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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,219 works

Woodblock print of a long-tailed bird preening on a plum branch with white blossoms against a warm yellow background.

Bird on a Plum Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige

Pen and watercolor drawing of Jacob wrestling a winged angel beside a river and large tree.

Jacob and the Angel

Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, late 17th-mid-18th century

Brown wash drawing of a farmhouse beside a winding road, with large trees and a distant town under cloudy skies.

Landscape with Buildings and a Town in the Distance (recto); Study of a Building (verso)

Woodblock print of snow-capped Mount Fuji above mountains, with travelers and a horse on a river plain below.

Numazu, Number 13, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847-52

Drawing of a haloed saint gesturing from a temple platform to a crowd on steps, with columns, trees and a distant city.

A Saint Addressing Figures from the Steps of a Temple

Antoine Caron, 1521-99

Brown ink landscape drawing of windswept trees, rolling hills, a distant building, and small figures along a path.

Landscape with Six Figures

Woodblock print of two windblown pines over a wave-lapped beach, with travelers and small boats on the sea.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Pencil drawing of a leafy tree behind a wooden fence, with a path curving along the right side.

Study of a Tree

Tina Blau, 1863

Pencil landscape of leaning umbrella pines and a small stone building beside shrubs, with a pale open sky.

Landscape

Alexandre Calame, 1825-64

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a steep pine-lined mountain path, with a distant blue peak and sea.

Station Twenty-six: Nissaka, Sayo no Nakayama, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1833-34

Pencil drawing of a crowned woman riding a lion under a parasol, with feathered figures and palm trees in the landscape.

Allegory of Africa

Gottfried Bernhard Göz, 1728-74

Brown ink drawing of a large spreading tree with two small figures on a path and a distant town at left.

A Large Tree at Albano

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1782

Woodblock print of porters carrying a palanquin through morning mist past a torii gate and pine trees.

Morning Mist

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Pen and ink drawing of Saint John the Baptist with a lamb in a wooded wilderness, within a circular format.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Hans von Kulmbach, ca. 1510-15

Sepia wash drawing of a rocky gorge with cliffs, boulders, a dirt path and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

A Rocky Landscape at Civita Castellana

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1776

Woodblock print of travelers with umbrellas in heavy rain beside trees and a blue stream on the Tōkaidō road.

Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama (50th Station of the Tōkaidō)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Blue wash drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a ruined stone wall, and a distant building under a pale sky.

Landscape

Isaak Major, early 17th century

Watercolor of a seated woman and child with a deer in a forest clearing, surrounded by birds and rabbits.

Genoveva

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Woodblock print of cherry blossoms on a riverbank with two boatmen poling a raft down a blue river.

Full Blossom at Arashiyama on the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Brown ink drawing of stags resting in a forest landscape with trees on the left and a rocky cliff on the right.

Stags in a Landscape

Johann Elias Ridinger, early to mid-18th century

Watercolor of a woman and children in a forest clearing, a bearded man with a staff pointing, and blue mountains beyond.

Rübezahl

Ludwig Richter, 1872

Woodblock print of a temple with a blue tiled roof, twisting pine trees, a waterway, and figures with umbrellas in snow.

Zojoji Temple at Shiba in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige

Red chalk drawing of figures resting under a tree with a musician, while a farmer leads a cow across fields.

April (one of a series representing the labors of the months)

Jonas Umbach, 1690 or slightly earlier

Pen and brown wash drawing of a waterfall over rocks with small figures beneath, trees and a winding path nearby.

Cascade

Johann Georg Wagner, 1732-67

Woodblock print of rain falling on a large pine tree over a lakeshore, with boats and a shrine at right.

Evening Rain on the Karasaki Pine

Utagawa Hiroshige

Red chalk drawing of a rural harvest scene with seated woman, poultry basket, hanging game birds and a distant landscape.

September (one of a series representing the labors of the months)

Jonas Umbach, 1690 or slightly earlier

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a thatched cottage beside trees, a river, and distant hills under clouds.

Landscape with Cottage

Jacques Callot, early 17th century

Woodblock print of horses grazing on a grassy plain by the sea, with a large pine tree and travelers under umbrellas.

Chiriu, Station No. 40

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Red chalk drawing of a harvest scene with seated figures under a tree, reapers in a field, and a distant village.

August (one of a series representing the labors of the months)

Jonas Umbach, 1690 or slightly earlier

Pen and ink drawing of a shepherd beside a large tree, with cattle grazing in a rolling landscape and a distant town.

Shepherd in a Landscape

Jacques Callot, early 17th century