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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Woodblock print of two figures in kimono under a green parasol beside a pine tree, one carrying two swords.

The Actor Arashi Otohachi as a Young Samurai in Woman's Clothes

Torii Kiyohiro, ca. 1756

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono seated in a palanquin, with a kneeling attendant in green beside her.

A Woman Seated in a Kago

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1752

Woodblock print of a robed calligrapher with a brush in his mouth unrolling a scroll at a red writing table by a river.

The Chinese Calligrapher Boying (Japanese: Hakuei; also known as the “Sage of Cursive Script”); “Inkstone” (Suzuri),…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woodblock print of children playing games indoors with a standing woman, pine decorations, and New Year offerings on a tatami

The First Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of four figures in kimono wrestling near a red torii gate and pine trees on a shrine ground.

The Second Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a seated calligrapher in a patterned kimono beside a writing table with scroll and brushes.

The Heian Court Calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (894-966); “Calligraphy Brush” (Fude), from Four Friends of the Writing Tabl…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woman seated at a writing table holding a sheet of paper, with scrolls, a candle stand and a large ceramic jar, Japanese prin

Nuji (Japanese: Joki; female attendant who compiled writings by Daoist sages); “Paper” (Kami), from Four Friends of t…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woollen-robed scholar at a writing table, with a black ink-smoke trail rising to a small figure, in a floral-bordered Japanes

Emperor Xuanzong (Japanese: Gensō) and Daoist Magician Lo Gongyuan Arising from an Inkstone; “Ink” (Sumi), from Four…

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1827

Woodblock print of a woman beside a doll display while attendants carry a child in a palanquin across a wooden floor.

The Festival of Dolls (Third Month)

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Japanese print of two men preparing for New Year beside a mortar, wooden board, and lattice screen, with calligraphy at left.

Preparations for the New Year, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 1)

Totoya Hokkei, 1817

Woodblock print of a saddle, coiled reins, whip and patterned cloth on a pale ground, with calligraphy above.

Saddle and Other Pieces of Harness

Kubo Shunman, probably 1810

Woodblock print of children in kimono playing on a riverbank, one pointing at a bird flying over water and flowering shrubs.

The Fourth Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of an open red-faced folding fan with calligraphy columns above, by Totoya Hokkei.

Wine-Cup and Fan

Totoya Hokkei, early 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in kimono beside bamboo, two children with a kite, and a dog, with calligraphy at upper left.

Street Scene in the New Year Season

Utagawa Kuninao, 1814

Japanese woodblock print of women and children on a veranda with lanterns, a man on a swing, and a flying crane.

The Eleventh Month

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of two women in kimono playing a string game together in a room with a folding screen.

Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-66

Woodblock print of figures flying a kite beside a river under drooping willow branches, by Suzuki Harunobu.

Kite Flying

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of an ikebana arrangement with branches, maple leaves and flowers in a white vase on a red stand.

Ike Bana (Flower Arrangement) in the Ike-no-bo Style

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1765

Woman in orange kimono reading a long scroll while standing on a large carp in waves, woodblock print.

The Bijin Kinko

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono gathered around a man in a green hat beside a screen with a bird.

Daikoku Dōagé

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1766

Woodblock print of two women dancing on a veranda under paper lanterns, with blossoms and pine trees behind them.

Furuichi Dance (No. 3 of a Set of Four)

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of two court ladies in orange and white robes beside a patterned folding screen, one holding a fan.

Two Court Ladies

Kitagawa Kikumaro, probably 1815

Two women in kimono on a veranda look up at plum blossoms and geese flying overhead, in a Japanese woodblock print.

See Them Fly

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of a seated nobleman playing a lute beside a warrior in armor, with a helmet on the floor and calligraphy abo

Nobleman and Warrior

Yashima Gakutei, 19th century

Woodblock print of two folded textile patterns, a dark lattice with pale circles and a teal striped cloth with flower crests,

Pattern of Plum Blossom

Totoya Hokkei, 1815

Woodblock print of three women in kimono, one playing a shamisen, with onlookers peering through windows behind them.

The Watchers and the Watched

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono writing a letter on a green mat beside a lacquer writing box.

An Oiran Seated upon a Bed, Writing a Letter

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in kimono holding a black dog, with a letter and box on the floor.

An Oiran Holding a Black Dog

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Woodblock print of a young woman in a pink kimono seated on a wooden veranda beside a round lattice window.

A Young Woman Seated upon the Engawa of a House

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of an elderly monk gazing at snow-capped Mount Fuji beyond clouds, pines and a river.

Fuji-mi Saigyo