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Woodblock print of a seated woman in a floral kimono beside a shoji screen, with blossoming trees visible outside.

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Utagawa Toyokuni

Colour woodblock print of two women in a traditional Japanese room, with a flag panel and calligraphy above.

新ばしいでのや徳治

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Ukiyo-e woodblock print of a woman with a yellow fan and a warrior in black robes, with butterflies and a scroll panel above.

源氏雲浮世絵合胡蝶

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a bearded monk holding a bowl under a full moon as seeds fall, seated on a rock in a dragon-patterned robe

月百姿梵僧月夜受桂子（阿羅漢）

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1891

Colour woodblock print of a formal procession of men in kimono with swords, pine trees and ceremonial banners behind them.

千代田之御表上野御成

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a woman with a raised sword fighting a giant octopus in blue waves, with a sailing boat above.

源氏雲浮世画合玉葛玉取蜑

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a boat with a green parasol, beneath a moon above waves and rocky cliffs.

月百姿いつくしまの月室遊女

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Woodblock print of three women in a Japanese interior with a cat, tea set and a yellow flower panel above.

柳ばし平和泉小かつ・同柳屋一六・同長谷川小せい

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Print of a man in blue kimono scattering coins from a tray to a crowd below a wooden balcony, with two onlookers.

撰雪六六談黄金の盛徳

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1892

Japanese woodblock print of a green mountain above the sea with red-sailed boats and a mounted rider on the shore.

舞坂

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Three-panel Japanese print of women in kimono viewing cherry blossoms under a red parasol near a distant mountain.

千代田大奥御花見

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Two hunters use large nets to catch ducks on a grassy hillside at dusk in a Japanese woodblock print.

諸国名所百景伊予峯越鳧坂網

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of women and a rower on a boat under a full moon on a river at night.

隅田川夜渉シ之図

Toyohara Kunichika, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of armored samurai fighting with spears beside a pine tree, with a decorative blue border.

瓢軍談五十四場三十六武智十左衛門偽て死人と成り久吉に近付く

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a striped kimono holding two swords, with a vertical title cartouche.

響灘立吉

Utagawa Yoshitora

Japanese woodblock sugoroku board with grid squares of women playing shamisen, drums and flutes, with bonsai trees along the

奥勤音曲双六

Utagawa Kuniteru, 1847

Woodblock print of the child hero Kintarō riding a black bear, holding an axe and a blue flame-patterned cloth.

金太郎山狩

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of a dancing figure in a striped kimono beneath cherry blossoms and willow branches.

三津人形.子供踊尽丹前奴

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese triptych woodblock print of women and a man in a river boat with cherry trees and a mountain behind them.

花鳥乗合源氏

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of travelers on a road past blossoming cherry trees, a temple and pine trees, with green fields.

石薬師

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono leaning on a wooden box beside a sleeping dog and kettle.

つじうらをきく

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woman in patterned kimono reading a letter beside cats and plum blossoms, with a small vignette of travelers in snow.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立吉原五十三対姿海老屋内葛城ちりふ

Japanese woodblock print of figures in a snowy night scene with a samurai leaping, a broom-holding man, and a kneeling woman.

春日屋時次郎・山名屋うら里・山名屋四郎兵衛・やりてかや・かつみ

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated nobleman in a blue robe beside lacquer boxes, with a woman behind a screen and plum blossoms.

源氏五十四帖四十三紅梅

Ogata Gekkō, 1893

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a cigarette beside a lantern and lacquered box.

闇の夜の蛍

Utagawa Sadahide, 1842

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in patterned kimono and samurai costumes within traditional interior scenes.

藤沢四郎・浅利与市・板かく女／市ワか・はんがく女・浅利与市

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of samurai in armor fighting on a wooden walkway below a stone castle wall, with a mounted warrior on a white

奥州高舘合戦義経主従勇戦働之事

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two women on a rainy veranda, one seated and one standing, with poem inscriptions in the sky.

浮世七小町

Japanese woodblock print of a man and a woman in patterned kimono against a dark blue and green background.

花揃出情競参花咲・綱五郎

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a rainy mountain village with yellow roofs, a traveler under an umbrella, and green hills.

鞠子

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of a samurai in patterned kimono with a sword, looking down at a rat on a dark background.

