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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Woodblock print of a seaside village with a pagoda, figures on tidal flats, a sailboat, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Enoshima in Sagami Province (Sōshū Enoshima), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a path, with Mount Fuji rising across a blue river and green fields.

Senju in Musashi Province (Bushū Senju), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a boat on a rippling river, a man leading a horse on the bank, and snow-capped Mount Fuji in the distance.

Tama River in Musashi Province (Bushū Tamagawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a reclining figure in a striped kimono beside a kotatsu table, with a painted screen and calligraphy.

Bedroom Scene

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1739

Woodblock print of a snowy canal with a bridge, boats, pagoda and walkers under falling snow.

Winter Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1846

Woodblock print of sailing boats on a bay with travelers, porters and wooden buildings along a stone embankment at dusk.

River View at Takanawa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1856

Black-and-white print of two cranes beside bamboo, rocks and rippling water within a lobed frame.

Cranes

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black ink print of a male pheasant with long tail feathers beside a smaller bird, under pine branches and bamboo.

Pheasants

Hishikawa Moronobu

Monochrome print of three women in kimono weaving and reeling silk beside a large wheel, loom and brazier.

Three Courtesans Weaving Silk

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a blossoming plum tree, with vertical Japanese calligraphy inscriptions.

Two Girls Under Plum Tree

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Japanese woodblock print of women and patrons at a teahouse under pine trees, with a torii gate and a village on a hillside b

Osen of the Kagiya Teahouse at Kasamori Shrine with a View of Nippori in Yanaka

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a crowded arched wooden bridge over a river, with lantern-lit boats and riverside stalls below.

Ryogoku Bridge

Kuwagata Keisai, ca. 1780

Three-panel woodblock print of women in pleasure boats on a river at night beneath a crowded bridge with fireworks.

Cooling Off at Ryogoku in Edo

Woodblock print of a wave breaking on a beach below a green cliff, with travelers, an island, and a distant snowy mountain.

Seven-ri Beach, Province of Soshu

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a crowded evening street lined with theatre banners, lanterns and wooden buildings.

Picture of the Theatres in Sakai Cho

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of two figures poling a boat and raft on a river past a snowy village with pine trees and shrine gates.

Clearing Weather after Snow at Massaki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of tea-houses by a river in heavy rain, with umbrella-carrying figures on a footbridge and terrace.

Tea-houses on the Bank of the Tadasu River in a Shower

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of boatmen poling a raft down a river past blooming cherry trees and walkers on a riverside path.

Arashiyama Manka

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a full moon over a river with willow trees, a poling boat, fishermen on the banks, and distant mountains.

Autumn Moon on the Tama River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Japanese woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom, travelers on a riverbank, a boat on the water, and a red-streaked sky.

Gotenyama-no Hana

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theatre interior with balconies, seated audience, and costumed actors on a dragon-decorat

Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoy…

Okumura Masanobu, 1748 (Enkyō 5), first month

Black ink print of Kiyomizu Temple with pine and blossoming trees and kimono-clad figures walking in the foreground.

Kiyomidzu Temple in Kyoto

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of samurai, women in kimono, stacked buckets and a wooden fence in a street scene.

The Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in Edo

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white print of pedestrians in kimono on a street below a wooden veranda with seated figures behind screens.

Street Scene in the Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of two lovers embracing among autumn chrysanthemums, with a sword leaning against a rock.

Lovers Beside Flowering Autumn Grasses

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1680s

Black-and-white Japanese woodblock print of a samurai and courtesan seated together, with a kneeling servant and a candle sta

Samurai and Courtesan Seated; A Servant Beside Them

Sugimura Jihei Masataka, ca. 1685

Woodblock print of white and red-sailed boats on a river with reeds and distant rooftops under a blue sky.

江戸十二景仲洲之景

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock triptych of swirling whirlpools and rocky islets with pines, distant mountains and small sailing boats on the sea.

Rapids at Naruto

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a moonlit bay with islands, sailboats, pine trees and a winding shoreline under a full moon.

Panorama of the Eight Views of Kanasawa under a Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one at a mirror stand and one reading on a verandah, ca. 1730.

Two Women in a Room Opening on a Verandah

Hasegawa Mitsunobu, ca. 1730