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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Woodblock print of a red watchtower behind weeping willows, with hanging cloths over a grassy lane and a figure beneath.

Hatsune no Baba; Bakurocho

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1857

Woodblock print of cargo boats at a stone quay, sailboats on a bay, and snow-capped mountains beyond a distant shore.

Kusatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of Western workers loading crates onto a dark steamship with rigging and an American flag.

Yokohama Trade: Picture of Westerners Shipping Cargo

Utagawa Sadahide, April 1861

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red costume with white square patterns, red and white face paint, and swords at his side

Ichikawa Danjūrō V in a Shibaraku Performance

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors under a red and yellow umbrella in the rain, one in a striped kimono, one in a lattice r

Kabuki Actors: Bando Mitsugorō and Iwai Hanshirō

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a staff and sword beside rippling water under a dark sky.

An Actor Beside Water

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock print of three standing figures in patterned kimono, one central figure wearing a dark crested robe and a sword.

Three Actors

Torii Kiyomasu II

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated at a railing and one standing with a box and bowl.

Two Women

Yumiaki Toriyama

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor raising a staff beside a sword, with waves and a tiled-roof building behind him.

Actor, Danjuro, Impersonating Murubashi Chuye

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hairpins leaning toward a man in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy at to

Okaru and Yuranosuke (Okaru, Yuranosuke)

Woodblock print of a songbird on a vine with pink and white morning glories and green leaves on cream paper.

Morning Glories and Bird

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840-50

Woodblock print of a woman in checked kimono and large white headdress, with Japanese calligraphy and a crest beside her.

The Courtesan Umematsu of the Atarashiya Brothel Costumed as an Ohara Maiden

Ryūkōsai Jokei, early 1790s

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a purple kimono and striped hakama, holding a closed fan, with cherry blossoms

The Actor Onoye Matsusuke I, as a Man Holding a Closed Fan in His Right Hand

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a striped robe holding a round fan beside bamboo, against a yellow ground.

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1788-90

Japanese woodblock print of a woman blowing soap bubbles beside a child under blossoming plum branches and a moon.

Blowing Soap Bubbles Under the Plum Blossom

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono by a bench under a pine tree, with a bamboo fence and water at right.

Sunset Glow of Late Summer (Chōka no sekishō), from the series Eight Views of the Four Seasons (Shiki hakkei)

Woodblock print of three women kneeling over a paper in a room with shoji screens showing a snowy landscape beyond.

Twilight Snow on Mount Matsuchi (Matsuchiyama no bosatsu), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Fūryū Edo…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768-69 (Meiwa 5-6)

Black-ink Japanese print of two women in patterned robes above a lower panel of a figure beneath willow trees and waves.

"At the Edge of the River Akutagawa" from the Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Pen sketch sheet with studies of the Virgin and Christ Child in arched niches, plus a perspective diagram and putti doodles.

Compositional Sketches for the Virgin Adoring the Christ Child, with and without the Infant St. John the Baptist; Dia…

Leonardo da Vinci, 1480

Woodblock print of a tall courtesan in a feathered shawl walking between two attendants in patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Karauta of the Ōgiya Brothel, from the series “A Pattern Book of the Year’s First Designs, Fresh as Spr…

Isoda Koryusai, 1777-78

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono on a veranda, with pine trees and a bay landscape behind them.

Three Women on a Veranda Overlooking a Bay

Katsukawa Shunzan

Woodblock print of two elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono, one unrolling a scroll while the other looks on.

Two Beauties

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and striped kimono holding a fan beside a yellow boat.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Koshizuka

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of snow falling on pine trees at a shrine, with a red building, stone lion and figures with umbrellas.

Kanda Temple Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a red kimono holding a plum branch with a lantern, beside a wooden lattice fence.

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku in the Role of Mutsuhana

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1767

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding bells and a staff with paper streamers beside a red railing.

Girl on Balcony above Stone Stairway

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of two standing women with a child and a kneeling woman by a brazier, in an interior with a plum branch scree

Two Women Standing, Holding a Child

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Japanese woodblock print of courtesans and attendants under cherry blossoms, with patterned kimono and a lacquer box.

Portrait of the Courtesan Nioteru of the Ogiya, with Her Two Attendants Namiji and Aō-mi

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in an iris garden, one with a parasol hat and fan, the other kneeling by flowers.

The Iris Garden

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784

Woodblock print of elegant figures in an interior with a crane-patterned kimono, incense burner, and garden view through shoj

Interior Scene

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1788