Genre Scene at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds 655 Genre Scene works in this public-domain catalogue, dating from 1283 to 1949. The collection is led by Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige.
The Chess Players
The Young Bather
The Dancing Class
The Organ Rehearsal
The New Bonnet
The Harvesters
The Storm
Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada
The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room
Young man in Mayo costume
The Matador Saluting
Cider Making
Domestic Scene
The New Bonnet
The Horse Fair
Garden at Sainte-Adresse
The Lacemaker
The Musicians
Conversation Piece
Femme Lisant
Madame Georges Charpentier and her Children
A Cosey Corner
September Morn
Paintings of physicians by Jan Steen
La Grenouillère
Ia Orana Maria
Boating
Young Woman Peeling Apples
Tea
A Girl Asleep
Glass Blowers of Murano
The Card Players
The Green Sofa
The Experts
Dressing for the Carnival
The Visit to the Nursery
The Dissolute Household
The Siesta
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The Love Letter
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Final study for "La Grande Jatte"
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Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
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The Smokers by Adriaen Brouwer
Woman with a Water Jug
The Curious
Merry Company on a Terrace
The Hatch Family
On the Beach, Dieppe
A Washerwoman at Éragny
The Music Lesson
A Goldsmith in His Shop
A Musical Party
Brigand and his wife in prayer
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Trappers
Woman with a Lute
An interior of a barn with a scullery maid at a well
Kitchen Scene
Two Tahitian Women
Peasants Dancing and Feasting
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Hot Corn Seller
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Firemen's Washing Day
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An Evening School
The Card Party
Beggars at a Doorway
Springtime
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Moving Day (in Little Old New York)
Just Moved
Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam
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Soap Bubbles
Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family
The Stolen Kiss
Enamels with the Crucifixion
Prisoners from the Front
For the Little One
Broken Eggs
A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor
Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed ("The Maidservant")
宋/明? 佚名 仿王齊翰 挑耳圖 卷|Library Scene
Troops at Rest
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Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace
Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer
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Schloss Milkel in Moonlight
A Woman Playing the Theorbo-Lute and a Cavalier
Tavern Scene
Strawberry Pedlar
Woman with a Rake
The Ameya
Majas on a Balcony
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First Steps, after Millet
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Sentimental Conversation
The Harrower
雪兎図|Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit
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Interior with a Young Couple
House Raising
Bullfight in a Divided Ring
Sulking
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The Spinner
The Declaration of Love
Mother and Child by the Sea
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The Arab Jeweler
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Fish Market
Corn Husking
Central Park, Winter
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Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before
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The Third-Class Carriage
Fly Market
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The Dance Class
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Officer paying a woman in a stable
Scene in a Courtyard
The Hunting Party—New Jersey
In Full Sunlight (En plein soleil)
A Party of Merrymakers
A Couple in an Interior with a Gypsy Fortune-Teller
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The Way They Live
The Circus Parade
The Three O'Clock Sitting
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Tea water pump
元末明初 佚名 絹本設色 嬰戯圖 軸|Children playing in the palace garden
Infant Funeral Procession
『画本葛飾振』|Picture Book in the Katsushika Style (Ehon Katsushika-buri)
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Boy with a Lute
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Story of Golden Locks
Shooting the Rapids, Saguenay River
Two children teasing a cat
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The Forge
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The Goat Girl
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Rainy Day in Camp
Leatherstocking's Rescue
Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
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Tea Party
The Bell Inn
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The Garbage Cart
A Banquet
The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey
Buttermilk Pedlar
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The Dog Killer
南宋 佚名 舊傳五代周文矩 琉璃堂人物圖 卷|Scholars of the Liuli Hall
Taking the Census
Garden Scene
A Carriage Ride
能楽風俗図絵巻|Six Noh Performances in Scenes from Daily Life
The Grape Harvest
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明 傳謝環 杏園雅集圖 卷|Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden
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Girl with Cherries
Idle Hours
