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Woodblock print of a courtesan in a patterned kimono with an attendant bowing, beside lanterns and a painted screen.

Thirty-six Selected Famous Courtesans: Wakatae

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono and hairpins at a sliding door, with an inset of travelers on a mountain r

Courtesans' Board Game of the Road: Yoshiwara as the Fifty-three Stations - Somenosuke of the Ebiya, Akasaka

Woodblock print of a red-armored warrior facing a goddess emerging from a towering white wave.

Yoshitoshi's Courageous Warriors: Hōjō Tokimasa, Governor of Tōtōmi

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1883

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan under a full moon, with a night street, wooden houses and lantern behind her.

東都名所見立十二ケ月八月吉原かくの小さん

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print: a kneeling woman in floral kimono reaches toward a man at a window beside a pine tree, with a poem

小倉擬百人一首

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of two samurai under a full moon, with calligraphy text panel and red title cartouche.

Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan: Ōishi Kuranosuke

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Japanese woodblock print of tumbling men in patterned kimono among splintered wood, with a circular landscape vignette above.

書画五拾三駅駿河鞠子宿場ノ狂戯

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Ukiyo-e print of three figures sheltering from rain under a yellow umbrella, one crouching in red, against a dark background.

夕立雨やどりの図

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854

Woodblock print of a man with a raised knife attacking a woman on the floor, with blood spattered across a pale wall.

郵便報知新聞第五百六十五号

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print with two kabuki actor portraits and two calligraphy panels in black frames, Utagawa Toyokuni.

教訓いろはたとゑみ・佐々木源之助／し・浮世伊之助

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black robe at a red railing, with a seated attendant below.

踊形容外題尽樓門五三桐南禅寺の場

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of travelers in rain crossing a snowy plain below mountains, with a red title cartouche at upper right.

末広五十三次.原

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865

Woodblock print of a crowd of sumo wrestlers with name labels, a seated figure in a striped kimono, and a straw bale in the f

君ケ嶽・雲竜・雲早山・熊ケ嶽・滝ノ尾・荒岩・谷嵐・秀の山・小柳・猪王山・荒熊・響灘・式守伊之助・栄治・黒岩・象ケ鼻・鶴ケ峰・一力・宝川・厳嶋・階ケ嶽・六ツケ峰・荒馬・常山・鏡岩

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of a Western couple with a parasol and cane walking past ornate European buildings and a cupola tower.

亜墨利加賑之図

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman by a brazier while a pale ghost rises behind a screen, with snow outside.

新形三十六怪撰清玄の霊桜姫を慕ふの図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1889

Japanese woodblock print of tall pines, a samurai procession with banners on a hillside, and Mount Fuji with coastline.

末広五十三次.箱根

Utagawa Sadahide, 1865

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue floral kimono in wind-blown cherry petals, with other women and pine trees behind her.

東風俗福つくし風ふく

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Woodblock print of two samurai in armor under a cherry tree in bloom, one standing with arrows, one seated on grass.

芳年武者无類武蔵坊弁慶・九郎判官源義経

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1885

Woodblock print of a woman in orange robe and yellow hat beside a river, wooden bridge, boats and mountains.

東海道五十三次之内吉田之図

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a figure holding a large golden oar by a tiled roof, with pines, sailboats, and sea behind.

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Shiba Atagoyama

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a samurai in a blue kimono walking through falling snow beside a bare tree, with printed text above.

やまと新聞第三百八十六号附録やまと新聞附録第十六近世人物誌

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Woodblock print of a fierce armored warrior in blue and red armor striding forward with a raised bow.

暫鎌倉権五郎景政

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Woodblock print of a seated woman with a fan, with a top panel showing Mount Fuji, a bay, and pine trees.

双筆五十三次金谷

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1854

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child with a man in blue robe beside a basket, with pine branch and calligraphy panel

源氏雲浮世絵合椎が本

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a hooded woman in a striped robe beside a red lacquered chest, with a round river-view cartouche.

江戸花見尽

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a woman and boy before a red temple gate, with stone lanterns, stalls and trees behind them.

江戸自慢三十六興目黒不動餅花

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print with two women in an interior above and a man in purple robe with sword by blossoms below.

小野小町・久我之助山城・大和

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print page of three kabuki actor portraits with a sword-holding man, a woman with hairpins, and a man in gray.

中村加賀家附録中村鶴助・中村千之助・中村駒之助

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of a bay at dusk with sailboats, reeds, a shrine and pagoda, framed by large hands holding a rope.

名所江戸百景はねたのわたし弁天の社

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Woodblock print of a samurai in teal kimono striking a wild boar as a pale ghost reaches toward him, with a poem panel above.

誠忠義臣名々鏡ゑ岡田孫太夫豊成

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a noblewoman on a veranda watching two men in a garden with pine trees and a poem above.

