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Japanese woodblock print of four kabuki actors in ornate costumes with swords, against a gold background with pine and bamboo

高木折右衛門武道実録望月左衛門・大高主殿・印南数馬・主殿●司

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woman in striped kimono lighting a candle beside a shoji screen, in a Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print.

風俗三十二相暗さう明治年間妻君の風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono walking by reeds and sea, with a blue mountain and a bird above.

名所あわせ六玉川きのくに高野

Utagawa Sadahide

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair ornaments and a floral kimono, beside wisteria branches and calligraphy.

嵐雪坂東志うか

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a court procession of robed nobles and horses passing a pavilion beneath pine-covered hills at dusk.

源氏五十四帖廿九御幸

Ogata Gekkō, 1892

Woodblock print of five women warriors in kimono with swords and a polearm under a large moon.

鹿児島勇婦揃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1877

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a purple robe with a blue collar, with calligraphy and birds in a side panel.

東花坊市川羽左衛門

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, one holding a sword before a red disc, the other in a plaid kimono.

直助権兵衛中村仲蔵

Toyohara Kunichika

Woodblock print of a uniformed rider on a white horse beside a striped flag, with an attendant in blue standing at its head.

外国人物尽英吉利

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a patterned kimono, mounted on an album page with a color scale.

風俗三十二相しなやかさう天保年間傾城之風俗

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle adjusting her hair, wearing a gray patterned kimono with lavender collar

廿五〔婦人〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a samurai in a blue checkered kimono holding a drawn sword, with red bloodstains and calligraphy on a blue

誠忠義士銘々伝.早野勘平

Toyohara Kunichika, 1866

Woodblock print of a procession with banners and streamers, boats on a river, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Kawasaki

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono with a large pale headdress and sword, with Japanese text labels.

北組十三組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono walking past snowy pine trees at night in Ueno Park.

上野公園の夜景

Toyohara Chikanobu

Woodblock print of a courtier with a fan on a veranda beside a reclining woman, with misty mountains and a poem in the sky.

夕霧

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a man in dark robes holding a tall pole with white paper streamers, beside a red lantern and calligraphy.

三番組本組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1858

Woodblock print of a reclining woman with an updo and gold hairpin, with vertical Japanese calligraphy beside her.

見立多以尽どうもねむッたい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1877

Woodblock print page with three kabuki actors in colorful costumes on yellow, green and gray panels, with Japanese inscriptio

古今俳優七代目片岡仁左衛門・八代目片岡仁左衛門・片岡愛之助

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of Kanda Myojin shrine with tall cedars, a stone lion, red buildings and people walking on a path.

江戸名勝図会神田明神

Utagawa Hiroshige

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of geese flying toward a net held on poles by kneeling figures in traditional dress.

山海名産尽伊予峯越鳧

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a green chest, one holding a tea cup, with a circular inset above.

忠臣蔵絵兄弟六段目

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of a river at dusk with a willow tree, a boatman in a small boat, two women on a jetty, and a distant town.

名所江戸百景御厩河岸

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a calligraphy placard, with a black kimono shown above.

御註文御誂染お七

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a black hat and floral kimono beside a vine-framed title cartouche, by Utagawa Kunisada.

当盛見立三十六花撰信田の葛の花葛の葉狐

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of a figure in a chrysanthemum-patterned blue kimono holding a fan beside a water basin and ladle.

祇園のおりつ

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned robes seated at a red writing table with an open book and ink stone.

源氏後集余情発端石山寺源氏の間

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a couple walking at night under a crescent moon, the man holding a striped yellow umbrella, with flowering

清書七伊露八よひかうしんお千代半兵衛

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a checked kimono playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

江戸姿八契

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding paper, with a child at her feet and calligraphy above.

忍愛撫子合大坂なでしこ

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a purple kimono before a mountain landscape with a red title cartouche.

木曽六十九駅野尻駒ケ嶽遠景・松右ヱ門女房小よし

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding two swords, with cloud-motif background and name cartouches.

下部猿次郎中村芝翫・小地狭太郎坂東亀蔵・名古屋山之助河原崎権十郎

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a man in red robes holding a scroll above a fish rising through blue ocean waves.

浮世八景ノ内

Utagawa Kunisada, 1855

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono beside a golden-topped canopy, with cursive poem and red title panel.

俤けんじ五十四帖.二十九行幸

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a blue checkered kimono beside a kettle, rope-wrapped bale and wooden tub indoors.

十二月ノ内卯月初時鳥

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a brown kimono reading a book beside a lacquered box, by Utagawa Kunisada.

芝居好

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of two women in octopus-patterned kimono on a shore, with a fan-shaped island inset in the upper left.

艶姿花の十二支巳江のしまべんてん

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a scroll and two poem cards, by Utagawa Kunisada.

百人一首絵抄十四河原左大臣

Utagawa Kunisada

Yellow Japanese woodblock print with three kabuki actor portraits in colorful kimono and hair ornaments, with Japanese text l

瀬川家系譜元祖瀬川菊之丞・元祖弟瀬川菊次郎・二代目瀬川菊之丞

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono before a dusky riverside scene with willows and a calligraphy cartouc

擬五行尽之内

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki-style male figure in a patterned kimono holding a sword beneath weeping cherry blossoms.

清水清玄・さくら姫

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan and a standing man in patterned robes before a night sea and full moon.

三浦の高尾・左金吾頼兼

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a pond with a windswept pine, a thatched teahouse, travelers, cranes, and hills under a sunset sky.

名所江戸百景千束の池袈裟懸松

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of two bearers carrying a palanquin with oranges past a temple complex with pine trees.

江戸自慢三十六興堀之内淀はし水飴

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a procession of retainers with a golden standard climbing a green hill beside pines and sea.

白須賀

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a red horse's legs in straw sandals in front of an Edo street with shops and pedestrians.

名所江戸百景四ツ谷内藤新宿

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of pedestrians crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with a green mountain and pink sky behind.

五十三次名所図会五十五京

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of two abalone shells, a needlefish and a pink blossom branch, with calligraphy above.

〔あわび・さより・桃〕

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of autumn foliage along a winding river, with a wooden bridge, pine trees, and travelers on hillside paths.

江戸名所之内.王子滝の川紅葉風景

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a standing samurai holding a fan beneath cherry blossoms, with a calligraphy panel above.

小倉擬百人一首小野小町

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a coastal village with thatched houses, boats on calm water, a cliff, and a distant island at sunset.

野島夕照

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a wooden bridge over a winding river, green hills, pine trees and a thatched house under a red sky.

名所江戸百景広尾ふる川

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a fierce face and dragon-patterned robe, with a riverside landscape vignette above.

扇屋・熊谷直実

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a temple above mountains and, below, travelers beside a waterfall over rocks with vertical text.

観音霊験記秩父巡礼第三番岩本山常泉寺子持石

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a drawn sword and a court lady in a poem cartouche above.

小倉擬百人一首紫式部

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of travelers on a stone path through a green mountain pass, with Mount Fuji and a lake in the distance.

信濃塩尻峠

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in blue kimono with swords, above a landscape vignette of temple buildings and hills.

観音霊験記秩父巡礼十七番定林寺持丹生氏壬生良門の臣林太郎定元

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a blue patterned kimono seated on a veranda beside a tea tray and shoji screen.

雪月花の内月の夕部

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of people beneath kites flying over an Edo street, with pine trees and wooden buildings beside them.

名所江戸百景霞かせき

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a woman with umbrella and child walking past pine trees and a red temple hall.

江戸自慢三十六興増上寺大鐘

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a standing warrior with a fan and sword beside waves, crabs and a pine tree.

美盾十二史戌犬田小文吾

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock sugoroku board game with a central scene of two seated musicians and border squares showing city views and

大都会浄瑠璃高鼻寿語録

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a standing man in a bird-patterned robe holding a fan, with willow branches and poem slips above.

美盾十二史寅曽我十郎祐成

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins reading an illustrated book, with a seaside boat scene inset above her.

山海めで度図会つゞきが見たい

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a man peering through a shoji screen at a woman in blue kimono holding a sword.

（巴御前長瀬判官をこらしむる図）

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a samurai carrying two buckets through snow, with pines, a broom and a poem cartouche above.

誠忠義臣名々鏡す寺岡平右衛門信行

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman with a raised sword over a fallen man, with a boat vignette and calligraphy above.

