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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

15,015 works

Ink sketch of an armored warrior on a tiger with a snake and clouds above, with Japanese notes in the margins.

Yorimasa Killing Nue

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of the warrior Sakata Kintoki in a fierce crouching pose, with swords at his belt and a raised clenched fist.

Sakata Kintoki

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Muscular figure with a fierce face drinking from a large red sake cup, seated with a sword hilt beside him.

Sakata Kintoki Drinking Sake Wine

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of Guan Yu, Chinese god of war, seated with a fur mantle and scroll, with Japanese text in the margins.

Guan Yu Seated (Chinese God of War)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink and red sketch of a red-haired shōjō beside a sake jar with flower crest, plus studies of wasps and a honeycomb.

Shōjō

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a bent, bearded old hermit in loose robes leaning on a tall staff, with light red wash on the face.

Hermit with a Staff

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of two smiling gods, Ebisu and Daikoku, celebrating New Year beside a table with fish and sake bottles.

Ebisu and Daikoku Celebrating the New Year Festival

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a smiling elderly man in a black robe and hat, seated behind a large round fan with a staff beside him.

Portrait of the Poet Matsuo Bashō (?)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of two wrestlers grappling in a dynamic, twisting pose with flowing garments on cream paper.

Two Wrestlers

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink and colour drawing of a red-faced child riding a grey bear on a rocky cliff, with an axe and pine branches.

Sakata Kintoki Riding on Bear's Back

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a fierce muscular guardian figure in billowing robes, one arm raised, scowling with a bald head.

Nio the Guardian

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a woven basket with leaves and a round box showing the Gods of Luck Daikoku, Juro, and Ebisu.

Daikoku, Juro, and Ebisu (Gods of Luck)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a bearded old man in a tall black hat riding a white deer and holding a staff.

Juro (God of Luck)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of muscular tattooed warriors in dynamic poses, with a rope and flowing robes, by Katsushika Hokusai.

Scene from the Suikoden

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink line drawing of a bearded, haloed figure in flowing robes resting both hands on a long ornate sword.

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a kneeling kabuki-style figure gripping a long sword, with a second sword at the waist, on cream paper.

The Actor Danjuro as Shibaraku

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Hand-colored drawing of a armored warrior with swords standing over a fanged pink sea creature against a pale background.

Okijiro Hironari

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a woman carrying a child on her back, with a second child holding her hand and carrying a box.

Mother and Children in Summer Night

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing with red accents of smiling Ebisu holding a fishing rod and a large fish, standing on waves.

Ebisu (God of Luck, Protector of Merchants)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink sketch of a man in a fur-trimmed hat and layered robes, one arm raised, in a lively pose on paper.

Fan Peddler

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink sketch of a bearded elderly sage in a flowing robe seated on stylized waves, with a sword at his feet.

Sage

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Ink drawing of a standing woman in a wide hat with a wisteria sprig, robes drawn in loose brushlines.

Fuji Musume, the Wisteria Maid

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a tattooed fireman in a dark coat beside a tall white fire banner, with text columns on pink.

Fireman

Utagawa Yoshitora, ca. 1858

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded armored warrior with a long blade, surrounded by birds, deer, a bear, and a red demon o

Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1819

Woodblock print of a standing man in a red floral kimono and white hakama, with Japanese text panels beside him.

Hakoōmaru, Buyū chikara-gusa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a man in black coat and blue floral kimono before a rising red sun and rays.

Print - Utagawa Sadakage

Utagawa Sadakage, 19th century

Woodblock print of a man in striped robes beside a child in a patterned kimono, with a kettle on a brazier at left.

Actor as Master of Sagamiya (Sagamiya teishu)

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Two women in patterned kimono sit on a veranda beside red maple branches, in a Japanese woodblock print by Toyohara Kunichika

Kobushō Kasei from the Series Thirty-Six Restaurants In New Tokyo

Toyohara Kunichika, late 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of kabuki actors in a palace interior, one kneeling with a raised sword before a seated figure on a

Kabuki actors play as Ōashibara Ueno no kami Masahira, Tokiwa Mikuriya Bettō Tsuneaki, Tairano Shinnō Masakado, Musas…

Utagawa Yoshitsuya, mid-19th century

Woman in patterned kimono bends toward a stream among autumn plants, with dragonflies flying overhead in a woodblock print.

Fashionable Seven Autumn Plants (Fūzoku aki nanakusa)

Toyohara Sadatora, first half of the 19th century