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Kanda Shrine Festival: A Back-mask Dance by the People of Kaji-chō by Katsukawa Shunzan (1789-1801)

Kanda Shrine Festival: A Back-mask Dance by the People of Kaji-chō by Katsukawa Shunzan (1789-1801)

Celebrating Good Harvests, from the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara series by Katsukawa Shunzan (circa 1793-94)

Celebrating Good Harvests, from the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara series by Katsukawa Shunzan (circa 1793-94)

The Performance of ‘Hanamachi Ukare-zatō’, from the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara series by Katsukawa Shunzan (circa 1793-94)

The Performance of ‘Hanamachi Ukare-zatō’, from the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara series by Katsukawa Shunzan (circa 1793-94)

The Kiyari-ondo Lion Dance, from the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara series by Katsukawa Shunzan (1789-1801)

The Kiyari-ondo Lion Dance, from the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara series by Katsukawa Shunzan (1789-1801)

Nakamura Noshio II as Tsurayuki’s Daughter Konohana-hime and Nakamura Nakazō II as Aramaki Mimishirō by Katsukawa Shun’ei (1794)

Nakamura Noshio II as Tsurayuki’s Daughter Konohana-hime and Nakamura Nakazō II as Aramaki Mimishirō by Katsukawa Shun’ei (1794)

Õmori Hikoshichi and Nakajima Mihoemon II as the Spirit of Sagami-nyūdō by Katsukawa Shunkō (1775)

Õmori Hikoshichi and Nakajima Mihoemon II as the Spirit of Sagami-nyūdō by Katsukawa Shunkō (1775)

Nakamura Nakazō I as Kan-shōjō by Katsukawa Shunshō (1780)

Nakamura Nakazō I as Kan-shōjō by Katsukawa Shunshō (1780)

Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Wantetsu of Okami-dani and Ichikawa Danzō IV as Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa by Katsukawa Shunshō (1778)

Ichikawa Danjūrō V as Wantetsu of Okami-dani and Ichikawa Danzō IV as Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa by Katsukawa Shunshō (1778)

The Priest Jakuren, from the Three Evening Poems series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1764-81)

The Priest Jakuren, from the Three Evening Poems series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1764-81)

The Banks of the River Kamo, from the Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1772-81)

The Banks of the River Kamo, from the Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1772-81)

Act 2, from the Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1772-81)

Act 2, from the Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1772-81)

Act 1, from the Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1772-81)

Act 1, from the Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers series by Katsukawa Shunshō (1772-81)

Flower Arrangements on a Fine Day, from the Eight Newly Selected Famous Interior Scenes series by Kitao Masanobu (1772-81)

Flower Arrangements on a Fine Day, from the Eight Newly Selected Famous Interior Scenes series by Kitao Masanobu (1772-81)

Two Women Performing a Sacred Dance by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1769)

Two Women Performing a Sacred Dance by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1769)

Ichikawa Yaozō II as ‘Fox Sakon’ by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1770)

Ichikawa Yaozō II as ‘Fox Sakon’ by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1770)

Bandō Mitsugorō I as Hanbei and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Ochiyo by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1770)

Bandō Mitsugorō I as Hanbei and Yamashita Kinsaku II as Ochiyo by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1770)

Arashi Sangorō II as Minamoto-no-Yoritomo Disguised as the Cap Maker Daitarō and Segawa Kikunojō II as Tatsu-hime Disguised as the Snow Woman by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1770)

Arashi Sangorō II as Minamoto-no-Yoritomo Disguised as the Cap Maker Daitarō and Segawa Kikunojō II as Tatsu-hime Disguised as the Snow Woman by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1770)

Night Rain at Yoshiwara, from the Eight Famous Views in Edo series by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1772-81)

Night Rain at Yoshiwara, from the Eight Famous Views in Edo series by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1772-81)