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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in grey kimono with gold crests, biting a red tube, with a second figure behind him.

見立十二支の内子仁木弾正・荒獅子男之介

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a woman in a checked kimono leaning from a wooden boat above rough sea waves, holding a red-edged cloth.

見立多以尽手があらひたい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Woodblock print of a boy in a blue kimono with a bow, a cat, arrows, and children beside a painted folding screen.

見立石橋山子供遊之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of pine trees, a wooden house and a red sun, with men and a palanquin along a stone wall below.

義士評定之図

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two monks praying on a rocky riverbank by a tree, with pink smoke curling in the night scene.

日蓮上人石和河にて鵜飼の迷魂を済度したまふ図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a man in a blue robe with a sword beside bamboo and snowy rocks, with Japanese text panel.

劉公島官舎ニ丁汝昌遺書ヲ程壁光ヘ托シ衆ニ代リテ決死ヲ計ル図

Migita Toshihide

Woodblock print of a man in a wide hat and yellow cloak holding a smoking cannon, with Japanese text at upper right.

近世義勇伝大関和七郎

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of armored samurai, one kneeling over a wounded warrior, with a tiger pelt and vertical text panel.

太平記英勇傳阿佐井備前守仲政

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of soldiers climbing a stormy mountain slope with red banners and bursts of fire under driving rain.

皇国一新見聞誌米舩鹿児嶋戦争

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1876

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono writing at a desk, with a travelers scene inset on a screen beside her.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしはら五十三つゐ姿海老屋内七人ごゆ

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in dark costumes and patterned robes, with a large paper lantern held aloft.

下手勘太・夏目四郎三郎・自来也実ハ鬼神お松・下手光蔵・下手衆三

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two women in an interior with a child outside beneath a maple tree with red leaves.

同薄雲・吉原大文字歌之助・同千とり

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a garden with yellow shrubs, pink blossoms and stepping stones.

千代田の大奥お庭あるき

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a seated man reading, with a waterfall and ox cart behind them.

見立廿四孝江革

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1855

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, one ladling water by a basin, with a poem card on the wall.

とこ夏の話

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a dark robe beside a large white ceremonial hat, with a lantern sign above.

五番組ふ組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1859

Woodblock print of a woman with a gold hair ornament leaning on a wooden boat railing beside a green awning over blue water.

四季遊観

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two figures in rope baskets gathering from a steep green cliff above a rushing blue stream.

諸国名所百景紀州熊野岩茸取

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of two men in red and patterned kimono beside straw bales, with a poem and autumn leaves in an upper inset.

ぬれかミ・はなれごま

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print with a woman at a loom, a woman at a wooden device, a lantern, and a steamship at sea.

横浜見物図会飯製之図・車仕掛の織物・高燈籠・蒸気船

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai swordsman facing a mounted warrior through smoke, with a mountain and text panel above.

鹿児島両勇一騎討之図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono with Mount Fuji, a thatched house and palanquins behind her.

東海道五十三次の内三島おせん

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese triptych print of women in kimono on a ferry boat crossing a river past blossoming cherry trees in spring.

花見帰り隅田の渡し

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono beside a large white paper lantern, with Japanese inscriptions.

中組七組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a red floral kimono with white chrysanthemum hair ornaments and a black chignon.

秋色藤川花友

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of an archer drawing a bow beside a woman in blue kimono on a red railed platform, with pagodas in clouds beh

新形三十六怪撰藤原秀郷竜宮城蜈蚣を射るの図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1898

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono by a window, with a river landscape inset panel above her.

傾城道中双〔ロク〕見立よしハら五十三ツゐ玉屋内白菊川崎

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red patterned costume beside a woman with blue flowers in her hair.

義経の妾静御前／佐藤四郎兵衛忠信

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated archer in a green robe beside a veranda and tree, with a poem cartouche, by Yoshitoshi.

月百姿ほとゝきすなをも雲ゐに上るかな頼政とりあへす弓張月のいるにまかせて

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono beside plum blossoms and a bamboo fence, with papers blowing in the wind.

色香もどこやらにはかの大風

Toyohara Kunichika, 1893