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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai holding a drawn sword beneath a hanging bell, with inscribed title panels.

Portrait of Tominomori Sukeyemon Masakata

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a blue and red robe holding a spear, with calligraphy panels above.

Kabuki actors play the role of 47 Ronin (Seichū gishi den)

Utagawa Kunisada

Woodblock print of a samurai biting his thumb, holding a spear, beside a yellow screen with a bird design.

Portrait of Yoshida Sayaemon Kanesada

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a striped kimono holding a large yellow round fan at her shoulder.

Girl with Fan

Masafusa, ca. 1750-70

Woodblock print of women swimming in rough blue waves beside a rocky cliff, with boatmen and a sailboat nearby.

Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of travelers battling wind across a grassy plain, with flying papers, windblown trees and Mount Fuji in the d

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshū Ejiri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a floral kimono reading a letter, with calligraphy above and a hair ornament.

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō II as a Woman Reading a Letter

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1760s

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono in an elegant interior with sliding screens and a garden view.

Bellflowers (Asagao), from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Asagao)

Chobunsai Eishi, 1789-92

Japanese triptych of three women in patterned kimono beside a peacock, against a gold background of peacock feathers.

Interior of the House called Ōgiya

Chokosai Eisho, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono standing over a seated man playing a shamisen beside a lattice screen.

Lady Interrupting Her Lover, who is Playing the Shamisen

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimonos under a parasol, with a child attendant carrying a box.

Two Figures

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of three women in kimono holding large parasols beside a stream and blossoming trees.

Triptych of Umbrellas

Okumura Masanobu

Japanese woodblock print of three elegant figures in patterned kimono beside plum blossoms and sliding screens, with a child

Tripytych of Young Men

Okumura Masanobu

Black-ground print of a bearded man leading a white ox past a waterfall, with a seated figure above and Japanese inscriptions

Xu You and Chao Fu

Okumura Masanobu, 18th century

Four figures in patterned kimono stand and sit behind vertical bars beneath a lattice roof in a Japanese print.

Games of Football Being Played by Nobles

Hishikawa Moronobu

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

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

Woodblock print of a figure in a black and red robe with yellow patterned hakama, holding a hobby horse and a fan.

Actor as Woman with Hobby-horse in Unidentified Role

Torii Kiyonobu I

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding a parasol before a lattice screen, with crane and floral designs.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII 1699-1762 as a Woman with Parasol

Torii Kiyomasu I

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in woman's costume with a raised fan, wearing a pine-patterned robe in ochre and yellow

The Actor, Nakamura Shichisaburo II, 1703-1774 as a Woman with Fan

Torii Kiyomasu II

Woodblock print of a woman disrobing, wearing a patterned yellow kimono, with calligraphy in the margins.

Woman Disrobing

Okumura Toshinobu

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a parasol, standing on a veranda beside a flowering branch.

Young Lady with Parasol in the Yoshiwara District

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Woodblock print of a young man in a patterned kimono pulling a miniature flower cart with a vase of blossoms.

Young Man (Wakashu) with a Miniature Flower Cart

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1750-60s

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono at a riverside, with red demons swirling in clouds above and calligraphy at top

Woman Washing Clothes

Ishikawa Toyonobu

Woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono with hair ornament reading a long scroll letter, by Ishikawa Toyonobu.

The Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojo in the Role of a Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, late 1740s

Woodblock print of two women and a man in a sunlit room, one woman's arm being tended, the man smoking a long pipe.

Servant Applying Medicinal to Geisha's Arm

Kitao Shigemasa, late 18th century

Woodblock print of a man and two women on a teahouse terrace above a bay with sailboats and a village on the shore.

A Man and Two Women at a Teahouse at Wada no Ura Overlooking the Sea

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a seated woman writing a letter and a standing woman holding a bird in a room with flying geese.

A Girl Writing a Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in patterned kimono gazing at a folding screen with a mountain landscape.

Young Woman with a Pipe in Her Hand Gazing at Landscape Painted on a Screen

Suzuki Harunobu

Color woodblock print of two women in kimono at a reedy riverbank with thatched houses behind them.

Two Young Ladies at the Shore

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768