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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style male figure in a brown robe and red kimono, holding a sword, with pine trees behin

Ichikawa Monosuke II

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman in a checkered robe and patterned kimono beside a green curtain, with a fan on the floor.

Segawa Kikunojo III

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono before shoji screens and snow-laden bamboo.

Kabuki Actors Osagawa Tsuneyo II and Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1780s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai dress holding a sword, with a white patterned kimono and red eye makeup.

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai of High Rank

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral pink kimono holding a raised sword beside a woven basket.

Bando Matataro as Umewomaru in the Drama "Sugewara denju tenarai Kagami"

Katsukawa Shunshō, 2nd month, 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red chain-mail armor holding a drawn sword beside a wooden railing.

Danjuro V, in chain-mail

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1786 (?)

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a sword, with red eye makeup and a stern expression.

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes bending beside a smoking brazier under a tiled roofline.

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Chinzei Hachiro in the Drama "Kite Kaeru nishiki no wakayagi"

Katsukawa Shunshō, 12th month, 1780

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono beside a pine tree and orange shrine post, with water behind her.

Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of three women in kimono wading through a shallow river beside yellow flowering shrubs.

The Tama River at Ide, Yamashiro Province

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1766

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

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a lattice window, one seated with a pipe, one kneeling by a white heater.

Evening Snow on the Heater

Suzuki Harunobu, late 18th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a lattice window, one holding an open fan, by Suzuki Harunobu.

The Clear-day Mountain Wind of the Fan

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reaching over a brick wall to pick plum blossoms, the other looking up below.

Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one bending to clear snow from a geta sandal while the other holds a parasol.

Removing Snow from a Geta (Geta no yuki-tori)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a bamboo pole, with a yellow hat at her back.

Shirai Gompachi

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1770

Woodblock print of a young man seated on a veranda gazing up at a woman in a green kimono leaning against a screen.

Young Man and a Watatsumi (Silk-puller) Prostitute

Suzuki Haruji, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of figures with parasols walking through falling snow past a blue torii gate and stone lanterns.

The Gion Shrine in Snow, from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho no uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of travelers beside a stone wall, tea stall and willow tree, with a pale lake under a dusk sky.

Station Thirty-Eight: Fujikawa, Scene at the Border, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Woodblock print of a windblown willow and a traveler struggling in gusts beside a river, with a wooden bridge at right.

Mie River at Yokkaichi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834

Woodblock print of travelers leaving a roadside inn at dawn, with blue crest curtains, lanterns and a tea stall.

Station Forty-Eight: Seki, Early Departure from the Headquarters Inn, from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Woodblock print of travelers on a slope in a heavy rain shower, with bent grasses and village roofs beside the road.

Shower at Shōno

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834

Woodblock print of travelers and a horse on a riverbank beside a wooden bridge under a full moon at night.

Nagakubo Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Hand-colored Japanese print of twenty-eight seated men in kimono arranged in a ring, with labeled names and inscriptions.

Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists

Kitao Shigemasa

Woodblock print of travelers and palanquins on a riverside embankment under a moon and flying geese.

“Nihon Embankment at Yoshiwara,” from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei, Yoshiwara, Niho…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped kimono and red sash, standing before a red lattice with a sword at his side.

The Second Ishikawa Monosuke in the Role of Karigane Bunshichi

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1782

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors, a man with a drum and a woman in a chrysanthemum-patterned kimono holding a fa

The Third Segawa Kikunojō as Ochiyo and Bando Mitsugorō as Hanbei

Katsukawa Shunshō, 5th month, 1781

Woodblock print of boatmen poling a loaded boat past willows under a large moon above a reed-lined river.

Senba Station

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a striped patterned kimono holding a fan, with a hill behind.

The Second Yamashita Kinsaku (1733-1790)

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1772

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a green patterned kimono beside a bare tree and red lattice fence.

Nakamura Rikō

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1774