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"Ho": Yatsuhashi Bridge in Mikawa Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)" by Katsukawa Shunsho

"Ho": Yatsuhashi Bridge in Mikawa Province, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772/73

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1787 by Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Okaru in the Play Kanadehon Chushingura, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eighth Month, 1787

Katsukawa Shun'ei, c. 1787

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in the first month, 1721 (?) by Torii Kiyonobu I

The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Oiso no Tora in the play "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga," performed at the Morita Theater in the first month, 1721 (?)

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1721

Qur'an leaf in Eastern Kufic script by Islamic

Qur'an leaf in Eastern Kufic script

Islamic, 11th century

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827 by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

The actor Onoe Kikugoro III as Nagoya Sanza in the play "Sato no Haru Meibutsu Amigasa," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the first month, 1827

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1827

Actor in riding garb by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Actor in riding garb

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1834

Recital on a verandah overlooking Sumida River by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Recital on a verandah overlooking Sumida River

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1790/95

Acrobats on a Ladder by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Acrobats on a Ladder

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 18th-19th century

The Orchid Pavilion Gathering by Unknown

The Orchid Pavilion Gathering

Unknown, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

Women Visiting an Inari Shrine by Katsukawa Shunchô

Women Visiting an Inari Shrine

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

England (Igirisu), from the Countries of Europe (Yoroppa-shu no uchi) by Utagawa Yoshikazu

England (Igirisu), from the Countries of Europe (Yoroppa-shu no uchi)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Arrival of the Korean Embassy in Edo by Torii Kiyonobu I

Arrival of the Korean Embassy in Edo

Torii Kiyonobu I, c. 1709

No. 37, from the series "That Purple Image in Magic Lantern Shows (Sono sugata yukari no utsushie)" by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

No. 37, from the series "That Purple Image in Magic Lantern Shows (Sono sugata yukari no utsushie)"

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1847/52

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei) by Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

Enjoying the Evening Cool at Ryôgoku Bridge in Edo (Edo Ryogokubashi yusuzumi no kei)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai), Unknown

Perspective Picture of the Night Attack from Act XI of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura juichidanme youchi no uki-e) by Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)

Perspective Picture of the Night Attack from Act XI of the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura juichidanme youchi no uki-e)

Kitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai), c. 1791/94

The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di by Islamic

The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di

Islamic, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), 16th century

Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Portrait of the Sumo Wrestler Ikezuki Geitazaemon

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), c. 1845

Kacho chaya by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Kacho chaya

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1792/93

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, About 1883

Young Couple in Front of a Screen by Ishikawa Toyonobu

Young Couple in Front of a Screen

Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1748

Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns by Katsukawa Shunchô

Courtesans and Their Attendants Parading under Lanterns

Katsukawa Shunchô, c. 1780/1801

Walking Courtesan, Possibly Sugawara of the Tsuruya House of Pleasure by Katsukawa Shunsho

Walking Courtesan, Possibly Sugawara of the Tsuruya House of Pleasure

Katsukawa Shunsho, mid–late 1770s

The Eighth Month (Hachi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Eighth Month (Hachi gatsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Reading and Playing Shamisen in Winter by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Reading and Playing Shamisen in Winter

Utagawa Toyokuni I, late 18th to early 19th century

Russians (Oroshiajin) by Utagawa Yoshikazu

Russians (Oroshiajin)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as An no Heibei in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789 by Katsukawa Shunkо̄

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as An no Heibei in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789

Katsukawa Shunkо̄, c. 1789

The actor Segawa Kikunojo and a young woman kicking a ball by Utagawa Toyokuni I

The actor Segawa Kikunojo and a young woman kicking a ball

Utagawa Toyokuni I, n.d.

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Twelfth Month (Goku getsu), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu junikagetsu)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1793

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Iwai Hanshiro VI

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1836

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin by Chôbunsai Eishi

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin

Chôbunsai Eishi, Edo period, 1798

Man Crossing a Bridge as the Sun Rises, from an untitled edition (without poetry) of the illustrations for the series "Five Prints of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Man Crossing a Bridge as the Sun Rises, from an untitled edition (without poetry) of the illustrations for the series "Five Prints of Mount Fuji (Fuji goban no uchi)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830

Candlestick (Sham'dan) with Scenes of Monthly Labors by Islamic

Candlestick (Sham'dan) with Scenes of Monthly Labors

Islamic, 13th century

The Port of London, England (Igirisu Rondon no kaiko), from the series "Collection of Scenic Places in Foreign Lands (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)" by Utagawa Yoshitora

The Port of London, England (Igirisu Rondon no kaiko), from the series "Collection of Scenic Places in Foreign Lands (Bankoku meisho zukushi no uchi)"

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1862

Englishmen (Igirisujin) by Utagawa Yoshikazu

Englishmen (Igirisujin)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill by Chôbunsai Eishi

Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1787

The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series "View of Mount Fuji from Edo (Edo no Fuji)" by Totoya Hokkei

The Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series "View of Mount Fuji from Edo (Edo no Fuji)"

Totoya Hokkei, c. 1832

Shono, Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, and Tsuchiyama, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Shono, Kameyama, Seki, Sakanoshita, and Tsuchiyama, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1830/35

Asahina Saburo throwing beans by Totoya Hokkei

Asahina Saburo throwing beans

Totoya Hokkei, n.d.

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase)" by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Kneeling actor and standing beauty holding a tray of clothes, from the series "Fuji in Summer Matched with Beautiful Women (Natsu no Fuji bijin awase)"

Utagawa Toyokuni I, 1801

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Onoe Kikugoro III

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), 1849

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Fujiwara no Shihei (Tokihira, Minister of the Left), in Ume Sakura Aioi-zoshi by Utagawa Toyokuni I

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Fujiwara no Shihei (Tokihira, Minister of the Left), in Ume Sakura Aioi-zoshi

Utagawa Toyokuni I, c. 1816

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715 by Torii Kiyonobu I

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1715

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1715

Collection of Pictures of the Actors in the Four Theatres (Shiza yakusha ezukushi), vol 2 by Furuyama Moroshige

Collection of Pictures of the Actors in the Four Theatres (Shiza yakusha ezukushi), vol 2

Furuyama Moroshige, n.d.

A Winding Stream Party (Kyokusui no en) by Utagawa Toyokuni I

A Winding Stream Party (Kyokusui no en)

Utagawa Toyokuni I, Edo period

Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)" by Katsukawa Shuntei

Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)"

Katsukawa Shuntei, c. 1820

Actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”) by Katsukawa Shun'ei

Actor Nakamura Noshio II as Tonase in “Model for Kana Calligraphy: Treasury of the 47 Loyal Retainers” (“Kanadehon chûshingura”)

Katsukawa Shun'ei, About 1795

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen by Chôbunsai Eishi

An Elegant Parody of the Six Poetic Immortals (Furyu yatsushi rokkasen): The Priest Kisen

Chôbunsai Eishi, c. 1793

Bowl wih Vegetal Decoration by Islamic

Bowl wih Vegetal Decoration

Islamic, 13th/14th century

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