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Japanese woodblock print with a kabuki actor portrait, a blue-faced mask, and a view of Kanda Myojin shrine with a torii gate

江戸の花名勝会か八番組尾上菊五郎／神田明神の祭／神田

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a rocky coast with pine cliffs, boats, a sailing ship, and three women in kimono in the foreground.

日本八景つくしの内

Utagawa Sadahide

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a lantern while a man in black robe stands at a doorway with incense smoke.

皇国二十四功常盤御前

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881

Japanese woodblock print of a man in checkered kimono drawing a sword, with a vertical title cartouche and red artist seal.

雁金文七・布袋市右衛門・野田角左衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two women and a child with a cat in a traditional Japanese interior with a garden and red camellias.

東風俗福つくし匍匐

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Woodblock print of a long-haired figure in blue floral kimono holding a torch by a gate under a moon, with a second figure be

月百姿賊巣の月小碓皇子

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1868

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono in a backstage passage behind a latticed screen, one carrying a lantern.

三十六ばんつゞき役者十二つき十一月顔見せ楽屋新道の図

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1809

Woodblock print of a sumo wrestler in a checkered mawashi standing on straw bales against a blue background.

響灘五郎吉

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of two women in striped kimono beside a fountain and pavilion in a garden with pine trees.

同小なつ・講武所吉川屋小鎌

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of a samurai thrusting a spear through a night bamboo grove, with two armored figures crouching nearby.

瓢軍談五十四場三十五中沼忠兵衛闇夜に道秀を突く

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of a mounted samurai with raised sword amid smoke and battle, with wooden stakes and a white heron over a riv

徳川治蹟年間紀事・二代台徳院殿秀忠公

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono climbing bamboo at night under a crescent moon.

豊国漫画図絵相模小僧三之介

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of three samurai warriors with swords and a woven basket, against a green background with calligraph

祐成・祐経・時宗

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a checkered kimono kneeling with hands clasped, with calligraphy and a distant pagoda.

縞揃女弁慶宝木亭

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors with swords, one in black with gourd motifs, one in yellow checkered robes, beside a gou

松下嘉平次・此下東吉

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Japanese woodblock print of a woman riding a black ox beside an attendant with flowers, with a temple scene above.

観音霊験記秩父巡礼第七番牛伏青苔山法長寺花薗左衛門督長臣某

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of two samurai before a castle, with a cartouche above showing a seated monk and calligraphy.

小倉擬百人一首道因法師

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a purple robe beside a red lacquer box in a blue-walled room.

流行美人合〔化粧する三婦女〕

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a river valley with Mount Fuji, and travelers with palanquins in the foreground.

東海道五十三次細見図会程ケ谷

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman and a child bending over a box of objects beside a veranda railing.

源氏雲浮世画合早蕨政岡・千松

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a plum-blossom kimono with a child tugging her sleeve beside a lacquer stand.

（正月）

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a woman raking a shore under a leaning pine, with sea, thatched huts and a sunset sky behind.

五十三次興津

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a man under an orange parasol by rough waves, with cranes flying overhead and a calligraphy carto

東海道五十三対見附

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono holding a sword beside a shoji screen, with vertical text.

古今名婦伝板額女

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a night river with fireflies, reeds, a lantern and a wooden fence.

江戸自慢三十六興落合ほたる

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a blue floral kimono with a drawn sword beside a bound figure on a bench, with text colu

大日本六十余州之内武蔵幡随長兵衛

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a costumed man with a sword beneath a full moon, with paper cranes scattering around him at night.

賊首児雷也

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of men carrying a reclining passenger on a bamboo litter, with straw-hatted figures beside them.

金谷

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with dramatic makeup and black hair, wearing a robe with yellow floral patterns.

長尾三郎景勝市川新之助幼名阿かん平寿升

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of women and a palanquin under autumn maples, with a village and mountains in the background.

紫式部げんじかるた十六せきや

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling man and seated woman with a lantern, butterflies, and a poem cartouche above.

小倉擬百人一首殷富門院大輔

Utagawa Hiroshige

Four woodblock print panels showing kabuki actors in bust portraits with bold makeup, red costumes and calligraphic captions.

