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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Narrow scroll painting of an upright brush beside a bamboo object, with a green cloud motif at upper left and a red seal.

Brush

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Vertical panel with two standing figures in patterned kimono, red and gold tones, against a dark speckled background.

Dolls (Tate-bina)

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of three crows in flight painted in ink and grey wash on pale silk, with a red seal at lower right.

Three Crows in Flight

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a floral kimono beside a puppeteer in black robes holding a white-faced puppet.

Puppeteer with Puppet

Tsukioka Sessai

Grisaille painting of a seated nymph with grapes and an urn, surrounded by playful putti carrying garlands and grapes.

Nymph and Putti; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers

Piat Joseph Sauvage

Woodblock print of two robed figures on a rock ledge beside a tall waterfall, with a red-branched pine overhead.

Ri Haku from the series Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyō)

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Three-panel hand-colored caricature of a man on a donkey, a winged figure, and a kneeling woman at a house door.

A Paradice [sic] for Fools-A Nocturnal Trip-or-The Disciple of Johanna benighted-vided Scourge No. XXXVI, page 510

Charles Williams, 1814

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama merchant house with Japanese women and foreign residents in Western dress.

A True View of a Trading House of a Yokohama Merchant

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

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

Hand-colored 1814 caricature of potted plants and figures in a greenhouse, with speech scrolls and a sunflower with a face.

Imperial Botany-or a Peep at Josephine's Collection of Engilsh Exoticks, vide the Champion Jany 30, 1814

Charles Williams, 1814

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 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

Watercolor of a standing woman in a dark gray dress holding a hat, against a black background with brown lower edge.

Lady in Gray

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall forest trees, on an open sketchbook spread.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Sketch of sheep grazing on a hillside, drawn in graphite and white chalk on brown paper.

Sheep

Winslow Homer, 1878

Black chalk drawing of a standing bearded man in a draped cloak holding a long staff, with white highlights on toned paper.

Saint John the Baptist

Innocenzo da Imola, early 16th century

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall trees in a misty forest, in a sketchbook.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Pen drawing of a nude woman standing on a sphere inside an architectural niche framed by two pilasters, dated 1498.

Fortuna in a Niche

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Pen and wash drawing of a hunt with hunters, horses, hounds, nets and a stag in a wooded landscape.

Wolf hunt

Etienne Delaune, second half 16th century

Watercolor of a crater lake among green hills and tall pines, with a distant sea and boats under a pale sky.

Lago Avernus

William Trost Richards, ca. 1867-70

Red chalk drawing of a standing friar in a hooded habit holding an open book, identified as Saint Francis.

Saint Francis

Andrea Busati, early 16th century

Brown wash drawing of a bearded standing saint with halo, holding a sword, in heavy draped robes.

Saint Paul

Michele da Verona, ca. 1510

Pen and brown wash drawing of a town with a fortified bridge, a tall tower, and buildings with arched openings.

View of a Town with a Fortified Bridge

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1757-59

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sea horse with a curling tail beside a coiled dolphin-like sea creature.

A Sea Horse and a Dolphin

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pencil design study of a standing female figure called Flora, with a rose crown, flower basket and draped robe.

Design for the Figure of "Flora"

Edward Burne-Jones, 19th century

Caricature of a Man with His Arms Folded, Standing in Profile to the Left

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760 (?)

Woodblock print of pleasure boats with women in kimono on the Sumida River beside a bridge, by Chōbunsai Eishi.

Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River beneath Shin-Ōhashi Bridge

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1792

Wide triptych woodblock print of women in kimono moving through a multi-room interior with screens and staircases.

New Year's Day at the Ōgiya Brothel, Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1804

Horizontal Japanese woodblock print of a flat landscape with a curved bridge, thatched houses, pines, and a distant blue moun

View of Azuma Wood

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1858

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a floral kimono with one hand raised to the head, dark patterned robe at right.

The Fourth Iwai Hanshirō as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1779