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Japanese woodblock print of a woman in checkered red sleeves reading an open book, with vertical Japanese text above.

見立多以尽洋行がしたい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of a gilded palanquin procession under blossoming trees and pines, with attendants in formal dress.

王城加茂社風景

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, 1863

Woodblock print of samurai battling on a red warship with arrows and swords, a man struggling in blue waves below.

源平八嶋大合戦

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of an ornate red boat with striped banners and passengers under a curtained canopy on blue sea.

東海道舞坂

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a costumed figure in a tall red-and-green hat beside a panel with a crane sketch and calligraphy.

書画五拾三駅相模大磯鴫立沢古跡

Utagawa Yoshitora

Woodblock print of two armored samurai with a bow and polearm beneath a cherry branch on a green hillside.

義家

Migita Toshihide, 1890

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

（無題）

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