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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor with a staff, two kneeling performers with peonies, and musicians under a pine tree.

Actors in a Shosa (Combination of Acting and Dancing) Performance

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of women, children and a man in kimono before a shop with hanging curtains and a large crest.

Group before the Echigo-ya Dry-goods Shop on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1789

Japanese print of flowers, leaves, a bird and an insect on black ground, with calligraphy and embossed motif on cream paper.

Design for Leather and Netsuke

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of decorative leather designs with stitched scroll motifs and a multicolored ornament, with calligraphy above.

Designs for Leather

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a patterned sugoroku game box with a bow, drum, and cord, with calligraphy above.

Box for Sugoroku Game (A Kind of Backgammon), Bow and Drum

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of an open lacquered writing box with chrysanthemum lid, brushes, inkstone, paper scroll and water jar.

Table and Writing Set

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a court carriage with a seated noblewoman behind a lifted blind and a standing attendant beside the shafts.

Court Carriage

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print showing a black lacquer inro with pine design, a carved netsuke, and a bearded figure netsuke, with calligraph

Inro and Two Netsuke

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a young nobleman in patterned robes playing a koto before distant hills, with poem columns beside him.

Young Nobleman Playing Koto (Harp)

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of red camellias and plum blossoms with a calligraphy slip of writing paper across a patterned panel.

Designs of Writing-Paper with Flowers

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a black sword guard, brown tied pouch, pink patterned cloth and white paper with calligraphy.

Tsuba (Sword Guard) and Bags

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a kneeling nobleman on a veranda gazing at a shuttered house beside water, with calligraphy at left.

Young Nobleman Looking Inside of a House

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a snowy hill with a brown horse running on a white path and a figure in a hood behind it.

Snowy Landscape

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling court lady in a patterned kimono, with calligraphy and a red seal beside her.

Young Court Lady

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a black letter box with red tassels and a branch of plum blossoms, with Japanese calligraphy.

Letter-Box and Plum Blossoms

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of books, an inkstone with calligraphy, a brush vase, a teapot and cherry blossoms on a table.

Books and Brush-Stand

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a red-framed calligraphy screen beside a pine New Year decoration and hanging willow branches.

Screen of Calligraphy and New Year Decoration

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of a black lacquer lidded bowl on a tray with a red ewer and chopsticks, with Japanese calligraphy.

Lidded Lacquer Bowl and Sake Ewer for a New Year Celebration

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1805-10

Woodblock print of a standing nobleman in patterned robes and a kneeling carpenter working on a wooden box, with calligraphy.

Young Nobleman and Carpenter

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Print of two seated figures in court dress on a wooden veranda above rippling water, with plum branches and calligraphy.

Young Nobleman and His Attendant

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print still life of a folding fan, cloth bag, and patterned incense tube with tassels and calligraphy.

Fan, Bag and Incense-Tube

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Japanese print of a covered fire-holder, blue and white bowl of plants, kettle and cups on a patterned mat.

Fire-Holder and Flower-Pot

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Japanese print of incense ceremony utensils, a patterned curtain, a black lacquer box, and a white bowl, with calligraphy.

Screen and Utensils for the Incense Ceremony

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a candle stand with lit candle beside a red fan decorated with bamboo and snow, with calligraphy above.

Candle-Stand and Fan

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Japanese print of a go board with stones, lacquered bowls, a fan and cushion, with calligraphy above.

Outfit for the Go Game

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Pale clam shells with pink markings beside cherry blossom sprigs, with vertical calligraphy on a cream background.

Cherry Blossoms and Shells

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a picnic still life with red polka-dot cloth, patterned bundle, fan and calligraphy.

Picnic Outfit

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a celestial maiden floating on clouds with flowing blue robe, scarf, and calligraphy above.

Girl In the Form of a Divinity Beating a Drum

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a gold lacquer food box with New Year's dishes and a white wine goblet with a paper ornament.

Wine Goblet and Lacquer Food Box with New Year’s Meal

Totoya Hokkei, 1811

Woodblock print of paper candles in open boxes with plum blossoms and patterned paper, with calligraphy at upper left.

Candles of Aizu

Totoya Hokkei, 19th century