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A Courtesan's Recordbook, from the He Has Long Arms and a Long Tongue As Well Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th ce...

Kaminari-mon Gate at Asakusa, from the Famous Places in Edo Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Plum Blossoms, from the Selection of Five Flowers and Beauties Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Geisha wiping her face, from the Modern Beauties Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

The Courtesan Tachibana of Tsuru-ya, from the Dedicated Lanterns Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Swimming Carp, from A Picture Book Miscellany, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Distant View of Fireworks at Ryogoku, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital Series, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Woodblock print....

The Shishi-mai Dance, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 1851.

Bowl. Earthenware. Japan, 19th century.

Vase. Ceramics. Osaka, Japan, 20th century.

Courtesan Hanaogi of Ogi-ya, from the Beauties in Yoshiwara Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Woman Puppeteer. Painting. Japan, 19th century.

Pair of Vases. Arita ware. Japan, 19th century.

Vase. Eiraku ware. Japan, 19th century.

Brazier. Soma ware. Japan, 17th century.

Tea bowl. Izumo ware. Japan, 17th century.

Tea bowl. Karatsu ware. Japan, 1550.

Flask. Sue ware unglazed stoneware. Japan, 500-600 AD.

Tea jar. Stoneware. Japan, 14th century.

Mermaid from the Portuguese Centerpiece presented to the Duke of Wellington, by D.A. Sequeira (1768-1857). Silver and silver-gilt. Lisbon, Portugal, c...

The Temantu Shrine at Sasmura, by Rakkeken Yoshiyuki (1835-79). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century

Cover from Father Tuck's Annual. Print on paper. England, 19th century.

Seated Male Figure or Metteyya, probably of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara in the Royal Ease pose. Gilt cast bronze. Burma, 9th-10th century.

Peach-shaped box and cover, mounted on gilt metal twigs, by unknown designer. Cloisonne. Japan, mid 19th century

Figures in a Landscape, by Shundio. Woodblock Print. Japan, 19th century.

Neolithic burial jar, Yang Shoa type. Painted Earthenware. China, c.1500 BC.

The Battle of Dan-No-Ura, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century

The Heron Maiden, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock Print. Japan, 19th century.

Woman and Chrysanthemum Plant, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century

'Geisha with Shamisen', a Geisha with beautiful eyebrows, by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). From the series Beauties of the Floating World. Woodblock Print...

Fireworks over Ryoguku Bridge, by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825). Woodblock Print. Japan, early 19th century.

Fine view of Mount Fuji from Tsukudajima, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Seaweed Gathers at Omori, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Death of Sasai Masayasu, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Scene from ?"ich?? Sakae Kagekiyo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Arashi Rikan in court dress, by Totoya Hokkei (1780-1850). Woodblock print. Japan, 18th-19th century.

Actor as the Priest Saigyottoshi, by Utagawa Kunimasa (1848-1920). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th-20th century.

Ichimura Kakitu attacks Nakamura Nakazo with a knife, by Ichiyosai Kunichika (1835-1900). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century

Matsumaro in Sugawarai, by Utagawa Kuniaki (1835-88). Woodblock print. Japan, 19th century.

Allusion to the Character Okina, from the Parodies of the Sanbaso Dance Series, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 18th-19th cen...

Portrait of Iwai Kumesaburo, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 18th-19th century.

Oiran parading wearing a blue dress, by Keisai Eisen (1790-1848). Woodblock print. Japan, 1830.

Women on Bridge, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). Woodblock Print. Japan, 19th century.

A Musician, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 1864.

Seated Woman in Landscape, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864). Woodblock print. Japan, 18th-19th century.

A Sultana, by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812). Aquatint. London, UK, 1777.

The Witch Takiyashi, daughter of Taira no Masakado, calling up a monstrous skeleton-spectre to frighten Mitsukuni, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). W...

Snuff bottles. Glass and metal. China, Qing period, c.1750-1809.

Engagements during the Sino-Japanese War. Colour woodblock print. Japan, 1895.

Scene of Women at a Bathhouse from the Kabuki's play Yamato Meisho Senbonzakura, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Print. Japan, 18th-19th century.