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Japanese woodblock print of a picnic still life with red polka-dot cloth, patterned bundle, fan and calligraphy.

Picnic Outfit

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a gold lacquer food box with New Year's dishes and a white wine goblet with a paper ornament.

Wine Goblet and Lacquer Food Box with New Year’s Meal

Totoya Hokkei, 1811

Woodblock print of paper candles in open boxes with plum blossoms and patterned paper, with calligraphy at upper left.

Candles of Aizu

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Japanese print of a black bachi plectrum on a patterned silk pouch with green cloth, beside columns of handwritten Japanese t

Bachi (Plectrum) Used in Playing Shamisen

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a lobster with long antennae beside lotus root and leafy greens, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Lobster and Vegetables

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a red kettle, black lacquer stand, blue and white cup and ladle, with calligraphy beside them.

Wine-Set

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a red lacquer stand with a rock, a writing box, patterned paper, a brush, and a potted plant.

Stand, Box and Writing-Paper

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, probably 1816

Woodblock print of a flower-patterned box with a printed sheet of three figures and Japanese calligraphy around it.

Surimono and a Box

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1808

Japanese print of a folded kimono with fur collar beside a black teapot decorated with pine, with calligraphy on the left.

Outfit for the New Year Ceremony

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a crane-decorated bowl of New Year food and a red dish with an egg, with chopsticks and calligraphy.

Bowl of New Year Food

Teisai Hokuba, probably 1808

Woodblock print of a dark patterned vase, a kitchen knife and a plant sprig, with calligraphy on a cream background.

Vase and Kitchen Knife

Totoya Hokkei, 1816

Japanese print of courtiers in formal robes leading a white horse past a wooden veranda and a pine tree.

Hakuba no Sechie

Kitao Shigemasa

Japanese print of courtiers on a wooden veranda with plum blossoms, a reading figure, and a standing woman in patterned robes

An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a duck lying beside two bundles of scallions, with calligraphy verses on the left.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Duck and Scallions

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1810s

Woodblock print of a black court hat, folding fan, crane-patterned robe and cherry blossom sprig with calligraphy above.

Cherry Blossoms and Court Hat

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, probably 1816

Woodblock print of three folded pocket-books in orange, maroon and grey-green with plum blossom and floral motifs.

Pocket-Books

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of four colored thread spools in pink, yellow, blue-green and black, with handwritten Japanese calligraphy ab

Spools

Kubo Shunman, 1814

Japanese print of two white mice on a ladder beside a patterned cage and green stand, with calligraphy at upper right.

White Mice Playing

Kubo Shunman, probably 1816

Japanese print of a patterned leather purse with floral motifs and a buckle, resting on red cloth, with calligraphy.

Leather Purse with a Buckle in the Shape of a Puppy

Ryūgetsusai Shinkō, probably 1814

Woodblock print of a bush warbler beside a plum branch with red buds and white blossoms, with a poem column at left.

Bush Warbler on a Plum Branch (Ume ni uguisu)

Totoya Hokkei, early 19th century

Print of peaches in a bronze bowl on a red lacquer table, with a blossoming tree, rock, fan and calligraphy.

Peaches on a Table

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged figure in billowing drapery flying through clouds with cherubs above.

Angels in the Sky

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, before 1762

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum and framed paintings covering the walls.

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1808-10

Japanese woodblock diptych of two dancing men in patterned coats and straw hats against a striped background.

Two Men Wearing Brown Coats, also Straw Hats with Brown Bows

Yashima Gakutei

Woodblock print of a patterned book wrapped in red cord beside a brush and inkstone, with vertical calligraphy above.

Books

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Triptych Japanese print of women in kimono gathered in interior rooms with sliding screens, a crane, pine and flowering plum

Honoring the Three Gods of Poetry: Women Composing Poems

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1792

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono on an ornate boat, with a phoenix at left and bamboo at right.

The Treasure Boat

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1795

Triptych woodblock print of women playing samisen and a man in dark kimono under red lanterns and wisteria.

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of men and women dining on a tea-house veranda above a river, with lanterns, pines, and boats.

Two Young Men and Several Women Dining at a Tea-house on the Bank of the Sumida River

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1788

Triptych print of courtesans and attendants strolling a lantern-lit street of shops in Yoshiwara, in patterned kimono.

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō in Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1795