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Usuyuki: The Kogo Scene (Usuyuki Kogo no dan), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)" by Okumura Masanobu

Usuyuki: The Kogo Scene (Usuyuki Kogo no dan), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1705/06

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)" by Isoda Koryusai

Komachi and the Stupa (Sotoba Komachi), from the series "Informal Parodies of the Seven Komachi in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro ryaku nana Komachi)"

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1776/81

Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijuniban Settsu no kuni Sojiji), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)" by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Soji Temple in Settsu Province, No. 22 on the Saikoku Pilgrimage Route (Saikoku junrei nijuniban Settsu no kuni Sojiji), from the series "The Miracles of Kannon (Kannon reigenki)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1859

View of Shiba Coast (Shibaura no kei), with shades of light blue water, No.108 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige

View of Shiba Coast (Shibaura no kei), with shades of light blue water, No.108 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

The Great Harbor in London, England (Egirisu, Rondon taiko) by Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

The Great Harbor in London, England (Egirisu, Rondon taiko)

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), 1862

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Five Morality Tales from the Avadana Kalpalata Jataka by Unknown

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Five Morality Tales from the Avadana Kalpalata Jataka

Unknown, late 18th century

Covered Tripod Caldron (Ding) with Geometric Designs by Unknown

Covered Tripod Caldron (Ding) with Geometric Designs

Unknown, Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

Emblem of the God Shiva (<em>Linga</em>) by Khmer

Emblem of the God Shiva (<em>Linga</em>)

Khmer, Angkor period, 9th–13th century

Sazai Hall of the Five Hundred Rakan Temple (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaido), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige

Sazai Hall of the Five Hundred Rakan Temple (Gohyaku Rakan Sazaido), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

View of Tsukuda Island from Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi Tsukudajima), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year by Kitagawa Utamaro

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/99

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel by Unknown

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Unknown, c. 1700

Mount Kusuri on the Road to Zenko Temple, Shinshu Province (Shinshu Zenkoji michi Kusuriyama) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)” by Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

Mount Kusuri on the Road to Zenko Temple, Shinshu Province (Shinshu Zenkoji michi Kusuriyama) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu), 1859

Longevity: Wo Quan (Ju, Akusen), from an untitled series of happiness, prosperity, and longevity by Yashima Gakutei

Longevity: Wo Quan (Ju, Akusen), from an untitled series of happiness, prosperity, and longevity

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1824

Women Washing Clothes by Torii Kiyonaga

Women Washing Clothes

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1788

Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko toka)" by Kitagawa Utamaro

Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko toka)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Bowl by Unknown

Bowl

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Okabe, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Okabe, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II (formerly Utagawa Shirogoro) as Matsuomaru and Azumo Tozo I as Sakuramaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater, 1750 by Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II (formerly Utagawa Shirogoro) as Matsuomaru and Azumo Tozo I as Sakuramaru in the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," performed at the Morita Theater, 1750

Ishikawa Toyonobu, 1750

Hotei Balances a Young Man on His Arm by Masunobu

Hotei Balances a Young Man on His Arm

Masunobu, c. early 1770s

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Hanasaki of the Daimonjiya by Chôbunsai Eishi

Beauties Parodying the Seven Sages - A Selection of Younger Courtesans (Shichi kenjin yatsushi bijin shinzo zoroe): Hanasaki of the Daimonjiya

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro), from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Hakoomaru (Soga no Goro), from the series "Illustrated Tale of the Soga Brothers (Soga monogatari zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1843/47

The actors Ichikawa Yaozo lll (R) as Fuwa Banzaemon and Sakata Hangoro lll (L) as Kosodate Kannonbo by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actors Ichikawa Yaozo lll (R) as Fuwa Banzaemon and Sakata Hangoro lll (L) as Kosodate Kannonbo

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I and Segawa Kikunojo I as lovers under an umbrella by Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I and Segawa Kikunojo I as lovers under an umbrella

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1740s

Kannon Shrine at Kiyo Falls at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō, from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri) by Katsushika Hokusai

Kannon Shrine at Kiyo Falls at Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō, from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)

Katsushika Hokusai, About 1833

Zhang Qing (Botu'usen Chosei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Zhang Qing (Botu'usen Chosei), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1827/30

