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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 sumo wrestlers in a ring ceremony, one holding a ceremonial sword, with printed names and title.

秀ノ山雷五郎横綱土俵入之図

Utagawa Kunisada

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 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 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

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

Woodblock print of boatmen on a ferry with sailing ships, mountains and a shoreline under a golden sky.

東海道五拾三次荒井・渡舟ノ図

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

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 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

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 travelers on a steep mountain path lined with pines, with a cartouche reading Wada.

二拾九木曽海道六拾九次之内和田

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 seated women in an interior with a maple-patterned screen, a flute player, and plum blossoms outside.

其姿紫の写絵五十二

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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 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

Japanese woodblock print of a rainy veranda with a woman at a doorway and a couple embracing, beside a column of printed text

錦画百事新聞.第百八十六号

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1876

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

一番組万組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1858

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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 rising moon over rice fields, with pines, two women and a child walking, and a seated picnic group.

東都名所.道潅山虫聞之図

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

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 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

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

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 street with a blue-roofed shop, hanging tie-dyed cloths, pedestrians, and a pack horse.

有松絞の図

Utagawa Hiroshige

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 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 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