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  • Men and women in a communal bath house. Woodcut by Yoshitora, 1860.

    • Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.
    Date
    1860]
    Reference
    565597i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Fifty-three stages along the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. Colour woodcut, late 1860s.

    Date
    [late between 1860 and 1869]
    Reference
    37504i
    • Pictures
  • Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

    • Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.
    Date
    1857
    Reference
    37306i
    • Pictures
  • Chinese boys tug at cords that appear to be attached to chess pieces. Colour woodcut, 1870s.

    Date
    [between 1870 and 1879]
    Reference
    37789i
    • Pictures
  • Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.

    • Toshihide (Migita Toyohiko), 1863-1925.
    Date
    [1900?]
    Reference
    36864i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Yamabushi (warrior priests) with hostages, feasting. Colour woodcut by Kunimasa II, 1849.

    • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.
    Date
    1849
    Reference
    36141i
    • Pictures
  • Yokohama, showing the Tōkaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1861.

    • Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869.
    Date
    Month 2, 1861
    Reference
    37211i
    • Pictures
  • Above, a doctor examines a woman's left eye; below, a man helps another man who has fallen in a muddy puddle. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.

    • Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849.
    Date
    1834]
    Reference
    565448i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in one of his great stage hits. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1812.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1769-1825.
    Date
    [1812?]
    Reference
    35369i
    • Pictures
  • An actor as Kumago Naozane before a station on Tokaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    Month 5, 1852
    Reference
    36011i
    • Pictures
  • Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Reference
    35211i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō) as a Buddhist abbot holding a fan in the snow. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1858
    Reference
    35957i
    • Pictures
  • Actors miming; smaller figures illustrate a mime sequence. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1875 (?).

    • Chikashige (Otagawa Chikashige), active approximately 1880.
    Date
    [1875?]
    Reference
    34913i
    • Pictures
  • Two men under a cherry blossom. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

    • Kunikazu, Utagawa Kunikazu, active 1848-1868.
    Date
    [early 1860s]
    Reference
    35564i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Title page to the series of thirty-six views of famous places. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1859.

    • Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.
    Date
    Month 6, 1859
    Reference
    36939i
    • Pictures
  • 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.

    • Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.
    Date
    Month 8, 1866
    Reference
    567447i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

    • Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900.
    Date
    [late 1860's]
    Reference
    35320i
    • Pictures
  • Iwai Shijaku and Ichikawa Kyūzō on their way to a temple in the environs of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830s.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    [between 1830 and 1839]
    Reference
    35649i
    • Pictures
  • Six renditions of an older boy; the normal countenance is in the top oval, the remaining five distorted countenances are in the roundels. Colour woodcut by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1884.

    • Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915.
    Date
    1884
    Reference
    37659i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A sumo match in progress at the main sumo ground in Edo. Colour woodcut by Shunei, 1780s.

    • Shunei (Katsukawa Kyūjirō), 1762-1819.
    Date
    [between 1780 and 1789]
    Reference
    37120i
    • Pictures
  • Diminutive humans attack a giant cat; a ghost-like figure sits in a flaming black boat in the top left. Colour woodcut, 1883.

    Date
    1883
    Reference
    37801i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A samurai holding his spear while drinking from a blue and white porcelain cup. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

    • Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861.
    Date
    1847/1848
    Reference
    36224i
    • Pictures
  • An enactment of a court scene: five actor musicians perform before a dais on which actors as an emperor and empress are seated. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1847/1851.

    • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.
    Date
    1847/1851
    Reference
    35869i
    • Pictures
  • Mount Fuji seen from the west, from behind drying fishing nets. Colour woodcuts by Hiroshige, 1852.

    • Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858.
    Date
    1852
    Reference
    37295i
    • Pictures
  • Daimyō procession crosses the mountain stream. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige II, 1868.

    • Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869.
    Date
    Month 6, 1868
    Reference
    37368i
    • Pictures
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