THE FOUR WALKS IN LIFE-THE SAMURAI, FARMER, ARTISAN AND MERCHANT. &quot;THE ARTISAN&quot;

Mount Fuji Viewed during a Fine Wind on a Clear Morning (Gaifū kaisei), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, c. 1831

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Ikaruga-dera in Early Autumn

Hiratsuka Un'ichi 平塚運一, Shōwa period, dated 1942

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Shimbashi Railway Station with Train Time Table

Utagawa Sadahide, Late Edo period, eighth month of 1872

Right sheet from a Yokohama woodblock-printed ōban triptych; ink and color on paper

Utagawa Kunitsugu, 19th century

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Koume Embankment (Koumezutsumi), Number 104 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Edo period, dated 1857 (2nd month)

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Triptych: Foreigners from the Five Nations enjoying a banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, Late Edo period, circa 1861

Yokohama woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

Urahama, Echigo (Echigo no Urahama), from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Second Series (Tabi miyage dai nishū)

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, 1921

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

ACTOR ICHIMURA KAMEZO AS SUKEROKU

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信, 18th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Iris Garden at Horikiri (Horikiri no shōbu), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jūnidai)

Yoshida Hiroshi, Shōwa period, dated 1928

Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Procession of Women Carrying Palanquin

Utagawa Toyohiro 歌川豊広, 19th century

First of eight(?) ukiyo-e book pages from a continuous woodblock-printed composition; ink and color on paper

Fukurokuju (Fukurokuju): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1835-1847

Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book page; ink on paper

Waves Breaking at Namikiri[?]

Kano Kōga, 20th century

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper