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Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red face makeup and gold armor beside a younger warrior in purple robes.

熊ケ谷陣屋場

Toyohara Kunichika, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of samurai battling on a steep cliff, one mounted warrior thrusting a spear amid maple leaves.

瓢軍談五十四場四十三賎ケ嶽七本鎗の内佐藤富久知間高名

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman leaning over a balcony as children play below among paper figures.

あげまき

Utagawa Toyokuni

Open Japanese newspaper spread: left page printed text, right page color woodblock of a woman in blue and a man in green bene

錦画百事新聞.第百五十六号

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1876

Woodblock print of a river curving past a forested hillside with a shrine, buildings, pine trees and labeled places.

淀川八幡山勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Woodblock print of a lake with a rowboat, wooden houses, a tree-covered hill with temple roofs, and a dark decorative border.

江戸不忍弁天ヨリ東叡山ヲ見ル図

Woodblock triptych of women gathering shellfish on tidal flats with a sailboat and mountains in the distance.

Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1852

Woodblock print of a red-robed procession near a red torii gate, with riverside teahouses, lanterns and pines.

京都下加茂糺の森勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of men brawling with poles beside an ornate yellow palanquin, with a text panel above.

郵便報知新聞第五百六十八号

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of two Western men in dark uniforms, one crowned with a sword, beside a striped flag, with text colu

亜墨利加

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of a figure in black kimono with a fan among autumn maple leaves, with a book-page inset at upper right.

三十九ばん参議等

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child in kimono walking past a shrine gate, with birds flying in a pale sky.

安津末風俗十一

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1901

Woodblock print of a seated woman in blue kimono beside a patterned kimono on a stand, with cherry blossoms.

美人十二ヶ月其十一嫁

Miyagawa Shuntei, 1899

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono holding a bamboo basket beside a cabinet, with calligraphic text.

誹諧七福神之内恵比寿

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two samurai by the sea under a full moon with a poem, a boat on the water, and wooden shutters.

忠臣蔵八景.十だん目の帰帆

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated muscular man smoking a pipe beside a yokai face emerging from smoke near a lantern.

和漢百物語小野川喜三郎

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one carrying fruit and the other a tray, beside pampas grass.

千代田の大奥月見之宴

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1895

Colorful Japanese sugoroku board game print showing travel stations with landscapes, boats, bridges and Mount Fuji around a c

有楽道中双六

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woman in a striped kimono playing a shamisen beside a shoji screen with falling snow, a green patterned robe and tea tray in

〔雪〕見八景らくがん

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of Heian court women in an interior with scattered letters, a blossoming tree and a stream beyond the veranda

早蕨

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a figure with dark hair and patterned kimono holding a battledore paddle, under a starry night sk

春見立当羽子板鬼神おまつ

Toyohara Kunichika

Woodblock print of a mounted officer with raised sword on a brown horse, beside a banner-carrying attendant.

鹿児嶋県暴徒高橋并川尻戦争ノ図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a mounted samurai leading retainers past pine trees, a river, and Mount Fuji at dusk.

末広五十三次.金谷

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1865

Woodblock print of a seated woman reading a scroll beside a lantern and lacquer box, with a kneeling figure and patterned scr

雲井

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a blue kimono holding white cloth beside a turtle-patterned screen and a stream.

的田次郎

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a horned oni demon mask and patterned kimono amid swirling smoke in an interior.

偐紫田舎源氏

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a fan-wielding figure in patterned robes flying over a green landscape with a waterfall and maple

末広五十三次.京都

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of cranes flying over waves on a beach, with a seated man under an orange parasol and Mount Fuji in the dista

東海道名所之内由比ケ浜

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue patterned kimono holding a fan beside a sword stand, with calligraphy.

見立五萃句合之内

Utagawa Yoshitora

Japanese woodblock print with a reclining man reading beside a woman in red, and a figure in green kimono balancing on an ora

芳年略画開化之達摩／五条橋

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi