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Woodblock print of a woman with a shellfish basket on tidal flats, with figures, pine trees and boats in the background.

江戸自慢三十六興洲さき汐干かり

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black dragon-patterned robe, holding a sword on a wooden railing.

石川五右衛門・大願久吉

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki-style warrior with dark wig and patterned armor, with ships on the sea behind him.

擬五行尽之内兵船漂ふ西海の水

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of boats towed along a winding canal past pines, thatched huts and a distant mountain at sunset.

名所江戸百景四ツ木通用水引ふね

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a samurai in striped armor with a horse under a full moon beside a wooden gate and bamboo.

月百姿堅田浦の月斎藤内蔵介

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a woman with a flute and a seated man with a lute among flowering shrubs at night.

横笛三十七

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Woodblock print of a rising moon over rice fields, with pines, two women and a child walking, and a seated picnic group.

東都名所.道潅山虫聞之図

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of samurai men on a garden terrace under a twisted pine tree, with wisteria and a wooden railing.

千代田之御表浜御成

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with maple leaves and a black calligraphy cartouche above her.

七ツいろは

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a woman with a ladle and a child with a bundle, a horse behind them and thatched houses in a rice field.

双筆五十三次袋井

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in red kimono with a billowing white cloak under a moon, above misty hills.

月百姿五條橋の月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woman in patterned kimono seated in a boat cabin holding a lantern, with an inset landscape vignette, Japanese woodblock prin

鉄炮洲

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a street with a blue-roofed shop, hanging tie-dyed cloths, pedestrians, and a pack horse.

有松絞の図

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a samurai striking a bloodied warrior in a room with blue crest screens, with a calligraphy panel above.

誠忠義臣名々鏡た千場三郎兵衛光忠

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned costume with white hair, standing before stylized blue waves and birds.

漁師鰭九郎・漁師波六・鰭九郎女房小磯

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono beside a seated man, with a wave-patterned screen and lantern.

東海道五十三対丸子

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono playing a koto in a tatami room beside a lantern and shoji screens.

婦人風俗尽琴のしらべ

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in blue robes and white headwear wrestling beside stacked panels and a tray of cups

忠臣蔵絵兄弟十一段目

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of women washing cloth in a river with willows, thatched houses and Mount Fuji behind.

諸国六玉川武蔵調布

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a staff overhead under a full moon, with a red demon mask and thatched houses.

東都三十六景之内亀戸萩寺

Toyohara Kunichika, 1865

Woodblock print of a mounted officer with sword leading soldiers in a bayonet charge over fallen figures, smoke and mountains

牙山一大激戦之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono beside red peonies, a tea table and a river, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

隅田川七福神の内大黒天

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock book page: a man in green robe watches a frog under willow; below, two women carry a board beside a reclining figur

小野道風見蛙図／猫活男婦志

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of three women in kimono playing shamisen, flute and drum on a veranda with autumn maple leaves.

婦人風俗尽三曲

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Woodblock print of two women in kimono seated in an interior with a folding screen, lacquer table and a sleeping cat.

小車

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woman with long black hair in a patterned kimono stands by waves under a moon, with petals falling in a Japanese woodblock pr

新形三十六怪撰清姫日高川に蛇躰と成る図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a man with raised sword and an elderly bearded man beside a kettle over a hearth, snow outside.

撰雪六六談奇術の鍋蓋

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1893

Woodblock print of farmers harvesting rice near thatched houses, a wooden bridge, and hills under a pale sky.

百人一首うはかゑとき.天智天皇

Katsushika Hokusai

Woji print of a woman playing koto at night while an attendant lifts a blind toward a full moon and pine branches.

月百姿西宮夜静百花香欲捲珠簾春恨長斜抱雲和深見月朧々樹色隠照陽王昌齢

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Woodblock album page with four figures in colorful robes and armor on blue ground, with Japanese text panels.

武者鑑一名人相合南伝二

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1859