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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,136 works

Woodblock print of a samurai in black and white robes peering at a red lantern with morning glories and a blue bird.

Portrait of Yato Fumoshichi Norikane

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852-53

Woodblock print of an old man in orange slipping a letter into a young woman's red kimono sleeve, with irises at her feet.

“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816-890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the…

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1798

Woman in a dark kimono holding a pipe beside a patterned folding screen, Japanese woodblock print.

The Hour of the Ox (1 A.M.-3 A.M.)

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1794

Ukiyo-e print of a man in a black robe holding the wrist of a woman in a green kimono who looks up at him.

The Lovers Oshichi and Kichisaburo

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1800

Woodblock print of a seated woman with hairpins and a standing figure in a patterned robe, with a landscape vignette above.

Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and a child reaching up to her robe, with teal cloth behind.

Woman and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795

Woman in patterned kimono holding a lacquer tray with a tea bowl, with calligraphy at upper left, Japanese woodblock print.

Okita of the Naniwaya Teahouse

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1793

Woodblock print of a waterfall over red rocks, with two men washing a brown horse in the rapids below.

The Waterfall Where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse at Yoshino in Yamato Province (Washū Yoshino Yoshitsune uma arai no t…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a dark robe with topknot and hat, holding a yellow fan, against grey background.

Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play, "Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy" (Sugawara De…

Katsukawa Shun'ei, ca. 1800

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women carrying buckets on a yoke along a beach, with sea, hills and a mountain behin

Dance of the Beach Maidens

Torii Kiyonaga, late 18th century

Woodblock print of an old man with a rake and a seated elderly woman in patterned kimono, with calligraphy above.

The Noh play, "Takasago"

Totoya Hokkei, ca. 1825

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a woman's role, wearing a yellow floral kimono and black robe beside a bench.

Actor Tsu-uchi Monsaburo in a Woman's Role in the Play "Three Instances of Good Fortune (Sanpuku Tsui)"

Tamura Sadanobu, ca. 1730

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a black patterned kimono holding a striped parasol against a tan background.

Actor (Sanjo Kantaro?) in the Role of a Courtesan

Okumura Toshinobu, ca. 1728

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in female costume holding a fan under a large parasol, wearing a black robe and patterned k

Actor Sanjo Kantaro (1697-1763) as a Woman

Okumura Toshinobu, ca. 1730

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono beside a tall comb-shaped signboard with Japanese calligraphy.

Actor Ichimura Uzaemon (1699-1762) as a Comb Vendor

Okumura Toshinobu, ca. 1730

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a floral patterned kimono with a paper umbrella at her feet, by Okumura Masanobu.

Moon in Musashi Province

Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1740

Japanese woodblock print of two men in kimono, one standing in a floral robe and one seated beside a brazier.

Portrait of Ichimura Takenojō and Sanjō Kantarō

Okumura Toshinobu, ca. 1793

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a black lotus-patterned kimono holding an inscribed poem slip.

Courtesan from the Myōgaya House

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1712

Black-and-white woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a patterned kimono with plum blossoms, with inscription and seals.

Courtesan

Kaigetsudō Dohan, ca. 1714

Black ink woodblock print of a standing woman in a feather-patterned kimono with a checkered obi, with calligraphy and seals.

Courtesan for the Ninth Month

Kaigetsudō Doshin, ca. 1714

Hand-colored woodblock print of an actor in a woman's kimono and wide hat beside bamboo, with pagodas and clouds above.

Actor Sawamura Kodenji as a Woman at the Time of the Tanabata Festival

Torii Kiyonobu I, 1698

Woodblock print of a kimono-clad woman leaning to walk a small white dog on a leash beside a veranda with blossom screens.

Onna San no Miya (the Third Princess)

Suzuki Harunobu, 1768-70

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono under a parasol beside cherry blossoms, with a poem cartouche above.

Poem by the Monk Sosei (act. 850-97)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1767-68

Woodblock print of a young man with umbrella and a woman in a wide hat in rain beneath a cherry tree.

Young Man and Woman Caught in the Rain while Enjoying Cherry Blossoms (Sakura-gari)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768-70

Woman in kimono holding a green hat beside a bamboo fence, with two women at a latticed window and a bird in the sky.

A Flute-Playing Monk (Komusō); The Fourth Month (Uzuki), from the series Fashionable Poetic Immortals of the Four Sea…

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a wide hat walking a shore while another woman sits under a thatched shelter.

The Curtain Clam

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese woodblock print of two kneeling women and a child beside a shoji screen, with a hanging white garment and poem above

First Day of Autumn (Risshu)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1865

Woodblock print of two women on a veranda, one pouring from a kettle, with sailboats on water beyond a lattice window.

Waves on Moonlight

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a standing woman reading a paper beside a kneeling girl with a shamisen, with geese over reeds outside.

A Young Man and Woman with a Shamisen; Monk Saigyō, from a series alluding to the Three Evening Poems (Sanseki waka)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768

Woodblock print of a kneeling woman by a gold screen and a kneeling man in a pale robe, with maple branches behind them.

Koshikibu no Naishi (999-1025), from "Hyakunin Isshu" (One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1768