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FRANCE: TRIAL BY COMBAT. Two bishops stand as judges during a duel in medieval France. Enamel champleve from Limoges, 14th century

NUNNERY, 13th CENTURY. French manuscript illumination, early 13th century, from the Miracles of Our Lady

AZTECS: DRINKING, c1540. Aztec elders were allowed to get drunk. The woman in the bottom drawing is moving toward a pot of pulque, a liquor made from the maguey cactus

LOUIS VII (1120?-1180). King of France, 1137-1180. With his first wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, at their wedding (left), and embarking on the Second Crusade

AZTEC DAILY LIFE, c1540. A father teaches his son how to carry firewood, to load and handle a canoe, and the catch fish with a net. Page from the Codex Mendoza, Aztec, c1540

CAROLINGIAN SOLDIERS, c875. Soldiers of the 9th century intended to depict soldiers of the Biblican army of Joab. Manuscript illumination, c875, from the Psalterium Aureum

CHARLEMAGNE (742-814). King of the Franks, 768-814, and Emperor of the West, 800-814. Charlemagne and his son Pepin, whom he named King of Italy. Manuscript illumination, 10th century

GALLO-ROMAN MOSAIC. Fight between Cupid (or Eros) and Pan, who is forced to fight with his left hand behind his back

JAPAN: FOREIGNER, c1861. Foreigners representing five different countries are entertained by a magician in a Yokohama geisha house. Woodblock print, c1861

JAPAN: RUSSIAN SAILORS. Crew members of a Russian ship. Woodblock print, c1860

JAPAN: FOREIGN TRADE HOUSE. European ladies entertain Japanese at a foreign trade house in Yokohama, Japan. Woodblock print, c1860

JAPAN: RUSSIAN SHIP, c1860. Woodblock print, Japanese, c1860

JAPAN: FOREIGN VISITORS. Western visitors arrive in the black ships at Yokohama harbor. Woodblock print, 1861

JAPAN: YOKOHAMA, 1861. View of the docks at Yokohama. Woodblock print, 1861, by Ando Hiroshige

JAPAN: YOKOHAMA, 1861. View of the harbor at Yokohama. Woodblock print, 1861, by Ando Hiroshige

JAPAN: PERRY EXPEDITION. Gifts brought to Japan by the American expedition under Commoder Matthew Perry. Color drawing, Japanese, 1854

JAPAN: PERRYs OFFICERS. Officers of the fleet of Matthew Perry. From left: Perrys son, Captain Abbot, interpreters Portman and Williams, Captain Adams, and Commodore Perry

JAPAN: DRY GOODS STORE. Interior of the Echigaya dry goods store, Edo; clerks and customers sit on tatami mats. Woodblock print, early 19th century, by Matsumura Sakube

JAPAN: PERRY EXPEDITION. Two of the ships in Commodore Matthew Perrys expedition to Japan, 1852-1854. The ship at left is the USS Powhatan. Japanese paper screen, 1854, by an unknown artist

JAPAN: KITCHEN, c1775. Woman blowing on a kitchen fire. Woodblock print, late 18th century, by Kitagawa Utamaro

JAPAN: HUNTING, c1850. Beaters chase deer, boars, and rabbits toward samurai hunters. Woodblock print, mid 19th century, by Kitagawa Utamaro

JAPAN: LANDSCAPE, c1600. A Shinto shrine in the middle of rice paddies. Detail of a screen painting, early 17th century, by Hishikawa Masanobu

JAPAN: ACTOR, c1794. Male actor impersonating a woman. Woodblock print, c1794, by Toshusai Sharaku

JAPAN: STREET VENDOR. Street vendor of illustrated books. A book vendor carries her wares to a prospect who is being massaged. Wood block print by Torii Kiyomasu, early 18th century

JAPAN: BOOK VENDOR. A book vendor receives a massage. Woodblock print, early 18th century, by Torii Kiyomasu

JAPAN: DUTCH TRADERS. Dutch traders dining in their settlement on the island of Dejima, Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Scroll painting, Japanese, early 18th century

KYOTO: STREET SCENE, c1600. Japanese scroll painting, early 17th century

JAPAN: PORTUGUESE, c1600. Japanese priests and nobles watch a horse race of visiting Portuguese. Japanese namban screen, early 17th century

JAPAN: PORTUGUESE, c1600. Portuguese landing at a seaside village exchange trade goods (placed onboard a boat for transfer to sailing ship), as Japanese priests greet the visitors

JAPAN: PORTUGUESE SHIP. Japanese namban screen, early-16th century

JAPAN: RICE FARMING. Farmers lay seeds of rice in paddies before they are flooded. Scroll painting, late-16th century

JAPAN: SHINTO RITUAL. Fertility offerings of boiled rice to Shinto gods during the spring; priests and assistants kneel before the altar. Japanese scroll painting, late-16th century

JAPAN: FARMERS, c1575. Rice farmers ask for the blessing of their crop before planting it. Japanese scroll painting, late-16th century

TOKYO: STREET SCENE, c1870. Woodblock print, c1870

SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1895. Japanese Sergeant Kawasaki crossing the Taedong River on the Korean Peninsula in order to observe enemy movements during the Sino-Japanese War

SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1895. Japanese troops invade the North China peninsula. Woodblock print, triptych, 1895, by Kobayashi Kiyochika

JAPAN: CONSTITUTION, 1889. The Meiji Emperor Mutsuhito presents the Constitution of the Empire of Japan. Woodblock print, triptych, 1889, by Yoshu Shuen

JAPAN: SEWING MACHINES. Japanese women sewing Western-style dresses. Woodblock print, triptych, 1897, by Shosai Ginko

JAPAN: TRADE FAIR, 1877. Meiji emperor and empress at the First Industrial Fair, Tokyo. Woodblock print, triptych, 1877, by Kawanabe Gyosai

JAPAN: ETCHU, c1870. Imperial soldiers training on the island of Etchu off the Fukagawa district, Tokyo, Japan. Woodblock print by Ando Hiroshige II or III, c1870

EDO: STREET RAILWAY, c1870. Woodblock print, c1870, by Ando Hiroshige

JAPAN: RAILROAD, 1872. View of railroad station (with train schedule at top) on line connecting Yokohama and Tokyo. Woodblock print, 1872, by Ando Hiroshige

TOKYO: NIHONBASHI, 1870. Wooden bridge over the Nihonbashi River, Tokyo. Woodblock print, 1870, by Ichimoso Hoko

JAPAN: EDO, c1875. Western-style architecture and costume in Edo, Japan. Woodblock print, c1875, by Ando Hiroshige

JAPAN: BOSHIN WAR, 1868. Acting independently, Yamaoka Tesshu, vassal of the Shogun, rides from Edo to meet the Emperors forces under Saigo; he successfully proposed the attack on Edo be postponed

JAPAN: TOKAIDO ROAD, c1870. Telegraph wires are strung on living trees in this view of the Tokaido Road between Tokyo and Kyoto. Woodblock print, c1871, by Ando Hiroshige

JAPAN: TOKUGAWA SOLDIERS. Foreigners watch as soldiers of the Tokugawa Shogunate leave for an unsuccessful attack against forces of the daimyo of Chosu. Woodblock print, 1865, by Chokaro Hoki

JAPAN: MILITARY TRAINING. Soldiers of the Tokugawa Shogunate in feudal regalia shoot a cannon. Woodblock print, tryptich, c1867, by Gountei Teishu

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