and a red seed, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Crab, Baked Rice-Ball and Seed of Persimmon

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a pink box with open compartments holding cards, loose cards and a blue cord, with Japanese calligraphy.

Box with Cards for the Poem Card Game

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded elder on a decorated treasure ship with patterned sails and seated attendants.

Boat of Good Fortune

Woodblock print of New Year decorations with pine, bamboo, tassels and layered patterned textiles, with calligraphy.

New Year Decoration and a Set of Bed-Clothing

Hachifusa Shūri, 18th-19th century

Japanese print of a decorated battledore paddle with floral motifs, a shuttlecock, and handwritten calligraphy, 1810.

Battledore and Shuttlecock

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1810

Woodblock print of a pine-lined sandbar across a moonlit bay with sailboats, birds and distant mountains.

Tango Amano Hashidate

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859-61

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black horse with an attendant holding plum blossoms, mountains behind, calligraphy at lef

Young Woman on the Back of a Horse Attended by a Female Driver

Kubo Shunman, 1813

Woodblock print of a woman pouring tea for a seated man, with calligraphy and a pine decoration above.

Woman Entertaining Her Guest with New Year Wine

Woodblock print of pilgrims climbing stairs to a shrine among tall trees, with a red gate and bathers at left.

Pilgrims at the Fudo Shrine, Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833-43

Japanese woodblock print of a potted pine, a wooden box of labeled herbs, a red-corded drum, and calligraphy.

Potted Pine Tree Drum and Seven Herbs Planted in a Box

Sunayama Gosei, 18th-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a long unrolled letter, an attendant below, and a man on a red balcony.

The Love Letter

Torii Kiyonaga, late 18th century

Woodblock print of travelers in snow passing bent pine trees, a river and a wooden inn under a pink dawn sky.

Itabana Station

Keisai Eisen, late 1830s

Woodblock print of a crowded night market with vendors, lanterns, shop stalls and people in kimono under a dusky sky.

Junkei machi Yomise no Zu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1828

Woodblock print of a full moon over Ishiyama cliffs, a red temple hall, pines, a river and a wooden bridge at night.

The Autumn Moon on Ishiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a snowy village street with thatched houses, travelers in straw hats, and a large tree under falling snow.

Fujikawa; Sanchu Yamanaka no Sato Miyajiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a steamship with smoke and sailing boats near a dark mountain, with a mounted warrior on a grassy hill.

Fifty-three Stations of Suehiro: Warrior Looks at Passing Steamship

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, ca. 1865

Woodblock print of travelers beside willow trees and a river, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising behind distant hills.

Goyu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of a Yokohama drawing room with Western and Japanese figures, a musical instrument, and ships visible through

Drawing Room of a Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 9th month, 1861

Woodblock print of Western women playing music in a harbor sitting room, attended by Japanese women in kimono, ships visible

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861, 9th month

Woodblock print of a river landscape with boats, pine trees, a thatched teahouse, travelers and distant mountains.

Mitsuke

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of travelers on a riverside path below green mountains, with thatched houses and bare trees.

Mizukuchi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda beside a vine-covered screen, with fishermen and a winding river beyond.

The Rustic Pavilion

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of two women reading a letter together, one holding a broom, in a tall vertical format.

The Idle Broom

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a woman with a basket and two children watching geese fly over autumn rice fields and mountains.

Rustic Scene

Chōkyōsai Eiri, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and gold hairpins, holding a brush and writing a letter.

Portrait of Toyozumi of Chojiya House, Writing a Letter

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, with a moonlit landscape roundel in the upper left.

Gonpachi ni Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with feathered cloak and fan, with calligraphy in upper right.

Konami of Kurahashi-ya

Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a woman combing another seated figure's hair beside a shamisen, on a wooden veranda with a cabinet.

Combing His Hair

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a shore, one reaching toward a crab, with a river village behind them.

The Clinging Crab

Suzuki Harunobu, 1770

Woodblock print of two sumo wrestlers embracing, seen from behind, with fringed belts and bare feet on a pale ground.

Two Famous Wrestlers Onogawa and Tanikase

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of three children building a snowman beneath a snow-covered plum tree with red blossoms.

Three Boys Making a Snowman

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767-68

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a brazier and a standing man at a fence, with a maple branch above.

Warming the Sake by Maple Leaf Fire

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a young samurai in a green floral kimono with a sword, riding a pale horse.

