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Woodblock print of three women in kimono playing shamisen, flute and drum on a veranda with autumn maple leaves.

婦人風俗尽三曲

Ogata Gekkō, 1897

Woodblock print of two women in kimono seated in an interior with a folding screen, lacquer table and a sleeping cat.

小車

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woman with long black hair in a patterned kimono stands by waves under a moon, with petals falling in a Japanese woodblock pr

新形三十六怪撰清姫日高川に蛇躰と成る図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Japanese woodblock print of a man with raised sword and an elderly bearded man beside a kettle over a hearth, snow outside.

撰雪六六談奇術の鍋蓋

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1893

Woodblock print of farmers harvesting rice near thatched houses, a wooden bridge, and hills under a pale sky.

百人一首うはかゑとき.天智天皇

Katsushika Hokusai

Woji print of a woman playing koto at night while an attendant lifts a blind toward a full moon and pine branches.

月百姿西宮夜静百花香欲捲珠簾春恨長斜抱雲和深見月朧々樹色隠照陽王昌齢

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887

Woodblock album page with four figures in colorful robes and armor on blue ground, with Japanese text panels.

武者鑑一名人相合南伝二

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a woman seated on a veranda under cherry blossoms as a man in purple robes approaches.

源氏五十四帖八花宴

Ogata Gekkō, 1868

Woodblock print of a muscular warrior with blue headband holding a wounded figure, with poem panel above.

魁題百撰相鷺池平九郎

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1868

Woodblock print of two women in kimono before a misty mountain landscape, one holding a round fan.

（無題）

Katsukawa Shunshō

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in blue kimono fishing from a boat by a wooded headland, with a poem cartouche.

東海道五十三対神奈川の駅浦島づか

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a bloodied man in plaid kimono holding a lantern and drawn sword on a wooden floor, with white birds.

新撰東錦絵・佐野次郎左衛門の話

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Woodblock print of red flowering quince branches in front of a pine tree, wooden fence and garden.

東都巣鴨海棠

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black patterned robes with a sword, on a yellow background, with a title cartouche.

見立外題尽

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a seated man in a robe with a kneeling attendant under a full moon behind bamboo.

月百姿（仮庵の月）

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890

Woodblock print of three Japanese women in kimono in an interior, with a hanging bamboo scroll, a cat, and a garden view.

東風俗福つくし双幅

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors: struggling men and a child above, a scowling man in patterned robe below.

犬田小文吾・白藤源太安房・上総

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a patterned kimono before a gold pine-painted screen, with attendants seated inside.

撰雪六六談六朔貢加賀中将

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1893

Woodblock print of a celestial woman descending on clouds toward a kneeling old man beside bamboo, under a full moon.

つきの百姿月宮迎竹とり

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of a robed figure and kneeling attendant beside bonsai plants, with calligraphy panel on yellow grou

小倉擬百人一首持統天皇

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of Matsushima bay with pine-covered islands, sailboats, geese in the sky and distant mountains at dusk.

諸国名所百景奥州松島真景

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of fishermen by a river beneath a wooden bridge in a green ravine, with a red sunset sky.

東都名所お茶の水の図

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1853

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a black kimono with a blue patterned obi and gold hair ornaments.

今様すかた五色染

Japanese woodblock print of four sumo wrestlers seated at a banquet in patterned kimono, with calligraphy above.

西の方関取相撲繁栄遊宴之図御用木・君ケ嶽・荒熊・友綱・階ケ嶽・黒雲・黒柳・荒岩・猪王山・天津風・荒馬・秀の山

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a cherry blossom picnic with figures in kimono, a shamisen player, and Mount Fuji behind.

江戸名所道戯尽五飛鳥山の花見

Utagawa Hirokage, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in blue checkered kimono with boats and rocky coast in an inset above.

山海愛たい図会しまたになってみたい

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in circular medallions on a red background, one with a fan and one in checkered kimono.

松王丸／安倍保名

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a sumo wrestler in a blue mawashi and straw rope, standing barefoot against a blue background.

猪王山森右エ門

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1853

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in grey kimono with gold crests, biting a red tube, with a second figure behind him.

見立十二支の内子仁木弾正・荒獅子男之介

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a woman in a checked kimono leaning from a wooden boat above rough sea waves, holding a red-edged cloth.

見立多以尽手があらひたい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Woodblock print of a boy in a blue kimono with a bow, a cat, arrows, and children beside a painted folding screen.

見立石橋山子供遊之図

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of pine trees, a wooden house and a red sun, with men and a palanquin along a stone wall below.

