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Image Sources
Figure 1. One of the “One Million Pagodas. 767-69. Japanese cypress. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44955
Figure 2. Suzuki Harunobu. Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron). 1764-72. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, with embossing. From The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/JP2453/
Figure 3. Kawase Hasui. Suhara, Kiso, from the series “Selection of Views of Japan.” 1925. Color woodblock print. From the Art Institute of Chicago collection. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/87350?search_no=1&index=103
Figure 4. Kawase Hasui. Mount Unzen, Hizen. 1927. Color woodblock print. From the Art Institute of Chicago collection. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/197464?search_no=80&index=269
Figure 5. Oda Kazuma, Catching Whitebait at Nakaumi, Izumo. 1924. Color woodblock print. From the Art Institute of Chicago collection. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/188923
Figure 6. Oda Kazuma. Yufuku Hot Spring in Iwami. 1925. Color woodblock print. From the Art Institute of Chicago collection. http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/2824?search_no=1&index=7
Figure 7. Kawase Hasui. Arifuku Hot Spring in Iwami, from the series “Souvenirs of Travel III.” 1924. Color woodblock print. From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/arifuku-hot-springs-in-iwami-iwami-arifuku-onsen-from-the-series-souvenirs-of-travel-iii-tabi-miyage-dai-sansh%C3%BB-261229
Figure 8. Yoshida Hiroshi. Night in Kyoto. 1933. Color woodblock print. From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/night-in-kyoto-kyôto-no-yoru-252973
Figure 9. Yoshida Hiroshi. A Little Restaurant (at Night). 1933. Color woodblock print. From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/a-little-restaurant-at-night-ryôriya-no-yoru-254818
Figure 10. Yoshida Tōshi. Shinjuku, from the series “Tokyo at Night.” 1938. Color woodblock print. From the Japanese Arts Gallery. https://www.japaneseartsgallery.com/gallery/woodblock-prints/toshi-yoshida/nggallery/image/toshi-yoshida-shinjuku/
Figure 11. Yoshida Tōshi. Supper Wagon, from the series “Tokyo at Night.” 1938. Color woodblock print. From WikiArt. https://www.wikiart.org/en/toshi-yoshida/supper-wagon-1938