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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,735 works

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing a shell game on a veranda beside a peony screen and pine bonsai.

Girls Playing a Game with Shells

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of figures on a temple veranda looking toward Mount Fuji across a river under a blue sky.

Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mo…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of travelers on a road under pines, with snow-capped Mount Fuji and rice fields behind them.

Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a child lighting fireworks under willows while women with a baby and a fan look on.

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers crossing a wooden walkway above a braided river, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga e…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of a striped-sail boat on blue water, with Mount Fuji and wooded hills in the background.

Okitsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of women in kimono gathering green leaves into baskets in a grassy field, with a child crouching nearby.

Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of roofers and two women at a window overlooking a river and rice fields, with a poem cartouche at upper righ

Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above a bay with white-sailed boats and pine-lined shore.

Ejiri, Number 19, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi), also known as the…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847-52

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing with a ball on a veranda, with a child and a blossoming plum branch nearby.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a samurai in green and yellow robes, holding a staff, with calligraphy.

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as a Samurai in Green and Yellow Robes

Torii Kiyonobu I, ca. 1742

Woodblock print of a snowy village with thatched roofs, pine trees and travelers under falling snow at night.

Mariko, from the series Tokaidō (popularly known as the Reisho Tokaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of women watching a performer with a drum, a standing woman in patterned kimono, and cranes near a pine tree.

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a pink crested kimono beneath a flowering plum branch.

Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Sadato's Wife Iwate

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of pine trees on a grassy hill above a calm bay, with travelers on the ridge and mountains in the distance.

Kanaya

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped robe and a kneeling woman in a dotted kimono with hairpins.

Parting of Lovers: Courtesan and Her Lover

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in green haori and patterned kimono holding a fan, with a sword at his waist, on yellow gro

Yamashina Shirojuro in the Role of Nagoya Sanzaemon

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Woodblock print of travelers on a sandy shore under leaning pine trees, with boats on rough blue waves.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of women working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and brazier, with rising steam.

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a topknot and red checked kimono, grimacing with wide eyes against a gray background.

Arashi Ryūzō I as Ishibe Kinkichi in the Play "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of porters and sailboats at a coastal dock beneath pine trees and a green mountain, by Hiroshige.

Maizaka

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a procession of robed men playing flutes and drums, with banners, horses, and a green dragon motif.

The Korean Ambassador on His Way to the Capital

Nishimura Shigenaga, 18th century

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda leaning over a railing to view cherry blossoms, with parasols below.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Woodblock print of a blue bay below a green pine-covered headland, with small boats, travelers on a path, and birds in the sk

Shirasuke

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Nakayama Tomisaburō as Miyagino in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Woodblock print of two women in kimono in a kitchen, one holding a tea cup by steaming kettle, one smoking a pipe.

In the Kitchen

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794-95

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a shop-lined road beside a pine hill and sea, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Narumi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in grey hakama and red kimono with crests, holding a sword, against a patterned background.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794-95

Triptych woodblock print of women bathing and fishing on a rocky shore with stylized waves, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Girl Fishers and Bathers

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1791

Woodblock print of a sailing boat with white sail and crew carrying cargo across blue sea toward a walled shoreline.

Kuwana

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840