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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.

A Basket with Various Flowers, 1932

Ohara Koson

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

Print rendered in visible uniform lines of a 2/3 bust view of a dark-skinned mature woman looking to her left in a wide brim hat, a safety pin securing her black jacket. Her face and neck is a rich brown hue, while the rest of the portrait is rendered in black and white.

Sharecropper, 1952, printed 1970

Elizabeth Catlett

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

Print composed of a dense swirl of intersecting goldenrod and blue paint, one portion at right resembling an eye.

Portrait of a Poet, Inner Image, 1947

Onchi Kōshirō

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran), c. 1794/95

Kitagawa Utamaro

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Two Beauties in a Boat, c. 1768

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of color woodblock print; vertical oban diptych.

Image of a Japanese Woman (Fujo Yamato sugata), c. 1830/35

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

A work made of color woodblock print; o-oban yoko-e, benizuri-e.

The Harugoma Dance, c. 1764

Torii Kiyomitsu I

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Ukita Sakingo and Sawamura Sojuro III as the ghost of the courtesan Takao, in the play "Ominaeshi Sugata no Hatsuaki," performed at the Nakamura Theater, 1788, 1788

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

The Autumn Moon in the Mirror (Kyodai no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of color woodblock print.

Cat, from the series "Steady Gaze" ("Gyoshi"), n.d.

Saito Kiyoshi

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

The Actor Sanogawa Mangiku I as Sanada, the daughter of the spinner Itoya, with an attendant in the play "Hiragana Yomeiri Izu Nikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1718, 1718

Torii Kiyonobu I

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

Golden Pheasant (Kinkeicho), c. 1720/25

Okumura Masanobu

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