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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,003 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in an ochre robe and patterned kimono, holding a katana before striped background.

The Actor Bando Mitsugorō I as one of the Conen Otoko or Five Kyokaku

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Three-panel Japanese print of an emperor seated in audience with uniformed officers and kimono-clad attendants.

View of the Gift of the Emperor's Gift Cup

Toyohara Chikanobu, Sept. 5, 1877 (Meiji 10)

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding an open fan under cherry blossom branches, wearing a patterned kimono and sword.

The Actor, 3rd Sawamura Sojuro Holding an Open Fan

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1779

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned black kimono standing on a wooden veranda beside a river.

Yoshizawa Iroha as a Woman Standing on the Engawa of a House by a River

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1778

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in black kimono gripping a tall banner pole with calligraphy, against a fence and patterned

The 2nd Ichikawa Komazo

Katsukawa Shunkaku, ca. 1795

Woodblock print of a kabuki onnagata actor in a patterned kimono and ornate hairpins, standing with a fan.

The Onnagata Actor Hanagiri Toyomatsu (Shisei) III as Ohaya

Ryūkōsai Jokei, 1793

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono before orange and blue wave motifs, ca. 1779.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing in a Room Having a Wave-pattern Dado

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1779

Triptych woodblock print of officials in uniform seated at a flower-draped table during an interrogation, dated 1877.

Illustration of the Inquisition of Ōyama Tsunayoshi (Ōyama Tsunayoshi kyūmon no zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, August, 1877

Triptych woodblock print of a harbor with a steamship, crowded rowing boats, and an ornate barge with a golden dragon prow.

View of Shibaura, from the series Eastern Capital (Tōto, Shibaura no fūkei)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 6th month, 1863

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in red costume holding a drawn sword, with a scowling expression and striped background.

The Actor Ishikawa Danjuro V Performing a Shibaroku Act with a Drawn Sword in His Hand

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1781

Triptych woodblock print of a Meiji-era interrogation with officials in black uniforms at a table and a kimono-clad man stand

Oyama Tsunayoshi's Cross Examination

Toyohara Chikanobu, August 27, 1877 (Meiji 10)

Triptych woodblock print of a marching military drill with rifles, brass band, American flag, and pine trees.

Great Military Drill

Utagawa Sadahide, 1866 (Keio 2, 2nd month)

Three-panel woodblock print of Western men and women at a harbor with ships and in an interior with a tea table, in bright co

People of the Five Nations Drinking and Eating (Gokakoku jinbutsu dontaku no zu)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 1861, 10th month

Three-panel Meiji woodblock print of court attendants and uniformed officers in a formal palace interior with a floral screen

Commanders Receiving the Emperor's Drinking Cups

Yamazaki Toshinobu, 1886 (Meiji 19)

Triptych print of court ladies in red hakama and kimono at a station, with uniformed guards, carriage and flags.

Illustration of Ladies-in-waiting boarding at a station (Kanjo sutēshon chakusha zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1879

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor swinging a large hatchet beside a pine tree and wooden fence.

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo Fighting with the Aid of a Large Hatchet

Torii Kiyomasu II, ca. 1748

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of uniformed officers with plumed helmets and a woman in a red kimono holding a fan.

Civil and Military Officers

Toshimasa, December 1877

Woodblock print of a man in a red robe holding a sword, standing in falling snow before a bamboo fence at night.

Onoe Matsusuke as Man Armed with a Sword, Standing in Snow before a Fence

Katsukawa Shunkō, 1786

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a female role in patterned kimono beside a rocky cliff and pine branch.

Kabuki Actor Segawa Kikunojō III in a Female Role

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1788

Triptych woodblock print of uniformed officers receiving ceremonial cups from attendants in red and white robes in a formal i

Illustration of the Commanders who Pacified Western Japan, Receiving the Emperor's Gift Cups (Saigoku chinbu shoshō t…

Toyohara Chikanobu, July, 1877

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in checkered robe holding a small painting of a woman before bamboo.

Kabuki Actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1788-90

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono with cloud motifs, holding a fan, against a yellow background.

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III as Fuwa Banzaemon in a Thunder Robe, Playing with a Fan

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1794

Triptych woodblock print of women in long dresses and a bearded officer in uniform before screens, with a seated woman at a p

Illustration of the Empress Visiting the General Staff Headquarters [to present a tray of bandages] (Sanbō honbu gyōk…

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1895

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono riding a bullock under a snowy umbrella, with a plum branch.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV on a Bullock in a Snowstorm

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor kneeling by a waterfall, holding a sword and raising a black hat, in red and striped robes.

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as a Man Armed with a Sword

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1789

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor as a samurai holding a raised sword, glaring, with a tree branch above and a yellow ground.

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke as a Samurai with a Drawn Sword

Katsukawa Shunsen, 1786

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor holding a drawn sword in his teeth-bitten stance beside a river bank.

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo with Drawn Sword

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1790

Woodblock print of a man in a blue checkered robe and black hat holding a brush, with blossoms behind him.

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro III as a Nobleman Writing Poetry

Katsukawa Shun'ei, 1782

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor posed as a samurai, holding a sword, in a red robe and floral patterned kimono.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as a Samurai Ready to Fight

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1771

Three-panel woodblock print of sailing ships, a steamship, and people in Western dress on a harbor quay with a city beyond.

Sailing from a California Port

Utagawa Sadahide, 1862