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A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Miyajima in Snow (Yuki no Miyajima), 1929

Kawase Hasui

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Takashima Ohisa, c. 1795

Kitagawa Utamaro

A work made of woodblock print; oban.

Courting Komachi (Kayoi Komachi), from the series Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake), Edo period (1615–1868), 1705/06

Okumura Masanobu

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

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku I as a peddler of tooth-blackening dye, c. 1727

Torii Kiyomasu II

Panel of fabric and paper, central circle formed by thin vertical strips; top half colored blue.

Americans Baking Bread (Amerikajin pan wo yaku zu), 1861

Utagawa Yoshikazu

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Togetsu Bridge at Arashiyama in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Arashiyama no Togetsukyo), from the series "Unusual Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran)", c. 1833/34

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

Shikata nue, from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)", c. 1705/06

Okumura Masanobu

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)", c. 1780

Torii Kiyonaga

A work made of porcelain with enamel decoration.

Arita Ware Kakiemon Floral-shaped Bowl, late 17th/early 18th century

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

The Actor Shinomiya Heihachi I, c. 1703

Torii Kiyonobu I

A work made of color woodblock print; koban.

Oystercatchers, c. 1833/34

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi"), c. 1794/95

Kitagawa Utamaro

A color woodblock print of an actor, seen from chest up, in a cream, red, black and green garment, a dramatic facial expression and hand gesture

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase)", c. 1793/97

Eishosai Choki

Insect, from Milestones of the Season (Shibunshū “Kisetsu-hyō”)

Insect, from Milestones of the Season (Shibunshū “Kisetsu-hyō”), 1935

Onchi Kōshirō

Papers with Japanese text hang from a tree bearing red and gold leaves.

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips, 1654/81

Tosa Mitsuoki

A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Ejiri—No. 19, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

A work made of color woodblock prints; horizontal koban.

Ryogoku Bridge, from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei), 1804/16

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of color woodblock print; chuban.

The Evening Bell of the Clock (Tokei no bansho), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1766

Suzuki Harunobu

A work made of color woodblcok print; oban.

Otsu—No. 54, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

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