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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

32,885 works

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a blue kimono on a veranda beside cherry blossoms and a lattice window.

Courtesan Resting on the Veranda

Furuyama Moromasa, 18th century

Hanging scroll of three women in patterned kimono, one playing a shamisen, with a lacquer tray of writing items in front.

Three Beauties

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 18th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono walking by a willow tree and riverbank, with fireflies and reeds in a muted ochre setti

Two Girls Catching Fireflies

Kawamata Tsunemasa, first half of the 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a black kimono with striped obi and poem inscriptions on her hem.

Standing Beauty

Kondo Katsunobu, 18th century

Fan-shaped ink landscape with mountains, sailboats on a lake, trees, a pavilion, and calligraphy with red seals.

View of Lake Tai

Wen Zhengming, dated 1543

Hanging scroll of a woman in a blue patterned kimono beside a gold screen, with a child in red peeking from behind it.

Mother and Child at Play

Isoda Koryusai, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with two butterflies above her on an ochre background.

Beauty with Butterflies

Katsukawa Shunshō, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a black bamboo-patterned kimono standing beside a young attendant in a grey floral kimono.

Courtesan and Her Attendant

Katsukawa Shunshō, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono holding a pipe, gazing at a full moon beside a rooster and screen.

Beauty Looking at the Moon

Katsukawa Shuncho, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a seated geisha in a patterned kimono, leaning on a cushion, with calligraphy above her.

Geisha Seated

Katsukawa Shuntei, dated 1795

Hanging scroll showing two women in a Japanese interior, one standing in a blue patterned robe and one seated reading beside

Two Beauties after the Bath

Torii Kiyonaga, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a windblown green robe and patterned skirt beside a gnarled tree on a brown ground.

Beauty in Summer Breeze

Torii Kiyonaga, 18th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one holding a blue parasol, the other seated in a checkered robe with a blue flower.

Two Beauties

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1801-4

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono carrying a child, with a second child beside her and a pine tree behind.

Mother and Children at the New Year

Utagawa Toyoharu, 18th century

Woman in a green patterned kimono sits beside a koto, fitting finger plectrums, on a hanging scroll.

Woman Putting on Finger Plectrums to Play the Koto

Utagawa Toyohiro, early 19th century

Ink landscape on gold fan leaf: misty mountains, trees, a small house, two figures on a bridge, calligraphy at upper right.

Landscape with Figure

Hanging scroll of a seated couple on a mat beneath flowering vines on a trellis, with a red fan and sake bottle.

Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis

Utagawa Toyohiro, early 19th century

Ink drawing triptych of two sumo wrestlers grappling in a bout, with seated officials in robes at the left and right edges.

Sumo Wrestling

Utagawa Kuniteru, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a robed archer with bow and arrows on a rocky slope with pine branches, by Katsushika Hokusai.

The Legendary Empress Jingū

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1847

Hanging scroll of seated warrior deity Guan Yu with red face and yellow robe, beside an attendant holding a tall halberd.

Guan Yu, Chinese God of War

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a barefoot woman with flying hair raising a sword atop a wooden platform, with trees and banners below.

Sword Dancer

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Red monochrome hanging scroll of Zhong Kui, a bearded armored demon queller holding a round object, by Hokusai.

Red Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller

Katsushika Hokusai, 1846

Ink painting of the demon queller Shōki holding a sword, in a hanging scroll with a red seal at lower right.

Black Shōki, the Demon Queller

Katsushika Hokusai, 1849

Hanging scroll of a bent fisherman with a triangular net on a pole and a basket, standing on a pale shoreline.

Fisherman

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman spinning silk beside a child at a brazier, with three swallows flying above.

Woman Spinning Silk

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1790

Fan-shaped painting of blue-green mountains, trees, and pavilions on a gold ground with calligraphy and red seals.

Brocaded Sea of Peach Blossom Waves

Hanging scroll of a snowy winter scene with a pine tree over a shop front, figures, two cats and a paper umbrella.

In Front of a Shop

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1780

Ink and colour painting of wild geese above rippling water and reeds, with a flock flying in the upper left.

Wild Geese and Water

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Hanging scroll of a monkey showman and porter walking through falling snow beneath a pink parasol, with birds flying overhead

Monkey Showman and Porter(?) in the Snow

Hokuga, 19th century

Painting of a Buddha's hand citron branch with yellow finger-like fruit on a gray silk background, with a red seal.

Buddha’s Hand Citron (Busshukan)

Katsushika Hokusai, mid-19th century