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    “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    “The Form of a Demon and the Heart of a Person”: Kitagawa Utamaro’s Prints of Yamauba and Kintarō (ca. 1800)

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)

    *Clear Shadows* (1867)
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    Customs & Culture

    Clear Shadows (1867)

    Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)
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    Architecture, Landscapes

    Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)

    Hokusai’s *Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China* (1836)
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    War, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Hokusai’s Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836)

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Customs & Culture, Sport & Exercise

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)
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    Ghosts & Occult

    Hokusai’s Ghost Stories (ca. 1830)

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
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    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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    Landscapes

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Sea Monk (ca. 1845)

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
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    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

    The Art of Dreams
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    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)
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    Landscapes

    53 Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes (1848)

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    Sketches by Yoshitoshi (1882)
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    Sketches by Yoshitoshi (1882)