源氏雲浮世画合浮舟おまつ・赤堀水右衛門

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono with Mount Fuji landscape inset at upper left.

ななついろは東都富士尽ぬ飯沼勝五郎・九段坂のふし

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a white-robed woman and a kneeling woman beside a huge ghostly face and bats under a shrine roof.

将門山古後所之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1885

Woodblock print of a samurai on a white horse raising a spear, with a fallen warrior and mountains in the background.

芳年武者无類相模次郎平将門

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1883

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono cooling herself on a veranda beside a tea set, with pines and a willow by a riv

園中美人之納涼

Yōsai Nobukazu, 1893

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono under a full moon, with persimmon branches and a wooden fence beside her.

つき百姿（千代女の月）

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889

Woodblock print of Heian-period figures beside a willow tree, with a wooden bridge and boats in the misty background.

源氏五十四帖四十五橋姫

Ogata Gekkō, 1893

Woodblock print of a samurai in patterned kimono swinging a sword at a man in blue in an interior room.

誠忠義臣名々鏡〔も〕富守祐右衛門正固

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a pink kimono before cherry blossoms, pines, and a river with a bridge and boat.

仇競今様姿隅田堤の桜

Woodblock print of women on a boat with red lanterns on a river, by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894.

両国川開の花火

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1894

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with blue and red face makeup and a patterned red robe against a dark blue background.

佐々木高綱坂東彦三郎薪水

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dragon-patterned red robe holding a sword against a dark blue background.

古郡常久片岡我童・和泉の次郎市川団十郎・親衡妻更科岩井半四郎・和田秀行片岡我当

Toyohara Kunichika, 1876

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in purple peering over a scowling bald man in plaid holding a staff, red background.

舟瀬佐治太夫中村仲蔵・刀次郎妻きね岩井小紫・犬山道節市川団十郎・犬山荘介市川左団次

Toyohara Kunichika, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono on a veranda with irises, a lantern, and a tray of sweets.

五節掛物ノ内五月

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in European dress holding a black parasol, with a man beside her and calligraphy text.

仏蘭西

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861

Woodblock print of a fierce warrior in a patterned yellow and red robe with a sword and spear on dark blue.

月百姿朧夜月熊坂

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Three-panel Japanese print of women in kimono on a wooden bridge with a parasol, pines and townhouses behind.

[上野三枚橋之図]

Chobunsai Eishi

Ink drawing of balloons with netting, a parachutist descending, and a smoke trail, with Japanese inscriptions on a yellow she

歌舞伎座浄瑠璃狂言上野公園博物館の場

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1891

Woodblock print of two long-haired women on a seashore in patterned trousers beside a pine tree, with birds overhead.

中納言行平朝臣左遷須磨浦逢村雨松風ニ蜑戯図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono, a cat on a leash, a samurai with a fan, and plum blossoms.

〔里見八犬伝〕

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a pale ghostly figure standing over a kneeling man in a patterned robe on a wooden veranda at night.

月百姿住よしの名月定家卿

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Japanese woodblock print of two women in blue patterned kimono beside yellow flowering shrubs and a bamboo fence with a strea

名所合六玉川山しろ井手

Utagawa Sadahide

Woodblock print of a muscular sumo wrestler in a blue loincloth gripping a rope-bound bamboo frame beside a pillar.

新撰東錦絵神明相撲闘争之図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with banners, pine trees and mountains behind.

東海道名所之内酒匂川

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1863

Woodblock print of a standing man in dark kimono beside a large pale lantern, with Japanese calligraphy on a pink background.

三番組あ組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1858

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue striped kimono, with a view of Mount Fuji and a river in the background.

七ツいろは東都富士尽たいがみの権太・すみだ河のふし

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono with a cat and cherry blossoms in the upper panel.

源氏雲浮世絵合若菜下

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woman in lavender kimono with golden hairpins among falling cherry petals against a gray background, Japanese woodblock print

新形三十六怪撰小町桜の情

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1902

Japanese woodblock print of two courtly figures on a veranda beside a river, with fireflies and a calligraphic poem above.

蛍

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of men struggling with kite lines by a stone wall and waterfall, with a tightrope walker behind them

江戸名所道戯尽二十九虎の御門外の景

Utagawa Hirokage, 1859