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Woodblock print of a man in a dragon-patterned blue kimono holding a sword against a dark night sky with pine branches.

当世好男子伝九紋竜支進に比すのざらし語助

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a warrior with a raised sword beside a bucket, with a landscape of a castle and travelers above.

双筆五十三次亀山

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of nobles seated on a wooden stage watching a crowd of spectators in blue kimono below.

鎌倉殿御能興行之図

Utagawa Yoshikata, 1863

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono reading a letter beside a well, with a riverside scene inset at upper right.

ふる川

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of travelers and porters on a hillside road beneath pine trees, with a distant blue mountain.

四拾三木曽海道六拾九次之内妻篭

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of an old woman holding a torch at a doorway under a full moon, with pampas grass and a bamboo fence.

月百姿孤家月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a round fan, seated on a bench beside a paper lantern.

十二ケ月の内六月門ト涼

Four kabuki actor portraits in a Japanese woodblock print, with bold makeup, elaborate wigs and patterned kimono on colored b

江戸の花錦絵くらべ

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two women with a parasol on a pier, speaking to a boatman in a covered boat on a river.

よし町河内屋やつこ・よし町万屋福助

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono reaching for cherry blossoms as a kneeling man looks up beside her.

十二ケ月の内三月花見

Woman with long black hair and red patterned kimono touching her hair, with a small scene of figures in the upper background.

時代かゞみ元和之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of two men in patterned robes, one seated with a white headcloth, beside a calligraphy cartouche and bamboo.

源氏雲浮世画合若菜上小林朝比奈・十郎祐成

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a mounted officer with sword leading soldiers beneath rising sun flags, smoke clouds and green hills.

田原坂の大戦争

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1877

Japanese woodblock print of a canal harbor with red-sailed boats, a stone embankment, and seated crowds before wooden buildin

東海道宮宿之勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Woodblock print of a samurai in patterned robes holding a sword, with a kneeling figure and a safflower cartouche above.

源氏雲浮世絵合末摘花

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword against a dark blue night scene.

夜風沖白浪弁天小僧菊之介岩井半四郎

Toyohara Kunichika, 1874

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a grey kimono holding blue paper beside a large kusudama ornament with trailing ribbons.

十二ケ月の内五月くす玉

Japanese woodblock print of seated courtly figures in yellow and blue robes beneath a pine tree, with onlookers and banners b

仮名手本忠臣蔵

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Color woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a shop front with signs, with a flowering branch panel above.

湯しま天神いせ本夏吉

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Japanese woodblock print of a shamisen player and two companions beneath a large calligraphy page on a red background.

新曲替唄端唄尽

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1874

Japanese woodblock print of a bowing woman in a blue checkered kimono beside a basket, with an inset of a smoking old man.

妙でんす十六利勘我慢損者

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono and green floral robe against a red background.

淀屋後家おれん岩井半四郎・手代利介市川権十郎・刀鍛治清吉市川団十郎

Toyohara Kunichika, 1875

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with two actor portraits, a woman in striped kimono and a bald man, plus two kana text pa

教訓いろはたとゑゐ・部屋仕お初／の・安達元右衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a standing sumo wrestler in a pink apron with a dark crest, against a blue background with a name banner.

宝川石五郎

Utagawa Yoshitora

Woman in patterned kimono kneeling to paint bamboo on a scroll, with brushes, inkstone and fan, Japanese woodblock print.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしはら五十三つゐ佐野松屋内大里大津

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai on a brown horse holding a drawn sword, with text columns and a red title cartouche.

近世義勇伝関鉄之助

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a sword beside a woman in red, with a monk in a cartouche above.

小倉擬百人一首良暹法師妹お花・石留武助

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in a striped kimono reading a scroll, with dragonflies over a stream above.

源氏雲浮世絵合蜻蛉

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of armored samurai on horseback battling with spears on a rocky mountain path, with a text cartouche.

瓢軍談五十四場四十四賎ケ嶽七本鎗之内吉良野賀津谷高名

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a golden rooster and a child holding a lantern, festival banners behind them.

東都名所遊観.菊月まつり

Utagawa Toyokuni