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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono catching water from a waterfall beside a maple tree on a cliff.

Parody of the Legend of Kyoyu and Sofu

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Woodblock print of a woman in a black hood and a young attendant with a yellow parasol and lantern in windy grass.

Lady with Black Hood and Umbrella Out Walking with Young Attendant

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono climbing stone stairs beside a pine tree.

Young Woman Climbing Stone Stairs to a Shinto Temple

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of a woman peering around a screen at a sleeping young servant beside a plum branch.

Young Lady Looking through Door at Her Kamuro (Little Servant) who is Asleep on the Floor

Suzuki Harunobu

Two young women in kimono play cat's cradle with string in a room with a horse screen and a flower vase.

Two Young Women Seated by a Kotatsu Playing Cat's Cradle

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of two women in an interior, one standing in a striped robe and one kneeling under a green quilt beside a pap

Parting of Lovers: The Morning After

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-70

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono reading a scroll while seated on a large carp in waves.

Young Woman Riding a Carp

Suzuki Harunobu, 1760s

Woodblock print of two women on a shop platform with combs, a willow tree, and a painted screen behind them.

Asakusa Seiran

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono guiding a seated child playing a shamisen in a tatami room.

The Music Lesson

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a veranda beside a peony, with a faint travel scene on a screen above.

Parody of the Tale of Young Man Lu: Courtesan Dreaming

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a wooden veranda and a pine tree.

Lady Komachi

Suzuki Harunobu

Tall Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned robe reading a long letter beneath a yellow canopy.

Woman in Night Robe Reading a Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a hermit on a cliff with a dangling figure and a woman in a striped kimono by a river.

The Immortal Kume

Suzuki Harunobu, 1760s

Three women in patterned kimono in a Japanese woodblock print, with lacquer boxes and a green cushion against a cream backgro

Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1895

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