Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji, early 1900s

Maker Unknown

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji, early 1900s

Maker Unknown

Writing Box (Suzuribako) with the “First Song” (Hatsune) Chapter from the Tale of Genji (lid), early 1900s

Maker Unknown

On the Road, A Lady of the Genkō Era (1313-34), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Mizuno Toshikata

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)

The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyō Era (1744-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Mizuno Toshikata

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)

A Puppet Made from a Bucket, A Lady of the Enpō Era (1673–1681), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Mizuno Toshikata

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)

Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era (1844-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Mizuno Toshikata

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)

Chasing Fireflies, A Lady of the Tenmei Era (1781-1789), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections, 1894

Mizuno Toshikata

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)

Fire Screen with Shell-Matching Game, c. 1870–80

Maker Unknown

Gift Cover (Fukusa) with Tale of Genji Shell-Matching Game, 1868–1912

Maker Unknown

Gift Cover (Fukusa) with Carp in Waves, 1868–1912

Maker Unknown

Fireworks at Ryōgoku, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1858

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Eight Views of Kanazawa at Night, 1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

The Moon-Viewing Promontory, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

The Sand-Carrying Festival (Sunamochi Matsuri), 1856

Sakai Basai

Sakai Basai (Japanese, dates unknown)

The Snowy Garden, 1854

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Seki, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō, c. 1848–49

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Nissaka: The Night-Weeping Stone at Sayo no Nakayama, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō, c. 1848–50

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Yokkaichi: View of the Mie River, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō, c. 1833–34

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse, 1835–36

Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Nagakubo (Station 28) from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido, 1835 or 1836

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Shimosuwa, from the series Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, 1835–38

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

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

Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse, 1835–36

Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)