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Woodblock print of travelers under pine trees on a shoreline road, with a calm sea and distant figures.

Odawara

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Japanese woodblock print of elegantly dressed women and attendants in an interior with a painted scroll, screens, and a tub.

A Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hō kakegaku no zu), by Takigawa of the Ōgiya,…

Kitagawa Kikumaro, ca. 1800

Triptych print of courtesans and attendants in patterned kimono walking through a busy street toward a large gate.

Oiran and Attendants at the Ō Mon or Great Gate of the Yoshiwara

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1794

Woodblock print of a snowy village with a wooden bridge over a blue river and a distant snow-capped mountain.

Mishima, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi, Mishima), also known as the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Colorful Japanese woodblock print of a crowded night street lined with theater facades, banners and lantern-carrying figures

Perspective Print (Uki-e) of the Theaters in Sakaichō and Fukiyachō on Opening Night

Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1780

Triptych print of noble women and attendants beneath cherry trees beside an ox-drawn carriage, in soft pastel colors.

A Cherry-Viewing Excursion by a Noble Lady and Attendants

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of travelers, a pack horse and a teahouse beneath a pine, with Mount Fuji rising at left under clouds.

Numazu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Triptych print of women in patterned kimono parading with feathered standards and parasols, Mount Fuji behind them.

Women Parading in an Imitation of the Cortege of a Daimyo

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of workers at a smoking kiln beside a river, with a distant mountain and a bare tree at right.

Asakusa Imado

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a shallow river below green and yellow hills, with calligraphy in the upper corner.

Okitsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Triptych woodblock print of women and a standing man in a New Year-decorated mansion with lanterns and screens.

New Year's Celebration in a Large Mansion

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of a dark koi swimming diagonally through blue water among pale aquatic plants.

Koi

Keisai Eisen, ca. 1842

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind green hills, with travelers carrying red boxes past pines and thatched houses.

Ejiri

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Triptych print of women crossing a river in a palanquin carried by porters, with stylized swirling water and patterned kimono

Fair Travellers Fording the River Oi

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of red boats and divers harvesting from rippling sea with a distant coastline and hills.

Seishu Awabi-tori no Zu

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of townspeople on a busy street beside a tiled-roof building and willows, with a full moon and calligraphy ab

Fuchu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Triptych print of kimono-clad women and attendants building a giant snowball in falling snow, one holding a parasol.

Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1796

Japanese print of a brown oriole on a branch beside a large pink peony and yellow bud with green leaves.

Chinese Oriole and Peonies

Kuwagata Keisai, 1789

Hiroshige woodblock print of travelers resting at a roadside teahouse with a packhorse, stone wall and tree.

Mariko

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of women and a child gathering clams on a beach beside a boat and pine trees.

Picking Clams

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Black-and-white woodblock print of a kabuki woman and a samurai with two swords beside a stylized pine tree.

Scene from the Drama "Shusse Taiheike," Performed at the Ichimura Theatre

Okumura Masanobu, probably 1709

Woodblock print of a mountain road with pine trees, travelers, a thatched teahouse, and the sea beyond.

Okabe

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Triptych print of four kabuki actors in patterned robes with swords, beside a cart wheel and wooden gate.

Kabuki Actors Ichikawa Yaozō II, Nakajima Mihoemon II, Ichikawa Ebizō III, and Ichimura Uzaemon IX in the Play Sugawa…

Katsukawa Shunshō, 7th month, 1776

Blue and cream woodblock print of a snowy waterside village with a torii gate and a boat with figures on the water.

Winter Landscape

Colored woodblock print of travelers and porters on a sandy riverbank beside a green bay with pine trees and hills.

Kanaya

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of boats on a river with pink cherry trees and temple buildings along the far bank at dusk.

Sumidagawa Mimeguri Hana Zakari no Kei

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Monochrome woodblock print of women in kimono carrying buckets on yoke poles beside blossoming trees and a veranda.

Matsukaze Murasame

Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1675-80

Woodblock print of travelers and a pack horse on a sandy road beside pines, thatched houses, and a bay.

Fukuroi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono on a river boat, with irises and waves in the foreground.

An Actor's Boating Party on the Sumida River

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1705

Woodblock print of figures in kimono playing a hand sumo game in an interior room with a folding screen and potted pine.

A Game of Hand Sumo in the New Yoshiwara

Furuyama Moromasa, ca. 1740