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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Woodblock print of five women in kimono in a palace room, one arranging flowers at a low table beside folding screens.

Chiyoda Inner Palace: No.20 Flower Arranging in Turn (Chiyoda no Ōoku: Chanoyu mawaribana)

Toyohara Chikanobu, August 1895

Triptych print of figures in black kimono evacuating at night, with a white horse, lanterns, swords, and a red fire glow.

“Evacuation of the Ladies,” from the series The Inner Precincts of Chiyoda Castle (Chiyoda no Ōoku, Otachinoki)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896 (Meiji 29)

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and lantern walking through falling snow beside an attendant at night.

Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1797

Woodblock print of three women in close composition, one wearing a tall green hat with a peony, against a grey-blue backgroun

Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha no Bu Tojin Shishi Sumo

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1791

Woodblock-style print of a procession of men in colorful kimono with swords, passing pine trees, blossoms and a red-roofed bu

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Men)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1897

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a black lacquer tray with a tea bowl.

Okita of the Naniwa-ya Teahouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1793

Woodblock print of three men in straw komuso hats, one playing flute, with a boy in a striped kimono and a white dog.

Three Revelers of the Lower Classes, Wearing Komuso Hats, with Small Boy and Dog

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woodblock print of a man holding a patterned ball above a young woman in a red kimono with blossoms.

Man and Young Woman with a Ball

Kitagawa Utamaro

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama tea house interior with a red bridge, garden pond, lantern and women in kimono.

The Interior of the Gankiro Tea House in Yokohama

Suzuki Hiroshige II, 1861 (April)

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of a seated man holding a cat and a standing woman in a red floral kimono.

Parody of the Third Princess and Kashiwagi: “Chapter 50: A Hut in the Eastern Provinces”

Utagawa Kunisada, 1858, second month

Woodblock print of a shaved-head man in purple kimono and striped hakama playing a shamisen, with calligraphy above.

Keisei Ichikawa Denzo

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1797-1800

Woodblock print of a noblewoman on a veranda watching three kneeling men by a river under cherry blossoms.

The Third Princess and Kashiwagi, from Chapter 34, “New Herbs I (Wakana I)” (Nihon shinnō onna sannomiya)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1890

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women working on fishing boats with nets beneath a crowded wooden bridge over a river

Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with a servant holding a paper lantern and shamisen box behind them.

Young Woman at Night accompanied by a Servant Carrying a Lantern and a Shamisen Box

Kitagawa Kikumaro

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman combing her hair above a young girl in a red floral kimono.

Man and Girl

Kitagawa Kikumaro

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono and a child walking by a railing, with boats on water behind them.

Returning Boats at Komagata

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a blind and potted plant, with a child kneeling to wash a book on the floor.

Washing the Book

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono at a lattice gate, one holding a striped parasol, with plum branches and rain

"Visiting," from the Series Seven Fashionable Komachi

Woodblock print of two geisha in patterned kimono, one kneeling and playing a shamisen, the other standing beside her.

Two Geisha

Japanese print of two women on a veranda by bush clover, one reading a scroll, with calligraphy and a rocky stream below.

Bush Clover in Province of Omi

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono by a lattice fence under a red maple tree and crescent moon.

One of the Seven Komachi: Amagoi (Praying for Rain)

Woodblock print of two women in kimono smoking pipes beside a blossoming tree, with a bench and lacquer box.

Sotoba; One of Seven Komachi

Woodblock print of three elegant women in patterned kimono with two young attendants, hair ornaments and bamboo motifs.

The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya Brothel, from the series “A Pat-tern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as…

Isoda Koryusai, 1777-78

Woodblock print of a tall oiran courtesan and a young attendant walking together in patterned kimono.

Oiran and Attendant out for a Stroll

Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono standing on a grassy riverbank, one holding a fan.

Three Young Women Strolling on the Bank of the Sumida River

Woodblock print of five figures in patterned kimono, one holding an open fan and another pointing, by Torii Kiyonaga.

Ichikawa Danjūrō V and His Family

Torii Kiyonaga, 1782

Japanese woodblock print of two women at a temple shrine with a kneeling figure, stone lantern, and Jizo image.

Enmei Jizo

Woodblock print of an older man scolding a young woman with a red hairpin beside a bowl, in a doorway setting.

"A Scolding" (Ochiyo), illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Woman in blue robe touching a blossoming plum branch beside a red railing, in a Japanese woodblock-style print.

Chinese Beauty Beside a Plum Tree, leaf from the album “A Contest of Beauties from the Near and Distant Past” (Chūko…

Gen Ki, 1895

Woodblock print of two windblown pines over a wave-lapped beach, with travelers and small boats on the sea.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858