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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono playing a flute beside a garden fence and flowering shrub.

A Young Man Standing before a Garden Fence

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1763

Woodblock print of a young man in a checkered kimono and floral robe, looking down and holding a folded letter.

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a Young Man Holding a Folded Letter

Nishimura Shigenaga, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono climbing a ladder to reach a flowering branch with green leaves.

Young Woman Climbing a Ladder

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing and one seated, beside a wooden pillar.

Visiting

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1769

Woodblock print of a lady and three attendants with umbrellas walking through heavy rain past a wooden house.

A Lady with Three Attendants in the Rain

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1731

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

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a kimono beside a crane, with a pine branch and a turtle below.

The Bijin Jurōjin

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of a woman looking down at a young man reading a letter beneath a wooden veranda.

A Beauty Looking Down upon a Young Man Reading a Love Letter

Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1771

Woodblock print of two seated women in patterned kimono beside a koto zither, sword, and draped robe in an interior.

Two Lovers

Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1675-80

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono reading a book at a low desk beside a shoji screen.

Parody of Murasaki Shikibu at Her Desk

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1710

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a floral kimono holding a hand drum and sword beside a stylized palm tree.

Ichimura Manzō as a Samurai Holding a Hand Drum (Kotsuzumi)

Torii Kiyomasu II, 1742 (Kanpō 2)

Woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono beside a lantern, shoji screen and willow-patterned folding screen.

Summer Willow in the Breeze

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1748

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in costume carrying a large beam before a tiled roof and pine tree.

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Okazaki Akushiro

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1755

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono on steps beneath a hanging bell and cherry blossoms, one playing a drum.

The Curfew at Dōjōji

Torii Kiyomitsu, ca. 1763

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

Colored woodblock print of a canal with sailing boats, an arched bridge, walkers on embankments, and a pagoda by the shore.

View of Fukagawa, Edo

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1764

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beneath a blossoming cherry branch, with a small temple vignette in a cartouche at upp

Shimizu Temple

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Woman in patterned kimono holding a pipe before a red lattice, with onlookers peering through, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II in the Role of the Oiran Hatsuito of Yamashiro-ya

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1770

Woman in a floral kimono leaning on a veranda beside a green screen, with a spotted cat at her feet, Japanese woodblock print

The Third Princess (Onna San no Miya)

Ippitsusai Bunchō, ca. 1771

Two kabuki actors in samurai costume with swords, one standing and one seated, in a colourful Japanese woodblock print.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as a Samurai

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of a costumed man with exaggerated expression seated on a large mochi cake among green leaves, holding a swor

The Fourth Ichikawa Danjuro as a Yakko (servant) seated upon a Large Cake of Mochi Prepared for the New Yer Celebration

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1772

Woodblock print of a woman in a black robe with an umbrella and a man in a red and yellow kimono with two swords.

Scene from a Drama

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a woman's role under a maple tree, with a seated man holding a sword.

Segawa Kikunojo III as a Woman Standing under a Maple Tree in the Autumn

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a woman in a black patterned robe adjusting her obi beneath willow branches, with a fan on the floor.

The Actor Nakamura Riko as an Oiran Tying Her Obi

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1779

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding two swords, with long black hair and a red screen behind him.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo as a Daimyo

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1791

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 standing man in a floral yellow kimono with a sword, and a kneeling attendant beside bamboo blinds.

The Actor Nakamura Rikō I with an Attendant

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1784

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a drum on a balcony above two men in armor and patterned robes.

On a Balcony a Woman is Seated Playing a Tsuzumi, below a Man in Daimyo Costume is Seated upon a Black Lacquer Box

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with topknot, red kimono and blue sleeve, dramatic wide-eyed expression, grey background.

Ichikawa Ebizo IV in the role of Takemura Sadanoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, Probably late 1880s or early 1890s

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