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Fan-shaped album leaf of a snow-capped mountain with four birds flying across a pale sky, gold speckled mount.

Mountains with Birds

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Miniature painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling Virgin, infant Christ, angels and a star in the night sky.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Marmitta, 1500

Portrait of a young woman in red velvet with a jewelled headdress, before an arched window showing a castle and hills.

Margaret of Austria

Painting of a hilltop city under a stormy sky, with a cathedral spire, a stone bridge over a river, and green hills.

View of Toledo

Seated cardinal in red robes and biretta with spectacles, beside a gilded damask wall and a folded letter on marble floor.

Portrait of a Cardinal, Probably Cardinal Don Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609)

Gold-ground panel of Archangel Michael spearing a dragon beside Saint Francis in brown habit with raised hands.

Michael the Archangel and Saint Francis

Juan de Flandes, 1505

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and large black hat with cream plumes, against a red drape and cloudy landsca

Mrs. Bryan Cooke (Frances Puleston, 1765-1818)

George Romney, 1787

Painting of two men in a canoe on a misty river at dawn, with a black cat at the bow and wooded shoreline behind.

Pelzhändler auf dem Missouri

George Caleb Bingham, 1845

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall misty mountain, riverside houses, trees and a small boat.

Landscape

Kushiro Unsen, second half 18th century

Painted hanging scroll of a Noh Okina mask with hexagon pattern, crane design and cords on a pale background.

Mask for the Noh Play Okina

Shibata Zeshin, dated 1879

Hanging scroll of a standing samurai warrior in colorful armor holding a curved blade against a grey background.

Warrior

Tsurana, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a moonlit river with glowing fireflies and dark reeds along the banks, rendered in soft ink tones.

Fireflies Over the Uji River by Moonlight

Hanging scroll of a spotted deer on a rocky slope beneath red autumn maple leaves, with a branch painted above.

Deer by Mountain Stream

Taki Katei, dated January 1896

Votive plaque showing a bow-carrying armored warrior and a kneeling robed figure beside pine trees and misty mountains.

Ema (Votive Painting) of Empress Jingū, Her Minister Takenochi no Sukune, and an Infant (the Future Emperor Ōjin)

Nagano Yasunosuke, 1898

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with peaks, a pavilion, a bare tree, a bridge and a small walking figure.

Winter Landscape

Kanō Sansetsu, second quarter of the 17th century

Ink painting of a crow perched on a rock with reeds at right, mounted as a hanging scroll with gold brocade borders.

Crow on a Rock

Sesson Shūkei, probably 19th century

Ink painting hanging scroll of a crested bird perched on a bare tree trunk, with sparse grasses below, in gold brocade mounti

Bird on Tree (Haha-chō)

Ink painting of a sparrow perched on a plum branch beside a rock, mounted as a hanging scroll with gold brocade border.

Sparrow on Plum Branch (Ume ni Suzume)

Shōkadō Shōjō

Pair of hanging scrolls with ink paintings of geese and reeds on pale silk, mounted in blue patterned brocade.

Geese and Reeds

Kano Sosen Narinobu, mid- to late 19th century

Ink painting of a robed rider on a horse in clouds above a rocky outcrop and tree, with diagonal rain streaks.

Rain God Riding in Clouds on a Horse

Ink painting of the smiling deity Hotei with a sack and staff beneath a full moon, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Hotei

Kano Tan'yu, probably 17th or 18th century

Ink painting of a dark blackbird perched on a pale rock beside bamboo leaves and grasses.

Blackbird on Wave-Swept Rock

Painting of bonsai and potted plants displayed on a dark rocky stand, with decorative ceramic pots and a red seal at lower ri

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Bonsai

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Album leaf of a dark oil lamp with smoke beside a branch of plum blossoms, signed with a red seal.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Plum Branch with Oil Lamp

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Painting of golden rice stacks on poles with dragonflies in flight, a bare branch with red leaves, and hanging wooden drying

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Stack of Rice and Dragonflies

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Painting of a grasshopper on a curling gourd vine with a white flower and two green gourds on a pale background.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Grasshopper on Gourd Vine

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Ink and color painting of a duck on a snowy rock beside a drooping willow, with a pale moon behind.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Bird and Willow in Snow

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Painting of a straw snow shelter wrapped around a tree, with a sparrow by a stream, reeds and green shoots in the foreground.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Snow Shelter for a Tree with Sparrow

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Still life of a brown teapot, bamboo tea caddy with calligraphy label, gourd tray and green sprig on pale paper.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Sencha Tea Set

Shibata Zeshin, 1882

Painting of a decorated drum float with dragons and a seated figure beside a pine tree on a gold background.

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Drum for Gagaku Dance

Shibata Zeshin, 1882