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Fuwa Banzaemon in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748 by Torii Kiyoshige

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro II as Fuwa Banzaemon in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748

Torii Kiyoshige, 1748

Parody of courtly insect hunt by Chôbunsai Eishi

Parody of courtly insect hunt

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1791/92

Imayo shokunin zukushi uta awase by Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

Imayo shokunin zukushi uta awase

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai), Unkown

Izu Province: Hot Springs of the Shuzen Temple (Izu, Shuzenji tojiba), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Izu Province: Hot Springs of the Shuzen Temple (Izu, Shuzenji tojiba), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Shinagawa: Sunrise (Shinagawa, hinode), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Shinagawa: Sunrise (Shinagawa, hinode), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1833/34

Shinano Province: The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Rice Fields near Mount Kyôdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyōdaisan), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Rokujūyoshū meisho zue) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Shinano Province: The Moon Reflected in the Sarashina Rice Fields near Mount Kyôdai (Shinano, Sarashina tagoto no tsuki, Kyōdaisan), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces (Rokujūyoshū meisho zue)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853

Nakamura Sukegoro I holding a sword by Torii Kiyoshige

Nakamura Sukegoro I holding a sword

Torii Kiyoshige, c. 1757

English (Igirisujin), from the series "A Collection of Various Countries (Bankoku zukushi)" by Utagawa Yoshitora

English (Igirisujin), from the series "A Collection of Various Countries (Bankoku zukushi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

The Poetess Michitsuna no Haha, from the series "The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)" by Chôbunsai Eishi

The Poetess Michitsuna no Haha, from the series "The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets (Nishikizuri onna sanjurokkasen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period (1615–1868), 1801

Fishing (Senadori no zu), from the series "Dutch Perspective Pictures (Oranda uki-e)" by Utagawa Toyoharu

Fishing (Senadori no zu), from the series "Dutch Perspective Pictures (Oranda uki-e)"

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1768

Young Woman Dressed as a Mendicant Monk by Suzuki Harunobu

Young Woman Dressed as a Mendicant Monk

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1770

Perspective Picture of a Kabuki Theater (Uki-e Kabuki shibai no zu) by Utagawa Toyoharu

Perspective Picture of a Kabuki Theater (Uki-e Kabuki shibai no zu)

Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1776

Koto and New Year’s Offering, illustration for The Akoya Beach Shell (Akoyagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Koto and New Year’s Offering, illustration for The Akoya Beach Shell (Akoyagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821

The Common Marigold and The Rajoman Flowers by Kubo Shunman

The Common Marigold and The Rajoman Flowers

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Yellow Roses (Yae yamabuki) and Creeping Saxifrages (Yukinoshita), from the series "Collection of Plants for the Kasumi Poetry Circle (Kasumi-ren somoku awase)" by Kubo Shunman

Yellow Roses (Yae yamabuki) and Creeping Saxifrages (Yukinoshita), from the series "Collection of Plants for the Kasumi Poetry Circle (Kasumi-ren somoku awase)"

Kubo Shunman, 1810s

A Giant Radish, Chrysanthemums, and Ferns by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

A Giant Radish, Chrysanthemums, and Ferns

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, About 1820

Incense Burner. Chrysanthemums, and Camellias by Tanaka Shutei

Incense Burner. Chrysanthemums, and Camellias

Tanaka Shutei, 1848

Votive plaque of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Sasaki Takatsuna by Utagawa Hiroshige

Votive plaque of the actor Bando Mitsugoro III as Sasaki Takatsuna

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1821

Usugumo, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by Yashima Gakutei

Usugumo, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

Yashima Gakutei, c. 1822

Fans decorated with motifs of the three auspicious dreams of the New Year by Totoya Hokkei

Fans decorated with motifs of the three auspicious dreams of the New Year

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1821

A Quiver of Arrows, a Potted Plum near a Low Screen by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

A Quiver of Arrows, a Potted Plum near a Low Screen

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century

The Dream of the Bell, Birthday Greeting for a Priest on his 96th Anniversery by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

The Dream of the Bell, Birthday Greeting for a Priest on his 96th Anniversery

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century

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