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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in floral kimono before a waterfall with red blossoms, by Toyohara Kunichika, 1875.

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor Ichikawa Sadanji plays Hanaoshō…

Toyohara Kunichika, 1875

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a checkered kimono with peony sleeves, with vertical Japanese text beside him.

Ichimura Takenojō V as Yukanba Kozō Kichiza, from A Modern Water Margin (Kinsei suikoden)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1862

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with blue hair and a tattooed-style robe, in front of silhouetted pine branches.

The Actor Nakamura Fukusuke I as Asahina Tōbei, likened to Lu Zhishen the Tattooed Priest (Kaoshō Rochishin ni hisu),…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854, 7th month)

Woodblock print of a tattooed kabuki actor in a blue robe with a tiger tattoo, against dark pine branches.

The Actor Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I as Ude no Kisaburō, likened to Wu Song the Ascetic (Gyōja Bushō ni hisu), from the “Pi…

Utagawa Kunisada, 1854, 7th month)

Woodblock print of a seated man with an open book beside a standing woman in a red jacket and blue patterned skirt.

Dutchmen

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1860

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji with two men in the foreground, one kneeling in a yellow robe and one standing in black.

Mount Fuji from the series Famous Mountains in Japan

Utagawa Yoshimori, ca. 1865

Japanese woodblock print of two Englishmen in Western dress beside a British flag, with a sailing ship on the sea behind.

Englishmen

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Japanese print of two men in top hats watching a balloon labeled CONSTITUTION rise over a building and blue sky.

Picture of a Balloon

Miyagi Gengyo, 1860

Triptych woodblock print of a formal ceremony with a seated figure on a dais, officials in sashes, and women in kimono.

View of the Issuance of the Constitution

Baiju Kunitoshi, March 1889

Woodblock print of a samurai with an umbrella confronting a kneeling man on a rainy path beneath pine trees.

Sadakuro Threatening to Kill Yoichibei

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a red watchtower behind weeping willows, with hanging cloths over a grassy lane and a figure beneath.

Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1857

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with travelers, a parasol, a teahouse, and a distant blue sea.

Goyu, Tabibito Ryujo

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Triptych print of uniformed officers and court ladies presenting gift cups in a decorated room, with chrysanthemums and patte

Illustration of the Commanders who Pacified Western Japan, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cups (Saigoku chinsei shoshō…

Toyohara Chikanobu, September, 1887

Triptych Japanese print of uniformed officers feasting in a lantern-lit banquet hall, with a musician and a seated woman in b

Police Superintendant's Party: A Gift of Food and Drink

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, September 1877

Woodblock print of Western workers loading crates onto a dark steamship with rigging and an American flag.

Yokohama Trade: Picture of Westerners Shipping Cargo

Utagawa Sadahide, April 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red costume with white square patterns, red and white face paint, and swords at his side

Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku Performance

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors under a red and yellow umbrella in the rain, one in a striped kimono, one in a lattice r

Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugorō and Iwai Hanshirō

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with umbrella and lantern on a rainy path, with two figures sheltering under a tree.

Where is Tokubei?

Momokawa Shiko II, ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a staff and sword beside rippling water under a dark sky.

An Actor Beside Water

Utagawa Toyokuni

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono gathered around a cart with a large wheel.

Ladies Surrounding a Cart

Woodblock print of three standing figures in patterned kimono, one central figure wearing a dark crested robe and a sword.

Three Actors

Torii Kiyomasu II

Woodblock print of two women with umbrellas walking in rain past a tea house and torii gate, with palm trees in the foregroun

Fukagawa Hachiman Keidai (Niken Jya-ya)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated at a railing and one standing with a box and bowl.

Two Women

Yumiaki Toriyama

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor raising a staff beside a sword, with waves and a tiled-roof building behind him.

Actor, Danjuro, Impersonating Murubashi Chuye

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hairpins leaning toward a man in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy at to

Okaru and Yuranosuke (Okaru, Yuranosuke)

Monochrome print of women in kimono on a latticed balcony and staircase, with a figure in a woven hat below.

Street Scene in Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu, late 17th century

Woodblock print of a woman in checked kimono and large white headdress, with Japanese calligraphy and a crest beside her.

The Courtesan Umematsu of the Atarashiya Brothel Costumed as an Ohara Maiden

Ryūkōsai Jokei, early 1790s

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a purple kimono and striped hakama, holding a closed fan, with cherry blossoms

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke I, as a Man Holding a Closed Fan in His Right Hand

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a woman blowing soap bubbles beside a child under blossoming plum branches and a moon.

Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono by a bench under a pine tree, with a bamboo fence and water at right.

Sunset Glow of Late Summer (Chōka no sekishō), from the series Eight Views of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)