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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Woodblock print of a standing man in blue and a seated man sketching, with a coastal town and Japanese text behind them.

Englishmen: One Standing, One Sketching

Utagawa Yoshimori, 11th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a seated foreign man with a cup and a standing woman in a striped skirt beside a railing, with calligraphy

Foreigners in Miyozaki-chō

Utagawa Yoshimori, 11th month, 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a rider on a dappled horse shading their eyes, with a vignette of Western ships with flags.

“America,” from the series Five Nations

Utagawa Yoshimori, 1860

Woodblock print of a three-masted American sailing ship with flags and red pennants in rough sea, with Japanese calligraphy.

An American Sailing Ship off Arai

Utagawa Yoshimori, October, 1872

Woodblock print of a spotted leopard with open jaws beside a fallen rooster, against a red and black lattice screen.

Tiger (Leopard) on Display

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1860, seventh month

Japanese woodblock print of a bearded man in a headscarf beside a leopard in a striped yellow kimono, with bamboo and calligr

A Dutchman and a Leopard in a Women’s Kimono: “Otora and Ranpei: A Bride on the Wavy Passage to Marriage” (Otora Ranp…

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1860 (Man’en 1), seventh month

Woodblock print of a bearded Western man smoking a pipe beside a seated woman in red with an ornate headdress.

English People (Igirisujin no zu)

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1861, first month

Woodblock print of a grey elephant carrying a woman with an umbrella and a child, against a yellow background.

An Elephant from Baruka in Central India (Chū Tenjiku Barukakoku shūsshō daizō zu)

Ichiryūsai Yoshitoyo, 1863, second month

Woodblock print of a family of Americans in Western dress: a man with a pipe, a woman carrying a toddler, and a child.

Americans on an Outing (Amerikajin yūgyō)

Ippōsai Yoshifuji, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a sumo wrestler throwing a foreign man while other Westerners look on in alarm.

Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner

Ippōsai Yoshifuji, 2nd month, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of five caricatured foreign men stacked in acrobatic poses on a yellow background.

Five People Working Like Ten (Gonin jūshin no hataraki)

Utagawa Yoshifuji, 1861, 3rd month

Woodblock print of a spotted tiger with bared fangs facing a red-combed rooster against a dark background.

“The Tiger of Ryōkoku,” from the series True Scenes by Hirokage

Utagawa Hirokage, 8th month, 1860

Woodblock print of tall sea stacks with pine trees, rowboats with figures, and sailboats on the horizon under a pale sky.

Upright Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Ink drawing of an armored samurai warrior holding a bow, with arrows, a sword, and a crescent banner behind him.

Preparatory Drawing for a Warrior Print

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono bracing against wind with cherry petals swirling around her.

Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album (Azuma fūzoku fuku tsukushi) 東風俗福つくし

Toyohara Chikanobu, late 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono adjusting her hair, with an inset of porters and a red clock tower.

Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Dragon

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol in windblown snow, beside a scroll and poem cards with calligraphy.

Selected Scenes from One Poem Each by One Hundred Poets: Poem by Emperor Kōkō

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print with a steamship in a harbor above and a kabuki actor with red face makeup and a woman below.

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: Inspired by Famous Pictures

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a blue hood, a child with a bird, and a plum garden inset.

Six Poetic Sages as Young Women at the Plum Garden at Kameido

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a child with cards, a red clock tower and crowd at a window above.

Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Goat

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a seated woman in kimono beside a potted azalea, with a panel above showing a photographer and camera.

Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi/Yanagibashi: 12 Noon. (Shinyanagi nijūyo-ji, gozen jūni-ji)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a drawn sword and dragon tattoo against a dark night background.

Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped robe reading an open book at a table, with calligraphy above.

Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, January, 1878

Woodblock print of a seated man with a fan beside a low table, and a reclining man spinning a large top with his feet.

Hayatake Torakichi from Osaka: Spinning Tops in Ryogoku

Utagawa Yoshiharu, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and green costume holding a yellow fan, with a red sun behind him.

Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in white face paint wearing a black robe with skeleton motifs over red kimono.

Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ebijūrō I as Tōken (China Dog) Jūbei, in the play Benimurasaki ai de someage (Red and Purple, R…

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1822

Woodblock print of two kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath pink cherry blossoms, one holding a sword.

Bandō Mitsugorō III as Daihanji Kiyozumi and Arashi Koroku IV as Koganosuke

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1821

Two men in kimono sit on a bench by a river at night, with boats, lanterns and a starry sky in a Japanese woodblock print.

“Enjoying the Evening Cool near Lord Nabeshima’s Warehouses” (Fūryū Nabeshima yūsuzumi)

Jukakudō Masakuni, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with white face makeup and black kimono, holding a sword, inside a fan-shaped frame.

Kabuki Actor Nakamura Utaemon III as the Sword Master Kyōgoku Takumi, from the series Issei ichidai atari Kyōgen (Hit…

Shunkōsai Hokushū, 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono and purple headband holding a red fan, framed by cherry blossoms.

Kabuki Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō II as Kajiwara Heiji, in the play Hiragana seisuiki (Records of the Battles between t…

Gigadō Ashiyuki, 1827