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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

A Woman Kneeling

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins holding blossoms and a blue-green cloth, in a patterned robe.

A Beauty

Ichirakutei Eisui

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hairpins holding chrysanthemums beside a patterned box.

The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyōgoya

Ichirakutei Eisui

Woodblock print of a courtesan with long hairpins holding a folding fan, wearing a patterned pink and green kimono.

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel (Ōgiya no uchi Hanaōgi)

Ichirakutei Eisui, 1790s

Vertical Japanese print of two geisha with decorated hairpins and patterned kimono in green, pink and cream.

Two Geisha

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle holding a comb, with a second figure below in patter

Man and Girl

Japanese woodblock print of a woman kneeling by an incense burner beside a black vanity mirror, with cherry blossoms above.

Lady Arranging Binsashi (Support for the Hair over the Temples) to put in Her Hair

Torii Kiyomine, ca. 1808

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with red face makeup in a black and gold costume, holding a fan and sword.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II, 1688-1758

Torii Kiyomine, ca. 1804

Japanese woodblock print of a standing actor in a patterned yellow kimono, large black hat, and holding a tasseled bag.

The Actor, Arashi Otohachi, 1695-1769 in an Unidentified Role

Tsunegawa Shigenobu

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a patterned yellow kimono holding a fan, with stacked crates behind him.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II, 1688-1758

Nishimura Shigenobu

Woodblock print of an owl on a pine branch with two swallows flying nearby on a pale background.

Owl and Two Swallows

Utagawa Toyohiro

Japanese woodblock print of two seated figures in kimono and a woman peering from behind a yellow checkered lattice screen.

Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kanto Koroku and Yamamura Ichitaro as Oichi

Torii Kiyotomo, ca. 1721

Woodblock print of two figures under an umbrella in falling snow, one wearing a green and orange patterned kimono.

Girl and Lover in Snow

Koikawa Harumasa, early 19th century

Black-and-white woodblock print of a seated woman in patterned kimono pouring tea beside a lantern and futon.

Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono reading and writing in a room overlooking a garden with a stone lantern.

Three Women Enjoying Literary Pursuits

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. late 1780s

Woodblock print of a young man with an umbrella watching a frog by a stream under drooping willow branches.

Ono no Dofu as a Young Man Watching a Frog Jumping at a Willow Branch

Kitao Shigemasa

Ink outline of a warrior in patterned armor raising a long sword overhead, with bare feet planted wide.

A Warrior

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink drawing of a woman in a canopied carriage under a pine tree, with an attendant holding the pole.

Lady in a Chariot

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a tall multi-stream waterfall over a cliff, with travelers at its base and climbers on the forested slope.

Kirifuri Waterfall at Kurokami Mountain in Shimotsuke (Shimotsuke Kurokamiyama Kirifuri no taki), from the series A T…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall with travelers on a bridge, a red hut on a cliff, and green hills.

Ono Waterfall on the Kisokaidō (Kisokaidō Ono no bakufu), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1833

Woodblock print of two men washing a horse in a rushing waterfall beside a red cliff and green hills.

“The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province,” from the series A Tour of Waterfalls…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall beside a cliff where three travelers rest near a pine tree, in blue and green tones.

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road (Kisoji no oku Amida-ga-taki), from the series A Tour of Wat…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall over green cliffs, with travelers holding umbrellas on a path below.

Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no Yōrō no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Sh…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned robe lifting a large beam overhead against stylized clouds.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro I 1660-1704

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink and wash drawing of a smiling bald man in a blue loincloth bending over a pole on a wooden raft.

Man on a Raft

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink drawing of a large curling wave with foam and streaks of spray, with a short Japanese inscription in the upper left.

Wave

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a pine tree over a rainy lake with a boat and misty mountains, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Pine Tree at Karasaki

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Three women in kimono wading across a shallow river beside yellow flowering shrubs, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Jewel River at Ide (Ide no Tamagawa)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and child walking on a shore with plovers flying over rippling waves.

“The Jewel River of Plovers, a Famous Place in Mutsu Province,” from the series Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa: Chidor…

Suzuki Harunobu

Woodblock print of two women kneeling in a room, one beating cloth with a mallet on a stone, beside a bamboo screen and persi

The Cloth-Fulling Jewel River, a Famous Place in Settsu Province (Tōi no Tamagawa, Settsu no meisho), from an untitle…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766-67