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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

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

白須賀

Utagawa Hiroshige II

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

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 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

Woodblock print of a man in striped kimono looking up beside a willow, with a woman and river, facing printed Japanese newspa

錦画百事新聞.第百七十八号

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1876

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 sugoroku board showing Tokaido road stations with landscapes, bridges, boats and a central bridge scene.

新板東海道五十三次道中双六

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1860

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 grid of samurai battle scenes with horsemen, armor, a castle, and fire in colorful panels.

魁戦場出陣寿語録

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1866

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 travelers on a snowy path beside pine trees, with a gated building above and a valley of rooftops below.

東海道五拾三次亀山・雪晴

Utagawa Hiroshige

Two woodblock portraits of figures in patterned kimono with elaborate hairstyles, labeled with Japanese calligraphy on a crea

白夕／阿古屋後ニ小糸

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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 a snowy shrine beside a pond, with snow-covered pines, an arched bridge, and a figure in a hat.

井の頭の池弁財天の社雪の景

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 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 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 Japanese sugoroku board game of the Tokaido road with travelers at a Kyoto gate in the center and scenic stations aro

五拾三次新版道中双六

Utagawa Yoshitsuna, 1852

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 Nihonbashi bridge in Edo with pedestrians, rooftops, and Mount Fuji on the left horizon.

Famous Places in Edo: Nihonbashi

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a red temple with blue roof, pine and cherry trees, strollers, market stalls, and sea beyond.

Shiba Atagoyama

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1853

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 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