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

Everything is a hina doll

Uke-e good luck charms

Nagatsuki (September）

Shimotsuki (November)

Climbing Mount Fuji and Fujizuka

Yukata: Edo Chic

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

Little Signs of Autumn

Fireworks and Sumida River Opening

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

A day of spring tide is ideal for gathering shellfish

Setsubun and Jakibarai (Warding off evil spirits)

Fumizuki (July)

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

Hazuki (August)

Kisaragi (February)

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

Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) and Enkai (parties)

Mutsuki (January)

The Introduction and Boom of Kingyo (Goldfish)

Kannazuki (October)

The captivating charm of yumejishiki

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

The Botan flower, the flower of wealth

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

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

Cherry blossoms in Kyoto depicted in nishiki-e

Sakura Mochi in Kanto and Kansai

Cedar and the Japanese

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

Shiwasu (December)

The Relationship Between People and Birds in the Edo Period

TORIYAMA Sekien’s Illustrated Night Parade of the Demon Horde

Stylish Edokko (Edo citizens) surviving the summer

Mushroom Hunting and Matsutake

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