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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Woodblock print of a blue waterfall between dark rocks beneath a crescent moon in a night sky.

Celebrated Waterfall

Yanagawa Shigenobu, 1820-1830

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking past a temple lantern and stone lantern beneath a pine branch.

Fair Visitors in the Compound of a Buddhist Temple

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono adjusting her hair beside a wooden pillar and screen.

Iwai Hanshiro IV

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1775

Woodblock print of a kneeling man in black kimono with ornate hair combs and a sword, against a pale background.

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a figure in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with a stage-like backdrop, by Katsukawa Shunkō.

Segawa Kikunojō III in the Role of Ōiso no Tora

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black and pink robes holding a flaming torch and a woven hat, with swords at his waist.

Ichikawa Monosuke II as Soga no Juro Sukenari (?)

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of an old man with a thin beard in a yellow robe and rose kimono, leaning on a bamboo staff.

Nakamura Tomijuro as an Old Man with a Scanty Beard

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono holding a parasol and sword, standing on a green ground.

Ichikawa Yaozo III

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1784

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono holding a yellow parasol under cherry blossoms, with a sword at his waist.

Ichikawa Monosuke III in the Role of the Otokodate Sukeroku

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1786

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in a peony-patterned kimono, with a sword at his side and waves behind.

Ichikawa Danjuro V

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki-style male figure in a brown robe and red kimono, holding a sword, with pine trees behin

Ichikawa Monosuke II

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman in a checkered robe and patterned kimono beside a green curtain, with a fan on the floor.

Segawa Kikunojo III

Katsukawa Shunjo, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai dress holding a sword, with a white patterned kimono and red eye makeup.

Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai of High Rank

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral pink kimono holding a raised sword beside a woven basket.

Bando Matataro as Umewomaru in the Drama "Sugewara denju tenarai Kagami"

Katsukawa Shunshō, 2nd month, 1772

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red chain-mail armor holding a drawn sword beside a wooden railing.

Danjuro V, in chain-mail

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1786 (?)

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono holding a sword, with red eye makeup and a stern expression.

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danzō IV

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1770s

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes bending beside a smoking brazier under a tiled roofline.

The First Nakamura Nakazo in the Role of Chinzei Hachiro in the Drama "Kite Kaeru nishiki no wakayagi"

Katsukawa Shunshō, 12th month, 1780

Woodblock print of a woman in a yellow kimono beside a pine tree and orange shrine post, with water behind her.

Visit to a Shrine at the Hour of the Ox (Ushi no toki mairi)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1765

Woodblock print of three women in kimono wading through a shallow river beside yellow flowering shrubs.

The Tama River at Ide, Yamashiro Province

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1766

Woodblock print of a woman in a blossom-patterned kimono holding a yellow daruma doll beside a lacquered box.

Beauty and Holiness

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1770

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a lattice window, one seated with a pipe, one kneeling by a white heater.

Evening Snow on the Heater

Suzuki Harunobu, late 18th century

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a lattice window, one holding an open fan, by Suzuki Harunobu.

The Clear-day Mountain Wind of the Fan

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one reaching over a brick wall to pick plum blossoms, the other looking up below.

Plucking a Branch from a Neighbor's Plum Tree

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one bending to clear snow from a geta sandal while the other holds a parasol.

Removing Snow from a Geta (Geta no yuki-tori)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Tall vertical Japanese woodblock print of a young woman in a white kimono holding a striped fan, wearing wooden sandals.

Young Purple

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1770

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono holding a bamboo pole, with a yellow hat at her back.

Shirai Gompachi

Suzuki Harunobu, probably 1770

Woodblock print of a young man seated on a veranda gazing up at a woman in a green kimono leaning against a screen.

Young Man and a Watatsumi (Silk-puller) Prostitute

Suzuki Haruji, ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of a sparrow flying above pink hibiscus flowers and green buds, with calligraphy at upper left.

Sparrow and Hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Woodblock print of a yellow bird perched on a stalk among hibiscus flowers against a blue and grey background.

Crested Yellow Bird and Hibiscus

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a mallard duck with spread wings beside snowy reeds, with falling snow against a blue sky.

Mallard Duck and Snow-covered Reeds

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832