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Ink drawing of a robed figure under a wide hat beside a column of brush calligraphy and a red seal on a hanging scroll.

Su Dongpo in a Borrowed Hat

Ōsen Keisan, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a hawk perched on a pine branch, looking upward, painted in muted ink tones on a gray ground.

Hawk on a Pine

Kano Yukinobu, mid-16th century

Ink landscape on a fan-shaped leaf with pine-covered cliffs, a river, a small boat, and distant buildings.

Snowy Landscape

Toki Tōbun, ca. 1550

Hanging scroll of a white heron bending its neck among reeds, painted in pale ink and muted tones on silk.

White Heron

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early 17th century

Two hanging scrolls in ink showing a hawk on a branch with leaves and a hawk perched on a rock.

Hawks

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll with yellow flowers on grey stems below black calligraphy poems and the character for wind.

Poems on “Wind” from Japanese and Chinese and Poems to Sing

Horie Yorinao, 1670

Portrait of a Woman

Piero del Pollaiuolo, 1480

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a green robe beside a red table and brazier, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Chinese Beauty

Yokoi Kinkoku, 8th month, 1797

Hanging scroll of Kannon seated on a lotus petal over water, with a pale moon behind and ink calligraphy beside.

Kannon on a Lotus Petal

Shōzan Gen’yō, 1672

Blue demon with a spear and red banner running, beside a pink-robed fox figure, on a handscroll.

Copy of Night Parade of One Hundred Demons from the Shinjuan Collection

Mochizuki Gyokusen, 18th century

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo leaves and stalks above pale rocks, framed in dark gold-patterned brocade.

Bamboo and Rocks

Yanagisawa Kien, ca. 1750-58

Hanging scroll of a seated man and a standing youth in patterned kimono on a mat, with hanging wisteria above.

Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth)

Miyagawa Isshō, early 18th century

Hanging scroll showing a courtesan in a patterned kimono seated on a white elephant, with calligraphy and seals.

Courtesan of Eguchi

Katsukawa Shunshō, painting:1770−80; inscription: 1820s-30s

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a bald, bearded elderly man seated on a mat beside a fan, gazing upward.

Portrait of Botanka Shōhaku

Maruyama Ōkyo, second half 18th century

Hanging scroll of a crowd of smiling men holding up fish and baskets beneath a misty ink-wash mountain.

Fish Market

Matsumura Goshun, 1780s

Hanging scroll of an elderly bearded man in a cream robe with a white deer beneath pine and plum blossom branches.

Jurōjin

Gan Ku, 1838

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a red-roofed pavilion among pines, and small travelers on a winding path below.

Autumn Festival in the Mountains

Okada Hankō, first half 19th century

Ink painting of courtly figures and an ox cart among pine trees and hills beside water, in grey wash on paper.

Emperor Enyū’s Outing to Funaokayama on the First Day of the Rat in the New Year

Reizei Tamechika, 19th century

Hanging scroll with a grey ink ensō circle above a column of cursive Japanese waka poem calligraphy on pale paper.

Waka Poem: “Across the fields and hills…”

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, 19th century

Painting of four-armed Vishnu seated on the winged green bird Garuda, holding a lotus, conch and mace, in a decorative border

Vishnu on Garuda

Sajnu, ca. 1810-20

Painting of a seated ruler playing pachisi with a kneeling companion, an attendant with a fly whisk, and a yellow backdrop.

Maharaja Sovan Singh playing pachisi

Ambav, ca. 1868

Hanging scroll of a seated nobleman on a veranda, a woman above, and armored warriors with horses beside a pine.

“Taira no Koremori’s Farewell,” from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

Iwasa Matabei, ca. 1640

Hanging scroll of Buddhist hell scenes with red demons, flames, a seated judge, and robed figures in a misty landscape.

Scenes of the Buddhist Hell

Shōsai, second half 19th century

Ink painting of two herdboys riding water buffalo over misty hills, with a small calf following, on a hanging scroll.

Herdboys and Buffalos

Kaō, probably 15th century

Ink and color portrait of a seated courtier in black robes with calligraphy inscription on the right side.

Portrait of Minamoto no Muneyuki, from the “Fujifusa Version of the Handscroll of Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals”

Emperor Godaigo, early 15th century

Hanging scroll of a bearded standing man in robes holding a plum blossom branch, with calligraphy above.

Tenjin Traveling to China

Tōsai, early 16th century

Three hanging panels with a dragonfly over flowers, a bird flying over leafy plants, and a bird on a blossoming plum branch.

Birds and Flowers

Kano Motonobu, mid-16th century

Ink painting of a seated bald monk in loose robes reaching upward toward a bare branch, on a hanging scroll.

Priest Xianzi

Unkoku Tōgan, second half 16th century-early 17th century

Gold-ground album leaf with ink-painted reeds, lily pads, and vertical Japanese calligraphy of a waka poem.

Album of Twelve Waka from Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras

Emperor Go-Yōzei, early 17th century

Two-panel screen of a snowy landscape with a thatched hut, pine trees, a figure in a boat, and misty mountains under a gold s

Wang Ziyou Visiting Dai Andao on a Snowy Evening (Ō Shiyū hō Tai Andō zu)

Kanō Sansetsu, mid-17th century