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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,455 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in blue patterned kimono with parasol and sword beside a pine tree, birds and water.

The Actor Otani Hiroji as Honda Harunaga

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1745

Woodblock print of a butterfly dance costume with patterned wings, red cloth, a rooster and a beaded headdress, with calligra

Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 2: Costume for the Butterfly Dance (Kochō no mai)

Kubo Shunman, 1810s

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono releasing a bird from a cage, with calligraphy beside her.

Lady Murasaki Sets a Bird Free from a Cage

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of a small yellow-green bird perched on a plum branch with white blossoms and handwritten inscriptions.

New Moon; Nightingale on a Plum Branch

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman with a basket and two children watching geese fly over autumn rice fields and mountains.

Rustic Scene

Chōkyōsai Eiri, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a crested jay perched beside pink hibiscus flowers and dark green leaves on a rose-to-cream background.

Hibiscus Mutabilis and Jay

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono, a crane flying above, and a seated woman writing at a red table.

Three Beauties

Suzuki Haruji, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of pack horses hauling hay past marshland, with snowy Mount Fuji and cranes in the background.

The New Fields at Ōno in Suruga Province (Sunshū Ōno shinden), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Two yellow and grey ducks swim in blue water near reeds, with pink cherry blossoms and falling petals in a Japanese print.

Hooded Gulls and Cherry Blossoms

Utagawa Hiroshige, probably 1850-62

Ink drawing of a woman with a pole chasing a sparrow near a window, with men carrying baskets and a child in a rural scene.

Woman Pursuing Sparrow

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind green hills, with cranes wading in a river and flying across a pale sky.

Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province (Sōshū Umezawa zai), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrok…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of a songbird on a vine with pink and white morning glories and green leaves on cream paper.

Morning Glories and Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840-50

Woodcut print of an old man with firewood, a woman washing by a stream, children, a pine tree and a wooden tub.

Fagot-gatherer Finds Boy with Sparrow

Okumura Masanobu

Japanese print of two flying birds above white narcissus blossoms and a perched bird beside a rock.

Birds and Narcissus

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a long-tailed bird preening on a plum branch with white blossoms against a warm yellow background.

Bird on a Plum Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a young woman in a patterned kimono standing by a riverbank with boats, a bird flying above.

Young Lady by the Shore

Katsukawa Shuncho

Woodblock-style print of a pheasant with long barred tail, red face patch and green feet, signed in ink at left.

Bird

Hakusanjin Hokui

Woodblock print of a white heron above purple irises and green reeds over blue water, with calligraphy at upper left.

White Heron and Iris

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of an owl on a pine branch with two swallows flying nearby on a pale background.

Owl and Two Swallows

Utagawa Toyohiro

Brown ink sketch of three sparrows around ripples on water, with a handwritten inscription in the upper right corner.

Sparrows

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a mallard duck in flight beside snow-covered reeds, with falling snow against a blue and grey sky.

Mallard and Snow-covered Reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1843

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child walking on a shore with plovers flying over rippling waves.

“The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province,” from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidor…

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono carrying two bird cages on a pole beneath a maple branch.

The Actor Azuma Tōzō I as a Woman Carrying Two Bird Cages

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1768

Woodblock print of geese flying over a misty lake with sailboats, a shore hut, and layered mountains at dusk.

Geese Flying Down to Katada

Utagawa Hiroshige

Black crow perched on a grey rock beside a bare branch, with calligraphy and a red seal in the upper right corner.

Crow Resting on Wood Trunk

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Woodblock print of a woman in a blossom-patterned kimono holding a yellow daruma doll beside a lacquered box.

Beauty and Holiness

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1770

Japanese woodblock print of a blue bird perched on a yellow hibiscus flower, with blue hibiscus buds and calligraphy above.

Blue Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in pink crane-patterned robes and ornate hairstyle, holding a fan beside a sword.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Wappa no Kikuō in a Woman’s “Asahina Armor Pulling” (Asahina no kusazuri-biki) Scene

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1780 (An’ei 9), 1st month

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a yellow kimono holding a birdcage with a yellow bird beneath cherry blossoms.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimitsu in Role of Kumenosuke

Torii Kiyomitsu, 1735-1785

Woodblock print of a long-tailed bird perched on a plum branch with blue blossoms and a roof eave at upper left.

Long Tailed Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige