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Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair ornaments and a floral kimono, beside wisteria branches and calligraphy.

嵐雪坂東志うか

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woman in striped kimono lighting a candle beside a shoji screen, in a Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print.

風俗三十二相暗さう明治年間妻君の風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a purple robe with a blue collar, with calligraphy and birds in a side panel.

東花坊市川羽左衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono walking by reeds and sea, with a blue mountain and a bird above.

名所あわせ六玉川きのくに高野

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a court procession of robed nobles and horses passing a pavilion beneath pine-covered hills at dusk.

源氏五十四帖廿九御幸

Ogata Gekkō, 1892

Woodblock print of five women warriors in kimono with swords and a polearm under a large moon.

鹿児島勇婦揃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one holding a sword before a red disc, the other in a plaid kimono.

直助権兵衛中村仲蔵

Toyohara Kunichika

Woodblock print of a uniformed rider on a white horse beside a striped flag, with an attendant in blue standing at its head.

外国人物尽英吉利

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a patterned kimono, mounted on an album page with a color scale.

風俗三十二相しなやかさう天保年間傾城之風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle adjusting her hair, wearing a gray patterned kimono with lavender collar

廿五〔婦人〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a samurai in a blue checkered kimono holding a drawn sword, with red bloodstains and calligraphy on a blue

誠忠義士銘々伝.早野勘平

Toyohara Kunichika, 1866

Woodblock print of a procession with banners and streamers, boats on a river, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Kawasaki

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono with a large pale headdress and sword, with Japanese text labels.

北組十三組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Woodblock print of two women beating cloth by a moonlit river with pine trees and hills in the background.

諸国六玉川摂津擣衣

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1891

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono walking past snowy pine trees at night in Ueno Park.

上野公園の夜景

Toyohara Chikanobu

Woodblock print of a courtier with a fan on a veranda beside a reclining woman, with misty mountains and a poem in the sky.

夕霧

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a man in dark robes holding a tall pole with white paper streamers, beside a red lantern and calligraphy.

三番組本組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1858

Woodblock print of a reclining woman with an updo and gold hairpin, with vertical Japanese calligraphy beside her.

見立多以尽どうもねむッたい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1877

Woodblock print page with three kabuki actors in colorful costumes on yellow, green and gray panels, with Japanese inscriptio

古今俳優七代目片岡仁左衛門・八代目片岡仁左衛門・片岡愛之助

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a green chest, one holding a tea cup, with a circular inset above.

忠臣蔵絵兄弟六段目

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of a woman in a black hat and floral kimono beside a vine-framed title cartouche, by Utagawa Kunisada.

当盛見立三十六花撰信田の葛の花葛の葉狐

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of a figure in a chrysanthemum-patterned blue kimono holding a fan beside a water basin and ladle.

祇園のおりつ

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned robes seated at a red writing table with an open book and ink stone.

源氏後集余情発端石山寺源氏の間

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a couple walking at night under a crescent moon, the man holding a striped yellow umbrella, with flowering

清書七伊露八よひかうしんお千代半兵衛

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a checked kimono playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

江戸姿八契

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding paper, with a child at her feet and calligraphy above.

忍愛撫子合大坂なでしこ

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a purple kimono before a mountain landscape with a red title cartouche.

木曽六十九駅野尻駒ケ嶽遠景・松右ヱ門女房小よし

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding two swords, with cloud-motif background and name cartouches.

下部猿次郎中村芝翫・小地狭太郎坂東亀蔵・名古屋山之助河原崎権十郎

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a man in red robes holding a scroll above a fish rising through blue ocean waves.

浮世八景ノ内

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono beside a golden-topped canopy, with cursive poem and red title panel.

俤けんじ五十四帖.二十九行幸

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864