和漢百物語仁木弾正直則

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a snowy tree, with a dog running in the snow below.

美人十二ヶ月其十二ゆき見

Miyagawa Shuntei, 1899

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a striped kimono holding a ceramic bowl beside a wooden tub, with calligraphy above.

きてんがきく

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono reading a blue book, with two women in a smaller panel above.

時代かゞみ安永之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of three women in an interior, one in a peacock-patterned black robe, with a calligraphy poem at upp

薄雲の話

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a woman in a dark kimono reclining near a red wheel, with a tower and calligraphy beside her.

書画五拾三駅武蔵日本橋三ツ井組ハウス

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1872

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a teal kimono under blossoming cherry branches, with a title cartouche at upper right.

夜の桜

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono holding a yellow fan, with a sword at his waist.

猪王山森右エ門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of court women in colorful kimono gathered in a room, one in red robes and another kneeling in a pink pattern

千代田之大奥雛拝見

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Four Japanese woodblock print panels showing archers, deer, a cliff scene, a seated scholar with a child, and an ox cart.

（二十四孝）とうゑい,かうかく,せんし,りくせき

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a woman reading in a boat cabin beside a lacquer tray with a cup, above rippling water.

雪見八景晴嵐

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woman in black kimono with gold hairpins holding a cup beside a table with pine, plum blossoms and a crane.

三十〔島台の傍で盃を持つ婦人〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a samurai in gold helmet and white hood bowing, with a castle on a mountain and text panels above.

魁題百撰相上杉輝虎入道兼信

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1868

Woodblock print of courtiers on a veranda beside a pink flowering tree, with a red title label and colour scale bar.

東海道之内京都参内

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1863

Woodblock print of a woman in a dark kimono with a fan, beside a red box, with an open book showing a seated monk.

六十六番前大僧正行尊

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a river with boats and a wooden bridge, with workers on bamboo scaffolding beside a roofed buildi

吉田

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Japanese woodblock print of a procession of attendants with banners walking under windswept pine trees toward distant hills.

末広五十三次.二川

Utagawa Sadahide, 1865

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono and white hood, with a village and mountains behind him.

東海道五十三次之内水口長右衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with golden hairpins reading a scroll, with a sailing boat inset in the upper left.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしはら五十三対丸海老屋内豊岡まい坂

Woodblock print of a seated man in a pale robe gazing at pampas grass, with a brazier and yellow garment beside him.

新形三十六怪撰秋風のふくにつけてもあなめあなめをのこはいはしすゝき生けり業平

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1902

Woodblock print of a woman in a red floral kimono adjusting her hair before a mirror, with two figures sweeping in a vignette

時代かゞみ貞享之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono at a railing beside water, with a full moon, pine and mountains behind.

野路

Toyohara Kunichika, 1869

Woodblock print of a woman in red and blue kimono with a pipe on a patterned mat, with children in an inset above.

新柳二十四時午前三時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one kneeling with a kettle, beside cherry blossoms and a lacquer s

女礼式四季之活花

Yōsai Nobukazu, 1893

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a blue kimono and one in a striped robe, before a red backdrop with name placard

浮名の横櫛三筋の漆絵

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woman in a patterned red kimono stands on a veranda beside a shoji screen and red lantern, with a tree branch overhead.

牛若丸浄瑠璃姫之館忍図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1886

Japanese woodblock print of Western figures in top hats and long dresses before a fence, with flags, a drummer, and harbor sh

横浜鈍宅之図

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman in blue kimono beside a shopfront with a dog and wooden barrel, by Yoshitoshi.

新撰東錦絵お富与三郎話

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a checkered kimono reading a long scroll, against a floral diagonal background.

紅の甚三

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a Dutch family on a harbor quay with ships in the background, by Utagawa Sadahide, 1861.

横浜休日阿蘭人遊行

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Woodblock print of a samurai raising a sword beside a pine tree, with a kneeling figure and travelers in a rural landscape.

仮名手本忠臣蔵五段目

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of soldiers scaling a wall under a rising sun flag, an officer pointing forward, smoke and cherry branches.

