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Pale white macaw perched on a red and gold rod beside decorated cups, set within a black circular field with red seals.

A White Macaw

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Dark background with a swallow in flight above a pink camellia blossom and speckled green leaves, with red seals.

Swallow and Camellia

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Green parakeet perched on a branch with brown blossoms and teal leaves on a black background, with red seal stamps.

Parakeet

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Yellow parrot perched on a thorny branch beside pink roses and buds on a dark background, with red seal stamps.

Parrot on the Branch of a Flowering Rose Bush

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Reproduction of a red parrot perched on a branch with coppery leaves against a black background, with red artist seals.

Red Parrot on the Branch of a Tree

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Golden pheasant with red breast and patterned wings on a snowy rock beside bamboo, against a dark background.

Golden Pheasant in the Snow

Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1900

Line drawing of a Japanese street with porters, samurai with swords, townspeople, a water barrel and hanging fish.

A Number of People in the Street Going about Various Affairs

Okumura Masanobu

Ink print of a man lighting his pipe from a young woman's pipe, with a servant boy carrying a box at right.

A Man Lighting His Pipe from that of A Young Woman who Sits Beside Him

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of a samurai in a woven hat with swords, a woman in floral kimono, a child, and kneeling figur

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of a young attendant holding a letter before two seated women in patterned kimonos.

A Kamuro is Shown Bringing a Love Letter to Her Mistress

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of three courtesans and a young attendant in patterned kimono walking past a lattice railing.

Three Courtesans and a Kamuro Strolling in the Street

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of an oiran playing shamisen while a young man kneels beside her, with a lacquer box and tray nearby.

An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in Rapt Attention

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white print of figures in kimono walking past a fence, one servant carrying a patterned lantern.

A Man Attended by a Servant Carrying a Lantern

Okumura Masanobu

Ink line print of two courtesans in patterned kimono beside a railing, with an attendant and a monkey at right.

Two Courtesans

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior, one applying treatment to another's bare back near a paint

An Oiran Seated in a Parlor Applies the Fire Treatment to the Bared Back of Another Woman

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white woodblock print of two women seated indoors, one writing and one playing a shamisen, with a window view of sa

Two Women Seated in a Parlor

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of a woman fixing her hair beside a samurai in a straw hat with a barrel and buckets.

An Oiran Rearranging Her Hair in the Street while a Young Samurai Looks on

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a broom, with calligraphy and seal at left.

The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

Okumura Masanobu

Japanese woodblock print of a tattooed fireman in a dark coat beside a tall white fire banner, with text columns on pink.

Fireman

Utagawa Yoshitora, ca. 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded armored warrior with a long blade, surrounded by birds, deer, a bear, and a red demon o

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1819

Woodblock print of zodiac animals as human figures in kimono, including a dragon, snake and rabbit, with Japanese inscription

Craftsman by the Twelve Sign of Zodiac

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a standing man in a red floral kimono and white hakama, with Japanese text panels beside him.

Hakoōmaru, Buyū chikara-gusa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a dragon in storm clouds with lightning above a rocky coast and turbulent sea.

A Dragon Appearing to Minamoto no Mitsunaka at Sumiyoshi Shrine

Utagawa Yoshikazu, ca. 1847-52

Japanese woodblock print of a man in black coat and blue floral kimono before a rising red sun and rays.

Print - Utagawa Sadakage

Utagawa Sadakage, 19th century

Woodblock print of a man in striped robes beside a child in a patterned kimono, with a kettle on a brazier at left.

Actor as Master of Sagamiya (Sagamiya teishu)

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Two women in patterned kimono sit on a veranda beside red maple branches, in a Japanese woodblock print by Toyohara Kunichika

Kobushō Kasei from the Series Thirty-Six Restaurants In New Tokyo

Toyohara Kunichika, late 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a palace interior, one kneeling with a raised sword before a seated figure on a

Kabuki actors play as Ōashibara Ueno no kami Masahira, Tokiwa Mikuriya Bettō Tsuneaki, Tairano Shinnō Masakado, Musas…

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, mid-19th century

Woman in patterned kimono bends toward a stream among autumn plants, with dragonflies flying overhead in a woodblock print.

Fashionable Seven Autumn Plants (Fūzoku aki nanakusa)

Toyohara Sadatora, first half of the 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono on a veranda, with pine trees and tea house patrons in the garden behind her.

Young girl at tea house in Iriya

Utagawa Hiroshige II, mid-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono arranging a flowering branch in a room with a window view of blosso

Flower of Akashi (Akashi no hana)

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1853