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The Mission Tent
The Fable of the Miller, His Son, and the Donkey
Bathing Party
Fighting a Fire
Auction Sale in Clinton Hall, New York, 1876
The Sheepfold
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Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn
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A Musical Party
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明 郭詡 稱書圖 軸|Weighing Books
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The Fishermen (Fantastic Scene)
Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California
A Young Woman at Her Toilet with a Maid
Young Husband: First Marketing
A North River Recreation Pier
明 張路 觀畫圖 軸|Studying a painting
The Start of the Race of the Riderless Horses
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The Rabbit Hunters
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The Garter
On to Liberty
The Pride of the Village
Snap the Whip
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Conversation Piece (The Sense of Smell)
The Brawl
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The Coppersmith
My Bunkie
Going Home
A Peasant Girl Knitting
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The Smoker, or Three Heads
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猫に蜘蛛図|Cat Watching a Spider
The Death of the First Born
The Last Throw
The Sewer
The Visit
Women's Art Class
On the Old Sod
The Fortune Teller
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The True American
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Adult Funeral Procession
Chimney Sweeps
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夕顔棚下納涼図|Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis
Going to Market
The Lamp Lighter
The Studio
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The Baker's Wagon
The 9:45 Accommodation
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Pushing for Rail
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明 佚名 絹本設色 鳥販圖 軸|Bird peddler
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Preparing for Christmas (Plucking Turkeys)
A Reconnaissance
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Copenhagen Harbor by Moonlight
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The Boot Black
明/清 佚名 舊傳王振鵬 養正圖 卷|Family Training
Old Woman Praying
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The Dancing Lesson
The Reprimand
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City Watchman
遼 宴飲圖(殘片)|Banquet Scene
Tea Rusk and Brick House
The Fortune Teller
The Antiquary
The Country Dance
永樂保全筆 「陶造」|Making Ceramics
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Shepherdess Seated on a Rock
November and December (part of a set illustrating the months of the year)
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Vespers
Harbor Scene with a Grotto and Fishermen Hauling in Nets
The Sense of Sight
永樂保全筆 「陶造」|Making Ceramics
Gendarmes d'Ordonnance
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永樂保全筆 「陶造」|Making Ceramics
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The Backgammon Players
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清 任頤 童子水牛 扇面|Herdboy and Buffalo
The Bathers
On Point
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Study in a Wood
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永樂保全筆 「陶造」|Making Ceramics
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Boatmen of Barcelona
明/清 佚名 舊傳陸青 洗馬圖 冊頁|Washing a Horse
On the Beach, Sunset
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五代/北宋 佚名 乞巧圖 軸|Palace banquet
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Dancers, Pink and Green
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宋 佚名 倣周昉 戲嬰圖 卷|Palace Ladies Bathing Children
The Crossing Sweeper
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Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field
元 忽哥赤 和 佚名 耕稼圖 卷 |Rice Culture, or Sowing and Reaping
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永樂保全筆 「陶造」|Making Ceramics
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明/清 佚名 舊傳趙孟頫 相馬圖 卷|Judging a Horse
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元/明 佚名 絹本設色 貨郎嬰戲圖 扇頁|Knickknack Peddler
Corn Husking at Nantucket
The Basket Maker
Tobacco Sign
Rip Van Winkle
The Harp Player (A Solo)
Jerusalem the Golden
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Sleep
南宋? 佚名 舊傳易元吉 三猿得鷺圖 團 扇頁|Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest
Tennis at Newport
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Old Woman Cutting Her Nails
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明/清 佚名 錢選(僞款) 洗象圖 卷|Washing the Sacred Elephant
明/清 佚名 傳蕭照 中興瑞應第七圖 卷|Pavilion with Figures
清 佚名 趙雍(僞款) 馬術圖 卷|Horsemanship demonstration
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Two Young Peasant Women
Before Dinner
Rats amongst the Barley Sheaves
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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Entertained by Basil and Quiteria
A Basket of Clams
Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery
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The Veteran in a New Field
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Talking It Over
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The Servant Justified
明 佚名 舊傳周昉 閑庭仕女圖 卷|Women and children in a garden
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曲技図巻|Acrobats
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Heart's Ease
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南宋/元 佚名 六馬圖 卷|Six Horses
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In Mischief
