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A work made of wood with traces of polychromy.

Bishamon, 11th century

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 woodblock print (individual prints in portfolio: 1962.237.1-17).

Cover page of portfolio "Journey to the Homeland (Sokoku he no tabi)", 1947

Kitaoka Fumio

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 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 hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e.

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I, c. 1731

Torii Kiyomasu II

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 color woodblock print; chuban.

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

Katsushika Hokusai

Detailed, drawing-like woodblock print of a seated gray-haired Asian man in a casual robe peering closely at an artwork on paper he holds in his hands at eye level.

Onchi Kōshirō, 1952

Sekino Jun’ichirō

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 color woodblock print; oban.

Rain at Ushibori (Ame no Ushibori), 1929

Kawase Hasui

A work made of color woodblock print.

A Basket with Various Flowers, 1932

Ohara Koson

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban, surimono.

Lovers Dressing Beside a Window, 1765

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Hamaya of the Asahimaruya, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)", c. 1778/80

Isoda Koryusai

A work made of color woodblock print; naga-oban.

A Courtesan and her Attendant, c. 1803/04

Kitagawa Utamaro

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Omi Province: Lake Biwa and Ishiyama Temple (Omi, Biwako Ishiyamadera), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of color woodblock print; hosoban.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Hachio-maru Aratora in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774, c. 1774

Katsukawa Shunsho

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