我軍大挙囲台南府陥劉永福之根拠

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with portraits of figures in patterned kimono and flower headdresses on yellow and blue g

江戸の花錦絵くらべ橋乃藤泉卿／御幸乃前／若紫／阿曽次郎

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a river with a wooden bridge, pine and willow trees, and figures walking on the bank.

佐保川の蛍

Colorful Japanese woodblock print of armed warriors in traditional dress posed around a red and white banner against a purple

鹿児嶋英勇揃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned robe leaning toward a white cat with a red bell collar.

風俗三十二相うるささう寛政年間処女之風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono beside a koto, with a Kanagawa coastal vignette in the corner.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしハら五十三つゐ鶴屋内雲井神奈川

Woodblock print of a crowded Japanese street with townspeople, rice bales, a cart wheel, and a long tiled-roof building besid

神名川横浜新開港図

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a robed man, a kneeling child, and two demons, one pale and one red, with text panels.

信濃国の孝子善之丞

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of a procession of men in green robes carrying red poles past a pine tree in misty landscape.

末広五十三次.掛川

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1865

Japanese sugoroku board game print with framed scenes of warriors and costumed figures in red, green and yellow.

しん板なぞなぞ双六

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1886

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a lavender kimono adjusting her hair with a hand mirror, beside a printed poem.

新柳二十四時午後五時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of women in white and red robes offering gift boxes to four uniformed officers seated in the foreground.

西国鎮静諸将天盃賜ル図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of Japanese soldiers charging under a rising sun flag through smoke, with fallen soldiers and a red banner in

牙山付近我兵大勝利之図

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1894

Woodblock print of kendo fighters in armor with bamboo swords on a red and green background, with a name panel at upper left.

〔撃剣会之図〕

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1873

Woodblock print of two armored samurai on horseback charging with spear and sword past a stone wall and pine trees.

瓢軍談五十四場四十一英雄勇名を賎ケ嶽にとゞむ

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a hooded kabuki-style figure holding an umbrella in falling snow, with a red banner and snowy trees behind

見立三幅対雪石川五右衛門

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a crowded fish market with men in blue robes carrying baskets beneath a wooden roof.

浪花名所図会雑喉場魚市の図

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a woman in a chequered kimono by a river with rowboats and buildings at dusk.

夜参り八景一ツ目

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue robes with yellow chrysanthemums, plus a circular portrait inset of a second figure

今昔児手柏武部源蔵・松王丸

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji over a lake, with a leaning pine and two travelers in straw hats on a path.

甲斐御坂越

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print with a woman in floral kimono, seated man, playing children, and a bald man holding a blue banner.

大社・鼡取薬出雲・石見

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a woman in a green patterned kimono beside willows, a thatched stall and a wooden tub under a sunset sky.

東海道五十三次之内藤川ノ図

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono and a boy with a bucket, with a landscape view of Mount Fuji above.

双筆五十三次程かや

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a spear beside a kneeling child holding a basket of oranges.

誠忠義臣名々鏡せ鹿松半六行重

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with gold hair ornaments and a man in purple kimono beside a stone pillar and pine tree.

清書七意呂波せんにち笠屋三勝茜や半七

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a samurai on a stormy shore with lightning, crashing waves and blue mountains, with calligraphy above.

東海道五十三対平塚

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in patterned kimono on a riverside pier at sunrise, with boats on the Sumida River.

隅田川初日の出

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and a man with a decorated New Year branch beside a pine-lined shrine and bridge.

亀井戸初卯詣

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Woodblock print of a seated court lady on a veranda and a standing courtier beside a pine garden, with a red title cartouche.

源氏物語五十四帖箒木

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a woman, child and a man in blue robe beside a basket, with calligraphy and pine branch above.

源氏雲浮世画合

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a seated man in a striped blue kimono holding a sword, with vertical Japanese calligraphy beside him.

生月鯨太左衛門

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a snowy mountain with pine trees, a small temple, and a stream in winter.

〔木曽富士川雪景〕

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of children in colorful kimono practicing calligraphy together on a veranda with bamboo fencing.

幼童席書会

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one in a striped floral kimono and one tattooed, against a red background with a lanter

寺西ノ下部土手助中むら雁八・極楽重三中むら福輔

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of two travelers beside a blue river with a mountain, waterfall and pine trees behind them.

諸国六玉川紀伊高野

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857