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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,392 works

Ink drawing of a woman carrying a child on her back, with a second child holding her hand and carrying a box.

Mother and Children in Summer Night

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a woman smoking a pipe in a blue patterned kimono, with morning glories climbing beside her.

Waking Up: A Girl of the Kōka Era (1844-1848)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888

Japanese color woodblock print of a toy shop with a shopkeeper, seated women, a child, a greyhound, and hanging drums.

Color Print of a Copperplate Picture of a Toy Shop

Utagawa Sadahide, 1860

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol, a child and a black dog beneath cherry blossoms, by Utagawa Hiroshige II.

French Woman, Her Child and Pet Dog

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 10th month, 1860

Woodblock print of foreign men operating a wooden camera in a room with a striped ceiling, a woman in green, and a child.

Foreigners Employing a Camera

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 11th month, 1860

Woodblock print of three Western sailors on a quay, one using a red telescope toward a tall ship and sailboat in a harbor.

Russians Enjoying a Holiday in Yokohama (Yokohama kyūjitsu Roshiajin yūkō)

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a striped skirt and feathered headdress beside a child on red stilts.

American Woman with Her Child on Stilts

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1st month, 1861

Woodblock print of a foreign family in a colonnaded room, with a woman operating a sewing machine in the foreground.

Foreign Family with Wife Making Clothes (Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu)

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1860

Woodblock print of a woman combing her hair before a mirror with a girl beside her, in red and checked Western dress.

French Woman and Girl, from the series Foreign Merchants in Yokohama (Yokohama shōka ijin no zu)

Utagawa Sadahide, 1st month, 1861

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a grey and yellow gown beside a tree, with a boy and a rider on a white horse.

Beauties

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 1st month, 1861

Woodblock print of a Dutch family group, with a woman holding a child, a man cooking at a stove, and a seated man at a table.

A Dutch Group

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 2nd month, 1861

Woodblock print of a tall Western-dressed man and a child before a lotus pond with pines, a bridge and shrine buildings.

Dutchman and Child Viewing the Benten Shrine at Shinobazu Pond

Utagawa Sadahide, 7th month, 1861

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

Triptych woodblock print of Western figures in a room with a dining table, a child, and harbor ships at left.

Foreigners Enjoying a Banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 2nd month, 1862

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

Woodblock print of a leaping tiger above a boy in red and yellow robes beside a pine tree and waterfall.

Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kag…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1843

Woodblock triptych of women bathing and dressing in a crowded Japanese public bath, with wooden tubs and hanging signs.

Interior of a Public Bath

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 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

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 pale long-haired ghost in white robes holding a red-wrapped child beside a floating flame.

Ichikawa Yonezō as the Ghost of Oiwa

Enjaku, 1865

Woodblock print of three women in kimono walking with attendants and a child past a wooden signboard, with calligraphy at lef

Woman from Daimyo Household with Attendants

Kubo Shunman, 1796, year of the dragon

Ukiyo-e print of two women with ornate hairstyles and patterned kimono, one holding a striped fan, with a cartouche at upper

Teahouse girl and servant: Snow from the series Comparison of Snow, Moon and Flower Beauty

Kitagawa Utamaro, late 18th century

Veiled woman seated before a tree with winged angels holding a lantern and fruit bowl, in a gold-flecked painted border.

The Virgin and Child Attended by Angels

Manohar, ca 1600

Two children lean over a wooden well curb beside bamboo, in a colored Japanese print with calligraphy above.

Two Children by a Well Curb

Kubo Shunman, 1796, year of the dragon

Woodblock print of a woman and children kneeling before a large screen painting of a fierce Chinese lion, with a peacock feat

Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1786

Grey wash drawing of an old woman bent under two grotesque figures riding on her back, labeled 'Pesadilla'.

'Nightmare'; an old woman carrying figures on her back; page 20 from the Witches and Old Women Album (D)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1819-23

Two girls in red and patterned kimono gather herbs beside a pine tree, with calligraphy on the left of the print.

Two Girls Collect New Year's Herbs

Kubo Shunman, 1797

Etching of playful putti in a landscape, with a child riding a centaur, a child aiming a bow, and a classical urn among trees

Children's Games

Pierre Brébiette, 1615-42

Pencil and chalk sketch of a young girl in a dress holding a ballet barre while extending one leg to the side.

Little Girl Practicing at the Bar

Edgar Degas, ca. 1878-80

Etching of a woman embracing a kneeling man beside a broken pot, with laundry hanging behind them and a wicker basket at left

Plate 25: If he broke the pot (Si quebró el cantaro), from "Los Caprichos"

Francisco Goya, ca. 1797-98