Act Seven, from the series "Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (Shichi-damme)", c. 1801/02

Kitagawa Utamaro

Brocade Carp from the series "Great Japanese Fish Picture Collection (Dai nihon gyorui gashu)", 1937

Ono Bakufu

The Actor Sawamura Kamesaburo as Nagoya Kosanza in the play "Keisei Fukubiki Nagoya," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1731, 1731

Okumura Toshinobu

From The Mountain Lake Screen Tachi Series, 1990

Ôkura Jirô

A Monkey Trainer and His Monkey, c. 1725

Okumura Masanobu

Landscape of the Four Seasons, c. 1560

Sesson Shukei

Hotei, from the series "Comparison of the Treasures of the Gods of Good Fortune (Fukujin takara awase)", c. 1795

Chôbunsai Eishi

Shinagawa: Teahouses at Samegafuchi (Shinagawa, Samegafuchi no chaya)—No. 2, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Snow at Mimeguri, Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei, Mimeguri bosetsu), from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho no uchi)", c. 1840/42

Utagawa Hiroshige

Parody of Kawachi-goe from "Tales of Ise", 1765

Suzuki Harunobu

The Actor Ichikawa Danzo IV as Soga no Goro Tokimune in the Play Chigo Suzuri Aoyagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1777, c. 1777

Katsukawa Shunsho

The actors Segawa Tomisaburo II (R) as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando, and Nakamura Manyo (L) as the servant Wakakusa, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku

The Actor Sakata Hangoro III as the Guard Yahazu no Yadahei in the Play Otokoyama O-Edo no Ishizue, Performed at the Kiri Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1794, c. 1794

Katsukawa Shun'en

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Utabikuni in the play "Fuji Miru Sato Sakae Soga" (?), performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1742, 1742

Torii Kiyomasu II

Double Pillow, c. 1794/95

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese white-eye and weeping cherry, c. 1830s

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Waka Murasaki Chapter from "The Tale of Genji" (Genji Waka Murasaki), from a series of Genji parodies, c. 1710

Okumura Masanobu

Act Five (Godanme), from the series "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)", c. 1830/35

Keisai Eisen

Sugoroku Players, c. 1750

Torii Kiyohiro

Goose on riverbank, c. 1833/34

Utagawa Hiroshige