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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,219 works

Japanese woodblock print of a flowering plum tree with red blossoms, buds, and a gnarled trunk, with calligraphy.

Flowering Plum Tree

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1843-47

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a stone arch bridge, tall cypress trees, leafy trees and a hillside with buildings.

Landscape with Bridge

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of rocks, trees and animals framing a blank central panel, with an owl, squirrel, birds and an otter.

Design for a Title Page(?): Rocks and Animals

Joseph Martin Nideröst, late 18th century

Woodblock print of armed figures crossing a snowy wooden bridge while two men in straw hats stand in a boat on a river.

Scene I in Act XI of Chushingura

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Brown wash drawing of Moses raising his staff as Egyptian chariots and horses are swept into the sea while a crowd watches.

Moses and the Chosen People Behold the Drowning of the Egyptian Army in the Red Sea

Domenico Piola, 1627-1703

Brown ink drawing of the Château d'Amboise seen from a street with a stone wall, pedestrians, and large trees.

Veue et Perspective du Chasteau d'Amboille

Nicolas Perelle

Woodblock print of travelers and porters on a moonlit road beneath tall pine trees, with a full moon in a blue night sky.

Mochizuki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Pen and gray wash drawing of two figures in a vine-covered garden pavilion with a tiled roof and feathery plants.

Chinoiserie

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pen and brown ink drawing of an eagle in a tree preaching to deer, a lion, sheep, and birds gathered below.

An Eagle Preaching to the Animals

Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, 16th century

Woodblock print of travelers and horses walking through falling snow past pine trees, with snowy mountains behind.

Ōi

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Pen drawing of a man in a hat pruning a bare tree with a curved knife, inside an oval frame labeled FEBRVARIVS.

The Month of February: Man Pruning a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Engraved emblem of a deer beside a tree with a banner, framed by columns, female figures, and fruit garlands.

Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga

Giorgio Ghisi, before 1566

Woodblock print of a moonlit wooden bridge over a river, with a pine tree, horse, dog, and travelers in the foreground.

Nagakubo

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Pen drawing of a bearded man in a hat grafting a leafy branch onto a tree, labeled APRILIS, in an oval frame.

The Month of April: Man Grafting a Branch onto a Tree

Erasmus Hornick, 16th century

Black and white print of two figures kneeling in prayer near a church, with a dog, banana plants and a basket-carrying figure

Paul et Virginie

Jean Frédéric Schall, ca. 1791-92

Woodblock print of travelers climbing a snowy mountain path past pine trees toward a building, with rooftops below under a pa

Clear Weather after Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1861

Brown ink and wash drawing of Roman baths reconstruction above and ruins with a domed church below.

A Reconstruction of the Thermae of Novitian (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree, pierced by arrows, as archers and crossbowmen aim at him.

Saint Sebastian

Master of the Playing Cards, 15th century

Woodblock print of a misty lake with white-sailed boats, pine trees, a mountain, and travelers on a shoreline path.

Clearing Weather at Awazu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Grey wash drawing of the Thermae of Titus reconstruction, Roman ruins, a bust of Vespasian and a bathing genius relief.

Reconstruction of the Thermae of Titus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of Saint John writing on Patmos beside an eagle, with the Virgin and Child in light above and a sea view.

Saint John on Patmos

Martin Schongauer, 1470-1491

Japanese woodblock print of geese flying over a reed marsh with sailboats, a shrine gate, and pine trees at dusk.

Wild Geese at Haneda

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Grey wash drawing of a reconstructed Roman bath complex above, with statues and coins, and ruined arches with a kneeling figu

A Reconstruction of the Thermae of Diocletian (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Woodcut of the Virgin and Child in a garden with angels holding a crown, a castle, a ship and rabbits in the landscape.

Virgin and Child

Hans Wechtlin I, ca. 1510

Woodblock print of a snowy hillside at dusk with pines, travelers with umbrellas, a horse, and village rooftops.

Asukayama in the Snow at Evening

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Brown ink drawing of a reconstructed circular mausoleum with obelisks above, and its ruins below beside a seated female figur

A Reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Augustus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below)

Jan Goeree, before 1704

Engraving of a couple walking arm in arm beside a tree, with a hidden skeleton behind the trunk and a landscape behind them.

The Promenade

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1498

Woodblock print of cherry trees in bloom along a river with a wooden bridge, thatched houses, and Mount Fuji at dusk.

Evening Glow at Koganei Border

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858

Ink and wash drawing of a tall date palm with a Latin banner, with a haloed rider on a donkey and a crowd in a hillside lands

Christ's Entry Into Jerusalem

Jan Goeree, 1696-1704

Engraving of a nude woman holding a sleeping baby beside a stag and deer in a wooded landscape with rocks and trees.

The Penance of Saint John Chrisostom

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1509