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Woodblock print of three kabuki actors in red, green and dark costumes, with name cartouches in Japanese script.

古今俳優沢村喜十郎・初代沢村宇十郎・沢村淀五郎

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woman in blue kimono kneeling by a lacquer chest, holding plum blossoms, with a poem panel and snowy pine scene in a Japanese

源氏雲浮世絵合御幸

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman with an updo and gold hairpin, looking into a mirror, wearing a floral green kimono.

東すかた源氏合

Woman in blue checked kimono playing a shamisen, with an ornate hairpin and a decorative title label, Japanese woodblock prin

風俗三十二相たのしんでゐさう嘉永年間師匠之風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with a cat by her collar, with an inset coastal scene of fishermen and a boat under a pine.

山海愛度図会えりをぬきたい

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue patterned kimono holding a cloth, with a text panel on a red background.

当勢三十二想思ひ切がよさ相

Toyohara Kunichika, 1868

Woodblock print of a half-naked man leaping over a beam while men lie on the floor amid smoke and scattered cards.

郵便報知新聞第五百八十九号

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of three kabuki-style samurai figures in blue and green kimono against a red background.

河内山新狂言松江侯屋舗之場

Yōshū Chikashige, 1881

Japanese woodblock print of armored samurai marching past pine trees and banners, with a mounted warrior on a white horse.

源義経出陣之図

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1864

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle in a striped kimono, with a plum-blossom scene inset above.

時代かゞみ明治

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a samurai fighting a winged tengu creature in a red cloak, with a crow and naginata nearby.

和漢百物語宮本無三四

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Japanese woodblock print of women on a platform carried by men through waves, with Mount Fuji in the background.

〔大井川蓮台渡〕

Utagawa Toyokuni

時代かゞみ寛政之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono pouring tea from a teapot, with calligraphy and an inset scene.

新柳二十四時午前二時

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with two actor portraits in kimono and two panels of calligraphy text.

教訓いろはたとゑお・曽我五郎時致／く・在原屋業平

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono holding a sword, with a hexagon-patterned backdrop and calligraphy cart

〔茨木明治１６年４月上演新富座〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1883

Japanese woodblock print of a village road with thatched houses, blue banners, plum trees and a green mountain behind.

石部

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono walking past a torii gate and a busy street market with shop curtains.

芝神明生姜市

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a courtier in blue robe with a fan on a veranda, gazing at a full moon beside a poem cartouche.

月百姿かしかまし野もせにすたく虫の音よ我たになかくものをこそおもへ

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Color woodblock print of Japanese soldiers charging up a hillside, an officer on horseback raising a sword under a rising sun

日本大勝利成歓ノ戦ニ清兵ヲ破

Yōsai Nobukazu, 1894

Woodblock print of a court lady reading a letter by a silk curtain, with attendants, a garden stream and a painted screen.

夢浮橋

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a baby, with a night bridge and fireworks scene inset above.

東都名所両国橋之涼

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered robe, with a smaller inset portrait and calligraphy above.

市村家橘

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a chrysanthemum-patterned kimono holding a fan beside yellow flowering branches.

おそめ瀬川路孝

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of armored samurai wading through a castle moat toward a gate, with a samurai in red and green at the entranc

瓢軍談五十四場十二ひゃうたんの相図に寄手水門より討入稲葉山落城

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with drawn sword confronting a seated man, with calligraphy panel and round vignette ab

誠忠義臣名々鏡ま早野和助常成

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a night market with red lanterns, a full moon, and two figures on a balcony above a crowd.

浅草年之市

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated man by moonlit reeds with two armored warriors watching from the left under a full moon.

月百姿淮水月伍子胥

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Multi-panel Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in varied costumes arranged in framed portrait cartouches.

〔役者似顔絵双六〕

Toyohara Kunichika, 1868

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in striped kimono applying makeup from a box, on a red and purple floral backgroun

〔御存白石噺明治１３年１月上演新冨座〕

Yōshū Chikashige, 1880

Woodblock print of a woman at a wooden screen and a man in a plaid robe holding a child, with a poem cartouche above.

十郎兵衛・おゆミ

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a potted pine and a screen showing flowering branches and a bird.

本銀丁福屋マンキチ・本石丁升や小美代

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Japanese woodblock print of travelers on a coastal path past green hills, pine trees and the sea beyond.

