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Kannazuki (October)

Climbing Mount Fuji and Fujizuka

Sakura Mochi in Kanto and Kansai

Fumizuki (July)

Hazuki (August)

New Year's Greeting -New Year's Hikifuda-

Cherry blossoms in Kyoto depicted in nishiki-e

Everything is a hina doll

The captivating charm of yumejishiki

Mutsuki (January)

Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) and Enkai (parties)

Sosaku-hanga (creative prints) and Shin-hanga (new prints)

Gogatsu ningyo (May dolls) and Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Festival)

Imasugata: The old and the new during the late Meiji era

Asagao (Morning Glory) Boom in Edo and Meiji Periods and Books

Kimodameshi (Test of Courage): Hyaku-monogatari (world of a hundred tales)

Bridges in Art: Meikyo (Famous Bridges), Kikyo (Unusual Bridges) and Kokyo (Historic Bridges)

The Tokyo nightscape as seen in the Kosenga of Inoue Yasuji’s Tokyo meisho

Little Signs of Autumn

Shiwasu (December)

The Relationship Between People and Birds in the Edo Period

Uke-e good luck charms

Yukata: Edo Chic

The Introduction and Boom of Kingyo (Goldfish)

Stylish Edokko (Edo citizens) surviving the summer

Mushroom Hunting and Matsutake

Nagatsuki (September）

Setsubun and Jakibarai (Warding off evil spirits)

The Botan flower, the flower of wealth

The Gion Matsuri - 1,000 years and more of warding off evil spirits

Cedar and the Japanese

TORIYAMA Sekien’s Illustrated Night Parade of the Demon Horde

Hina-ichi (Hina doll Market) and Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival)

A day of spring tide is ideal for gathering shellfish

Fireworks and Sumida River Opening

Shimotsuki (November)

Kisaragi (February)