3. Japão

The Poetress Murasaki Shikibu from the book One Hundred Poets in Eastern Brocade Book (circa 1775)

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726-1792)

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The Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Female Role (circa 1778)

Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726-1792)

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Actors as Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Benkei, Fox and Hunter in the Style of Ōtsu-e (circa 1850)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)

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Taira no Tomomori and the Anchor (ca. 1828)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)

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Nakamura Utaemon III as the Monkey Trainer Yojiro (from the series Famous Kabuki Plays) (mid-1810s)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)

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The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu of the Tamaya Promenading in the Rain (c. early 1830s)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)

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Mishima Pass in Kai Province

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Maisaka (1804)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Kazusa no kairo

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Bushū tamagawa

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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The Palace of King Zhou of China (1807)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse (1835-36)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Kamakura no Gengoro Seizing Torinoumi Tasaburo (early 1830s)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Nōgaku zue, Pl.02 (1897-1901)

Kōgyo Tsukioka (Japanese, 1869 – 1927)

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Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV

Katsukawa Shunkō (Japanese, 1743-1812)

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Act III from the Play Kanadehon Chūshingura, ‘A Kana Primer for the Treasury of Loyal Retainers’ (1806)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

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Act II; Wakasanosuke Watching Honzō Wipe His Sword after Cutting a Pine Branch; Konami Receiving Rikiya with Refreshment. (circa 1835)

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)

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A Summer Shower (1909)

Helen Hyde (American, 1868 – 1919)

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A Summer Girl (1905)

Helen Hyde (American, 1868 – 1919)

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Tagonoura, near Fuji (1897)

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

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