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The Noda Jewel River, from a hexaptych depicting the Six Jewel Rivers by Kubo Shunman

The Noda Jewel River, from a hexaptych depicting the Six Jewel Rivers

Kubo Shunman, c. 1781/89

The Eighth Month (Hachi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Eighth Month (Hachi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Reading and Playing Shamisen in Winter by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Reading and Playing Shamisen in Winter

Utagawa Toyokuni I, late 18th to early 19th century

The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta no kaijo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta no kaijo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Visitors to Enoshima, from the album "Mountains of the Four Quarters (Yomo no yama)" by Kubo Shunman

Visitors to Enoshima, from the album "Mountains of the Four Quarters (Yomo no yama)"

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Three Girls at Temple Gate by Kubo Shunman

Three Girls at Temple Gate

Kubo Shunman, possibly 1799

Russians (Oroshiajin) by Utagawa Yoshikazu

Russians (Oroshiajin)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as An no Heibei in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789 by Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as An no Heibei in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1789

The actor Segawa Kikunojo and a young woman kicking a ball by Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Segawa Kikunojo and a young woman kicking a ball

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1836

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin by Chôbunsai Eishi

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period, 1798

Courtesan Dreaming of Procession by Kubo Shunman

Courtesan Dreaming of Procession

Kubo Shunman, 1814

Man Crossing a Bridge as the Sun Rises, from an untitled edition (without poetry) of the illustrations for the series "Five Prints of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Man Crossing a Bridge as the Sun Rises, from an untitled edition (without poetry) of the illustrations for the series "Five Prints of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Koroku in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765 by Torii Kiyomitsu I

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Koroku in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1765

Candlestick (Sham'dan) with Scenes of Monthly Labors by Islamic

Candlestick (Sham'dan) with Scenes of Monthly Labors

Islamic, 13th century

The Crossing of the Tanabata Boat (Tanabata no towataru fune) by Okumura Masanobu

The Crossing of the Tanabata Boat (Tanabata no towataru fune)

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1715

The Port of London, England (Igirisu Rondon no kaiko), from the series "Collection of Scenic Places in Foreign Lands (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)" by Utagawa Yoshitora

The Port of London, England (Igirisu Rondon no kaiko), from the series "Collection of Scenic Places in Foreign Lands (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

Minakuchi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Minakuchi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Tokaido with Poem (Kyoka iri Tokaido)

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1837/42

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals: A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)" by Okumura Masanobu

Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals: A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1748

Englishmen (Igirisujin) by Utagawa Yoshikazu

Englishmen (Igirisujin)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

The First Work in the New Year (Saiko hajime) by Kubo Shunman

The First Work in the New Year (Saiko hajime)

Kubo Shunman, c. 1790s

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill by Chôbunsai Eishi

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1787

The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series "View of Mount Fuji from Edo (Edo no Fuji)" by Totoya Hokkei

The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series "View of Mount Fuji from Edo (Edo no Fuji)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1832

Shono, Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, and Tsuchiyama, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Shono, Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, and Tsuchiyama, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830/35

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons by Utagawa Kuniyasu

Beauty representing spring, from an untitled series of beauties representing the four seasons

Utagawa Kuniyasu, c. 1818/30

Asahina Saburo throwing beans by Totoya Hokkei

Asahina Saburo throwing beans

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Akasaka—No. 37, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Akasaka—No. 37, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1847/52

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1801

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Kiichi Hogen Shinanguruma," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1754 by Nishimura Shigenaga

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ushiwakamaru in the play "Kiichi Hogen Shinanguruma," performed at the Morita Theater in the eleventh month, 1754

Nishimura Shigenaga, 1754

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1849

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Fujiwara no Shihei (Tokihira, Minister of the Left), in Ume Sakura Aioi-zoshi by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Fujiwara no Shihei (Tokihira, Minister of the Left), in Ume Sakura Aioi-zoshi

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1816

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715 by Torii Kiyonobu I

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1715

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1759 by Torii Kiyomitsu I

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatachiyama Horai Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1759

Collection of Pictures of the Actors in the Four Theatres (Shiza yakusha ezukushi), vol 2 by Furuyama Moroshige

Collection of Pictures of the Actors in the Four Theatres (Shiza yakusha ezukushi), vol 2

Furuyama Moroshige, n.d.

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763 by Torii Kiyomitsu I

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro I as Kyo no Jiro in the play "Fujibumi Sakae Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1763

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1763

The Actor Ichikawa Masuzo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Tokitsukaze Irifune Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1758 by Torii Kiyomitsu I

The Actor Ichikawa Masuzo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Tokitsukaze Irifune Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1758

Torii Kiyomitsu I, 1758

A Winding Stream Party (Kyokusui no en) by Utagawa Toyokuni I

A Winding Stream Party (Kyokusui no en)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Edo period

Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)" by Katsukawa Shuntei

Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”) by Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1795

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen by Chôbunsai Eishi

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

The Suetsumuhana Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Suetsumuhana), from a series of Genji parodies by Okumura Masanobu

The Suetsumuhana Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Suetsumuhana), from a series of Genji parodies

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1710

Two Lovers, Oshichi and Kichisaburo by Okumura Masanobu

Two Lovers, Oshichi and Kichisaburo

Okumura Masanobu, c. 1708

Bowl wih Vegetal Decoration by Islamic

Bowl wih Vegetal Decoration

Islamic, 13th/14th century

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the nun Seigen by Torii Kiyomitsu I

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the nun Seigen

Torii Kiyomitsu I, c. 1762

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725 by Torii Kiyonobu II

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725

Torii Kiyonobu II, 1725

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Soshu Miura no kaijo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Soshu Miura no kaijo), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

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