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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of two women in kimono on a riverbank, with a winding river, pine tree and hills behind them.

Plum-Seeing Month: Second Month

Isoda Koryusai, 1735-1790

Woodblock print of a samurai on a dappled white horse below a window where two women look out, with a pine tree.

Young Samurai on Horseback and Women at a Window

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1769-70 (Meiwa 6-7)

Line drawing of a Japanese street with porters, samurai with swords, townspeople, a water barrel and hanging fish.

A Number of People in the Street Going about Various Affairs

Okumura Masanobu

Ink print of a man lighting his pipe from a young woman's pipe, with a servant boy carrying a box at right.

A Man Lighting His Pipe from that of A Young Woman who Sits Beside Him

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of a samurai in a woven hat with swords, a woman in floral kimono, a child, and kneeling figur

A Samurai who Hides His Features with His Hat

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white woodblock print of a young attendant holding a letter before two seated women in patterned kimonos.

A Kamuro is Shown Bringing a Love Letter to Her Mistress

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of three courtesans and a young attendant in patterned kimono walking past a lattice railing.

Three Courtesans and a Kamuro Strolling in the Street

Okumura Masanobu

Woodblock print of an oiran playing shamisen while a young man kneels beside her, with a lacquer box and tray nearby.

An Oiran Playing the Shamisen to a Young Man Kneeling by Her Side in Rapt Attention

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white print of figures in kimono walking past a fence, one servant carrying a patterned lantern.

A Man Attended by a Servant Carrying a Lantern

Okumura Masanobu

Ink line print of two courtesans in patterned kimono beside a railing, with an attendant and a monkey at right.

Two Courtesans

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior, one applying treatment to another's bare back near a paint

An Oiran Seated in a Parlor Applies the Fire Treatment to the Bared Back of Another Woman

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white woodblock print of two women seated indoors, one writing and one playing a shamisen, with a window view of sa

Two Women Seated in a Parlor

Okumura Masanobu

Black-and-white Japanese print of a woman fixing her hair beside a samurai in a straw hat with a barrel and buckets.

An Oiran Rearranging Her Hair in the Street while a Young Samurai Looks on

Okumura Masanobu

Black and white woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a broom, with calligraphy and seal at left.

The Actor Nakamura Kichibei

Okumura Masanobu

Ink sketch of three kyōgen dancers in animated poses, one holding an open fan, on mounted paper.

Three Kyōgen Dancers

Kawanabe Kyōsai, late 19th century

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