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Japanese woodblock print grid of pleasure-quarter scenes with women in kimono above small townscape and boat vignettes.

〔諸国花街案内〕

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a formal archery ceremony with a concentric target, seated archers in kimono, and a blue striped banner.

千代田之御表御射場始

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of mounted soldiers with swords and a rising sun flag advancing under a smoky sky, with Japanese title text.

台南城占領之図

Woodblock print of a woman with a dark parasol in a striped kimono beside irises, pine trees and thatched buildings.

婦人風俗尽堀切の雨や菖蒲の愛競

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with a red hairpin, beside large black calligraphy and a poem colum

難有御代ノ賀界絵

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a robed man on a veranda overlooking snowy hills, a red sunrise and castle in the distance.

撰雪六六談武江の風景

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1893

Colorful Japanese woodblock print of a circus with acrobats, hoop-jumping horses, and a woman riding with a parasol.

招魂社境内フランス曲馬図 : Cirque Soulie

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1871

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono startled by a ghostly shadow on a screen, with snow outside the window.

新形三十六怪撰清玄の霊桜姫を慕ふの図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1902

Woodblock print of a samurai in armor spearing a monstrous nue creature amid dark clouds, with a serpent tail.

新形三十六怪撰内裏に猪早太鵺を刺図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono with a lacquer box, beside a night vendor's banner and an inset scene

新柳二十四時午前一時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hair ornaments reading a letter in a blue kimono with paper cranes.

今様三十二相逢た相

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a seated man with a sword, with a poem cartouche above.

あけまき・すけろく

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of swordsmen fighting in fog, with a mounted commander holding a red crest banner and a text panel above.

鹿児嶌戦記〔木留、植木にて朝霧中の戦〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of the Sumida River at sunset with geese flying over, a bridge, riverside houses, and figures walking near a

東都名所八景之内隅田川落雁

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda beside a willow tree, with a thatched villa and irises in the garden.

四季の詠別荘の花菖蒲

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Woodblock print of an Edo canal with a wooden bridge, boats, pedestrians with umbrellas, and figures on a riverside platform.

江戸名所道戯尽三十三柳島妙見の景

Utagawa Hirokage, 1860

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dragon-patterned robe holding a sword with a red scabbard.

其昔室町御所に重忠が琴責乃明断

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of three kimono-clad figures in a gold-screened interior, one holding a sword and another a folding fan.

加々見山局岩藤・中老尾上・召使はつ

Utagawa Toyokuni

Color woodblock print of mounted officers on white and brown horses with red banners and armed attendants, 1877.

鹿児嶋征討紀聞〔日向路にて官軍を迎え戦う賊徒〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of a bearded monk in a red robe seated on rocks under a full moon, with ivy vines.

月百姿破窓月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an ornate dark robe with dragon embroidery, holding a sword, with a castle behind.

木曽六十九駅鵜沼犬山の城遠望・道節

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black costume with white and red face paint, clenched fist, and a large drum behind him.

大鷲文吾

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a checkered kimono holding a flower-painted fan beside a wooden bucket.

源氏後集余情とこなつ

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle and striped kimono, beside a hand mirror and calligraphy.

浮世人精天眼鏡

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print page with three kabuki actor portraits in framed panels on a yellow background.

古今俳優似顔大全元祖中村伝九郎・二代伝九郎・初代中村七三郎

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of a woman pounding rice with a long mallet in a wooden mortar, with poem cards and text panels.

百人一首絵抄廿一素性法師

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a long pipe, seated on a checkered mat before a grid curtai

東京美女そろひよし丁おきん

Utagawa Kunisada, 1868

Woodblock print of a warrior clutching his wounded leg beside a sea of blue waves, with a sword and oar nearby.

豊国漫画図絵南郷刀丸

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Woodblock print of two men in a dark room, one standing with a knife, one kneeling with a sword, smoke rising behind them.

立場の太平次・小楊の孫七

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a cup, beside a railing, wisteria, pines and an arched red bridg

亀井戸

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854