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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

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 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 kabuki actor in a blue patterned kimono holding a yellow cord, with flames around him.

上るりのかこや中村芝翫

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

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

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with long dark hair in a floral kimono, pine trees and mountain behind her.

見立三十六歌撰之内源宗于朝臣

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed figures on a stairway above a crowd, with kites flying over an Edo landscape.

江戸名所.芝愛宕山吉例正月三日毘沙門之使

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese print of a woven basket with peony, iris and plum blossoms, red tassel, and black calligraphy on the left.

安津末風俗目録

Toyohara Chikanobu

Woodblock print of a seated man in a purple and black kimono holding a sword, with calligraphy on a teal background.

寺西閑心・白井権八・小むらさき

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of a street with parasol-carrying figures, pine trees, and a view of sailboats on the sea.

江都名所.かすみかせき

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

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono beside an open book and tall flower arrangement.

源氏後集余情第五の巻

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a mountain road beside a blue river, with travelers, thatched houses, cedar trees and a red-leaved tree.

東海道五拾三次岡部・宇津之山

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

Woodblock print of a man with a sword in his teeth, wearing a skull-patterned robe, above blue waves.

豊国漫画図絵狼ノ悪次郎

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Woodblock print of court ladies on a veranda beside a paulownia tree, with a reclining figure in an interior above.

源氏物語五十四帖桐壷

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock sugoroku board with grid panels of women in kimono and warriors, title cartouche at right.

本朝賢貞勇女双六

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1843

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a grey kimono reading a scroll beside a yellow screen, with a blue flower cartouche ab

教訓植附垣根ノ中兼好のつれづれ草

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a red sea bream and a dark mottled fish above green seaweed on a pale blue ground.

〔あまだい・めばる・わさび〕

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of two standing men in Qing dress, one holding a pink folding fan, with vertical Japanese text beside them.

生写異国人物清朝南京人感賞●州扇之図

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Japanese woodblock print with a woman in patterned kimono, a shrine with pine trees, and calligraphy panels.

江戸の花名勝会た八番組岩井杜若／本郷六町目／本郷

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

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 woman in a yellow kimono seated on patterned cushions beside a lacquer table, with a mountain l

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしハら五十三つゐ玉屋内花紫程ケ谷

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a windswept tree, with fishermen and boats by a river.

東海道五十三次之内四日市之図

Utagawa Kunisada

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

Japanese woodblock print of a mounted archer in red armour beside a veranda where three women in kimono look on.

其姿紫の写絵卅四

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor poling a small boat along a river past a stone wall and pine trees.

小舟のり長吉・左膳実ハ幸蔵

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of three fishermen hauling a net from a boat beside a pine tree, with a red sunset over marsh reeds.

浅草金竜山観世音由来

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock sugoroku game board with bird figures, a central phoenix, and cranes beside a pine tree.

名鳥双六

Utagawa Kunimasa

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a knife and a woman in a floral kimono, framed by blue panels with calligraphy.

八百屋お七／紅屋長兵衛

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of Oji Inari shrine grounds with halls, torii gates, stairs, cherry trees and pedestrians.

東都名所王子稲荷境内全図

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of armored samurai pounding rice cake in a mortar, with a calligraphy verse above.

道外武者御代の若餅

Utagawa Yoshitora

Japanese woodblock print of a figure with a dark wig holding a yellow pine-patterned fan, with calligraphy and pampas grass a

奈須野のすゝき玉藻の前

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad actor with a striped parasol and sword, with an inset of a sailing boat on a harbor.

双筆五十三次宮

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Japanese woodblock print of a wedding procession with a palanquin, lantern bearers and attendants in kimono beside a tiled wa

〔春信婚姻之図〕

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono raising a white cloth under cherry blossoms, with text columns and a tree trunk.

古今名婦伝.文展千代

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Two Japanese woodblock-style panels showing red and blue parrots perched on pine branches, one on yellow and one on pale grou

(松にインコ),(松にインコ)

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono beside yellow flowering branches, with calligraphy above.

花競今様姿

Utagawa Yoshitora

Woodblock print of a man in a dragon-patterned blue kimono holding a sword against a dark night sky with pine branches.

当世好男子伝九紋竜支進に比すのざらし語助

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a warrior with a raised sword beside a bucket, with a landscape of a castle and travelers above.

双筆五十三次亀山

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of nobles seated on a wooden stage watching a crowd of spectators in blue kimono below.

鎌倉殿御能興行之図

Utagawa Yoshikata, 1863

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono reading a letter beside a well, with a riverside scene inset at upper right.

ふる川

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of travelers and porters on a hillside road beneath pine trees, with a distant blue mountain.

四拾三木曽海道六拾九次之内妻篭

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of an old woman holding a torch at a doorway under a full moon, with pampas grass and a bamboo fence.

月百姿孤家月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a round fan, seated on a bench beside a paper lantern.

十二ケ月の内六月門ト涼

Four kabuki actor portraits in a Japanese woodblock print, with bold makeup, elaborate wigs and patterned kimono on colored b

江戸の花錦絵くらべ

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two women with a parasol on a pier, speaking to a boatman in a covered boat on a river.

よし町河内屋やつこ・よし町万屋福助

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono reaching for cherry blossoms as a kneeling man looks up beside her.

十二ケ月の内三月花見

Woman with long black hair and red patterned kimono touching her hair, with a small scene of figures in the upper background.

時代かゞみ元和之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of two men in patterned robes, one seated with a white headcloth, beside a calligraphy cartouche and bamboo.

源氏雲浮世画合若菜上小林朝比奈・十郎祐成

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a mounted officer with sword leading soldiers beneath rising sun flags, smoke clouds and green hills.

田原坂の大戦争

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1877

Japanese woodblock print of a canal harbor with red-sailed boats, a stone embankment, and seated crowds before wooden buildin

東海道宮宿之勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Woodblock print of a samurai in patterned robes holding a sword, with a kneeling figure and a safflower cartouche above.

源氏雲浮世絵合末摘花

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a sword against a dark blue night scene.

夜風沖白浪弁天小僧菊之介岩井半四郎

Toyohara Kunichika, 1874

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a grey kimono holding blue paper beside a large kusudama ornament with trailing ribbons.

十二ケ月の内五月くす玉

Japanese woodblock print of seated courtly figures in yellow and blue robes beneath a pine tree, with onlookers and banners b

仮名手本忠臣蔵

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Color woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a shop front with signs, with a flowering branch panel above.

湯しま天神いせ本夏吉

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Japanese woodblock print of a shamisen player and two companions beneath a large calligraphy page on a red background.

新曲替唄端唄尽

Utagawa Kunimasa, 1874

Japanese woodblock print of a bowing woman in a blue checkered kimono beside a basket, with an inset of a smoking old man.

妙でんす十六利勘我慢損者

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a black kimono and green floral robe against a red background.

淀屋後家おれん岩井半四郎・手代利介市川権十郎・刀鍛治清吉市川団十郎

Toyohara Kunichika, 1875

Four-panel Japanese woodblock print with two actor portraits, a woman in striped kimono and a bald man, plus two kana text pa

教訓いろはたとゑゐ・部屋仕お初／の・安達元右衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a standing sumo wrestler in a pink apron with a dark crest, against a blue background with a name banner.

宝川石五郎

Utagawa Yoshitora