蓬生

Utagawa Kunisada

Two women on a veranda above a lotus pond with pine trees and temple roofs in a Japanese woodblock print.

江戸自慢三十六興不忍池蓮花

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a dark-robed samurai with a drawn sword above a fallen figure, shadows of attackers on a shoji screen behi

てい女みさほ鏡

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in a black kimono holding a sword beside a golden candle stand with a crane and tortoise.

源氏後集余情ふちはかま

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of a giant turtle hanging over a river with sailboats, a fisherman, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

名所江戸百景深川万年橋

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a man in a black hat peering from a cave with bats flying around him and a sword in hand.

新形三十六怪撰仁田忠常洞中に奇異を見る図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1902

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actor portraits, one in a hexagonal frame with patterned robe, one on green ground in

雀形屏風の張交

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858

Woodblock print of rain falling over a river with boats, a bridge, and umbrella-carrying pedestrians on a hillside path.

名所江戸百景昌平橋聖堂神田川

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a woman in a dark kimono holding a red box in a snowy garden, with a child peeking from behind a rock.

四季心女遊冬

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a blue checkered kimono beside a blue bowl, sake bottle and stool.

湯治好

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of figures on a stone staircase beside a shrine gate, with two women in kimono in the foreground.

江戸自慢三十六興愛宕山毘沙門ノ使

Utagawa Hiroshige

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print: a boy struggles with a man on a bridge, and a kneeling figure in rain beneath a fallen um

雅立功名鑑日吉丸／上杉謙信

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1877

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono with a sword, under a fan panel of wind-blown grass and poetry.

俤けんじ五十四帖.二十八野分

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Japanese woodblock print of swirling whirlpools around a rocky islet with pine trees, a green headland and distant snowy moun

諸国名所百景阿波鳴戸真景

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a man playing flute beside a white horse under a full moon, with a woman in a thatched hut at right.

つきの百姿嵯峨野の月

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1891

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a staff beside a tea stall, kettle and large tree, with rice fields behind.

東海道五十三次之内袋井之図

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese woodblock print of a monk standing beside a kneeling scholar at a writing desk, with a temple on a hillside above.

観音霊験記秩父巡礼第十番万松山大慈寺摂州の儒士

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of an armored samurai with a drawn sword beside a fallen foe, pine tree and soldiers at night.

英雄六家撰楠正行

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a seated woman with a sake bottle, women on a riverboat, and a figure on a platform above.

源氏姿涼の図

Utagawa Kunisada, 1865

Woodblock print of a river at sunset with a yellow-sailed boat, pine trees, a wooden teahouse and travelers on the bank.

名所江戸百景にい宿のわたし

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woodblock print of a seated man in a black robe with a fan, a kneeling servant, a basket, and a poem panel above.

源氏雲浮世絵合関屋

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a teacup, with a red pagoda in an inset panel at upper left.

江戸名所百人美女浅草寺

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji above a green coast with pine trees and white-sailed boats on calm water at sunset.

武蔵野毛横はま

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Japanese woodblock print: armored samurai at night above a lake, and an elderly man with a child and crows beneath a persimmo

本朝忠孝鑑加藤肥後守清正／孝子佐五郎

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hair ornaments and a young man in a blue checkered robe, with vertical Japanese calligra

恋合端唄尽九重・おほう吉三

Utagawa Kunisada, 1860

Woodblock print of a large pine over a canal, with a poled boat carrying passengers and town rooftops at sunset.

名所江戸百景小奈木川五本まつ

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese woolblock print of a standing woman in patterned kimono, with an inset of a haloed monk reading a scroll.

妙でんす十六利勘煩悩損者

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a kabuki-style man in a purple fish-patterned kimono holding a red bundle on a dark blue background.

時代模筆当白波洲走の熊五郎

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woman in patterned kimono holding a flower to her lips, with children running in a grey panel above her, Japanese woodblock p

時代かゞみ文政之頃

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896

Japanese woodblock print with four zodiac-labeled figures, including a blue-faced creature, a seated man, a bearded elder, an

道外見富利十二志辰・巳・午・未

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors on a night stage, one raising a sword, with a seated woman and lanterns.

還結頼政武飾駒

Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle peering from behind a blue flowered curtain beside bamboo and striped bl

卅五〔すだれのかげの婦人〕

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1898

Woodblock print of a samurai in straw cape by bamboo, and a seated woman in patterned kimono beside a blue river.

忠孝名誉奇人伝八町礫喜平次

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a man in a blue patterned kimono holding a staff, with a pine branch above and calligraphy at right.

当世自筆鏡猟師峯蔵

Utagawa Kunisada, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a boy riding a giant red carp above, and a warrior with a bow below.

