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Woodblock print of a samurai thrusting a spear through a night bamboo grove, with two armored figures crouching nearby.

瓢軍談五十四場三十五中沼忠兵衛闇夜に道秀を突く

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a mounted samurai with raised sword amid smoke and battle, with wooden stakes and a white heron over a riv

徳川治蹟年間紀事・二代台徳院殿秀忠公

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of sumo wrestlers in a ring ceremony, one holding a ceremonial sword, with printed names and title.

秀ノ山雷五郎横綱土俵入之図

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of three samurai warriors with swords and a woven basket, against a green background with calligraph

祐成・祐経・時宗

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono kneeling with hands clasped, with calligraphy and a distant pagoda.

縞揃女弁慶宝木亭

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono climbing bamboo at night under a crescent moon.

豊国漫画図絵相模小僧三之介

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a woman riding a black ox beside an attendant with flowers, with a temple scene above.

観音霊験記秩父巡礼第七番牛伏青苔山法長寺花薗左衛門督長臣某

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of two samurai before a castle, with a cartouche above showing a seated monk and calligraphy.

小倉擬百人一首道因法師

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors with swords, one in black with gourd motifs, one in yellow checkered robes, beside a gou

松下嘉平次・此下東吉

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of boatmen on a ferry with sailing ships, mountains and a shoreline under a golden sky.

東海道五拾三次荒井・渡舟ノ図

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman and a child bending over a box of objects beside a veranda railing.

源氏雲浮世画合早蕨政岡・千松

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a purple robe beside a red lacquer box in a blue-walled room.

流行美人合〔化粧する三婦女〕

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a river valley with Mount Fuji, and travelers with palanquins in the foreground.

東海道五十三次細見図会程ケ谷

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a man under an orange parasol by rough waves, with cranes flying overhead and a calligraphy carto

東海道五十三対見附

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a plum-blossom kimono with a child tugging her sleeve beside a lacquer stand.

（正月）

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of travelers on a steep mountain path lined with pines, with a cartouche reading Wada.

二拾九木曽海道六拾九次之内和田

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a blue floral kimono with a drawn sword beside a bound figure on a bench, with text colu

大日本六十余州之内武蔵幡随長兵衛

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of seated women in an interior with a maple-patterned screen, a flute player, and plum blossoms outside.

其姿紫の写絵五十二

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a woman raking a shore under a leaning pine, with sea, thatched huts and a sunset sky behind.

五十三次興津

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with dramatic makeup and black hair, wearing a robe with yellow floral patterns.

長尾三郎景勝市川新之助幼名阿かん平寿升

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono holding a sword beside a shoji screen, with vertical text.

古今名婦伝板額女

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a night river with fireflies, reeds, a lantern and a wooden fence.

江戸自慢三十六興落合ほたる

Utagawa Hiroshige

Four woodblock print panels showing kabuki actors in bust portraits with bold makeup, red costumes and calligraphic captions.

隅田平／斉藤吾／有王丸／和藤内

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a costumed man with a sword beneath a full moon, with paper cranes scattering around him at night.

賊首児雷也

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of men carrying a reclining passenger on a bamboo litter, with straw-hatted figures beside them.

金谷

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a woman and child by a stone wall, with pine trees and a red temple building behind them.

増上寺大鐘

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of women and a palanquin under autumn maples, with a village and mountains in the background.

紫式部げんじかるた十六せきや

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man and seated woman with a lantern, butterflies, and a poem cartouche above.

小倉擬百人一首殷富門院大輔

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan in a patterned kimono beside a chest, with a poet portrait in a cartouche abov

小倉擬百人一首権中納言定頼

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a sword fight against a floral blue background, with calligraphic title panel.

踊形容外題尽木下蔭硯伊達染足利家御殿の場

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856