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Ryogoku Bridge
Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

Monkeys and trees on a river bank
Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)

Flowers 花木図屏風
Watanabe Shiko 渡辺始興 (1683-1755)

Grape vines 葡萄図屏風
Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1543-1590)

Two geese and grasses 雁図屏風
Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)

Landscape: hills and buildings
Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)

A courtesan standing near a clothes rack
Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)

Arashiyama in Snow
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

New Year custom: wish for a New Year's auspicious dream
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

New Year custom: makeup on the New Year morning
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (1753-1806)

Interior: a woman helping a girl to dress
Katsukawa Shuncho 勝川春潮 (active ca. 1780-1795)

Boy performing a Narihira Dance
Style of Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

Monkey trainer and monkey performing a dance
Style of Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

The Courtesan Takao
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

Two girls on a balcony overlooking the sea
Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)

A prostitute sitting beside a writing table
Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (1764-1824)

Young man and a young woman on the seashore
Kawamata Tsuneyuki 川又常行 (1676?-1741?)

Courtesan and Maid
Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)

Yujo standing
Kaigetsudo Ando 懐月堂安度 (active early 18th century)

Matsukaze and Murasame
Kawamata Tsunemasa 川又常正 (fl. 1716-1748)

The Chinese emperor Ming Huang and Yang Kuei-fei
Kano school

The Princess from the Land of Porcelain (<em>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</em>)
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Landscape: flowering cherry trees along the banks of a stream
Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

Paradise of Amida Buddha (Amitabha)
Kasuga Kaishi

The Tale of Genji, chapter 2: Prince Genji's visit to Utsusemi
Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691)

The Tale of Genji, Chapter 34; Kashiwagi catches sight of the Third Princess
Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691)

Album of twenty-four paintings
School of Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

Sparrow and mallow
Originally attributed to Oguri Sotan (1413-1481)

A branch of medlars
Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

A spoonbill and water-grass
School of Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

Pink and white flowers and straw coverings
Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

Moon and Autumn Plants
Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

Three gardeners of the Emperor Takakura heating sake over a fire of maple leaves
Kikuchi Yosai 菊池容斎 (1788-1878)

Rats and rice bales
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Dragon and clouds
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Pastimes and occupations of the twelve months
Hanabusa Itcho 英一蝶 (1652-1724)

Popular Deities, Sages, and Immortals
Hanabusa Itcho 英一蝶 (1652-1724)

River landscape
Unkoku Tohan 雲谷等璠

Suikoden
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Standing figure of a tall girl
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Landscape
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Mount Fuji and Enoshima
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A Shinto Priest, Three Women and a Child
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Four fan paintings mounted on a screen; "Frog on Lotus Leaf", "Scholar in a House", "Landscape", and "Boat and Rock"
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Birds, Animals, and Plants Representing the Twelve Months
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Fisherman
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Woodcutter
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Woman holding a fan
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Early Ferns, Chapter 48 of The Tale of Genji
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Traveler beside a Tree
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Flying Cuckoo
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

The Six Immortal Poets
Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理 (active 1789-1818)

Descending dragon
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Ascending dragon
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

A girl playing battledore and shuttlecock
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

Gama Sennin (Chinese Hou Xiansheng) and his three-legged toad
Soga Shohaku 曾我蕭白 (1730-1781)

Blue and white flowers on slender stalks
Inscription and seals of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

A yujo and two understudies (<em>kamuro</em>)
Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信 (1711-1785)