雅立功名鑑鬼若丸／武田勝千代

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1877

Woodblock print of a woman in layered robes at a bamboo blind, with men and a dog in a moonlit garden beyond.

源氏五十四帖卅五若菜下

Ogata Gekkō, 1893

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding an umbrella and lantern in a snowy garden with pine trees.

十二月ノ内霜月

Utagawa Kunisada, 1852

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a plumed hat and a woman in a pink skirt riding horses side by side, holding hands.

中天竺舶来之かるわざ横浜の地におゐて興行之図

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1864

Woodblock print of two men on a pebbled shore by rough blue waves, one standing with a sword, one lying down.

東海道五十三対藤川

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a sumo wrestler in plaid robe beside a samurai in black haori and green hakama on a wooden deck.

一ツ目橋関取場所行之図

Utagawa Kunisada, 1859

Woodblock print of samurai warriors in armor battling a horned blue demon, with a title cartouche in the upper right corner.

頼光四天王大江山鬼神退治之図

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1864

Japanese woodblock print of a man in a floral robe and straw cape mending a net on a wooden ferry boat on blue water.

隅田川渡場之図

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono resting by a railing with a teacup, with a cherry-blossom landscape inset ab

日くらしの里

Utagawa Kunisada, 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in checkered red sleeves reading an open book, with vertical Japanese text above.

見立多以尽洋行がしたい

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1878

Woodblock print of samurai battling on a red warship with arrows and swords, a man struggling in blue waves below.

源平八嶋大合戦

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese woodblock print with three kabuki actor portraits in colorful robes and bold makeup on a yellow background.

古今俳優似顔大全初代大谷広右衛門・二代目大谷広右衛門・三代目大谷広右衛門

Utagawa Kunisada, 1863

Woodblock print of a woman in a green striped skirt and a man in a blue patterned jacket beside an oil lamp.

外国人物図画南京

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a gilded palanquin procession under blossoming trees and pines, with attendants in formal dress.

王城加茂社風景

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, 1863

Woodblock print of an ornate red boat with striped banners and passengers under a curtained canopy on blue sea.

東海道舞坂

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Woodblock print of a costumed figure in a tall red-and-green hat beside a panel with a crane sketch and calligraphy.

書画五拾三駅相模大磯鴫立沢古跡

Utagawa Yoshitora

Woodblock print of two armored samurai with a bow and polearm beneath a cherry branch on a green hillside.

義家

Migita Toshihide, 1890

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a floral kimono beside a shoji screen, with blossoming trees visible outside.

（無題）

Utagawa Toyokuni

Colour woodblock print of two women in a traditional Japanese room, with a flag panel and calligraphy above.

新ばしいでのや徳治

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Ukiyo-e woodblock print of a woman with a yellow fan and a warrior in black robes, with butterflies and a scroll panel above.

源氏雲浮世絵合胡蝶

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a bearded monk holding a bowl under a full moon as seeds fall, seated on a rock in a dragon-patterned robe

月百姿梵僧月夜受桂子（阿羅漢）

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1891

Colour woodblock print of a formal procession of men in kimono with swords, pine trees and ceremonial banners behind them.

千代田之御表上野御成

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a woman with a raised sword fighting a giant octopus in blue waves, with a sailing boat above.

源氏雲浮世画合玉葛玉取蜑

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a woman in a boat with a green parasol, beneath a moon above waves and rocky cliffs.

月百姿いつくしまの月室遊女

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886

Woodblock print of three women in a Japanese interior with a cat, tea set and a yellow flower panel above.

柳ばし平和泉小かつ・同柳屋一六・同長谷川小せい

Toyohara Kunichika, 1881

Print of a man in blue kimono scattering coins from a tray to a crowd below a wooden balcony, with two onlookers.

撰雪六六談黄金の盛徳

Utagawa Yoshimune, 1892

Japanese woodblock print of a green mountain above the sea with red-sailed boats and a mounted rider on the shore.

舞坂

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Two hunters use large nets to catch ducks on a grassy hillside at dusk in a Japanese woodblock print.

諸国名所百景伊予峯越鳧坂網

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of armored samurai fighting with spears beside a pine tree, with a decorative blue border.

瓢軍談五十四場三十六武智十左衛門偽て死人と成り久吉に近付く

Utagawa Yoshitsuya

Japanese woodblock print of a standing man in a striped kimono holding two swords, with a vertical title cartouche.

響灘立吉

Utagawa Yoshitora

Woodblock print of the child hero Kintarō riding a black bear, holding an axe and a blue flame-patterned cloth.

金太郎山狩

Utagawa Hiroshige II

Woodblock print of a dancing figure in a striped kimono beneath cherry blossoms and willow branches.

三津人形.子供踊尽丹前奴

Utagawa Kuniyoshi