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Four PM, from the series
Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1839–1892 · Color woodblock print
General Lord Yoritomo watches a Nō performance (Udaishō Yoritomo kō on'nōjō ran no zu)
General Lord Yoritomo watches a Nō performance (Udaishō Yoritomo kō on'nōjō ran no zu)
Japan · ca. 1865
The Battle of Nagashino: The Death of Yamagata Saburōhei Masakage (Nagashino kassen Yamagata Saburōhei Masakage uchijini no zu)
The Battle of Nagashino: The Death of Yamagata Saburōhei Masakage (Nagashino kassen Yamagata Saburōhei Masakage uchijini no zu)
Japan · 1868
11 p.m., from the series
11 p.m., from the series "Twenty-Four Hours at Shinyanagi (Shinyanagi nijuyoji)"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1880 · Color woodblock print
Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata
Supernatural Beings at Shirazunoyabu in Yawata
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1881 · Color woodblock print
Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight
Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing His Flute in the Moonlight
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1883 · Color woodblock print; ōban triptych
Seigen Languishing for His Love, Princess Sakura (Seigen daraku no zu)
Seigen Languishing for His Love, Princess Sakura (Seigen daraku no zu)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1884–1892 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
Kintaro Captures the Carp (Kintaro rigyo o torau)
Kintaro Captures the Carp (Kintaro rigyo o torau)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1885 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
Meiji Japan · Yoshitoshi · 1885–1892
A hundred woodblock prints, each with the moon in it — Murasaki at Ishiyama, a warrior beside a ghost, a courtesan sitting up in bed. Yoshitoshi's last series, published as the West arrived and woodblock died.
Urashima Taro Returning Home from the Palace of the Dragon King (Urashima Taro no ko kikoku ju Ryugujo no zu)
Urashima Taro Returning Home from the Palace of the Dragon King (Urashima Taro no ko kikoku ju Ryugujo no zu)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1886 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych
A Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series
A Cauldron on a Moonlit Night (Tsukiyo no kama), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1886 · Color woodblock print; oban
Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series
Moon and Smoke (Enchu no tsuki), from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata)"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1886 · Color woodblock print
Zhang Shun, the White Splash in the Waves, and Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, in an Underwater Struggle (Rori Hakucho Chojun and Kokusenpu Riki)
Zhang Shun, the White Splash in the Waves, and Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, in an Underwater Struggle (Rori Hakucho Chojun and Kokusenpu Riki)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1887 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
Taira Koremochi Conquering the Devil Woman on Mount Togakushi (Taira no Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu)
Taira Koremochi Conquering the Devil Woman on Mount Togakushi (Taira no Koremochi Togakushiyama kijo taiji no zu)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1887 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
The Two Brave Men Inuzuka Shino and Inugai Genpachi Battling on the Roof of Horyukaku (Horyukaku ryoyu tsutomu)
The Two Brave Men Inuzuka Shino and Inugai Genpachi Battling on the Roof of Horyukaku (Horyukaku ryoyu tsutomu)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1887 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
Lu Zhishen in a Drunken Rage Attacking the Guardian Figure at the Temple on Mount Godai (Rochishin ransui Godaisan Kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)
Lu Zhishen in a Drunken Rage Attacking the Guardian Figure at the Temple on Mount Godai (Rochishin ransui Godaisan Kongojin o uchikowasu no zu)
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1887 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
Heron Maiden from the series
Heron Maiden from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1889 · Color woodblock print
Omori Hikoshichi from the series “New Forms of the Thirty-Six Ghosts”
Omori Hikoshichi from the series “New Forms of the Thirty-Six Ghosts”
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1889 · Color woodblock print
Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series
Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1889 · Color woodblock print
Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series
Gamo Sadahide's Servant, Toki Motosada, Hurling a Demon King to the Ground at Mount Inahana, from the series "New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts (Shinkei sanjuroku kaisen)"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1890 · Color woodblock print
Onoe Kikugorō V as the Hag of Asajigahara
Onoe Kikugorō V as the Hag of Asajigahara
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1890 · Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kezori Kuemon
Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kezori Kuemon
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1890 · Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Musashibo Benkei in the play
The actor Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Musashibo Benkei in the play "The Subscription List (Kanjincho)"
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1890 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych