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  • A blind musician plays the koto to a gathering of women dressed in ornate kimonos. Coloured woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • A man wearing a kimono posing from behind a screen.
  • A man wearing a kimono posing from behind a screen.
  • A naked man drapes a kimono around the shoulders of another man within an oriental decorative red border incorporating flowers; advertisement for Kimono Condoms and safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph by Mark I. Chester.
  • An old midwife (?) washes a newborn baby; the watchful mother lies on a futon (?), covered with a kimono. Colour woodcut by Shunshō, 1846.
  • Below, a mother watches from her futon as the mid-wife washes her baby, while attendants bring tea (?) and a small kimono; above, a goddess appears on a cloud, shining a ray of light on the new mother; centre, a workman breaks the ground with a mattock (?), supervised by a man and woman. Colour woodcut by Utagawa, ca. 1860.
  • A young woman posing in a photographic studio, holding a fan, in front of a painted backdrop of a rural scene.
  • Three young women posing in a photographic studio, one seated on a bench, in front of a painted backdrop of a rural scene.
  • Four actors at a shrine: two as menials or attendants: one as a fashionable young samurai and one as a girl. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
  • A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
  • This print of a Samurai warrior is sent to you with the compliments of CIBA. One of a series used in the promotion of the antihypertensive agent Ismelin : CIBA.
  • This print of a Samurai warrior is sent to you with the compliments of CIBA. One of a series used in the promotion of the antihypertensive agent Ismelin : CIBA.
  • This print of a Samurai warrior is sent to you with the compliments of CIBA. One of a series used in the promotion of the antihypertensive agent Ismelin : CIBA.
  • This print of a Samurai warrior is sent to you with the compliments of CIBA. One of a series used in the promotion of the antihypertensive agent Ismelin : CIBA.
  • Ismelin.
  • Ismelin.
  • Ismelin.
  • Two rows of photographs of college students with reasons why they cannot get AIDS; advertisement about the HIV virus by De Anza College Health Services. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman as Ohara-me, of the Ohara village outside Kyoto, who carries a load of cut flowers on her head, attracting a butterfly. Colour woodcut by Yamamoto Shōun, 1906.
  • A westerner capsizing a boat out of which tumble commodities of various sorts. Colour woodcut by Baiju Kunitoshi, 1883.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji (?) in a loin-cloth, his body covered with sword scars, is seated at a meal. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • Banana Stem Cross Section
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.