• 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

• 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

• 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

• Actor Segawa Kikunojō V as a young lover pulling on a woman's sash. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, ca. 1828.

  • Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865.

  Date

  [1828?]

  Reference

  35923i

  • Pictures

• A miniature stupa, a Buddhist hand bell and a bowl with blossoms. Colour woodcut, 1901.

  Date

  1901

  Reference

  37003i

  • Pictures
  • Online