白須賀

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Japanese woodblock print of two women punting a boat under a blossoming cherry tree above blue waves.

風流六花撰ノ内

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two women in kimono walking beneath a blossoming cherry tree, one pointing ahead.

四季の詠隅田堤のさくら

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Woodblock print of a seated samurai with sword beside a morning glory scroll and calligraphy, with shadow figures on the wall

源氏雲浮世絵合朝顔

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue patterned kimono holding an umbrella, with a clock tower and street lamp behind her.

東京名所六ケ撰の内吉原

Toyohara Kunichika, 1889

Woodblock print of a samurai in red and green armor on horseback with banners, plus a small river landscape and text panel.

書画五拾三駅三河豊橋往昔戦争

Utagawa Yoshitora

Japanese woodblock print of a barefoot samurai with a drawn sword under willow branches and a moon, with poem text above.

小倉擬百人一首

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a room with a vase of red maple branches and a hanging poem scroll.

現時五十四情第七号

Toyohara Kunichika

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dark robe holding a staff, with a large white-fringed hat and text panels.

二番組千組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1858

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned red kimono and white hood beside a snowy pine tree at night.

（明烏花濡衣）

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a checkered kimono and striped obi, with a seated monk holding a skull in an inset pan

妙でんす十六利勘貧須盧損者

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Polychrome woodblock print of women in patterned kimono seated before a bamboo-patterned screen with paper lanterns.

江戸風俗十二ケ月之内十二月諸侯之奥年忘之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Woodblock print of armored samurai marching past pine trees and banners, with snow-capped Mount Fuji in the background.

瓢軍談五十四場五十四大尾久吉公目出度小田原を凱陣し給ふ

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a yellow fan, with Japanese calligraphy beside her.

忠孝加々見山

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors: one seated in blue robes with a fan and sword, one reclining in striped kimono.

番頭与九郎片岡十蔵・玉嶋逸当実ハ日本駄右衛門関三十郎・娘おなみ実ハ弁天小僧菊之助市村羽左衛門・鳶の者六吉嵐吉六・若従四十八実ハ南郷力丸中村芝翫

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1862

Japanese woodblock print of a rider in blue robes on a dark horse, with mounted archers and attendants in a roped arena.

千代田之御表犬追物

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono resting her head on her hand beside a red box and calligraphy.

見立多以尽ゆめにも見たい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Woodblock print of two women under blooming plum trees beside a bamboo fence, with figures and distant pines behind.

江戸自慢三十六興梅やしき漬梅

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1864

Woodblock print of swordsmen in blue and red attacking a wounded man in a purple robe beside a red lantern.

西海暴動電信紀聞〔神風連の輩種田政明少将の私邸を襲う〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woman in black kimono on a veranda in falling snow, with writing tablets and a brush beside her, in a Japanese woodblock prin

雪見八景帰帆

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a blue kimono beside a lattice screen, with a pine landscape inset and calligra

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしハら五十三つゐ尾張屋内重咲由井

Woodblock print of three women in kimono at a railing beneath cherry blossoms, with a red-trimmed veranda and a handwritten t

千代田之大奥船あそび

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside blossoming cherry trees, a large lantern and a palanquin.

新よし原仲の町の桜

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe and red kimono, seated beside a sword, with a text panel above.

善悪三拾六美人鬼神のお松

Toyohara Kunichika

Woodblock print of red maple leaves framing a waterfall, river, green hills and mountains at sunset, from an open book.

諸国名所百景泉州牛滝丹楓

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle and gold hairpin, holding a pipe, with a street scene above.

時代かゞみ天明之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with red maple trees and distant hills behind her.

東海道五十三次之内二川小冬

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of an armored samurai with a spear bursting from a dark swirling wave under a pale moon.

新形三十六怪撰布引滝悪源太義平霊討難波次郎

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889

Woodblock print of women in kimono viewing a painting in a veranda interior with a writing desk and tea set.

[琴棋書画]

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of Meiji-era officials in gold-braided uniforms and fur-trimmed hats, with a map and text panel behind them.

征韓論之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a yellow parasol, with hibiscus, bellflowers and chrysanthem

葛の葉狐市川團十郎

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1891

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed figures, one grimacing and crouched, one standing, with a blue fan above.

ざしきげい茶番の当振三

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with yellow flower hair ornaments and floral kimono, with a coastal seascape inset above.

