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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,735 works

Woodblock print of a woman in a blue striped kimono holding a folding fan and hand mirror against a red patterned background.

Woman with a Folding Fan and Hand Mirror, from the series Sensuous Young Women of Contemporary Times

Utagawa Kunisada, 1838

Woodblock print of a leaping tiger above a boy in red and yellow robes beside a pine tree and waterfall.

Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kag…

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1843

Woodblock print of tall sea stacks with pine trees, rowboats with figures, and sailboats on the horizon under a pale sky.

Upright Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century

Woodblock print of figures strolling among irises near a tea house with lanterns, under a leaning pine, in blue tones.

View of Iris Gardens at Horikiri

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1861

Triptych woodblock print of Yokohama waterfront with Western buildings, flags, sailing ships, carriages and pedestrians.

View of the Seafront in Yokohama (Yokohama Kagandori no fūkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige III, 5th month, 1870

Three-panel black ink print of multi-masted foreign ships with rigging anchored in a harbor before a Japanese town.

Foreign Ships Offshore at Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a procession passing a torii gate and bay with boats, framed by pine trees and village rooftops.

View of Kanagawa on the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō kanagawa no shōkei)

Utagawa Sadahide, ca. 1862-63

Triptych woodblock print of a crowded arched bridge over a river, with hundreds of boats and fireworks in a night sky.

Panoramic View of Ryōgoku Bridge in the Summer

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Three-panel woodblock print of a storm at sea with wrecked ships, armored warriors with banners, and divine figures in the cl

Defeat of the Mongols in the Western Sea

Utagawa Sadahide, 1863

Ink drawing of an armored samurai warrior holding a bow, with arrows, a sword, and a crescent banner behind him.

Preparatory Drawing for a Warrior Print

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a night street with blooming cherry trees, lanterns, carriages, and people in kimono.

Cherries at Night at New Shimabara

Utagawa Yoshitora, 19th century

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

Triptych print of a courtier in green robe on a moonlit beach with crescent moon, rocks, pine tree and calm sea.

Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a circus with horse riders, acrobats, clowns, tigers in a cage, and elephants on green ground.

Chiarini's Circus (Sekai daiichi charine daikyokuba)

Utagawa Masanobu, September 4, 1886

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

Surimono print of plum blossoms, a waterfall over a bamboo pipe, rock and bamboo, with calligraphy at left.

Surimono

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1860

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono adjusting her hair, with an inset of porters and a red clock tower.

Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Dragon

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol in windblown snow, beside a scroll and poem cards with calligraphy.

Selected Scenes from One Poem Each by One Hundred Poets: Poem by Emperor Kōkō

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Japanese woodblock print with a steamship in a harbor above and a kabuki actor with red face makeup and a woman below.

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō: Inspired by Famous Pictures

Utagawa Kunisada, 1864

Woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a blue hood, a child with a bird, and a plum garden inset.

Six Poetic Sages as Young Women at the Plum Garden at Kameido

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman with gold hairpins and a child with cards, a red clock tower and crowd at a window above.

Twelve Hours of Spring Pleasures: Hour of the Goat

Utagawa Kunisada, 19th century

Woodblock print of a steamship and crowded rowboats on choppy sea, with hills on the horizon and a text panel.

Chronicle of the Imperial Restoration (Kōkoku isshin kenbunshi)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, June, 1876

Woodblock print of a seated woman in kimono beside a potted azalea, with a panel above showing a photographer and camera.

Twenty-Four Hours at Shinbashi/Yanagibashi: 12 Noon. (Shinyanagi nijūyo-ji, gozen jūni-ji)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai with a drawn sword and dragon tattoo against a dark night background.

Kurahashi Densuke Kiyohara Takeyuki

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 19th century

Woodblock print of a woman in a striped robe reading an open book at a table, with calligraphy above.

Collection of Desires, Wish for Foreign Travel (Mitate Tai zukushi-yōkō ga shitai)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, January, 1878

Triptych woodblock print of samurai troops with banners marching past a castle wall, ships and mountains in the distance.

Hideyoshi and His Troops Leaving Nagoya Camp (Mashiba Hideyoshi kō nagoya jin saki te no shoshō kuridashi no zu)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a daimyo procession on a coastal road with cliffs, sea, pine tree and Mount Fuji.

Daimyo's Processions Passing along the Tōkaidō

Utagawa Sadahide, 19th century

Triptych woodblock print of a bay with sailboats, Mount Fuji, and a crowded street of lantern-lit stalls and figures in kimon

A Distant View of Yokohama from Kanagawa (Kanagawa yōri Yokohama...ken no zu)

Utagawa Yoshitora, 5th month, 1860

Woodblock print of a seated man with a fan beside a low table, and a reclining man spinning a large top with his feet.

Hayatake Torakichi from Osaka: Spinning Tops in Ryogoku

Utagawa Yoshiharu, 1857

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red and green costume holding a yellow fan, with a red sun behind him.

Nakamura Utaemon III as Taira no Kiyomori

Utagawa Toyokuni, 1812