A view from Shiba Atago-yama: a shrine with a garden. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu.

Dolls, floral decorations and a kusudama (origami flower ball). Colour woodcut, ca. 1850 (?).

One hundred demons stirring by night. Colour woodcut by Gyokuen, 1860s.

Vegetables available from a grocer are laid out on a green background. Colour woodcut by Shigenobu, 1866.

Empress and court ladies in traditional formal dress on an outing to Kameido plum tree gardens to the east of Tokyo, to view the plum blossoms and write poems about them. Colour woodcut by Chikashige, 1878.

A teahouse waitress. Coloured woodcut by Gakutei, ca. 1840 (?).

Left, a midwife (?) fastens a band of cloth around a pregnant woman's waist, watched by an attendant; right, two attendants bring refreshments. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1748 (?).

Actors in a confrontation by a river from a contemporary drama. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1857.

Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.

Four actors at a shrine: two as menials or attendants: one as a fashionable young samurai and one as a girl. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.

A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

A young female role actor performing a butterfly dance. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; image and border 18.2 x 20.7 cm

Men and women in a communal bath house. Woodcut by Yoshitora, 1860.

Fifty-three stages along the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. Colour woodcut, late 1860s.

Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

Chinese boys tug at cords that appear to be attached to chess pieces. Colour woodcut, 1870s.

Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.

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Men and women in a communal bath house. Woodcut by Yoshitora, 1860.

Fifty-three stages along the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. Colour woodcut, late 1860s.

Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

Chinese boys tug at cords that appear to be attached to chess pieces. Colour woodcut, 1870s.

Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.

Mokuhanga

Images from the collections

Images of Mokuhanga

Works from the collections

Men and women in a communal bath house. Woodcut by Yoshitora, 1860.

Fifty-three stages along the Tōkaidō highway from Edo to Kyoto. Colour woodcut, late 1860s.

Tsunohazu, Kumano Jūnisha shrine, commonly known as Jūnisō. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1857.

Chinese boys tug at cords that appear to be attached to chess pieces. Colour woodcut, 1870s.

Title page to a set of twelve beauties linked to the twelve months. Colour woodcut by Toshihide, ca. 1900.

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