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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Japanese woodblock triptych of Western men and women drinking at a tea house with painted fans on a blue backdrop.

The Five Nations Enjoying a Drunken Revel at the Gankirō Tea House

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 12th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a sumo wrestler throwing a foreigner in blue clothing, with ships on the sea behind them.

Sumo Wrestler Tossing a Foreigner

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1st month, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a grey and yellow gown beside a tree, with a boy and a rider on a white horse.

Beauties

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1st month, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a seated bearded man holding a glass and a standing man in black gesturing, with text.

Chinese Servant and Frenchman

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 2nd month, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of foreign men and women in a crowded procession with a white elephant and horse, by Utagawa Yoshiik

Picture of Men and Women from all Nations (Bankoku danjo jinbutsu zue)

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 4th month, 1861

Triptych print of a crowded Yokohama trading showroom with arched windows, flags, ceramics, and Western and Japanese visitors

“The Flourishing of an English Trading Firm in Yokohama”

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 9th month, 1870

Portrait of Okichi

Utagawa Yoshimori, 4th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a woman in Western dress holding a small dog beside a snarling spotted leopard on a yellow ground.

“Dutchwoman with Leopard,” from the series Pictures of Birds and Animals (Chōjū zue)

Utagawa Yoshimori, 7th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a standing man in blue and a seated man sketching, with a coastal town and Japanese text behind them.

Englishmen: One Standing, One Sketching

Utagawa Yoshimori, 11th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a seated foreign man with a cup and a standing woman in a striped skirt beside a railing, with calligraphy

Foreigners in Miyozaki-chō

Utagawa Yoshimori, 11th month, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a rider on a dappled horse shading their eyes, with a vignette of Western ships with flags.

“America,” from the series Five Nations

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded man in a headscarf beside a leopard in a striped yellow kimono, with bamboo and calligr

A Dutchman and a Leopard in a Women’s Kimono: “Otora and Ranpei: A Bride on the Wavy Passage to Marriage” (Otora Ranp…

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1860 (Man’en 1), seventh month

Woodblock print of a bearded Western man smoking a pipe beside a seated woman in red with an ornate headdress.

English People (Igirisujin no zu)

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1861, first month

Woodblock print of a grey elephant carrying a woman with an umbrella and a child, against a yellow background.

An Elephant from Baruka in Central India (Chū Tenjiku Barukakoku shūsshō daizō zu)

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1863, second month

Woodblock print of a family of Americans in Western dress: a man with a pipe, a woman carrying a toddler, and a child.

Americans on an Outing (Amerikajin yūgyō)

Ippōsai Yoshifuji, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a sumo wrestler throwing a foreign man while other Westerners look on in alarm.

Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner

Ippōsai Yoshifuji, 2nd month, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of five caricatured foreign men stacked in acrobatic poses on a yellow background.

Five People Working Like Ten (Gonin jūshin no hataraki)

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1861, 3rd month

Japanese triptych print of a harbor with steamships, sailing ships, a pier, and Western-dressed figures on the shore.

Illustration of a Large French Port Trading with Many Nations (Furansukoku oominato shokoku kōeki zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 4th month, 1866

Japanese triptych woodblock print of elephants attacked by tigers, with men on elephants and spearmen in grass.

Big Elephants Being Attacked

Isshinsai Yoshikata, 2nd month, 1863

Woodblock print of a couple embracing under a green mosquito net, with a sleeping figure inside and a pine-decorated screen b

Lovers Beneath a Mosquito Net

Suzuki Harunobu, 18th century

Woodblock print of a courtesan embracing a bearded foreign man in a black hat, framed by a pine branch and a red lacquer stan

Dutchman and Maruyama Courtesan

Chōkyōsai Eiri, 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue striped kimono holding a folding fan and hand mirror against a red patterned background.

Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times

Utagawa Kunisada, 1838

Woodblock print of a leaping tiger above a boy in red and yellow robes beside a pine tree and waterfall.

Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kag…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1843

Woodblock print of figures strolling among irises near a tea house with lanterns, under a leaning pine, in blue tones.

View of Iris Gardens at Horikiri

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Ink line-block proof of women with an umbrella on a riverbank beside boats and a sail, with a mountain in the distance.

Proof Line-Block Print for Fan

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Ink drawing of two women on a hillside under pine trees overlooking rooftops and the Zenpukuji Temple in the distance.

Two Women Admiring the Sights from a Vantage Point Overlooking the Zenpukuji Temple

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Three-panel black ink print of multi-masted foreign ships with rigging anchored in a harbor before a Japanese town.

Foreign Ships Offshore at Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Ink drawing of an armored samurai warrior holding a bow, with arrows, a sword, and a crescent banner behind him.

Preparatory Drawing for a Warrior Print

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a night street with blooming cherry trees, lanterns, carriages, and people in kimono.

Cherries at Night at New Shimabara

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Woodblock triptych of women bathing and dressing in a crowded Japanese public bath, with wooden tubs and hanging signs.

Interior of a Public Bath

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 19th century