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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,265 works

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a black leaf-patterned kimono holding a sword and fan against a gray background.

Kabuki Actor Sawamura Sōjūrō III, from the series Portraits of Kabuki Actors on Stage (Yakusha butai no sugata-e)

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1794

Woodblock print of a scowling man with dark hair, a yellow rope at his collar, against a pink and black radiating background.

Head of an Unidentified Actor as a countryman in Rags

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1793

Woodblock print of a tattooed man with a dragon on his back against blue striped background, by Kunichika, 1875.

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor Nakamura Shikan plays Suekichi

Toyohara Kunichika, 1875

Portrait of Sugino Juheiji Tsugifusa

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in patterned robes gripping arrows, seated before a railing with arrows and a stone block.

An Actor Portrait (Wears a Danjuro Mon)

Torii Kiyonobu I

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in floral kimono before a waterfall with red blossoms, by Toyohara Kunichika, 1875.

Imaginary portrait, Shuihuzhuan of Stage: Tōryūdai (Mitate Suikoden Tōrōdai) - Actor Ichikawa Sadanji plays Hanaoshō…

Toyohara Kunichika, 1875

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai in a headband gripping a drawn blue-hilted sword beside a maple leaf panel.

Portrait of Kansake Yagoro Noriyasu

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Hand-colored Japanese print of twenty-eight seated men in kimono arranged in a ring, with labeled names and inscriptions.

Portraits of Twenty-eight Metal Artists

Kitao Shigemasa

Ink and color print of a seated man in a dark robe and tall hat beside a tied bundle, with a signature and red seal.

Portrait of Rikyū (?)

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1875

Woodblock print of a bald samurai in yellow robe and black haori holding a long sword against a dark blue background.

Portrait of Oboshi Yuranosuke Yoshio (The Leader)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Ink drawing of a smiling elderly man in a black robe and hat, seated behind a large round fan with a staff beside him.

Portrait of the Poet Matsuo Bashō (?)

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Japanese print of a kabuki actor in patterned kimono looking at a framed portrait of a red-clad warrior.

Ichikawa Danjūrō VII Admiring Ichikawa Danjūrō I in an Inset Portrait

Utagawa Kunisada, 1819

Woodblock print of a samurai with a white headband and staff beside snowy branches with red berries.

Portrait of Muramatsu Sandayu Takanao

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

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 kabuki actor with red face paint and black topknot in an oval frame, with calligraphy.

Portrait of Arashi Kichizaburō III (1810-1864) in the Role of Baiōmaru

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of a samurai in patterned kimono raising a drawn sword beside a snow-covered pine branch.

Portrait of Yada Gorosaemon Suketake

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a seated Englishman in a top hat holding red cloth, with a framed woman's portrait and Japanese text above

Englishman Sorting Fabrics

Utagawa Sadahide, 2nd month, 1861

Portrait of Okichi

Utagawa Yoshimori, 4th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a samurai in black kimono and headband beside snowy branches with green ivy leaves.

Portrait of Yokogawa Kanhei Munenori

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Hand-colored Japanese print of a tattooed kabuki actor with black hair, scowling, raising one hand, against a plain beige bac

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles

Shunbaisai Hokuei, 1830s

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print with kabuki actor portraits in roundels and full figures, calligraphy, and bold colors.

Nine Prints Depicting Dual Portraits of Actors in Roles

Utagawa Hirosada, ca. 1852

Woodblock print of a warrior in patterned robes gazing upward beside a drawn bow, with a red cartouche and name labels.

Portrait of Ushioda Masanojo Takano

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock print of a man in a blue striped kimono holding prayer beads and a lotus, with calligraphy on a black background.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Nakamura Tamashichi

Enjaku, 1860

Bust Portrait of Woman with Mirror

Kubo Shunman, 1796

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai holding a drawn sword beneath a hanging bell, with inscribed title panels.

Portrait of Tominomori Sukeyemon Masakata

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a seated woman in a hat and fur boa, with a faint second figure at upper left.

Portrait of Madame Dietz-Monnin

Edgar Degas, ca. 1879

Etched portrait of a man with a curled mustache and cravat, holding a smoking pipe, with a bird cage and relief panel nearby.

Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt

Félix Bracquemond, 1881

Woodblock print of a bald samurai with a long sword on his shoulder, beside a blue potted plant, under a grey background.

Portrait of Oribe Yahei Kanamaru

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a magenta ornament, in three-quarter view against a tan paper ground.

Madame Loubens

Edgar Degas, ca. 1869

Pencil sketch of a man's head tilted to one side, with loose hair and soft shading on a cream sheet.

Portrait of the Artist (?)

Charles Bargue, 1850-83