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The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actors Segawa Kikunojo III (R) as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sawamura Sojuro III (L) as Nagoya Sanza Motoharu

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Koraiya Kinsho by Tōshūsai Sharaku

Koraiya Kinsho

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma) by Tōshūsai Sharaku

Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The actors Nakajima Wadaemon (R) as Bodara Chozaemon and Nakamura Konozo (L) as Gon of the boat-keeper Kanagawaya by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actors Nakajima Wadaemon (R) as Bodara Chozaemon and Nakamura Konozo (L) as Gon of the boat-keeper Kanagawaya

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Ichikawa Omezo as the manservant Ippei

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Shiga Daishichi

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Yamashina Shirojuro as Nagoya Sanzaemon (Yamashina Shirojuro no Nagoya Sanzaemon) by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The Actor Yamashina Shirojuro as Nagoya Sanzaemon (Yamashina Shirojuro no Nagoya Sanzaemon)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794 (Kansei 6)

The actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai by Tōshūsai Sharaku

The actor Bando Hikosaburo III as Sagisaka Sanai

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famous Poem (Uruo Toshi Meika no Homare)," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1794 by Tōshūsai Sharaku

Nakamura Nakazo II as Prince Koretaka disguised as the farmer Tsuchizo in the play "Intercalary Year Praise of a Famous Poem (Uruo Toshi Meika no Homare)," performed at the Miyako Theater in the eleventh month, 1794

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Morita Kan'ya Vll in the Role of Yura Hyogonosuke Nobutada by Tōshūsai Sharaku

Morita Kan'ya Vll in the Role of Yura Hyogonosuke Nobutada

Tōshūsai Sharaku, c. 1794

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura by Katsukawa Shunchô

Parody of the Letter-Reading Scene in Chushingura

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Women Walking by a Moat by Katsukawa Shunchô

Women Walking by a Moat

Katsukawa Shunchô, 1780s

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River by Kitagawa Utamaro

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96

Tatsuta, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kôgyo

Tatsuta, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898

Sanemori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kôgyo

Sanemori, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898

A Peddler of Colored Cloth (fukusa) by Torii Kiyotomo

A Peddler of Colored Cloth (fukusa)

Torii Kiyotomo, c. 1724

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oishi (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura (?), Performed at the Nakamora Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1780 (?) by Katsukawa Shunsho

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Oishi (?) in the Play Kanadehon Chushin Nagori no Kura (?), Performed at the Nakamora Theater (?) in the Ninth Month, 1780 (?)

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1780

The Actor Anegawa Chiyosaburo from Kyoto by Nishimura Shigenobu

The Actor Anegawa Chiyosaburo from Kyoto

Nishimura Shigenobu, 1734

Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, n.d.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Umeo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768 by Ippitsusai Buncho

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Umeo-maru in the Play Ayatsuri Kabuki Ogi, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Seventh Month, 1768

Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1768

Woman and Child Looking Out at Plum Tree in Garden by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Woman and Child Looking Out at Plum Tree in Garden

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century

Jewel of the Full Tide (Manju), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)" by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Jewel of the Full Tide (Manju), from the series "The Palace of the Dragon King (Ryugu)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, 1820

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Minamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Minamoto no Yoshiie on horseback and a bird on a branch, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life (耕作図屏風) by Kano Yasunobu

Monkey Trainers and Scenes of Chinese Life (耕作図屏風)

Kano Yasunobu, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Plum blossoms and poet, from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Empress Komyo (Komyoko), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)" by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Empress Komyo (Komyoko), from the series "Three Beautiful Women (San bijin)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1820

Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Landscape and Oharame (a woman from Ohara), from an untitled hexaptych depicting a pair of folding screens

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1825

Yellow (Ki), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)" by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Yellow (Ki), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, c. 1820

Ladies Drinking Tea by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Ladies Drinking Tea

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, date unknown

Mii Temple, from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)" by Ryuryukyo Shinsai

Mii Temple, from the series "Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai, early 19th century

Komachi, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)" by Chôbunsai Eishi

Komachi, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/90

Cranes at the Sea Shore by Suzuki Harunobu

Cranes at the Sea Shore

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768

Seio-bo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)" by Tsukioka Kôgyo

Seio-bo, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898/1903

Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a Mendicant Monk in “Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide” (“Keisei Ide no yamabuki”) by Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as a Mendicant Monk in “Courtesan: Kerria Roses at Ide” (“Keisei Ide no yamabuki”)

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, About 1787

Scenting a kimono with incense by Yanagawa Shigenobu I

Scenting a kimono with incense

Yanagawa Shigenobu I, n.d.

Chisho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)" by Tsukioka Kôgyo

Chisho, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"

Tsukioka Kôgyo, 1898

Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums by Xugu

Crested Myna Birds and Chrysanthemums

Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1892

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actors Ichikawa Ebizo V and Ichikawa Saruzo I

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1849

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1825

Yoshitsune and Benkei at Ataka barrier by Ran-u

Yoshitsune and Benkei at Ataka barrier

Ran-u, 1765

Blade by Unknown

Blade

Unknown, Late Neolithic (3000BCE-2000BCE)

Momiji no ga, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)" by Chôbunsai Eishi

Momiji no ga, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1789/94

Abalone Divers by Kitagawa Utamaro

Abalone Divers

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1797/98

A Courtesan Reading a Letter by Chôbunsai Eishi

A Courtesan Reading a Letter

Chôbunsai Eishi, 1820/25

Blade by Unknown

Blade

Unknown, Shang dynasty (c.1600–1050 BC)

Sumirena: The Mistress of Yojiya (Yojiya musume, Sumirena), from the series "Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana ni yosu)" by Suzuki Harunobu

Sumirena: The Mistress of Yojiya (Yojiya musume, Sumirena), from the series "Beauties of the Floating World Compared to Flowers (Ukiyo bijin hana ni yosu)"

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1768/69

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