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

Date

1860]

Reference

565597i

Fifty-three stages along the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. Colour woodcut, late 1860s.

Date

[late between 1860 and 1869]

Reference

37504i

Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

Date

1857

Reference

37306i

Chinese boys tug at cords that appear to be attached to chess pieces. Colour woodcut, 1870s.

Date

[between 1870 and 1879]

Reference

37789i

Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.

Date

[1900?]

Reference

36864i

Yamabushi (warrior priests) with hostages, feasting. Colour woodcut by Kunimasa II, 1849.

Date

1849

Reference

36141i

Yokohama, showing the Tōkaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1861.

Date

Month 2, 1861

Reference

37211i

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.

Date

1834]

Reference

565448i

Actor Nakamura Utaemon III in one of his great stage hits. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1812.

Date

[1812?]

Reference

35369i

An actor as Kumago Naozane before a station on Tokaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1852.

Date

Month 5, 1852

Reference

36011i

Actors Sawamura Tossho as a young warrior and Nakamura Shikou V as an older man, confronting a common foe. Colour woodcut by Kunichika.

Reference

35211i

Actor Ichikawa Ebizō (Danjūrō) as a Buddhist abbot holding a fan in the snow. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1858.

Date

1858

Reference

35957i

Actors miming; smaller figures illustrate a mime sequence. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1875 (?).

Date

[1875?]

Reference

34913i

Two men under a cherry blossom. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Date

[early 1860s]

Reference

35564i

Title page to the series of thirty-six views of famous places. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1859.

Date

Month 6, 1859

Reference

36939i

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.

Date

Month 8, 1866

Reference

567447i

Actor Sawamura Tossho as a page restraining a horse. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, late 1860's.

Date

[late 1860's]

Reference

35320i

Iwai Shijaku and Ichikawa Kyūzō on their way to a temple in the environs of Edo. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830s.

Date

[between 1830 and 1839]

Reference

35649i

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.

Date

1884

Reference

37659i

A sumo match in progress at the main sumo ground in Edo. Colour woodcut by Shunei, 1780s.

Date

[between 1780 and 1789]

Reference

37120i

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

A samurai holding his spear while drinking from a blue and white porcelain cup. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

Date

1847/1848

Reference

36224i

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.

Date

1847/1851

Reference

35869i

Mount Fuji seen from the west, from behind drying fishing nets. Colour woodcuts by Hiroshige, 1852.

Date

1852

Reference

37295i

Daimyō procession crosses the mountain stream. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige II, 1868.

Date

Month 6, 1868

Reference

37368i