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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a brazier and a standing man at a fence, with a maple branch above.

Warming the Sake by Maple Leaf Fire

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a man with umbrella below a lattice balcony where a woman reads a letter, with Japanese calligraphy above.

The Lovers O-Hatsu and Tokubei

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a muscular kabuki actor in wrestler costume with a maple-leaf robe and sword, c. 1770.

Actor Sakata Hongoro II as a Wrestler in a Play

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall in a rocky gorge, with three figures crouching on a ledge beside pine trees.

Kegon Waterfall

Woodblock print of a woman fishing from a riverbank while a standing man with a sword watches beneath drooping willow branche

Kyo Shi

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind pine trees, rice fields and travelers with a pack horse on a road.

Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a shallow river on boats and by wading, with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Shimada; Oigawa Shun-Gan, Banks of the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of porters carrying boxes along a mountain pass beside thatched houses and green cliffs, with calligraphy abo

Nissaka; Sayo no Naka Yama, pass in the Bayo Mountains

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of porters carrying loads over a wooden bridge beside a weeping willow and thatched houses.

Goyu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Pen drawing of a standing kabuki-style figure in white robes beside a fan-shaped portrait cartouche with Japanese text.

Drawing Intended as Design for an Actor Print

Utagawa Kunisada, 1833-47

Woodblock print of a figure in a floral kimono beside a stylized pine branch, with a Japanese inscription.

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1764

Diptych woodblock print of two figures in kimono before Mount Fuji, one holding a walking stick, the other in a flat straw ha

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro as a Tall Woman in a Flat Straw Hat

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a bearded man in a blue hat riding a reddish horse, with a pink Japanese text scroll at upper left.

An American on Horseback

Utagawa Yoshitora, ca. 1861

Woodblock print of a naval officer and nurse beside a patient's bed in a hospital room with a window.

The Torpedo Officer (Suirai shikan), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 1, no. 8

Kajita Hanko, ca. 1900

Woman in a feathered hat and maroon jacket beside a street lamp, with a silhouetted man walking along a misty shoreline.

Print - Tsuneshige, 1900

Tsuneshige, ca. 1900

Woodblock print of a procession on a hillside with Western men and a woman in red, Japanese attendants, pines, and yellow-roo

Hodogaya

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1865

Japanese woodblock print of a uniformed man, a woman in a violet dress and feathered hat, and a child under cherry blossoms.

Blossoming Cherry Trees in Ueno Park (Ueno kōen kaika zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1888

Woodblock print of a uniformed man in a plumed hat among five kimono-clad women, with peonies and cherry blossoms behind them

Emperor among Court Ladies

Toyohara Chikanobu, ca. 1880

Woodblock print of three women and a girl in Western dress with a small dog beneath cherry blossoms, by Chikanobu, 1889.

Western Clothing from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi-Yōfuku)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889

Japanese print of a man and woman under a plum tree, with a circular inset of a reader at a desk.

The Demon Gold (Konjiki yasha)

Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1903

Woodblock print of a naval officer on a ship deck shading his eyes toward a smoking enemy ship amid rough seas.

Sakamoto Otasuku

Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1894

Woodblock print of a courtesan on a green balcony, with a laughing man in a red jacket dancing above holding an umbrella.

Shin Yoshiwara: The New Yoshiwara

Shōsai Ikkei, ca. 1875

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a latticed window, one sewing and one kneeling beside white folded cloth on the f

Evening Snow on the Nurioke, from the series Eight Parlor Views

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of a caricatured officer in white uniform on a stone bridge, with camellias and Japanese text.

Farce of the Death at stone bridge from the series Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon…

Kobayashi Kiyochika, October 1904

Two Japanese kabuki actor prints with a samurai holding a sword, framed by cherry blossoms on blue and black grounds.

Actor, Nakamura Shikan plays as Ootomo no Kuronushi, Onoe Taganojō plays as Kurosome no rei, from Tsumoru koiyuki no…

Hashimoto Naoyoshi, dated 1882

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue patterned kimono holding a sword and staff against a red background.

Ichikawa Sadanji as Dozaemon Denkichi in a Kabuki Play

Toyohara Kunichika, September, 1882

Triptych print of an emperor receiving kneeling officers in a hall, with uniformed commanders and kimono-clad attendants.

Illustration of the Honored Commanders, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cup (Kunkō no shō tenpai o tamau no zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, September, 1877

Woodblock print of a woman with a fan under a willow and a kneeling man with a sword on a grassy bank.

Scene from a Drama

Ippitsusai Bunchō, 1769

Three-panel Japanese print of an emperor seated in audience with uniformed officers and kimono-clad attendants.

View of the Gift of the Emperor's Gift Cup

Toyohara Chikanobu, Sept. 5, 1877 (Meiji 10)

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one resting her head on her hand, with a pipe and pouch on the floor.

Disconsolate Lovers

Momokawa Shiko II, ca. 1800