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Asian Art

10,328 works

Etching of masted ships and their reflections on still water under a pale, hazy evening sky.

Nocturne Shipping

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of a red-robed figure walking a snowy cliff path above houses and a blue sea, with falling snow.

Nichiren in Snow at Tsukahara, Sodo Province

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

The Velvet Dress (Mrs. Leyland)

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Etching of a woman in a long dark dress and bonnet standing by a window beside an open trunk.

Finette

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Etching of a seated figure with long hair under dense diagonal hatching, with small sketched faces, a bird, and a flower.

Potrait of a man

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Etching of Old Battersea Bridge with pedestrians on deck and a sailing barge passing beneath its timber piers on the river.

Old Battersea Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Etching of a rag shop interior with a seated woman, a standing boy in a cap, hanging cloth, and a cobbled street.

Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono digging in snow beside bamboo stalks and snowy branches.

Woman Digging Bamboo Shoots in the Snow, or Parody of Meng Zong (Mōsō), from Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1765

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono raising a sword beside flowers, lanterns and waves.

Näyttelijä Sawamura Gennosuke näytelmässä Date kurabe O-Kuni kabuki (Tanssinäytelmä Daten sukuriidasta)

Utagawa Kunisada, 1829

Woodblock print of a red temple gate, stone lantern and blue stairs climbing through tall trees, with small figures.

Landscape with Temple Stairwell

Utagawa Hiroshige

Two women with a yellow parasol walk through slanting rain and snow, in a Japanese woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu.

Two Women in a Storm

Suzuki Harunobu, 1764-72

Etching of a busy city street with carriages, pedestrians, and tall buildings receding toward a distant tower.

St. James's Street

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Two women on a wooden veranda beside a clock and shoji screen, in a Japanese woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu.

Evening Chime of the Clock (Tokei no banshō), from the series “Eight Parlor Views” (Zashiki hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hair reading a long letter, with a peony roundel in the upper left.

“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s

Etching of a windswept flat landscape under a turbulent sky, with a bent figure in the foreground and trees on the horizon.

The Storm

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Woodblock print of two women in striped kimono walking through tall grass, one holding a paper lantern and one a fan.

Elopers in Musashino

Kitagawa Utamaro, early 19th century

Etching of a dark archway with leafy trees, a small boat near the entrance, and figures on the right.

Traghetto

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of a yellow bird on a stalk beside iris flowers and green leaves above blue water, with calligraphy.

Bird and Iris

Utagawa Hiroshige

Etching of a crumbling timber-framed house with a broken roof, with a woman sweeping and a child in a doorway.

The Unsafe Tenement. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature. (The French Set)

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Woodblock print of a yellow black-naped oriole perched on a stem beside pink and white rose mallow flowers against blue.

A Black-Naped Oriole on a Stem of Rose Mallow

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1834

Etching of a seated woman in an armchair, her figure dissolving into loose, sweeping pen strokes; hands visible at lower edge

Lady in an armchair

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Etching of a sailing barge moored on a calm river, with a house, jetty and tree-lined bank in the distance.

The Little Putney

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Woodblock print of women arranging pampas grass and vases for the Moon Festival, with a child and an inset scene, by Utamaro.

A Woman and a Man Arranging Flowers for the Tsukimi (Moon Festival)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1802

Etching of a sailing ship on calm water with a distant skyline of domes and a tall tower, reflected in the water.

Nocturne

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Etching of a narrow Venetian street seen through an archway, with a seated vendor, figures walking, and a window with faces.

The Fish Shop, Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Woodblock print of two courtesans in patterned kimono with two attendants, one holding an umbrella, beside pine trees and woo

Two Oiran with Two Female Attendants in the Yoshiwara

Chobunsai Eishi

Etching of a dim forge interior with bent workers at a bench and a figure beside a bright window.

The Little Forge, Liverpool

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Japanese woodblock print of musicians on a raised stage and figures in patterned kimono under maple branches.

Theatrical Scene, with Musicians

Etching of a busy Venetian-style waterfront with stone buildings, moored masted boats, gondolas and strolling figures.

The Riva, No. 2

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Two-sheet Japanese print of women playing sugoroku in a room with a garden view and a distant mountain.

Two Young Women Playing a Game of Sugoroku

Utagawa Toyokuni

Etching of a narrow old London street with gabled houses on the left and a church spire in the distance.

Wych Street, London

James McNeill Whistler, 1870

Woodblock print of villagers with baskets on a path below thatched houses, autumn maples, and a red sunset over water.

Poem by Sarumaru Dayū, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839