Ukiyoe artist from the end of the Edo period to the first half of the Meiji period (1850-1870)

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Tametomo banishes the smallpox demon from the Island of Oshima. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1851/1853.

Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.

Interior of Iwakame House, Yokohama Minatosaki licensed pleasure district: Western visitors are shown being entertained in a back room. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1860.

Thirty-six illustrations of children's toys. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1853.

Yoshitsune's nineteen loyal retainers on board a ship. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1855.

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Utagawa Yoshikazu

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Thirty-six illustrations of children's toys. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1853.

Yoshitsune's nineteen loyal retainers on board a ship. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1855.

Tametomo banishes the smallpox demon from the Island of Oshima. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1851/1853.

Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.

Interior of Iwakame House, Yokohama Minatosaki licensed pleasure district: Western visitors are shown being entertained in a back room. Colour woodcut by Yoshikazu, 1860.