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Rabbits on a Log
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Girl at the Fountain
元 佚名 牧牛圖 軸|Ox and Herdsman
元 趙孟頫 趙雍 趙麟 吳興趙氏三世人馬圖 卷|Grooms and horses
清 佚名 持瓶仕女 軸|Girl Bringing Jar of Wine
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懐月堂度辰筆 文を書く遊女図|Courtesan Writing a Letter
牧童図扇面|Herd Boy with Ox
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The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)
The Two Central Figures in "Derby Day"
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Expectation
The Daughter's Return
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Exhibition of Indian Tribal Ceremonies at the Olympic Theater, Philadelphia
The Picnic
Hector Taking Leave of His Family
The Gross Clinic
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明 佚名 貍奴芭蕉圖 冊頁|Frolicking Kittens under a Banana Tree
清 改琦 插花圖 軸|Girl Arranging Flowers
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宋 佚名 倣周文矩 宮中圖 卷|In the Palace
明 佚名 舊傳韓幹 圉人呈馬圖 卷|Horse and groom
明/清 佚名 賣花郎 冊頁|Flower Vendor
The Funding Bill
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To Decide the Question
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After the Ball
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明 佚名 李公麟 偽款 白蓮社圖 卷|White Lotus Society
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Frances and Charles Cowdrey
Village Scene with Dutch Colonial Figures (from Hosack Album)
The Pathetic Song
『五色染六歌仙』 僧正遍昭|“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)
Boys Fishing
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The Weeders
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The Weeders
明 佚名 犬戲圖 冊頁|Puppies Playing beside a Palm Tree and Garden Rock
Beggars at a Doorway
遼 宴飲圖(殘片)|Banquet Scene
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The shawm player and his son
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児戯意乃三笑 恵恩芳子|Mother and Child
Boys in a Dory
Inside the Bar
Interior of a Lottery
Fourth of July in Centre Square, Philadelphia
An Old Song
Sakura-gai|元禄歌仙貝合|Cherry Shell, from the series Genroku Poetry Shell Games
八百屋お七 寺小姓吉三郎|O Shichi and Kichisaburo
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三勝と半七|Sankatsu and Hanshichi
A Brittany Beadle—Sketch from Nature
Incense
Wood Carrier, near Amalfi (from Cropsey Album)
Black Sawyers Working in front of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部 扇売 団扇売 麦つき|The Niwaka Performers
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風流無くてななくせ|Squeaking a Ground Cherry, from the series Seven Fashionable Useless Habits (Furyu nakute nana kuse)
女織蚕手業草 十|The Making of Silk Floss
Standing Woman with Man in Outline
A Fisherman's Family at the Beach, the Mother and One of the Children Sitting in a Cart
異国人交易図屏風|Foreign Merchants in Japanese Trade Port
円山応震筆 子供遊び図屏風|Children Playing in Summer and Winter
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農耕作月次図屏風|Farmers' Lives in the Twelve Months
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舞伎図屏風|Dancers
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明 佚名 絹本設色 童子戯魚圖 軸|Children Playing
百人一首 乳母かゑとき 猿丸太夫|Poem by Sarumaru Dayū, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
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百人一首 乳母かえ説 元良親王|Poem by Motoyoshi Shinnō, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
木曽海道六拾九次之内 須原|Suhara, from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
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元/明 佚名 竹榻小憩圖 冊頁|Man Sleeping on a Bamboo Couch
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木曽海道六拾九次之内 宮ノ越|Moonlit Night at Miyanokoshi, from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
百人一首 うばがゑとき 大納言経信|Poem by Dainagon Tsunenobu (Minamoto no Tsunenobu, Katsura no Dainagon), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
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百人一首 うばがゑとき 伊勢|Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Yodogawa|京都名所之内 淀川|On the Yodo River
東海道五十三次 藤澤|Fujisawa
狂月坊|A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night
百人一首 うはかゑとき 持統天皇|Poem by Jitō Tenno (Empress Jitō), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
歌川国貞画 「籠細工 浪花細工人 一田庄七郎」|Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)
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百人一首 乳母か縁説 在原業平|Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
東海道五十三次 池鯉鮒|Chiryūshuku, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
百人一首 うばがゑとき 伊勢|Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
東海道五十三次 二川 猿ヶ馬場|Futagawa
浪花名所図会 順慶町夜見世の図|Junkei machi Yomise no Zu
忠臣蔵四段目|A Woman and a Man Arranging Flowers for the Tsukimi (Moon Festival)
初詣|Young Women Visiting a Shinto Shrine
鞠子|Mariko
東都三十六景 隅田川三囲り堤|Sumidagawa, Mimeguri
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喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎 |Yamauba Combing Her Hair with Kintarō
東海道五十三次 藤枝|Fujieda
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喜多川歌麿画 『男踏歌』 鶯の餌すり|“Preparing Food for the Warbler,” from the album Men’s Stamping Dance (Otoko dōka, uguisu no esa suri)
Hata-ori|職人三十六歌仙|The Weaving Factory
唐子書画図|Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint
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東海道五十三次 桑名|Kuwana
喜多川歌麿画 柿捥ぎ|Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi)
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四季の花|A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
百人一首 宇波か縁説 権中納言定家|Poem by Gon-Chūnagon Sadaie, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
