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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of travelers passing a red torii gate on a Tokaido road town street, with pines and sea behind.

Yokkaichi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of travelers on a riverbank with rocky shoals, pine-covered hills, and a small pavilion under a pale sky.

Tsuchiyama

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of an inn courtyard with pines, a stone lantern, and travelers on wooden verandas by Hiroshige.

Ishibe

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

Woodblock print of travelers, porters and an inn scene with blossoming plum tree and an ox, from Hiroshige's Tōkaidō series.

Ōtsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi, Ōtsu)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1847-52

Woodblock-style ink print of an Edo street with kimono-clad women, swordsmen, tiled roofs, and a shop awning.

The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)

Hishikawa Moronobu, 1681-84

Black-and-white woodblock print of seated figures at a banquet in an interior with screens, bedding and a servant with a tray

A Banquet in a Joroya

Hishikawa Moronobu, ca. 1680

Hand-colored Japanese woodblock print of a reclining man and seated woman in a room with a flower basket and sword.

Scene in a Joroya

Furuyama Moroshige, ca. 1690

Line drawing of a tattooed man reclining in a room with a screen, flower vase, and sword, by Okumura Masanobu.

Sakata Kinpira Nyudo

Okumura Masanobu, early 18th century

Black-and-white woodblock print of two bearded figures playing chess beside a large treasure sack in a patterned interior.

Daikoku and Shoki Playing Chess

Okumura Toshinobu, ca. 1730

Woodblock print of a youth in a black kimono with crests, holding a pink and red parasol, with a caption strip below.

The Actor Arashi Wakano as a wakashu (youth) in a kappa (raincoat)

Nishikawa Yoshinobu, ca. 1725

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in samurai costume with a sword, beside a child attendant, on a patterned background.

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro II as a Samuri

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1735

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono sitting close on a veranda beside a lattice screen and a tea tray.

The Gossips

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767

Japanese woodblock print of a green lion dance in a courtyard, watched by women on a veranda, with children and pine tree.

The Lion Dance

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of seated spectators watching a performer in red robes while musicians play in a screened interior r

Seeing a Performance

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Triptych print of women painting, writing, and arranging flowers in a traditional interior with a garden and pine trees.

The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1788-90

Woodblock print of merrymakers on a veranda beside a pine tree, with figures walking along a riverbank toward a distant town.

A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Monochrome print of tiered palace pavilions with a flag, and two robed figures walking across a long wooden bridge.

The Palace in the Moon

Kitagawa Utamaro, 8th month, 1789

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed Japanese women in kimono with ornate hairpins against a pale landscape.

Narihira's Journey to the East

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1797

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of courtly women and attendants under cherry trees, with a seated man and a parasol.

A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Triptych print of women at a merry evening party, playing koto and shamisen, a board game, and sweets before a pine screen.

A Merry Evening Party

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1805

Triptych woodblock print of women picking persimmons from a tree beside a bamboo lattice gate, in kimono.

Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1802-4

Japanese woodblock print of figures in kimono, one raising a wooden staff, with two kneeling women and an inset scene.

Chushingura Act III

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a child lighting fireworks under willows while women with a baby and a fan look on.

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono gathering green leaves into baskets in a grassy field, with a child crouching nearby.

Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing with a ball on a veranda, with a child and a blossoming plum branch nearby.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of women watching a performer with a drum, a standing woman in patterned kimono, and cranes near a pine tree.

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Woodblock print of a standing man in a striped robe and a kneeling woman in a dotted kimono with hairpins.

Parting of Lovers: Courtesan and Her Lover

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Japanese print of women in kimono reading letters and holding a fan beside a lantern, with landscape roundels above.

Spirit Summoner; Wild Geese Returning Home (Maboroshi; Rakugan) (right) and A Thin Veil of Clouds; Clearing Weather (…

Chobunsai Eishi, 1797-99

Woodblock print of figures on a temple veranda looking toward Mount Fuji across a river under a blue sky.

Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakanji Sazaidō), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mo…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830-32

Woodblock print of palanquin bearers crossing a wooden walkway above a braided river, with a poem cartouche at upper right.

Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga e…

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839