Obi (Belt), 1901/1925, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei"), c. 1795/96

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)", c. 1792/93

Kitagawa Utamaro

Obi (Belt), 1901/25, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

Jar Tops, 2005–2008

Jorre van Ast

Mihogaseki Beach in Izumo Province (Izumo Mihogaseki), from the series "Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (Tabi miyage dai sanshu)", 1924

Kawase Hasui

A Lady with Three Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)", c. 1783/84

Torii Kiyonaga

Ariwara no Narihirafrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), 1835–36

Katsushika Hokusai

The actors Ichikawa Tomiemon (R) as Kanisaka Toma and Sanogawa Ichimatsu III (L) as the Gion Prostitute Onayo, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Futakawa: Sarugababa—No. 34, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Reisho Tokaido, c. 1847/52

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Courier Kantan dreaming of Himself as a Daimyo (Hikyaku Kantan: yume no daimyo), no. 8 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays, c. 1716/35

Okumura Masanobu

Autumn Moon over Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)", 1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

Reflective Love, from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)", c. 1793/94

Kitagawa Utamaro

Fragment (Katagawa Obi), 1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

Yoro Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no kuni Yoro no taki), from the series Tour of the Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku Takimeguri), c. 1833

Katsushika Hokusai

Ishibe: Megawa Village (Ishibe, Megawa no sato), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34

Utagawa Hiroshige

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshu Ejiri), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku), About 1803

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb, c. 1795/96

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Koshu Kajikazawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", c. 1830/33

Katsushika Hokusai