山海愛度図会花をごらんあそばしたい

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of Ueno station with a steam train, brick buildings, rickshaws and pink blossoming trees.

上野ステイーシヨヲ繁栄ノ図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1868

Japanese woodblock print of Chinese officials in robes bowing on a ship deck beside uniformed Western naval officers.

威海衛陥落北洋艦隊提督丁汝昌降伏ノ図

Migita Toshihide

Woodblock print of Japanese soldiers charging at night with a rising sun flag, swords and rifles, through smoke and corn.

大日本ト清国ト両軍平城激戦之図

Utagawa Kokunimasa, 1894

Woodblock print of a woman in green kimono and a child by a windy river, with snowy mountains and floating paper.

山海名産尽近江の国源五郎鮒

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a wooden railing, with red banners and calligraphy panels above.

同亢天のやあか・下谷すきや丁梅本小竹

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of soldiers in combat with swords as a large brown ox charges through a grassy battlefield.

鹿児嶋征討全記之内〔吉次越にて官軍牛に悩まされる図〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of Japanese sailors firing from a warship deck in smoke, with a Japanese flag and officer in uniform.

日清海戦之図

Yōsai Nobukazu, 1894

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print of figures in historical dress, including a firewood carrier, a scholar, and a family gro

（二十四孝）かんの文てい,びんしけん,そうしん,しろ

Utagawa Sadahide

時代かゞみ享保之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of mounted samurai riding through marshland toward a fortified gate with lanterns and pine trees.

瓢軍談五十四場五十三保条直氏佐枝時家に着て降参を乞

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue robe with floral roundels, holding a sword, with a red title cartouche.

青砥孫三郎・源藤太常景・源左衛門美玉笹

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a uniformed foreign officer beside a fur-clad seated man and a child, with cherry blossoms agains

南京於魯西亜

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of travelers in hats walking beside a moored boat with red banners and tall rigging at sunset.

東海道五十三次新井風景

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of two bust-length figures in patterned kimono against a tan ground with blue borders and calligraph

犬塚信乃戍孝／杢作むすめ浜路

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Woodblock print of a cliffside temple with red roofs, stone stairs, pine trees and a waterfall beside steep rock.

六十余州名所図会但馬岩井谷窟観音

Utagawa Hiroshige

Colored woodblock print of a Western household interior with men cooking at a stove and a woman in a red blouse and blue skir

横浜異人屋敷之図

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue striped robe and patterned kimono, with a canal view inset at upper right.

江戸名所百人美女堅川

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of fireworks over a river at night, with boats and a wooden bridge below.

名所江戸百景両国花火

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of men in formal kimono seated on a red platform at a theatre opening ceremony, with a crowd below.

久松座開業式之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1879

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a green kimono with a red helmet and bamboo pole behind him.

五斗兵衛盛次

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Woodblock print of an Edo street with a merchant shop, red and blue noren curtains, pedestrians, and birds in a dusky sky.

江戸名勝図会大門通

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a bird-patterned kimono holding a pipe, with paper streamers and a moon window behind hi

成びしゃ駒中村芝翫

Toyohara Kunichika, 1864

Woodblock print of a warrior with a drawn sword and lacquer box, with a servant and shelves of bowls behind him.

清書七以呂者たから子の児雷也

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a tall pine, torii gate, horse with travelers, and Mount Fuji across a lake under a pale sky.

上総鹿楚山

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of two armored samurai on a plank bridge, one brandishing a sword, with a figure submerged in river

東海道五十三対川崎

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate updo applying makeup, with calligraphy above and a patterned lantern below.

難有御代ノ賀界絵

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a steep gorge with a blue river, cliffs, and two baskets hanging from ropes crossing between thatched huts

六十余州名所図会飛弾籠わたし

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a lantern and bundle under a crescent moon, with a poem cartouche above.

小倉擬百人一首三條院

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a floral kimono and an attendant in striped robe beside a screen with blossoms.

艶姿花の十二支亥の日のしんこう

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Woodblock print of Tanabata bamboo with paper streamers over rooftops, with Mount Fuji on the horizon at dusk.

名所江戸百景市中繁栄七夕祭

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a Nagasaki street with pedestrians, parasols, tiled roofs, pine and blossoming trees, and a balcony scene.

肥前崎陽〔玉浦風景之図〕・〔肥前崎陽〕玉浦風景之図

Utagawa Sadahide, 1865