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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,994 works

Woodblock print of rolled patterned cloth, a white cotton bundle, and colored yarn, with Japanese calligraphy on the left.

Rolls of Cloth, Cotton and Yarn

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 19th century

Print of a shakuhachi bamboo flute resting on a red patterned cover with a cord and tassel, with calligraphy above.

Shakuhachi (A Kind of Bamboo Flute) and Its Cover

Sunayama Gosei, 19th century

Woodblock print of two gnarled cherry trees in blossom on a rocky bank beside a stream, with grass in the foreground.

Blossoming Cherry Trees by a Stream

Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print of a shrimp with long antennae beside green seaweed, a dark cuttlefish shape above, and Japanese calligraphy

Shrimp and Cuttlefish

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock print of a dark belt, tassel and folding fan on patterned cloth over snow, with calligraphy above.

Belt and Fan on a Piece of Cloth

Japanese print of a young pine tree with blue needles beside a dotted, tied decorative broom, with calligraphy.

Young Pine Tree and Jeweled Broom

Woodblock print of a shamisen, plectrum, open book and patterned cloth with calligraphy above.

Shamisen, Plectrum and a Book

Chobunsai Eishi

Woodblock print of a decorated drum, sho mouth organ and helmet on a wooden stage railing, with calligraphy.

Drum with Stand, Sho (A Kind of Mouth Organ) and Helmet on the Stage for Bugaku Dance

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Woodblock-style print of a red crab beside a rice ball and a red seed, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Crab, Baked Rice-Ball and Seed of Persimmon

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woodblock print of a pink box with open compartments holding cards, loose cards and a blue cord, with Japanese calligraphy.

Box with Cards for the Poem Card Game

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

Japanese print of a decorated battledore paddle with floral motifs, a shuttlecock, and handwritten calligraphy, 1810.

Battledore and Shuttlecock

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, 1810

Woodblock print of a woman riding a black horse with an attendant holding plum blossoms, mountains behind, calligraphy at lef

Young Woman on the Back of a Horse Attended by a Female Driver

Kubo Shunman, 1813

Woodblock print of pilgrims climbing stairs to a shrine among tall trees, with a red gate and bathers at left.

Pilgrims at the Fudo Shrine, Meguro

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833-43

Woodblock print of travelers in snow passing bent pine trees, a river and a wooden inn under a pink dawn sky.

Itabana Station

Keisai Eisen, late 1830s

Woodblock print of a crowded night market with vendors, lanterns, shop stalls and people in kimono under a dusky sky.

Junkei machi Yomise no Zu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1828

Woodblock print of a Yokohama drawing room with Western and Japanese figures, a musical instrument, and ships visible through

Drawing Room of a Foreign Business Establishment in Yokohama

Utagawa Sadahide, 9th month, 1861

Woodblock print of Western women playing music in a harbor sitting room, attended by Japanese women in kimono, ships visible

Yokohama Foreigners in the Sitting Room of a Merchant Ship

Utagawa Sadahide, 1861, 9th month

Woodblock print of travelers crossing Nihonbashi bridge over a river with cargo boats, Mount Fuji in the distance.

Nihon Bashi

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of Mount Fuji behind pine trees, rice fields and travelers with a pack horse on a road.

Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a river on wooden footbridges below a green hill lined with pines.

Yui

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a shallow river on boats and by wading, with Mount Fuji in the distance.

Shimada; Oigawa Shun-Gan, Banks of the Oi River

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of porters carrying boxes along a mountain pass beside thatched houses and green cliffs, with calligraphy abo

Nissaka; Sayo no Naka Yama, pass in the Bayo Mountains

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden arched bridge toward a torii gate and pine trees under a pale sky.

Distant View of Mount Akiba

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of a Japanese town street with travelers, horses, and a castle on a pine-covered hill at sunset.

Hamamatsu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a wooden bridge over a river toward a blue-roofed castle, with boats and pines.

Yoshida; Toyokawa-Bashi, Toyokawa Bridge

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of porters carrying loads over a wooden bridge beside a weeping willow and thatched houses.

Goyu

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of an inn with a bather by a tub, travelers resting on tatami, and a flowering plum branch over a garden pond

Ishibe

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of a naval officer and nurse beside a patient's bed in a hospital room with a window.

The Torpedo Officer (Suirai shikan), frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu, vol. 1, no. 8

Kajita Hanko, ca. 1900

Japanese print of a man and woman under a plum tree, with a circular inset of a reader at a desk.

The Demon Gold (Konjiki yasha)

Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1903

Woodblock print of a naval officer on a ship deck shading his eyes toward a smoking enemy ship amid rough seas.

Sakamoto Otasuku

Mizuno Toshikata, ca. 1894