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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned green kimono with calligraphy inscription above her.

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1: Genroku-style Courtesan

Utagawa Kuninao, probably 1810s

Woodblock print of two women and an infant on a veranda beside a garden tree with a hanging wind-bell.

The Evening Wind-bell

Santō Kyōden, ca. 1783

Woodblock print of two women and a man with a basket approaching a stone well marked by a wooden sign.

History of Kamakura: Visitors to Hoshinoi Well

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono beside a glowing lantern at night, with calligraphy.

Courtesan by a Lantern, “Fire,” from the series Five Elements for the Bunsai Poetry Group, a Guide to the Yoshiwara P…

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two young attendants in patterned kimono, with calligraphy in the upper left.

The Oiran Shirayu of Wakanaya attended by Two Kamuro and Shinzo

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two attendants in patterned kimonos against a plain tan background.

The Oiran Wakoku of Echizen-ya attended by a Shinzo and a Kamuro

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a warrior with a bow confronting a long-haired ghostly woman holding a fan under a full moon.

The Warrior Miura-no-suke Confronting the Court Lady Tamamo-no-mae as She Turns into an Evil Fox with Nine Tails

Yashima Gakutei, late 1820s

Woodblock print of a kneeling actor in patterned robes holding a raised sword, with calligraphy at upper left.

Actor as Tokihira

Utagawa Kunisada, probably 1815

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black patterned kimono with two young attendants in striped robes, ca. 1788.

The Oiran Utagawa of Matsubaya attended by Her Kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of three women by a incense burner, one holding a string of shell beads, with calligraphy at upper right.

The Willow Shell (Yanagi-kai), from an Untitled Set of Beauty Prints on the Theme of Shells

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child on a balcony, one pointing at a long-tailed bird in the sky.

A Long-Tailed Fowl (Onagadori), from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochō jūnikin)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791

Hand-colored print of animated carpenter tools and a green watering can with flowers walking on blade legs.

Implements Animated, Pl. 1, Dedicated to the Carpenters and Gardeners of Great Britain

Charles Williams, 1811

Hand-coloured print of household tools personified as two figures, a broom-headed mop figure and a pan-and-fork figure, on a

Implements Animated, Pl. 2, Dedicated to the Housemaids and Cooks of the United Kingdoms

Charles Williams, 1811

Engraved night seascape of fishermen with a sailboat and moonlight, and figures gathered around a campfire on a rocky shore.

The Fishermen's Canteen

Jeanne Deny, 1770

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum and framed paintings covering the walls.

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1808-10

Pen and brown ink drawing of mourners carrying a body toward a stone tomb, framed by a double black border.

The Entombment

Nicolas Poussin, 1656

Japanese woodblock diptych of two dancing men in patterned coats and straw hats against a striped background.

Two Men Wearing Brown Coats, also Straw Hats with Brown Bows

Yashima Gakutei

Triptych Japanese print of women in kimono gathered in interior rooms with sliding screens, a crane, pine and flowering plum

Honoring the Three Gods of Poetry: Women Composing Poems

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1792

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a wine-pot beside a New Year pine decoration and a small dog.

Young Woman Carrying a Wine-Pot for the New Year Ceremony

Katsukawa Shuntei, ca. 1815

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan with ornate hairpins holding a round fan beside a writing desk and books.

The Oiran Hinazuru of Chōjiya Holding a Round Fan (Uchiwa)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1794

Japanese print of a court lady in a patterned robe on a veranda beside a bare tree in snow.

Court Lady Looking at a Blooming Cherry-Tree

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a court lady with a pink fan on a staircase beside a bare cherry tree.

Court Lady with a Fan - a Cherry-Tree in Bloom

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a patterned kimono reading a letter, with calligraphy and flowers beside her.

The Oiran Komurasaki of Kadotamaya Reading a Letter

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1794

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono on an ornate boat, with a phoenix at left and bamboo at right.

The Treasure Boat

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1795

Triptych woodblock print of women playing samisen and a man in dark kimono under red lanterns and wisteria.

A Parody of Yuranosuke in the Pleasure Quarters

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one reaching for a green curtain, the other holding a fan beside a lattice scree

A Yoshiwara Analogue of the Story of Koko (Huang Xiang) one of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety

Chōkyōsai Eiri, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of a courtier with a brush and two court ladies in kimono, with a poem in cloud cartouches above.

Courtier and Two Ladies of the Court, with a Poem by Mibu no Tadamine

Rekisentei Eiri, ca. 1791

Three women in kimono stand by rippling water among yellow flowers in a Japanese woodblock print.

Mountain Roses of Ide (Ide no Yamabuki), from the series A Parodic Six Jewel Rivers (Yatsushi Mu-Tamagawa)

Rekisentei Eiri, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of men and women dining on a tea-house veranda above a river, with lanterns, pines, and boats.

Two Young Men and Several Women Dining at a Tea-house on the Bank of the Sumida River

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of a standing man in a cream kimono and a kneeling woman in an orange floral robe, with a sword on the floor.

Rikiya and Konami, from the series A Program with Music about Loving Couples (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798