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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a robed woman seated in a boat under willows, with a framed vignette of a boatman poling through reeds abo

Courtesan in Ancient Costume Seated in a Boat

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Three court ladies in patterned kimono, one dragging a black lacquer cabinet, with a potted plant and flowering branch nearby

Court Ladies Dragging a Cabinet along the Floor

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a man and woman in traditional dress with a pine branch, a drummer in a roundel, and calligraphy above.

Man and Woman in Ceremonial Dress Arranging the New Year Decoration of a Pine Tree

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of an old fisherman with a straw cape carrying a basket of fish under a rising sun, with a roundel of plum bl

Old Fisherman Carrying a Basket of Salmon

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of Urashima Taro in court dress beside a large red tai fish riding stylized waves, with calligraphy.

Urashima Taro Going Home on the Back of a Tai Fish, the King of the Sea Seeing Him Off

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of three Noh performers in patterned robes beside a yellow loom frame with colored cloth, with calligraphy ab

Scene from the Noh Dance "Kureha"

Teisai Hokuba, 19th century

Woodblock print of a Noh performer in patterned robes with a fan, beside a kneeling man in a black kimono.

Scene from the Noh Dance "Shojo"

Teisai Hokuba, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a hand-drum beside an incense burner, with calligraphy above.

Lady Beating a Hand-Drum (Tzusumi) By the Side of The Incense Burner

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Two women and a girl in patterned kimono look at painted leaves, one holding a lacquer tray, in a Japanese print.

Two Women and a Girl Looking at Paintings

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Woodblock print of two women and a girl feeding a white crane on a verandah beside a plum-blossom screen.

Two Women and a Girl Feeding a Crane at the Verandah

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono playing a shamisen, with calligraphy beside her.

Woman Playing on the Shamisen

Kubo Shunman, probably 1815

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a pink patterned robe and floral kimono holding a dark fan, with calligraphy.

Kabuki Actor in a Female Role Standing with a Fan

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of three women in a garden with plum blossoms, a lantern, and a wooden veranda.

Right View of a Garden with Three Female Figures

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Japanese print of a woman and child in a night garden with plum blossoms, stone lantern, and a crescent moon.

Woman with a Child in the Garden Looking at the New Moon

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Two dancers in patterned robes with peony flowers, one wearing a lion mask with red hair, in a Japanese print.

Two Dancers Performing a “Shakkyōmono” Kabuki Dance, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō), vol. 3

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of a rolled blue cloth with phoenix and chrysanthemum motifs above a box holding two hairpins.

Roll of Cloth for an Obi and Tortoise-shell Hair Ornaments (“Presents for One’s Beloved”), from the Butterfly Series,…

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of a seated nobleman in a patterned robe, with attendants preparing ink beside a screen with grass motifs.

Nobleman Receiving a Kyoka (Humorous Poem) from Shibanoya Sanyo, a Master of Kyoka

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe and ornate headdress holding a fan beside a red railing and cherry bl

Lady Hotoke Dancing

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a crowd carrying tall poles of paper lanterns through a hillside festival, with pine trees and calligraphy

People with Lanterns in Procession

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Hokusai woodblock print of two women preparing tea beside a wooden box and folding screen, with calligraphy above.

Women Preparing Tea Around the Fire-Holder

Katsushika Hokusai, 1816

Woodblock print of an actor in a brown kimono with two women preparing New Year decorations, with calligraphy in the margins.

Actor Nakamura Utayemon with Two Women Preparing for the New Year Ceremony

Utagawa Toyokuni, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono looking into round mirrors, with calligraphy beside them.

Two Women Looking in Mirrors

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a courtesan bending beside a child attendant and a potted plum tree, with calligraphy above.

Courtesan and her Child Attendant with a Potted Plum Tree

Katsukawa Shuntei, ca. 1815

Woodblock print of a woman playing shamisen beside a cat and a dog near a black lacquer box.

Woman Tuning a Shamisen and a Cat Looking at its Own Reflection

Yashima Gakutei, mid- 1820s

Woodblock print of a courtier playing flute as a masked dancer in red robes performs under a moon.

Courtier Playing a Flute to Accompany a Bugaku Dance

Kubo Shunman, probably 1810

Woodblock print of a blue-and-white bowl, fan, paper and lacquer stand with calligraphy above.

Pillow for Women and a Bowl

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woman in a blue kimono seated under a tree holding a long paper card, with a brush and case beside her on an orange ground.

Woman Seated Under a Cherry Tree About to Write a Poem on a Sheet of Paper for Poem Writing (Tanzaku)

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of an old man with a rake pointing at a rising sun beside an elderly woman by a pine.

Jo and Uba of Takasago Looking at the Rising Sun; Symbolic Representation of Longevity and Conjugal Harmony

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Fan-shaped print of a court lady writing at a red table beside an inkstone, book, and scroll, with poem inscriptions.

Court Lady at Her Writing Table From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820s

Fan-shaped Japanese print of a seated poet in a leaf-patterned robe with Mount Fuji and cloud streaks behind him.

A Poet and Mount Fuji From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820s