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喜多川歌麿画 御所車見立て行列|Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession
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Mando|子供遊に和賀 万度|Lantern Float
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実競色乃美名家見 紙屋次兵衛 紀ノ国屋小春|Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with Koharu of Kinokuniya
壽鶴堂政國画・壽暁堂梅國画・壽陽堂歳国画・壽松堂ふじ國画・方雅堂きし國画 「風流鍋島夕すゞみ」|“Enjoying the Evening Cool near Lord Nabeshima’s Warehouses” (Fūryū Nabeshima yūsuzumi)
東海道五十三次 桑名|Kuwana, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
衣食住|Attire
東海道五十三次之内 赤阪|Akasaka Station
野戦病院行幸之図|Illustration of the Empress Visiting a Field Hospital [in Hiroshima] (Yasen byōin gyōkō no zu)
三囲神社の御開帳|Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine (Mimeguri jinja no onkaichō)
新吉原仮宅両国之図|Picture of the Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Ryōgoku (Shin Yoshiwara Karitaku Ryogoku no zu)
忠臣蔵九段目|A Woman at Her Toilet Seated before a Mirror, Having Her Hair combed by a Kameyui (Woman Hairdresser)
女織蚕手業草 十二終|Women Weaving Silk Cloth
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Tachi-shi|職人三十六番|The Swordsmith
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四季の花|Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
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風流六玉川 山城 近江 摂津|Women and Children on the Banks of a Stream
江戸高名会亭尽 柳島の図 橋本|Yanagishima no Zu
吉原時計 夜の七つ|The Seventh Hour of the Night
喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎|Yamauba Tying Kintarō’s Topknot
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江戸仕入大津土産 槍持奴 鷹匠|Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Edo shi-ire Ōtsu miyage) Foot-soldier with a Spear and Hawk-handler (Yari mochi yakko to taka shō)
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喜多川歌麿画 夜の雨に芸者と三味線箱を持つ女|Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night
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喜多川歌麿画 琴棋書画|The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)
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東海道五十三次 草津|Kusatsu
藤棚下の遊女たち|Courtesans Beneath a Wisteria Arbor (Fuji dana shita no yūjo tachi)
四季の花|New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)
Horimono-shi|職人三十六番|The Metal Carver
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京都名所之内 嶋原出口之柳|Gate of the Shimbara
東海道五十三次 吉田 六月十五日天王祭|Yoshida
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忠臣蔵八段目|Two Tori-oi, or Itinerant Women Musicians of the Eta Class
参謀本部行啓之図|Illustration of the Empress Visiting the General Staff Headquarters [to present a tray of bandages] (Sanbō honbu gyōkei no zu)
あやめ燈籠図|Three Women Enjoying Literary Pursuits
花舞台当寿語六|Board game of the Flower Stage (Hanabutai atari sugoroku)
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Gompachi Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki|逢身八契 権八小紫の床の通気|Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi
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江戸高名会亭尽 王子 扇屋|The Ōgiya at Ōji
喜多川歌麿画 鮑取り|Abalone Divers
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東海道五十三次 石薬師|Ishiyakushi
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東海道五十三次 石薬師|Ishiyakushi
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東海道五十三次 石薬師|Ishiyakushi, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
蛍狩|Catching fireflies (Hotaru gari)
Ito Chujo tekidan o mite shi warau suru zu|Vice Admiral Ito Mocks, Points and Looks at the Enemy Bullets
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逢身八契 権八小紫の床の通気|Gonpachi ni Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki
歌川豊国画 雪こかし|Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball
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忠臣蔵二段目|A Young Man at the Side of a House
雪の桟橋|Landing-stage in the Snow (Yuki no sanbashi)
御影堂扇屋図|The Mieidō Fan Shop
江戸高名会亭尽 大をんし前 田川屋|Daisenji Mae (Tagawaya)
東海道五十三次 府中|Fuchu
姿見七人化粧|Naniwa Okita Admiring Herself in a Mirror
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青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部 唐人 獅子 角力|Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha no Bu Tojin Shishi Sumo
東海道五十三次 府中|Fuchu
仮宅の後朝|Scene in the Yoshiwara
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契情三人酔 三幅之内 腹立上戸 泣上戸 笑上戸|Three Intoxicated Courtesans
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Ushi no Koku|青楼十二時 続 丑の刻|The Hour of the Ox (1 A.M.–3 A.M.)
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四季の花|Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons
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音曲比翼の番組 小波 力弥|Rikiya and Konami, from the series A Program with Music about Loving Couples (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi)
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忠臣蔵五段目|A Woman Snatching a Bag of Sweetmeats from Her MotHer
喜多川歌麿画 絵兄弟娘道成寺 見立猿廻し 「絵兄弟」|A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer
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東海道五十三次 池鯉鮒|Chiryu
東海道五十三次之内 御油 旅人留女|Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo
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東海道五十三次 関|Seki, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
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吉原仲の町花魁道中|Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō in Yoshiwara
東海道五十三次 鞠子|Mariko
江戸高名会亭尽 三囲之景 出羽屋|Mimeguri no Kei (Toyoha-ya)
東海道五十三次 関|Seki
重陽後の月宴 十二月ノ内|Banquet of the Next Full Moon at the Chrysanthemum Festival, from the series The Twelve Months (Chōyō nochi no tsuki no en, Jūni tsuki no uchi)
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京都名所之内 祇園社雪中|Gion Shrine in Snow