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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Woodblock print of kabuki actors in a red temple setting, one with a parasol and sword, another kneeling with a fan.

Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Konoshita Tokichi, Nakamura Daikichi as His Wife, and Iwai Hanshiro V as Masago in the Play Y…

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1819

Woodblock print of three silvery fish swimming beneath branches of yellow flowers and teal leaves, with calligraphy above.

Fishes Swimming with Yellow Flowers

Keisai Eisen, ca. 1830

Woodblock print of a Noh dancer in a teal patterned robe holding a white cloth, with calligraphy at upper left.

Scene from Noh Dance

Takashima Chiharu, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of an elderly man in a pale robe with a bird on his black staff, with poem text above.

Scene from Noh Dance

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a woman and a man in colorful robes on a shore, with sailing boats and a distant mountain behind them.

Kaori-mono-awase, Gyoshu

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, 1830

Woman in striped kimono kneels beside a white rat on a cage, with rice stalks and a moon behind a screen.

New Year Greeting Card for "Rat" Year

Yanagawa Shigenobu, 1828

Woodblock print of two young women in kimono at a shrine lantern, with a child pointing upward and carrying flowers.

Young Ladies Paying Homage to a Shrine

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1814

Woodblock print of a red sea bream and striped fish among shells, seaweed, a sea urchin and a squid.

Large and Small Fish Swimming Among Shells and Moss at the Bottom of the Sea

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1830

Japanese surimono shaped like a folding screen: a woman with firewood and a child beside an ox, and a river landscape with a

Surimono in shape of small twofold screen

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of a red-faced warrior deity with a sword and prayer beads above a crowd of striped-robed figures.

Danjūrō VII's Benkei as Fudō Myōō

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1824

Woodblock print of a muscular warrior in a floral robe uprooting a tree in rain, with a sword and calligraphy panels.

Ro-Chi-Shin Uprooting a Tree

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan and attendant in a circle, with a small scene of the Yoshiwara gate and street above.

The Gate of the Yoshiwara

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print still life of a red fan, green horse-patterned pouch, bird medallion and patterned box with calligraphy.

Horse Pattern (Koma shōbu), from the series Horses

Katsushika Hokusai, 1822

Woodblock print of a young nobleman in blue robes crouching beside a grey horse with a decorated saddle.

Young Nobleman Crouching beside His Horse

Woodblock print of a seated woman playing a koto beside a coiled dragon beneath a pine tree.

Benzaiten ni Ryu

Yashima Gakutei

Woodblock print of a bearded armored warrior carrying a child on his shoulders beside a red banner and arrows.

Chinese Warrior Carrying a Child upon His Shoulders

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue patterned robe riding a water buffalo led by a boy, with mountains behind.

Roshungi (Chinese, Lu Zhunyi) as a Woman with a Pipe Riding on a Buffalo

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print of a warbler hanging from a stem beside pink and white camellias and green reeds.

Warbler and Camellia

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1815-20

Woodblock print of two fan designs: white plum blossoms on pale green, and orange waves with calligraphy, over blue waves.

Two Fan Designs: Plum Blossom and Wave

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with a red obi, framed by a blue border and plum branch te

Figure of a Woman

Two-panel woodblock print: a yellow bird on cherry blossoms at left, and an armored rider on a white horse beside a pine at r

Left: Bird on Branch of a Cherry Tree; Right: Minamotono Yoshiié on Horseback

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks on a rock by water, with orange irises and green leaves, and calligraphy at left.

Pair of Mandarin Ducks and Iris Flowers

Woodblock print of a woman seated on a veranda adjusting her hair while looking into a small mirror, with a decorative plum-b

Beauty Looking at Her Image in a Mirror

Utagawa Sadakage, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a ferry boat with a poling boatman crossing a river past flowering plum branches and a distant mountain.

Boat Ferrying Across River

Woodblock print of a large dark carp swimming past stylized pine branches on a blue ground, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Carp and Pine

Yashima Gakutei

Japanese print with fan-shaped frame showing a seated scholar with a cup, chrysanthemums, and a willow landscape below.

Fan-shaped Design Depicting Chinese Poet or Philosopher

Yashima Gakutei

Woman playing a flute while riding a mythical bird with flowing robes and scarves among clouds, Japanese woodblock print.

Mystical Bird (Karyōbinga)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1820-33

Japanese woodblock print of two mandarin ducks in green, gray and pink, with vertical calligraphy and red seals.

Two Birds

Woodblock print of a river scene with an arched bridge, boats, pine trees, temple buildings, and calligraphy above.

Landscape

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of cranes on a shore with reeds and blue sea, with poem text and a fan-shaped clam shell cartouche.

Ashi Clam, from the series "Genroku Kasen Kai-awase"

Katsushika Hokusai, 1821