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Woodblock print of three travelers on a road beside a hillside, a roadside teahouse at left, teal sky.

Futagawa, Saru ga Baba

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners carrying a body toward a stone tomb, framed by a double black border.

The Entombment

Nicolas Poussin, 1656

Triptych print of three courtesans in patterned kimono with chrysanthemums and latticed screens, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Three Intoxicated Courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

Woodblock print of travelers on a village street with thatched houses, a shop with a woman at the window, and the sea beyond.

Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Hand-colored caricature of fashionable Regency dandies, a woman in a white gown, and a cobbler working in a room.

The Supreme Bon Ton, No. 3

Charles Williams, 1801

Woodblock print of two boatmen poling a boat on a snowy river past a shrine and pine trees.

Book of Ehon Ginsekai (The World in Silver)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754-1806

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a long wooden trestle bridge over a river, with mountains and a temple behind.

Okazaki, Tenshin no Hashi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Three-panel hand-colored caricature of a man on a donkey, a winged figure, and a kneeling woman at a house door.

A Paradice [sic] for Fools-A Nocturnal Trip-or-The Disciple of Johanna benighted-vided Scourge No. XXXVI, page 510

Charles Williams, 1814

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono riding a golden phoenix with long trailing feathers, holding a fan.

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix

Suzuki Harunobu, 1766

Woodblock print of farmers in fields with haystacks, thatched houses, and a blue mountain under a dawn sky.

Ishiyakushi, Ishiyakushi Ji

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Hand-colored 1814 caricature of potted plants and figures in a greenhouse, with speech scrolls and a sunflower with a face.

Imperial Botany-or a Peep at Josephine's Collection of Engilsh Exoticks, vide the Champion Jany 30, 1814

Charles Williams, 1814

Woodblock print of two sea rocks joined by a rope at dawn, with rays of light, waves, and distant coastline.

Futami-ga-ura Rocks at Ise, Land of Dawn

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of travelers in rain gear battling a gust of rain on a sloping path, with bent grasses and rooftops beside th

Sudden Shower in Shōno

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Engraving of a scolding wife pulling a husband by the arm beside a tree, with hens, a rooster and a pig in a yard.

The Hen-Pecked Husband

Pieter van der Borcht

Black ink woodblock theater program with text columns above and a crowd of kabuki actors in costume below.

Program for Kawarazaki Theater

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of rocky cliffs and waterfalls with a thatched tea house, travelers and a pack horse on a hillside path.

Saka-no-shita, Fude-sute Mine

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

A Hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus)

Hans Hoffmann, 1584

Woodblock print of a crowded Japanese kabuki theater with tiered balconies, paper lanterns, and an actor on stage.

Ichikawa Danjūrō II (?) Performing Shibaraku in the Ichimura Theater

Torii Kiyotada, ca. 1738

Woodblock print of travelers with umbrellas crossing a rainy road beside a blue river and tall trees.

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834-35

Woodblock print of a woman dancing with a parasol while musicians play and a seated samurai watches in a palace room.

Woman Dancer in Daimyo's Palace

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of boys in kimono parading with ceremonial standards along a shore at sunrise, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Boys Play-acting a Daimyo Procession

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of travelers near a wooden inn beneath bare trees, with mountains and a river in the background.

Ishibe, Megawa Sato

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Fan-shaped woodblock print of children in kimono carrying yellow poles under a large dark bird against a red disc.

Children's Lantern Float, Sanno Festival

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1788

Black-and-white woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono with attendants and a puppeteer showing a puppet indoors.

The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1715

Japanese woodblock print of a post house with travelers, and porters carrying a green palanquin along a road.

Kusatsu: Famous Post House (Kusatsu, Meibutsu tateba), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōka…

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Japanese woodblock print of three boys playing with a basin holding a turtle, goldfish, and a fish held aloft.

Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles

Kitao Shigemasa, early 19th century

Engraving of a hooded bearded man reading on a bank, with a walled town and castle on a hill behind him.

St. Anthony Reading

Albrecht Dürer, 1519

Woodblock print of an Edo-period village road with thatched houses, a teahouse, ox carts, and pine trees.

Otsu, Soii Chaya

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono on a riverbank with lantern-lit boats and a bridge over a river.

Festival by the Sumida River

Katsukawa Shunzan, late 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of a crowded arched bridge at night, with pink lanterns and decorated festival boats on the river be

The Tenmangu Festival at Osaka

Yashima Gakutei, 1834