Original woodblock print triptych - Washi paper - Imperial court - Toyohara Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) - "Party of Beautiful Women Joyously Celebrating the Flowers Blooming" 開花賀悦美人揃 - Japan - 1881
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Original woodblock vertical diptych - Washi paper - Beauty - Kikukawa Eizan (1787-1867) - Portrait of a Standing Beauty 立美人図 - Girl with Doll - Japan - 1820-30
Original woodblock print - Paper - Yakusha-e (actor print) - Utagawa Ichiyotei Yoshitaki (1841-99) - Kabuki actor Nakamura Sōjurō 中村宗十郎 as Abe Sadanobu 阿部貞信 - Japan - ca 1860s
Original woodblock print - Paper - Children - Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711-1785) - Two Girls Playing with Thread Ball - Japan - ca 1750s
Original woodblock print - Paper - Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894) - 'Tagonoura kei' 津田子の浦景 - From the series "Revised Travel Journal of Famous Places on the Tokaido" - Japan - 1875 (Meiji 8)
Original woodblock print triptych - Paper - Nakazawa Toshiaki (act 1887-1900) - "Ikaiei rikukai kogeki no zu" 威海衛陸海攻撃之図 (The Maritime and Land Raid of Weihaiwei) - Japan - 1895 (Meiji 28)
Original woodblock print book - Paper - Hiroshi Kawakami (1786-1865) - "Yochi shiryaku" 輿地誌略 (Compendium of World Geography) vol 5 - Japan - 1870-75
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Beauty - Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Poem by Fujiwara Toshiyuki Ason: Akoya from the series "Ogura Imitations of 100 Poems by 100 Poets" - Japan - ca 1845-48
Woodblock print triptych (reprint) - Published by Uchida Kyoto - Paper - Fish - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - "The Former Emperor [Sutoku] from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo" - Japan - Second half 20th century
Original woodblock print - Paper - Yakusha-e (actor print) - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - Kabuki actor Iwai Hanshirô - Japan - ca 1820-30s
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Beauties - Utagawa Kuniaki II (1835-1888) - 'The Hour of the Dragon' 辰の刻 - From the series "A Yoshiwara Clock" 吉原時計 - Japan - 1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 12th month
Original woodblock print vertical dipitych - Paper - Temple - Tsukioka school artist - Sugawara no Michizane 菅原道真 reading while riding an ox - Japan - ca 1880-90 (Meiji period)
Original woodblock print triptych - Washi paper - Courtesans - Utagawa Yoshitora (act. ca. 1836-1887) - "A Collection of Beautiful Courtesans of the Daimonjiro in Shin Yoshiwara" 新吉原大文字楼名妓別品揃 - Japan - 1879 (Meiji 12)
Original woodblock print - nishiki-e - Paper - fishmonger - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - 'Nihonbashi: A bonito peddler' - From the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road" - Japan - 1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month
Shunga, Woodblock print (reprint) - Washi paper - Sexual intercourse - Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) - Jorou and Adulterer 女郎と間男 - From the series "Unraveling the Threads of Desire" 願ひの糸ぐち - Japan - 1920s
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Tatoo, Kabuki - Utagawa Morikawa Chikashige (act. ca. 1869-82) - Kabuki Actor Onoe Kikugoro V as Omatsuri Sashichi - From the series "Haiyu shinasadame" 俳優姿名定 - Japan - 1874 (Meiji 6)
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Landscape - Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) - "Asa no Tsubakurodake" 朝の燕岳 (Tsubakurodake, morning) - Japan - 1951
Original woodblock print - Paper - Kabuki actor - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Kuzō III as Tsukishi Gonraku 筑紫権六 with irises - Japan - 1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 4th month
Original woodblock print (2) - Paper - plant - Unknown artist - Different varieties of radishes and gourds - Japan - ca 1860-80s (Late Edo/Early Meiji)
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Kabuki - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - 'The Number 100 for 100 Nights by Carriage' - From the series "Nanatsu iroha shûi" 七伊呂波拾遺 - Japan - ca 1856 (Ansei 3)
Original woodblock print - Paper - Anzai Hiroaki (1905-1999) - "Shiba Tokyo tawa" 芝東京タワー (Tokyo Tower in Shiba) - Japan - ca 1950
Original woodblock print - Paper - Kabuki actor - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Kabuki actor Bandō Mitsugorō as Kintoki kozō Toramatsu 金時小僧虎松 with irises - Japan - 1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 4th month
Original woodblock print diptych - Paper - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) - Performance of the kabuki play "Iwao no Hana Nami no Shiraishi" 岩藤浪白石 - Japan - 1842
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Landscape - Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1991) - "Hakone Ubako no asa" 箱根姥子の朝 (Morning at Ubako, Hakone) - Japan - Heisei Period (1989-2019)
Original polychrome shunga painting on paper - Japanese paper - shunga - After Chokyosai (Rekisentei) Eiri (act ca 1781-1818) - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
Original woodblock print triptych - Washi paper - Kabuki - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - Performance of the kabuki play "Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki" 鬼一法眼三略巻 - Japan - 1838
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Landscape - Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) - "Pine Tree´ of the Friendly Garden" - Japan - 1980
Original woodblock print triptych - Washi paper - Kabuki - Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900) - Performance of the kabuki play "Sanshō Dayu" 三荘太夫 (Sansho the Bailiff) at the Ichimura-za 市村座 - Japan - 1896 (Meiji 29)
Original woodblock print - Paper - Woman - Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1972) - "Hakusetsu" 薄雪 (Light snow) - From "Customs of Young Women: Beauty of the Fifteenth Year of Meiji" - Japan - 1932
Original woodblock print triptych - Washi paper - Kabuki - Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) - Performance of the kabuki play "Na ni Yugao Ame no Furutera" 名夕顔雨の旧寺 - Japan - 1851 (Kaei 4)
Original woodblock print diptych - Paper - Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825) - Actors Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Iwai Hanshirō V as Kōshitsu Sadaka - Japan - 1824 (Bunsei 7)
Original woodblock print - Paper - forest - Maeda Morikazu 前田守一 (b 1932) - "Twin Trees" - Signed and numbered 14/40 in pencil - Japan - 1986
Original woodblock print - Mulberry paper - Quartet of women playing Gagaku under blossoming cherry trees - Eishosai Choki (or Shiko) 栄松斎長喜 (子興) (act 1780-1810) - Japan - 1789-1803
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Landscape - Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995) - "Yu no Tsubakurodake" 夕の燕岳 (Tsubakurodake, Evening) - Japan - 1951
Original woodblock print triptych - Mulberry paper - Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) - "Sumidagawa oka no nigiwai" 隅田川岡の賑ひ (The hustle and Bustle of Sumidagawa Hill) - Japan - 1856 (Ansei 3), 2nd month
Woodblock print (reprint) - Paper - Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - 'Rainstorm beneath the Summit' - From the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" - Japan - 1922-1945
Original woodblock print - Washi paper - Bijin-ga - Tatsumi Shimura (1907-1980) - 'Marumage' 丸髷 (A married woman's coiffure) - From the series "Five Figures of Modern Beauties" - Japan - 1953
Original woodblock print - botanical, stars, sky - Paper - botanical - Hajime Namiki (b 1947) - "Dogwood 12" - Signed and numbered by artist 46/200 - Japan - 2018
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