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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

506 works

Two-panel Japanese woodblock print: a canal with boats and bridge at left, and a crowded kabuki theater interior with hanging

Cooling at Nakazu/ Kabuki Theater

Utagawa Toyoharu

Triptych woodblock print of a Yokohama tea house interior with a red bridge, garden pond, lantern and women in kimono.

The Interior of the Gankiro Tea House in Yokohama

Suzuki Hiroshige II, 1861 (April)

Woodblock print of a crowded kabuki theatre interior with balconies, seated audience, and costumed actors on a dragon-decorat

Perpsective View (uki-e) of a Kabuki Theatre, with a Performance of The Crest Patterns of the Soga Brothers and Nagoy…

Okumura Masanobu, 1748 (Enkyō 5), first month

Black and white woodblock print of three figures at a sake party in an interior with a folding screen and lantern.

Interior, Three Figures: Sake Party

Hasegawa Mitsunobu, ca. 1730

Triptych woodblock print of foreigners and Japanese women in a Western-style drawing room with harbor ships visible through w

Foreigners in the Drawing Room of Foreign Merchant's House in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 9th month, 1861

Japanese triptych print of a tea house upper floor with a chandelier, women in kimono, and a harbor view through a window.

Upper Floor of the Gankirō Tea House in Yokohama

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 4th month, 1860

Japanese woodblock triptych of a Western-style interior in Yokohama with dining guests, a kitchen, and ships in the harbor.

A Foreign Residence in Yokohama

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of an ornate palace hall with colonnades, blue drapery, and women in long gowns walking.

Heidoru (St. Petersberg), Capital of Russia, from the series Famous Places from All Nations (Bankoku meisho zukushi -…

Utagawa Yoshitora, 2nd month, 1865

Woodblock triptych of women bathing and dressing in a crowded Japanese public bath, with wooden tubs and hanging signs.

Interior of a Public Bath

Utagawa Yoshiiku, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print of a steamship interior with decks, rigging, crew, and passengers dining at a table.

Interior of an American Steamship

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 4th month, 1861

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue kimono bracing against wind with cherry petals swirling around her.

Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album (Azuma fūzoku fuku tsukushi) 東風俗福つくし

Toyohara Chikanobu, late 19th century

Pen drawing cutaway of a sailing ship showing crew working on several decks, with masts, rigging, and waves below.

Interior of a German Battleship

Unsen, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of Western figures in a room with a dining table, a child, and harbor ships at left.

Foreigners Enjoying a Banquet

Utagawa Yoshikazu, 2nd month, 1862

Woman in white cap and red bodice reading by leaded windows in a dim interior with a bed and red slippers on the floor.

A Woman Reading, after Pieter Janssens Elinga

François Bonvin, 1846-47

Brown wash drawing of three hooded monks in a dim room, one seated old man in front, with a barred window behind.

Monks in an interior (a cell?); page 33 from the "Images of Spain" Album (F)

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Engraved interior of a woman setting a table while two children pray before their meal, with a fireplace and sideboard behind

Saying Grace

François Bernard Lépicié, 1744

Pencil sketch of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a seated congregation under arches, with a kneeling figure in the foregrou

Interior of a Church

Thomas Couture, 1877

Brown wash drawing of an old man delousing a boy in a dim interior, with three figures behind and a cat in the foreground.

An old man delousing a boy accompanied by three figures, a cat in the foreground; page 40 from the "Images of Spain"…

Francisco Goya, ca. 1812-20

Watercolor interior of a palace room with chandelier, tapestry, white stove, red curtains and gilded chairs.

Room of Archduke Ludwig Victor in the Hofburg, Vienna

Franz Alt, 1861

Pen and gray wash drawing in a circle: a woman in a robe by a canopy bed, a young man at a doorway, classical architecture.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Georg Pencz, 1510-50

Pencil sketch of a man in a fur cap smoking a pipe, seated in a attic room with dogs, cats, and hanging laundry.

Der Hundefreund (The Dog's Friend)

Moritz von Schwind, mid-19th century

Grey wash drawing of a sculptor's studio with a nude model, statuettes, and visitors entering a doorway.

Sculptor Receiving Visitors in his Studio

Nicolaas Aartman, 1728-93

Watercolor of a church side aisle with white columns, vaulted ceilings, a chandelier and small figures on a stone floor.

Vaulted Side Aisle of a Church, with Figures

Johannes Bosboom, 19th century

Pen and ink drawing of a temple interior with a priest, a lamb on an altar, and a crowd of robed men.

Joachim's Offering Refused

Jan Wellens de Cock, early 16th century

Pencil sketch of a woman in a full gown standing in an elegant interior with a sofa, console table and doorway.

Study for "The Just Resentment," etched vignette in "Songs in the Opera of Flora"

Hubert François Gravelot, ca. 1737

Drawing of a Gothic cathedral nave with ribbed vaults, a pipe organ, and small figures in 17th-century dress.

Interior of Strasbourg Cathedral

Jacob van der Heyden, ca. 1625-30

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded picture gallery with many framed paintings and small groups of figures.

Interior of a Picture Gallery

Hans Jordaens III, ca. 1620

Pencil sketch of a columned interior with a grand staircase, ornate frieze, coffered ceiling, and a small floor plan overlay.

Interior of the Alhambra(?)

Franz von Hauslab the Younger, 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a classical palace interior with columns, arches, a coffered ceiling and statues.

Design for a Stage set Showing the Interior of a Palace (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

Josef Platzer, mid-18th-early 19th century

Watercolor interior design sketch with a grey floor, a black ornamental frieze, and a pink and blue patterned rug in the corn

View of Interior for Paris Exhibition 1925, with Rugs

Erik Gunnar Asplund, 1824