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Art Institute of Chicago

13,158 works

Ink painting of two scholars playing a board game under a large tree beside a rocky cliff, with plum branches at right.

Landscape with Daoist Immortals Playing Weiqi

Dai Jin, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 15th-16th century

Hanging scroll of a young woman in a patterned kimono playing battledore and shuttlecock beneath slender trees.

Girl Playing Battledore and Shuttlecock

Torii Kiyomasu II, 18th century

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono chatting on a wooden veranda beside a small tree and hanging lantern.

Three Beauties Chatting by a Veranda

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1792

Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor in red costume with stage makeup, kneeling with a sword, inscriptions above.

Portrait of Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamakura no Gongorô

Furuyama Moromasa, 1736

Hanging scroll of a saddled deer in water beneath a large golden sun, with a red torii gate, willows and pines.

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Mandara Shika, 15th century

Hanging scroll of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a fan, with calligraphy on a brown background.

Samurai

Isawa Matabei, 17th century

Hanging scroll painting of a standing courtesan in a red kimono with blossoming branches and an ornate blue and gold obi.

High Ranking Courtesan

Mihata Jôryû, c. 1830/43

Hanging scroll of a grapevine with dark lobed leaves and pale green grape clusters climbing a diagonal trellis.

Grapevines

Sakai Ōho, n.d.

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a blue floral kimono with red lining, holding a fan-like cloth, on pale paper.

Standing Beauty in Blue Kimono

Kaigetsudo Doshu, c. 1711-16

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a blue kimono adjusting a hairpin, on a tan background.

Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin

Chobunsai Eishi, Edo period, 1798

Hanging scroll of a squirrel on a branch among grapevines with clusters of grapes and red seals, ink on silk.

Squirrel and Grapes

Shen Yongling, 1694 清朝

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a blue patterned kimono holding a fan, against a gold ground with brocade mount.

Male Figure

Miyagawa Chôshun, Edo period (1610-1868)

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a dark patterned kimono with two attendants in floral robes, with calligraphy above.

Courtesan and two attendants

Kawamata Tsunemasa, about 1723

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a floral green kimono with two attendants, one holding a vessel, beside calligraphy.

Courtesan and Two Attendants

Torii Kiyonobu I, About 1705

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a patterned black kimono beside a blossoming cherry branch on a pale ground.

Courtesan and Cherry Branch

Toriyama Sekien, 1786

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono looking at a full moon beyond bamboo slats, with a seated figure behind.

Youth Playing Football

Tosa Mitsusuke, about 1675

Hanging scroll painting of a courtesan in a blue kimono reading a long letter, with gold hairpins and peonies.

A Courtesan Reading a Letter

Chobunsai Eishi, 1820/25

Hanging scroll painting of a rooster with a long curving black tail perched on a round patterned base, on pale paper.

Rooster on tile

Itō Jakuchū, about 1793

Ink painting of an elderly bearded priest gazing upward beside a steaming tea kettle, on a grey wash background.

Old priest and tea kettle

Gyokudô, no date

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red and black kimono with a blue obi on a stone path beside a tree, Edo period.

Beauty at the Mimeguri Shrine

Utagawa Toyohiro, Edo period, Bunka era c. 1804/18

Ink painting of a crow perched on a broken tree stump beside bare branches, with a red seal in the upper right corner.

Crow on a Tree

Kano Yukenobu, Late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a white patterned kimono on a wooden bench, with misty mountains behind her.

Seated Beauty

Rifû, c. 1730

Hanging scroll of a woman in a dark kimono gazing up on a riverbank with bamboo and an umbrella.

Girl on River Bank

Katsukawa Shuncho, c. 1780/95

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red and white kimono holding a red maple branch against a gold background.

Dancer with a Maple Branch

Katsukawa Shunshō, About 1780-90

Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor crouched and gripping a pole, with calligraphy and red seals above.

The Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô II (1689-1758)

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1788 (inscription 1829)

Persian miniature of a kneeling warrior attending a dying king among soldiers, with Persian calligraphy text above.

Alexander Comforts the Dying Darius, page from a copy of the Shahnama of Firdausi

Islamic, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370-1507), c.1480/90

Orange horned thunder god with a drum and dark swirling clouds above golden waves, Otsu-e style painting.

The God of Thunder and his Drum

School of Otsu-e, 18th century

Ink landscape scroll with a conical mountain, a thatched hut behind a fence, willows and pines, and handwritten inscriptions.

Planting Fragrant Fungus at the Tiaozhou'an

Chen Guan, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 1627 (?)

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath a drooping willow tree.

Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree

Isoda Koryusai, Edo period, c. 1780

Ink landscape scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, a river, and a fisherman in a small boat.

Fishing Recluse by an Autumn Grove (秋林漁隱圖)

Sheng Mao, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, 17th century