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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Cutaway woodblock print of a warship showing sailors working in labeled decks, with smoke and rough sea below.

The Interior Works of an Armed Japanese Battleship

Unsen, 1874 (Meiji 7)

Watercolor interior of a lottery office with a large window, wooden counter, stools, shelves, and lottery posters.

Interior of a Lottery

James Kidder, 1821

Painted corridor with rows of arches and columns receding to a distant doorway, with a small figure walking on a red brick pa

Corridor in the Asylum

Vincent van Gogh, September 1889

Watercolor interior of a cottage with a man reading, a woman feeding a child, another man leaning on a wall, and a loom.

Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage

Adriaen van Ostade, 1673

Watercolor of a woman in a lavender dress seated by a yellow fireplace with a fan, mirror and blue vase.

The Yellow Room

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883-84

Pen and watercolor drawing of a peasant family in a cluttered barn interior with a woman in bed, a cat and baskets.

Peasant Family in a Barn

Isaac van Ostade, 1640s

Pen and wash drawing of a grand interior with columns, a rearing equestrian statue, and small figures in the foreground.

Interior of Saint Peter's

Hubert Robert, ca. 1758

Pen and ink drawing of a basilica interior with arches, a dome, a cross, and figures along a choir screen.

Interior of the Basilica of San Marco, Showing the Crossing and the Choir

Canaletto, ca. 1763-68

Brown ink and wash drawing of Saint Anthony of Padua holding the Christ Child in an interior with angels and a cross.

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, in an Interior

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1770

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated painter beside an easel in a studio crowded with busts, sculptures and framed prints.

The Painter's Studio

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, ca. 1855

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo paneled interior with a seated man reading beside a fireplace and mirror.

A Venetian Interior, with a Young Man Seated by the Fire

Canaletto, after 1717

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded schoolroom with a teacher, pupils at a table, a dog, and a hanging lantern.

The School

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1791

Triptych woodblock print of women and a standing man in a New Year-decorated mansion with lanterns and screens.

New Year's Celebration in a Large Mansion

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1791

Woodblock print of figures in kimono playing a hand sumo game in an interior room with a folding screen and potted pine.

A Game of Hand Sumo in the New Yoshiwara

Furuyama Moromasa, ca. 1740

Woodblock print of a Yoshiwara interior with sliding screens, seated women in kimono, and a reclining figure on tatami.

An Interior View in the Yoshiwara

Torii Kiyotada, ca. early 1740s

Woodblock print of a restaurant balcony with diners, a fan dancer and a shamisen player overlooking a lake and town.

The Kawachirō Restaurant, Shitaya Hirokōji (Shitaya Hirokōji, Kawachirō), from the series A Collection of Famous Rest…

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838-40

Woodblock print of noblemen conversing in a palace interior, with a veranda, river, willow tree and calligraphy poem above.

Interior of a Palace with Noblemen Conversing

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1820

Woodblock print of a crowded Japanese kabuki theater with tiered balconies, paper lanterns, and an actor on stage.

Ichikawa Danjūrō II (?) Performing Shibaraku in the Ichimura Theater

Torii Kiyotada, ca. 1738

Woodblock print of a woman beside a doll display while attendants carry a child in a palanquin across a wooden floor.

The Festival of Dolls (Third Month)

Ishikawa Toyomasa, ca. 1767

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded auction room with an auctioneer on a rostrum and framed paintings covering the walls.

Christie's Auction Room, Pall Mall

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1808-10

Woodblock print of a moonlit veranda overlooking a bay with sailboats, a lantern, and a pine tree.

Moon-Viewing Location (Tsuki no Misaki), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo Hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Woodblock print of two women in a room with a latticed window, one sewing and one kneeling beside white folded cloth on the f

Evening Snow on the Nurioke, from the series Eight Parlor Views

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Three-panel woodblock print of a formal ceremony in an ornate hall with a red carpet, throne, and uniformed officials.

Illustration of the Issuing of the State Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace

Adachi Ginkô, March 14, 1889

Triptych woodblock print of a parliament chamber with seated members, a standing speaker, and printed member name lists.

Illustration of the Imperial Diet House of Commons with a Listing of all Members

Toyohara Kuniteru III, 10/1890

Triptych woodblock print of robed figures seated at a formal ceremony in a hall, with red sun banners and blossoming trees.

Print - Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1867

Hasegawa Sadanobu, 1867 (Meiji 1)

Woodblock triptych of officials gathered in an ornate Meiji-era state chamber with a red carpet and throne.

View of the Issuance of the State Constitution in the State Chamber of the New Imperial Palace

Adachi Ginkô, March 2, 1889 (Meiji 22)

Woodblock print of elegant figures in an interior with a crane-patterned kimono, incense burner, and garden view through shoj

Interior Scene

Torii Kiyonaga, ca. 1788

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in a traditional interior, one playing a shamisen, with a veranda and garden beyo

Interior View

Katsukawa Shuncho, ca. 1788

Woodblock print of a crowded parliamentary chamber with seated men at desks, balcony spectators, and uniformed officials unde

Illustration of The Imperial Assembly of the House of Peers (Teikoku gikai kizokuin no zu)

Toyohara Chikanobu, 1890

Japanese triptych of three women in patterned kimono beside a peacock, against a gold background of peacock feathers.

Interior of the House called Ōgiya

Chokosai Eisho, ca. 1800