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  • A noted shamisen teacher playing to assembled pupils, some of whom follow with scores, while others relax on the floor. Colour woodcut triptych by Yoshitora, 1866.
  • A prince visits his paramour, who is in bed, on a snowy winter's day, while a servant brings in a tray of food: a Genji-inspired triptych. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1865.
  • Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.
  • Memory Bank.
  • The Virgin and Child. Tempera painting.
  • Medical and surgical treatments for a lame princess and others. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • Medical and surgical treatments for a lame princess and others. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • Medical and surgical treatments for a lame princess and others. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1849/1852.
  • A native American grinding root vegetables to make the remedy marketed as Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills, and other native American activities. Colour lithographs, ca. 1900.
  • A native American grinding root vegetables to make the remedy marketed as Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills, and other native American activities. Colour lithographs, ca. 1900.
  • A native American grinding root vegetables to make the remedy marketed as Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills, and other native American activities. Colour lithographs, ca. 1900.
  • A native American grinding root vegetables to make the remedy marketed as Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills, and other native American activities. Colour lithographs, ca. 1900.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • A westerner capsizing a boat out of which tumble commodities of various sorts. Colour woodcut by Baiju Kunitoshi, 1883.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • The fountain of life, and saints. Oil painting.
  • Saint John the Baptist. Colour lithograph by A. Pralon after H. Memlinc.
  • Saint Veronica. Colour lithograph by C. Schultz, 1865, after H. Memling, 1479.
  • Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis. Photograph after a frieze in the Social Hygiene Museum, Budapest.
  • Actors in scenes from the play 'A treasury of loyal retainers' by Chushingura. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1856.
  • Scene from the lives of Saints Cosmas and Saints Damian.
  • Actors in a confrontational scene, in which the villain (Ichikawa Danjūrō VII) threatens a boy with a heated poker. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.
  • Interior of a Kabuki theatre while a performance is in progress. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.
  • Twenty-three loyal retainers assigned to attack the main gate on their mission for revenge. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1850.
  • Yoshitsune's nineteen loyal retainers on board ship. Colour woodcut by Kunitsuna, 1859.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, an angel and a donor. Etching by W. Unger after H. Memlinc.
  • An ama (woman diver) on shore combs her wet hair while breast feeding a toddler. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).