Actor Sanokawa Ichimatsu as Young Samurai riding on Horse-back

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Woodblock print of a man with umbrella below a lattice balcony where a woman reads a letter, with Japanese calligraphy above.

The Lovers O-Hatsu and Tokubei

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a muscular kabuki actor in wrestler costume with a maple-leaf robe and sword, c. 1770.

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall in a rocky gorge, with three figures crouching on a ledge beside pine trees.

Kegon Waterfall

Woodblock print of a woman fishing from a riverbank while a standing man with a sword watches beneath drooping willow branche

Kyo Shi

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of travelers crossing Nihonbashi bridge over a river with cargo boats, Mount Fuji in the distance.

Nihon Bashi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind pine trees, rice fields and travelers with a pack horse on a road.

Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a river on wooden footbridges below a green hill lined with pines.

Yui

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a shallow river on boats and by wading, with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Shimada; Oigawa Shun-Gan, Banks of the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of porters carrying boxes along a mountain pass beside thatched houses and green cliffs, with calligraphy abo

Nissaka; Sayo no Naka Yama, pass in the Bayo Mountains

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden arched bridge toward a torii gate and pine trees under a pale sky.

Distant View of Mount Akiba

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of a Japanese town street with travelers, horses, and a castle on a pine-covered hill at sunset.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden bridge over a river toward a blue-roofed castle, with boats and pines.

Yoshida; Toyokawa-Bashi, Toyokawa Bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of porters carrying loads over a wooden bridge beside a weeping willow and thatched houses.

Goyu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of an inn with a bather by a tub, travelers resting on tatami, and a flowering plum branch over a garden pond

Ishibe

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Pen drawing of a standing kabuki-style figure in white robes beside a fan-shaped portrait cartouche with Japanese text.

Drawing Intended as Design for an Actor Print

Utagawa Kunisada, 1833-47

Woodblock print of a figure in a floral kimono beside a stylized pine branch, with a Japanese inscription.

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1764

Diptych woodblock print of two figures in kimono before Mount Fuji, one holding a walking stick, the other in a flat straw ha

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Tall Woman in a Flat Straw Hat

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a blue hat riding a reddish horse, with a pink Japanese text scroll at upper left.

An American on Horseback

Utagawa Yoshitora, ca. 1861

Woodblock print of a naval officer and nurse beside a patient's bed in a hospital room with a window.

The Torpedo Officer (Suirai shikan), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 1, no. 8

Kajita Hanko, ca. 1900

Woman in a feathered hat and maroon jacket beside a street lamp, with a silhouetted man walking along a misty shoreline.

Print - Tsuneshige, 1900

Tsuneshige, ca. 1900

Woodblock print of a procession on a hillside with Western men and a woman in red, Japanese attendants, pines, and yellow-roo

Hodogaya

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1865

Japanese woodblock print of a uniformed man, a woman in a violet dress and feathered hat, and a child under cherry blossoms.

Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno kōen kaika zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1888

Woodblock print of a uniformed man in a plumed hat among five kimono-clad women, with peonies and cherry blossoms behind them

Emperor among Court Ladies

Toyohara Chikanobu, ca. 1880

Woodblock print of three women and a girl in Western dress with a small dog beneath cherry blossoms, by Chikanobu, 1889.

Western Clothing from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi-Yōfuku)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Japanese print of a man and woman under a plum tree, with a circular inset of a reader at a desk.

The Demon Gold (Konjiki yasha)

Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1903

Woodblock print of a naval officer on a ship deck shading his eyes toward a smoking enemy ship amid rough seas.

Sakamoto Otasuku

Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1894

Woodblock print of a courtesan on a green balcony, with a laughing man in a red jacket dancing above holding an umbrella.

Shin Yoshiwara: The New Yoshiwara

Shōsai Ikkei, ca. 1875

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a latticed window, one sewing and one kneeling beside white folded cloth on the f

Evening Snow on the Nurioke, from the series Eight Parlor Views

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Japanese woodblock print of a caricatured Russian officer held by two Japanese soldiers, one with a rising sun flag.

Print from the series Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1904-5

Woodblock print of a caricatured officer in white uniform on a stone bridge, with camellias and Japanese text.

Farce of the Death at stone bridge from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon…

Kobayashi Kiyochika, October 1904