隅田平／斉藤吾／有王丸／和藤内

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a sword fight against a floral blue background, with calligraphic title panel.

踊形容外題尽木下蔭硯伊達染足利家御殿の場

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of picnickers under pine and cherry trees on a hill, with a distant mountain and flat plain beyond.

名所江戸百景飛鳥山北の眺望

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman and child by a stone wall, with pine trees and a red temple building behind them.

増上寺大鐘

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white turban and red robe, resting on green cushion with crane designs and chrysanthemum

別荘の福寿艸小林の朝比奈

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print with snowy riverside view, plum branches on a pink fan, and a woman standing in a boat on blue water.

江戸名所張交図会真乳山両国梅やしきの図

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a fan in a patterned kimono beside a chest, with a poet portrait in a cartouche abov

小倉擬百人一首権中納言定頼

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of courtly figures under a cherry tree beside a wooden veranda, with poem text above.

若菜下

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a dragon in an oval frame beside two men in robes, with a temple and cliffs in the top panel.

観音霊験記秩父巡礼二拾八番橋立石竜山橋立寺郡司報蛇身

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a dark patterned kimono beside a large striped bell and rope, with lanterns.

一番組万組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1858

Woodblock print of a kabuki-style warrior with dark wig and patterned armor, with ships on the sea behind him.

擬五行尽之内兵船漂ふ西海の水

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a woman on a veranda watching two boys by a stream, with mountains and geese above.

兄弟の母・箱王丸・一万丸

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of uniformed officers and cheering soldiers in a camp with banners and cannon, a ship on the sea beyond.

日本帝国陸軍牙山全勝凱旋之図

Yōsai Nobukazu, 1894

Woodblock print of a woman with a flute and a seated man with a lute among flowering shrubs at night.

横笛三十七

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Woodblock print of a woman with a shellfish basket on tidal flats, with figures, pine trees and boats in the background.

江戸自慢三十六興洲さき汐干かり

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of two pine trunks framing mountains, a river and fields under a dawn sky with red labels.

東海道中金谷阪勝景

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono with maple leaves and a black calligraphy cartouche above her.

七ツいろは

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of boats towed along a winding canal past pines, thatched huts and a distant mountain at sunset.

名所江戸百景四ツ木通用水引ふね

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black dragon-patterned robe, holding a sword on a wooden railing.

石川五右衛門・大願久吉

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woman in patterned kimono seated in a boat cabin holding a lantern, with an inset landscape vignette, Japanese woodblock prin

鉄炮洲

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a woman with a ladle and a child with a bundle, a horse behind them and thatched houses in a rice field.

双筆五十三次袋井

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Woodblock print of a samurai in striped armor with a horse under a full moon beside a wooden gate and bamboo.

月百姿堅田浦の月斎藤内蔵介

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned costume with white hair, standing before stylized blue waves and birds.

漁師鰭九郎・漁師波六・鰭九郎女房小磯

Utagawa Kunisada, 1853

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono beside a seated man, with a wave-patterned screen and lantern.

東海道五十三対丸子

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of samurai men on a garden terrace under a twisted pine tree, with wisteria and a wooden railing.

千代田之御表浜御成

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in blue robes and white headwear wrestling beside stacked panels and a tray of cups

忠臣蔵絵兄弟十一段目

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in red kimono with a billowing white cloak under a moon, above misty hills.

月百姿五條橋の月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a samurai striking a bloodied warrior in a room with blue crest screens, with a calligraphy panel above.

誠忠義臣名々鏡た千場三郎兵衛光忠

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono playing a koto in a tatami room beside a lantern and shoji screens.

婦人風俗尽琴のしらべ

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a staff overhead under a full moon, with a red demon mask and thatched houses.

東都三十六景之内亀戸萩寺

Toyohara Kunichika, 1865

Woodblock print of a mounted officer with sword leading soldiers in a bayonet charge over fallen figures, smoke and mountains

牙山一大激戦之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono beside red peonies, a tea table and a river, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

隅田川七福神の内大黒天

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock book page: a man in green robe watches a frog under willow; below, two women carry a board beside a reclining figur

小野道風見蛙図／猫活男婦志

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi