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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Japanese woodblock print of a man and three women in kimono under autumn maple trees, with a distant garden landscape.

A Young Man, Two Young Women and a Girl at a Picnic Party

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1789

Japanese woodblock print of a man with a sword and a woman in a kimono walking through rice fields beside a bare tree.

A Man and a Girl Walking in the Rice Fields

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a dark kimono hiding behind a sleeve as a boy holds up a red mask.

A Woman Playing with a Young Boy

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1804

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped kimono hanging a mosquito net, with a cat and birdcage beside her.

A Girl Hanging up a Mosquito Net Canopy over Her Bed

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a blossom-decorated fan beneath a red lantern.

A Girl with a Fan

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a wooden bridge with parasols, fans, and a mother holding a baby.

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and a young boy in patterned kimono, with calligraphy above.

Woman and Son under a Parasol

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1669-1772

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of elegant women in patterned kimono walking under autumn maples and paper lanterns.

The Yoshiwara Parade in Autumn

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1793

Woodblock print of children playing a daimyo procession with a horse, parasol, women in kimono and a flowering plum tree.

Children Play-acting a Daimyo Procession

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1763

Woodblock print of women in kimono and a seated man on a balcony, with a lantern, fan and a kneeling child beside tea things.

Sashiye (name of a place in Edo)

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1782

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono walking with two attendants under cherry blossom branches.

The Oiran Kasugano of Ōgiya on Parade

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of boys in Chinese robes learning calligraphy and painting at a desk in a room with a decorated screen.

Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1785

Woodblock print of travelers in a pine grove looking up at a tall stone Jizo Bosatsu statue on a pedestal.

Wayfarers Looking at the Statue of Jizo Bosatsu in a Pine Grove at Hashiba

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a woman washing at a stream under a full moon, with a family outside a thatched house and distant mountain

The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

Kitagawa Utamaro, 8th month, 1789

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 a woman and child catching fireflies at night beside iris plants, with paper fans and a lantern.

Woman and Child Catching Fireflies

Eishosai Choki, ca. 1795

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

Japanese woodblock print of two kneeling women and a child beside a shoji screen, with a hanging white garment and poem above

First Day of Autumn (Risshu)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1865

Japanese woodblock print of boys in kimono parading with ceremonial standards along a shore at sunrise, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Boys Play-acting a Daimyo Procession

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

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 a woman in a striped kimono on steps beside a bamboo branch with paper strips under a night sky.

The Tanabata Festival in the Seventh Month (Fumizuki)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765-70

Japanese woodblock print of two boys dressed as Daikoku and Ebisu, one holding a red sea bream on a rod, by Kitao Shigemasa.

Boys Maquerading as Daikoku and Ebisu

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1780

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 standing woman in a patterned yellow and black kimono holding a lacquered tray of toys.

Woman with Toys for the Boys' Festival

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1730

Woodblock print of children and attendants beside a festival float with a dragon-prowed ship and smoke clouds.

Childrens' Lantern Float, Kojimachi 1,2, 3-chome Block Association, Sanno Festival

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1780

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

Fan-shaped woodblock print of children in kimono carrying yellow poles under a large dark bird against a red disc.

Children's Lantern Float, Sanno Festival

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1788

Japanese woodblock print of five elegantly dressed figures walking, one under a parasol, with patterned kimono in muted color

High-Ranking Samurai Girl with Four Attendants, from the series A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fūzoku Azuma no nishiki)

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women gathering abalone on a rocky shore beside woven baskets and waves.

The Awabi Fishers

Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese woodblock print of boys performing a puppet show with costumed figures, a plum branch, and a bird in an interior.

Young Boys Performing a Puppet Show

Kitao Shigemasa, ca. 1770