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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

364 works

Woodblock print of a red sea bream and striped fish among shells, seaweed, a sea urchin and a squid.

Large and Small Fish Swimming Among Shells and Moss at the Bottom of the Sea

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1830

Woodblock print of a woman with a staff beside a dragon on a rock in waves, with poem columns in the margins.

Otchime, the Daughter of the God of the Sea, with a Dragon on a Rock

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of women and a small boy gathering shells on a beach, with boats and waves on the sea behind them.

Women and a Small Boy Gathering Shells on a Beach by the Sea

Ishikawa Toyonobu, ca. 1758

Woodblock print of a grey setting moon over stylized waves, with dark rocky shoreline and a small boat, plus calligraphy.

Setting Moon on Waves

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print still life of plum blossoms, a writing box, papers, inkstone and patterned pouch on a mat, with calligraphy.

Refined Lavers (A Kind of Sea Weed) and a Handy Writing Outfit with Pouch

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, probably 1819

Woodblock print of a boatman poling a boat with three women in kimonos reaching toward the water beside bare trees.

Gathering Sea-Weed

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese woodblock print of shells, a sea urchin and seaweed on a pale ground, with calligraphy above.

Various Shells with Sea Weeds

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a sea bream on a dish beside a sake cup, lacquer stand, and screen painted with a peony.

Sea Bream (Tai) on Nabeshima Porcelain Dish, Sake Cup on Stand, and Painting of a Peony

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, ca. 1820

Japanese woodblock print of Mount Fuji seen across a bay with sailboats, pine trees on a rocky shore, and a red dusk sky.

The Sea at Miura in Sagami Province (Sōshū Miura no kaijō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjū)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858 (Ansei 5), 4th month

Japanese print of a windswept pine with flying white cranes above a striped sea and shoreline, with calligraphy at upper left

Sea-Side Landscape with Pine Trees and Flying Cranes

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of skewered dried sardines with nuts on a blue and orange ground, with calligraphy in the margins.

Dried Sardines, Tablet of Sea-Weed and Nuts

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Woodblock print of Western women playing music in a harbor sitting room, attended by Japanese women in kimono, ships visible

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861, 9th month

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind a village shoreline, with boatmen steering through choppy blue waves in the foreground.

Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Ejiri Tago no ura ryaku zu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fu…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in checkered kimono and striped garment readying to wade into the sea with a sword.

The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Man Ready to Wade into the Sea with a Drawn Sword

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1775

Woodblock print of a fisherman struggling with a boat among rocks and waves under a full moon, with mountains behind.

A Fisherman is Struggling amid the Rocks and Currents of an Inlet of the Sea

Woodblock print of cargo boats at a stone quay, sailboats on a bay, and snow-capped mountains beyond a distant shore.

Kusatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Woodblock print of Futami Beach with two sea rocks joined by rope, blue waves, and figures on a sandy shore by a cliff.

View of Futami Beach at Ise

Shōtei Hokuju, ca. 1810-1820

Woodblock print of fishermen gathering shellfish on tidal flats beside thatched houses, a hillside, and a sailboat on blue wa

Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1832-33

Woodblock print of an armored warrior on a black horse riding along a rocky seashore beneath pine trees at sunset.

Warrior Riding Black Horse along the Sea Shore

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Woodblock print of a man and two women on a teahouse terrace above a bay with sailboats and a village on the shore.

A Man and Two Women at a Teahouse at Wada no Ura Overlooking the Sea

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of three women by a seashore with a parasol, a fan, boats and rippling waves.

Three Young Ladies by the Seashore

Utagawa Toyokuni

Woodblock triptych of swirling whirlpools and rocky islets with pines, distant mountains and small sailing boats on the sea.

Rapids at Naruto

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of a woman adjusting her hair by a window overlooking sailboats, with two kneeling attendants in an interior.

Window Opening Toward the Sea

Suzuki Harunobu

Ink drawing of a sea turtle with a patterned shell and red-tinged head resting on layered waves.

Sea Turtle (Emblem of Longevity)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Woodblock print of a long wooden bridge over a lake at sunset, with sailboats and a conical mountain under a yellow sky.

Sunset Glow at Seta (Seta sekishō), from the series Eight Views of Ōmi Province (Ōmi hakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1834-35

Woodblock print of red coral branches beside a bearded man in a blue turban and yellow robe holding a pipe.

Stick of Coral and a Portrait of South Sea Islander

Utagawa Sadahide, 3rd month,1860

Woodblock print of a Dutch three-masted ship at anchor beside a rocky coast with breaking waves and a pine tree.

Dutch Ship at Anchor off the Coast of Tsushima

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 3rd month, 1859

Japanese woodblock print of a three-masted English sailing ship on teal sea, with a portrait medallion and vertical text.

English Ship

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1862

Panoramic woodblock print of Yokohama harbor with Western sailing ships, Japanese boats, and a grid of waterfront buildings.

Pictorial Guide to Yokohama Harbor

Utagawa Sadahide, 7th month, 1860

Woodblock print of foreigners on horseback and pedestrians along a curving coastal road under a pine branch at dusk.

Foreigners Riding Along the Coast at Takanawa in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 9th month, 1861