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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Triptych print of foreign soldiers, drummers and a carriage procession past Japanese buildings and a wooden fence.

Picture of a Procession of Foreigners at Yokohama

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 2nd month, 1861

Triptych print of Western visitors in period dress with a rider on horseback, ships at sea, and hills in Kanagawa.

Foreigners Visiting the Famous Site of Mount Gongen in Kanagawa

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 2nd month, 1861

Japanese woodblock triptych of Western diners at a banquet in an arched room with flowers, servants, and a child.

Foreigners from the Five Nations Enjoying a Banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 3rd month, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a steamship interior with decks, rigging, crew, and passengers dining at a table.

Interior of an American Steamship

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 4th month, 1861

Triptych print of a paddle steamship, American flags, a steam locomotive and crowds of Western-dressed figures on a dock.

“America”: A Steamship in Transit

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of Western figures in a room with a dining table, a child, and harbor ships at left.

Foreigners Enjoying a Banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 2nd month, 1862

Panoramic woodblock print of a walled Yokohama pleasure quarter with pink cherry trees, tiled roofs, and ships on the harbor.

View of the Miyozaki Brothel District in Yokohama, Kanagawa (Kanagwa Yokohama Miyozaki machi yūjoya kōkei)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 4th month, 1864

Triptych woodblock print of a bay with sailing ships, Mount Fuji, and a crowded street with lanterns and kimono-clad figures.

A Distant View of Yokohama from Kanagawa

Utagawa Yoshitora, 5th month, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of two Western couples in colorful period dress, one playing concertina and horn, the other standing

English and Russian Couples

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1st month, 1861

Japanese woodblock triptych of foreigners in Western dress feasting and dancing in a Japanese room with a shamisen player.

Foreigners Enjoying a Party (Gaikokujin yūkyō no zu)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1st month, 1861

Woodblock print of foreign figures at a harbor with a woman on a white horse, a parasol, and masted ships in the background.

A View of the Wharves in Yokohama

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1861

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of a busy foreign city street with carriage, women in dresses, and a hot air balloon.

City of Washington in America

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1st month, 1862

Triptych woodblock print of a harbor with sailing ships, a carriage with passengers, a city skyline, and a white building.

The Port of London England

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1862

Triptych woodblock print of a canal city with a stone arched bridge, boats, crowds in Chinese dress, and tiled-roof buildings

Nankin in China

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1862

Japanese woodblock triptych of a harbor with sailing ships, a green lighthouse, and strolling figures in Western dress.

Paris, France

Utagawa Yoshitora, 6th month, 1862

Triptych woodblock print of an ornate palace hall with colonnades, blue drapery, and women in long gowns walking.

Heidoru (St. Petersberg), Capital of Russia, from the series Famous Places from All Nations (Bankoku meisho zukushi -…

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865

Triptych print of a steam locomotive, crowds in Western dress, a carriage and palm tree before blue misty mountains.

France (furansukoku)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865

Triptych Japanese print of a harbor with sailing warships, a promenade of Western-dressed figures, and churches along the sho

England (Igirisukoku)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865

Japanese woodblock triptych showing Western figures, an American flag, and hot air balloons over a harbor with ships.

“America”: Enjoying Hot Air Balloons

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1867

Three-panel print of balloons being inflated and rising over a crowded field beside European-style buildings.

Illustration of a Balloon Ascending (Fūsen shōyō no zu)

Utagawa Yoshitora, November, 1872

Japanese woodblock triptych of Western men and women drinking at a tea house with painted fans on a blue backdrop.

The Five Nations Enjoying a Drunken Revel at the Gankirō Tea House

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 12th month, 1860

Triptych woodblock print of foreign men and women in a crowded procession with a white elephant and horse, by Utagawa Yoshiik

Picture of Men and Women from all Nations (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 4th month, 1861

Triptych print of a crowded Yokohama trading showroom with arched windows, flags, ceramics, and Western and Japanese visitors

“The Flourishing of an English Trading Firm in Yokohama”

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 9th month, 1870

Triptych woodblock print of a London bridge over the Thames with boats, sailing ships, and city buildings at sunset.

"View in London," the Prosperity of Countries: London, England

Utagawa Yoshimori, September 1872

Japanese triptych print of a harbor with steamships, sailing ships, a pier, and Western-dressed figures on the shore.

Illustration of a Large French Port Trading with Many Nations (Furansukoku oominato shokoku kōeki zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 4th month, 1866

Triptych woodblock print of French and English soldiers maneuvering with cavalry, infantry and artillery amid smoke on a plai

Maneuvers by Three Categories of French and English Soldiers (Furansu Igirisu sanhei ōchōren no zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 8th month, 1867

Triptych woodblock print of cavalry and infantry in red and blue uniforms advancing across a smoky battlefield.

Illustration of Cavalry, Infantry and Soldiers Retreating (Kiheitai, hoheitai, daichōren no zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 8th month, 1867

Japanese triptych woodblock print of elephants attacked by tigers, with men on elephants and spearmen in grass.

Big Elephants Being Attacked

Isshinsai Yoshikata, 2nd month, 1863

Woodblock print of a couple embracing under a green mosquito net, with a sleeping figure inside and a pine-decorated screen b

Lovers Beneath a Mosquito Net

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a courtesan embracing a bearded foreign man in a black hat, framed by a pine branch and a red lacquer stan

Dutchman and Maruyama Courtesan

Chōkyōsai Eiri, 18th century