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Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: (right) Nijigadake Somaemon of Sekiwake Rank from Awa Province, and (left) Fudenoumi Kin'emon of Maegashira Rank from Kokura
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; oban · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Man Falling Backward, Startled by a Woman's Ghost over a River
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban diptych · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

A Horse Affrighted by a Lion
George Stubbs
Etching and engraving on cream laid paper · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Young Woman Wearing a Hat
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; hashira-e · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

A Sunday Concert
James Bretherton
Etching and aquatint in brown on cream laid paper · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Two Women and a Child after a Bath
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; hashira-e · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Nakamise Shopping Street, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan hakkei)"
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; chuban · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Danzo IV as Arakawa Taro Takesada Disguised as the Palanquin Bearer Tarobei (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro V as Abe no Sadato Disguised as the Pilgrim Kuriyagawa Jirodayu (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from an unidentified theatrical picture-book · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro V as Miura Kunitae (right), Segawa Kikunojo III as Yasukata (center), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Utou (left), in the Play Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1782
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration from an unidentified theatrical picture-book · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Village with Windmill and Church
Paul Theodor van Brussel
Graphite on ivory laid paper · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Geisha Talking to Her Maid
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; hashira-e · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Entertainers of the Tachibana, from the series "A Collection of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tosei yuri bijin awase)"
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; oban · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Viewing Cherry Blossoms
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; hashira-e · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Visiting the Shrine of Enmei Jizo, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; chuban · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined, framed with brown paper and pen and black ink lines · 1777
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Actors Segawa Kikunojô III as Yasukata and Iwai Hanshirô IV as Utôin Performing a Hobbyhorse Dance (Harugoma odori) in “The Fifth Genji Mitsugi’s Robe (“Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode”)
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock prints; hosoban diptych · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Zelfportret
Johann Gottlieb Prestel
paper · 1777
Rijksmuseum

Benjamin Franklin
Johann Martin Will
Mezzotint on paper · 1777
National Portrait Gallery

Benjamin Franklin
Jean-Baptiste Nini
Terra-cotta medallion · 1777
National Portrait Gallery

Young Man with Symbols of the First Dream of the New Year
Torii Kiyonaga
Color woodblock print; hashira-e, right sheet of diptych · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

Benjamin Franklin
Jean-Baptiste Nini
Terra-cotta medallion · 1777
National Portrait Gallery

Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers
Jean Démosthène Dugourc, French
Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, lined with paper and framed with brown paper stripe · 1777
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A Horse Frightened by a Lion
George Stubbs
Etching with engraving on paper · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Hanakawado no Sukeroku in the Play Nanakusa Yosooi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Fifth Month, 1782
Katsukawa Shunshō
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych (?) · 1777
Art Institute of Chicago