This section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's historic art timeline includes articles on the following topics:
- Art of the Edo Period (1615-1868)
- Art of the Pleasure Quarters and the Ukiyo-e Stye
- Asuka and Nara Periods (538-794)
- Design, 1950–75
- Design, 1975–present
- Edo-Period Japanese Porcelain
- Heian Period (794–1185)
- Interiors Imagined: Folding Screens, Garments, and Clothing Stands
- The Japanese Blade: Technology and Manufacture
- Japanese Incense
- Japanese Weddings in the Edo Period (1615–1868)
- Japonisme
- Jomon Culture (ca. 10,500–ca. 300 B.C.)
- Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392)
- The Kano School of Painting
- Kofun Period (ca. 3rd century–538)
- Lacquerware of East Asia
- Life of the Buddha
- List of Rulers of Japan
- Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto: Japanese Fashion in the Twentieth Century
- Momoyama Period (1573–1615)
- Muromachi Period (1392–1573)
- Netsuke: From Fashion Fobs to Coveted Collectibles
- Noh Costume
- Painting Formats in East Asian Art
- Rinpa Painting Style
- Samurai
- Seasonal Imagery in Japanese Art
- Shinto
- Shoguns and Art
- Techniques of Decoration on Arms and Armor
- Woodblock Prints in the Ukiyo-e Style
- Yamato-e Painting
- Yayoi Culture (ca. 4th century B.C.–3rd century A.D.)
- Zen Buddhism