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Woodblock print of travelers with a palanquin on a grassy plain, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and flying cranes under a red sk

Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning (Hara, Asa no Fuji), from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaid…

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Woodblock print of women in kimono gathering green leaves into baskets in a grassy field, with a child crouching nearby.

Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Blue woodblock print of Lake Suwa with twisted pines, a thatched hut, a sailboat, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshū Suwako), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of travelers on horseback under pine trees on a path, with rice fields and Mount Fuji in the distance at dawn

Yoshiwara, Hidari Fuji

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing with a ball on a veranda, with a child and a blossoming plum branch nearby.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a great blue wave curling over boats, with snowy Mount Fuji in the distance under a pale sky.

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuj…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of travelers walking through falling snow past snowy thatched houses at dusk, with mountains behind.

A Snowy Evening at Kanbara Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Caricature of John Bull viewing a satirical birthday feast of labelled dishes prepared by a cook in an apron, 1802.

John Bull Viewing Billy's Preparations for his Birth-day

Charles Williams, 1802

Woodblock print of women watching a performer with a drum, a standing woman in patterned kimono, and cranes near a pine tree.

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin across a river below rocky cliffs and pines, with the sea beyond.

Okitsu, Okitsugawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Hand-coloured caricature of two men dining at a table while a third man peers through a window at right.

The Honors of the Sitting! A Cabinet Picture

Charles Williams, 1805

Woodblock print of women working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and brazier, with rising steam.

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Woodblock print of sailing boats on a turquoise bay with pine-covered shores and mountains under a yellow sky.

Distant View of Miho Beach from Ejiri

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Hand-colored caricature of an English bulldog holding a Malta bone while a monkey in French military uniform reaches for it.

The Bone of Contention or the English Bull Dog and the Corsican Monkey

Charles Williams, 1803

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda leaning over a railing to view cherry blossoms, with parasols below.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of travellers fording a river with a palanquin and horse, a dark mountain behind them under a blue sky.

Travellers Fording the Abe River at Fuchu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Hand-colored print of animated carpenter tools and a green watering can with flowers walking on blade legs.

Implements Animated, Pl. 1, Dedicated to the Carpenters and Gardeners of Great Britain

Charles Williams, 1811

Triptych woodblock print of women bathing and fishing on a rocky shore with stylized waves, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Girl Fishers and Bathers

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1791

Woodblock print of travelers and porters crossing a sandy riverbed with blue channels, a pine tree in the foreground.

Shimada, Oigawa Shun Gan

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Hand-coloured print of household tools personified as two figures, a broom-headed mop figure and a pan-and-fork figure, on a

Implements Animated, Pl. 2, Dedicated to the Housemaids and Cooks of the United Kingdoms

Charles Williams, 1811

Japanese print of women in kimono wading in the sea before a rising red sun between two rocks linked by a sacred rope.

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of travelers on a steep pine-lined mountain road with a distant blue peak.

Nissaka, Sayo Nakayama

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Engraved night seascape of fishermen with a sailboat and moonlight, and figures gathered around a campfire on a rocky shore.

The Fishermen's Canteen

Jeanne Deny, 1770

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women gathering abalone on a rocky shore beside woven baskets and waves.

The Awabi Fishers

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of travelers resting by a large tree in a flat landscape with thatched roofs and pines under a blue sky.

Hamamatsu, Toko no Zu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Engraved landscape of a fisherman wading in a stream with cattle, goats and sheep, beside rocky cliffs and a waterfall.

The Poor Fisherman

Jeanne Deny, 1770

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono and a man by a river with mountains and birds.

Women and a Man in the Country; Some pageant(?)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of a bay with a rocky headland, boats on blue water, pine trees, and a distant snow-capped mountain.

View of Imaki Point from Maizaka

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Stippled pen drawing of a dining room with two women and a seated older man at a table beside a potted plant.

The Dining Room

Paul Signac, 1886

Triptych woodblock print of women and children by a stream, with flowering shrubs and rushing water.

Women and Children on the Banks of a Stream

Kitagawa Utamaro