義士評定之図

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two monks praying on a rocky riverbank by a tree, with pink smoke curling in the night scene.

日蓮上人石和河にて鵜飼の迷魂を済度したまふ図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a man in a blue robe with a sword beside bamboo and snowy rocks, with Japanese text panel.

劉公島官舎ニ丁汝昌遺書ヲ程壁光ヘ托シ衆ニ代リテ決死ヲ計ル図

Migita Toshihide

Woodblock print of a man in a wide hat and yellow cloak holding a smoking cannon, with Japanese text at upper right.

近世義勇伝大関和七郎

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Woodblock print of armored samurai, one kneeling over a wounded warrior, with a tiger pelt and vertical text panel.

太平記英勇傳阿佐井備前守仲政

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847

Woodblock print of soldiers climbing a stormy mountain slope with red banners and bursts of fire under driving rain.

皇国一新見聞誌米舩鹿児嶋戦争

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1876

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono writing at a desk, with a travelers scene inset on a screen beside her.

契情道中双〔ロク〕見立よしはら五十三つゐ姿海老屋内七人ごゆ

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in dark costumes and patterned robes, with a large paper lantern held aloft.

下手勘太・夏目四郎三郎・自来也実ハ鬼神お松・下手光蔵・下手衆三

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two women in an interior with a child outside beneath a maple tree with red leaves.

同薄雲・吉原大文字歌之助・同千とり

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a garden with yellow shrubs, pink blossoms and stepping stones.

千代田の大奥お庭あるき

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a seated man reading, with a waterfall and ox cart behind them.

見立廿四孝江革

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1855

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an interior, one ladling water by a basin, with a poem card on the wall.

とこ夏の話

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a dark robe beside a large white ceremonial hat, with a lantern sign above.

五番組ふ組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1859

Woodblock print of a woman with a gold hair ornament leaning on a wooden boat railing beside a green awning over blue water.

四季遊観

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two figures in rope baskets gathering from a steep green cliff above a rushing blue stream.

諸国名所百景紀州熊野岩茸取

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1860

Woodblock print of two men in red and patterned kimono beside straw bales, with a poem and autumn leaves in an upper inset.

ぬれかミ・はなれごま

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print with a woman at a loom, a woman at a wooden device, a lantern, and a steamship at sea.

横浜見物図会飯製之図・車仕掛の織物・高燈籠・蒸気船

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai swordsman facing a mounted warrior through smoke, with a mountain and text panel above.

鹿児島両勇一騎討之図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono with Mount Fuji, a thatched house and palanquins behind her.

東海道五十三次の内三島おせん

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese triptych print of women in kimono on a ferry boat crossing a river past blossoming cherry trees in spring.

花見帰り隅田の渡し

Woodblock print of a standing man in a patterned kimono beside a large white paper lantern, with Japanese inscriptions.

中組七組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a red floral kimono with white chrysanthemum hair ornaments and a black chignon.

秋色藤川花友

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of an archer drawing a bow beside a woman in blue kimono on a red railed platform, with pagodas in clouds beh

新形三十六怪撰藤原秀郷竜宮城蜈蚣を射るの図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1898

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono by a window, with a river landscape inset panel above her.

傾城道中双〔ロク〕見立よしハら五十三ツゐ玉屋内白菊川崎

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red patterned costume beside a woman with blue flowers in her hair.

義経の妾静御前／佐藤四郎兵衛忠信

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a seated archer in a green robe beside a veranda and tree, with a poem cartouche, by Yoshitoshi.

月百姿ほとゝきすなをも雲ゐに上るかな頼政とりあへす弓張月のいるにまかせて

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono beside plum blossoms and a bamboo fence, with papers blowing in the wind.

色香もどこやらにはかの大風

Toyohara Kunichika, 1893

Japanese woodblock print of two costumed figures among cherry blossoms, with a poet portrait cartouche above.

小倉擬百人一首前大僧正慈円

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a woman in a purple kimono holding a brush beside white plum blossoms on a red background.

美人七陽華正五位西洞院成子

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a dark kimono holding a pole with a large white paper tassel, peach background.

南組六組

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono with morning glory hair ornament, before a distant mountain and blue sea.

東海道五十三次の内金谷朝顔

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a woman in blue kimono and a man in striped robe beside a stone lantern and pine tree.

皇都会席別品競深川平清

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Woodblock print of a procession with red and blue banners passing pine trees, a rice field and rooftops beyond.

末広五十三次.四十池鯉鮒

Utagawa Sadahide, 1865