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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,907 works

Woodblock print of three folded pocket-books in orange, maroon and grey-green with plum blossom and floral motifs.

Pocket-Books

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono beside a glowing lantern at night, with calligraphy.

Courtesan by a Lantern, “Fire,” from the series Five Elements for the Bunsai Poetry Group, a Guide to the Yoshiwara P…

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a grey monkey king in a red robe with a staff, reaching toward leaping figures under a dark sky.

The Monkey King Songokū, from the Chinese novel Journey to the West

Yashima Gakutei, probably 1824

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two young attendants in patterned kimono, with calligraphy in the upper left.

The Oiran Shirayu of Wakanaya attended by Two Kamuro and Shinzo

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of Benzaiten playing a biwa lute while seated on a white dragon against dark clouds.

Benzaiten (Goddess of Music and Good Fortune) Seated on a White Dragon

Aoigaoka Keisei, 1832

Woodblock print of a courtesan with two attendants in patterned kimonos against a plain tan background.

The Oiran Wakoku of Echizen-ya attended by a Shinzo and a Kamuro

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a warrior with a bow confronting a long-haired ghostly woman holding a fan under a full moon.

The Warrior Miura-no-suke Confronting the Court Lady Tamamo-no-mae as She Turns into an Evil Fox with Nine Tails

Yashima Gakutei, late 1820s

Woodblock print of four colored thread spools in pink, yellow, blue-green and black, with handwritten Japanese calligraphy ab

Spools

Kubo Shunman, 1814

Woodblock print of a kneeling actor in patterned robes holding a raised sword, with calligraphy at upper left.

Actor as Tokihira

Utagawa Kunisada, probably 1815

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black patterned kimono with two young attendants in striped robes, ca. 1788.

The Oiran Utagawa of Matsubaya attended by Her Kamuro Yoshino and Tatsuta

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1788

Japanese print of two white mice on a ladder beside a patterned cage and green stand, with calligraphy at upper right.

White Mice Playing

Kubo Shunman, probably 1816

Japanese print of two figures on a veranda beside a river, pine tree and plum blossoms, with calligraphy above.

Samurai Admiring Pine-Tree and Plum Blossoms

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Japanese print of a patterned leather purse with floral motifs and a buckle, resting on red cloth, with calligraphy.

Leather Purse with a Buckle in the Shape of a Puppy

Ryūgetsusai Shinkō, probably 1814

Woodblock print of three women by a incense burner, one holding a string of shell beads, with calligraphy at upper right.

The Willow Shell (Yanagi-kai), from an Untitled Set of Beauty Prints on the Theme of Shells

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of a bush warbler beside a plum branch with red buds and white blossoms, with a poem column at left.

Bush Warbler on a Plum Branch (Ume ni uguisu)

Totoya Hokkei, early 19th century

Print of peaches in a bronze bowl on a red lacquer table, with a blossoming tree, rock, fan and calligraphy.

Peaches on a Table

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of women and a child on a balcony, one pointing at a long-tailed bird in the sky.

A Long-Tailed Fowl (Onagadori), from the series Twelve Assorted Birds (Shochō jūnikin)

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1791

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of nymphs bathing, a horned hunter with a dog, and winged figures in clouds.

Diana and Actaeon

Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1580-85

Hand-colored caricature of a dancing Napoleon between two pillars, with a violinist, a rooster, and ships at sea.

Napoleon Dance in Holland

Charles Williams, 1814

Hand-colored 1816 print of a butcher flirting with a fashionable woman before a shop hung with meat.

A Neck of Lamb, a Round of Beef, and a Scrag of Mutton

Charles Williams, 1816

Caricature of John Bull viewing a satirical birthday feast of labelled dishes prepared by a cook in an apron, 1802.

John Bull Viewing Billy's Preparations for his Birth-day

Charles Williams, 1802

Hand-coloured caricature of two men dining at a table while a third man peers through a window at right.

The Honors of the Sitting! A Cabinet Picture

Charles Williams, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of an English bulldog holding a Malta bone while a monkey in French military uniform reaches for it.

The Bone of Contention or the English Bull Dog and the Corsican Monkey

Charles Williams, 1803

Hand-colored caricature of a small plumed Napoleon figure on a map meeting a stout John Bull figure with an oak stick.

Boney Bothered or an Unexpected Meeting

Charles Williams, 1808

Hand-colored print of animated carpenter tools and a green watering can with flowers walking on blade legs.

Implements Animated, Pl. 1, Dedicated to the Carpenters and Gardeners of Great Britain

Charles Williams, 1811

Hand-coloured print of household tools personified as two figures, a broom-headed mop figure and a pan-and-fork figure, on a

Implements Animated, Pl. 2, Dedicated to the Housemaids and Cooks of the United Kingdoms

Charles Williams, 1811

Engraved night seascape of fishermen with a sailboat and moonlight, and figures gathered around a campfire on a rocky shore.

The Fishermen's Canteen

Jeanne Deny, 1770

Engraved landscape of a fisherman wading in a stream with cattle, goats and sheep, beside rocky cliffs and a waterfall.

The Poor Fisherman

Jeanne Deny, 1770

Watercolor drawing of three young women resting among classical ruins with an obelisk and broken stone fragments under a blue

Three Young Girls by Ruins

Hubert Robert, ca. 1790

Pen and ink drawing of the Madonna and Child with a mitred bishop and a standing youth in a cloak, on aged paper.

Madonna and Child with Saints Martin and Maurice (?)

Gaudenzio Ferrari, ca. 1530