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A work made of color woodblock; album sheet.

A Philosopher Watching a Pair of Butterflies, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai (Hokusai shashin gafu), c. 1814

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Shono, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Fox Fires on New Year's Eve at the Changing Tree in Oji (Oji shozoku enoki omisoka no kitsunebi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of silk, twill weave; gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips; lined with silk, plain weave.

Atsuita karaori (Noh Costume), Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Japanese white-eye and persimmons, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban yoko-e.

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix, 1765

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of color woodblock print; oban triptych.

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden, c. 1788/90

Kitagawa Utamaro

A work made of color woodblock print; yoko oban.

Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse, c. 1835/36

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Bell-Flower and Dragonfly, from an untitled series of large flowers, c. 1833/34

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as the Street-Walker Otsuyu in the Play Cho Chidori Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Second Month, 1779, c. 1779

Katsukawa Shunsho

Somewhat abstract print evoking a blue book on a round wooden table. On a yellow background is superimposed a pale-blue rectangle within which the outlines of several other rectangles are arranged, radiating above the same general speace. The word "Poema" is written in large letters within the largest outlined rectangle.

Composition No. 2: Character (Still Life), 1949

Onchi Kōshirō

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Descending Geese of the Koto Bridges (Kotoji no rakugan), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Suzuki Harunobu

A sloping orange-red mountain with a single peak rises from the lower-left quadrant of the work, the peak cresting at upper right. The mountain’s base, speckled with trees, is green, while its peak, lined with white show, is mostly brown. A rich blue sky above the mountain is crowded with long, thin, fluffy clouds.

A Mild Breeze on a Fine Day (Gaifu kaisei), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; oban hexaptych (one of a pair of triptychs).

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita), c. 1795/96

Kitagawa Utamaro

A work made of color woodblock print.

A Basket with Various Flowers, 1932

Ohara Koson

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I, c. 1731

Torii Kiyomasu II

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Kuwana, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Evening Glow of a Lamp (Andon no sekisho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of wood with traces of polychromy.

Bishamon, 11th century

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