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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,724 works

Woodblock print of a man with a shoulder pole and buckets beside a kneeling woman holding a plum branch, with calligraphy.

Print - Torii Kiyomitsu, 1760

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1760

Black-and-white woodblock print of two women in kimono reading books in an interior with a leaf-patterned screen.

Print - Hishikawa Morofusa

Hishikawa Morofusa, early 18th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a floral kimono holding a lantern on a wooden veranda beside a flowering plant.

Print - Suzuki Harunobu, 1762

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1762

Japanese woodblock print of three men in purple kimono with swords, with red name cartouches and black calligraphy.

Print - Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono by rough blue waves, with a red title cartouche above.

Print - Utagawa Kunisada, 1786

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono reading a long scroll on a veranda beneath a hanging lantern.

Print - Yuko, 1700

Yuko, 1700

Japanese print of two samurai-dressed men by a river beneath a gnarled pine tree, one in a pink patterned kimono.

Print - Kajita Hanko, 1870

Kajita Hanko, 1870

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a paper lantern and lattice window, with a child holding paper and a

Print - Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1750

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1750-1835

Woodblock print of two men in court robes on a veranda beside plum blossoms, with calligraphy and water below.

Print - Totoya Hokkei, 1780

Totoya Hokkei, 1780-1850

Japanese woodblock print of a curving bay with wooden houses, pine trees, small boats and distant ships under a pale sky.

Print - Katsushika Hokusai, 1801

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1801

Japanese woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono holding a scroll of a pagoda, on a red patterned ground.

Print - Yashima Gakutei, 1820

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1820

Japanese woodblock print of a woman adjusting her hair beside a child carrying a sign, with plum blossoms and a bamboo fence.

Print - Totoya Hokkei, 1830

Totoya Hokkei, 1830

Woodblock print of a seated woman and older man in an interior, with a screen of fighting samurai behind them.

Print - Utagawa Kunisada, 1840

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1840

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono bending by a fence with pine trees and a doorway at right.

Print - Katsushika Hokusai, 1800

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman in a patterned kimono examining paper at a low writing table, with calligraphy and a scre

Print - Yashima Gakutei, 1810

Yashima Gakutei, ca. 1810

Woodblock print of three figures in patterned kimono in an interior with a shoji window and a landscape folding screen.

Print - Torii Kiyonobu I, 1703

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1703

Woodblock print of two women in European dress combing their hair before a mirror, with a checkered skirt and red blouse.

Print - Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861 (Bunkyu 1, 1st month)

Woodblock print of a woman in a grey kimono parting a teal noren curtain, with a sword and kanji inscriptions.

Print - Utagawa Kunisada, 1850

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1850

Woodblock print of a bearded officer in dark uniform and green cap gripping a sword beside a barred window.

Print - Munakata, 1906

Munakata, ca. 1906

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hair and a patterned kimono, with a cat playing beside her.

Print - Keisai Eisen, 1790

Keisai Eisen, 1790

Woodblock print of two women on a wooden veranda beside a pine, looking over a winding river and figures in grassy fields.

Print - Isoda Koryusai, 1770

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a woman standing, a child attending a kneeling woman's hair, beside a red lacquer stand and round lattice

Night Rain at the Double-Shelf Stand, from the series Eight Parlor Views (Zashiki hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Two kabuki actors in colorful robes under autumn maple branches, one striking a dramatic pose, the other holding a staff.

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon and Arashi Sangorō

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1773

Two kabuki actors in patterned robes, one raising a sword overhead and one holding a drawn sword, beside a riverbank.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Second with Raised Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Two-sheet Japanese woodblock print of two standing figures before a plank wall and bamboo lattice, one in checkered olive rob

The Actor Otani Hiroemon as a Man Standing in a Room

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in costume beside a wooden bucket and a lattice-windowed backdrop.

The Actor Otani Hiroji III and the Actor Onoe Kikugoro I

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Triptych woodblock print of three men in patterned kimono against a pink cloud-band background with blossoming branches.

An Unidentified Actor as a Farmer with a Basket on His Back

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of standing figures in patterned kimono before a wooden lattice screen.

In the Room of a House of the Yoshiwara

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1788

Diptych woodblock print of two kabuki actors in samurai costume, one holding a staff and one holding a sword, on a wave-patte

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II and the Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV

Katsukawa Shunshō

Two panels of a Japanese woodblock print showing kabuki actors in patterned kimono beneath pink blossom branches.

The Actor Morita Kanya Wearing One Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1792