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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hanging scroll of a white heron in flight above its reflection on water, with reeds at right and a gold background.

Heron

Tosa Mitsuoki, 17th century

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground: a kneeling man holds a leash to a monkey while a child in blue patterned robes raises a p

Album of Fan-Shaped Paintings of Figures, Birds and Flowers

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-early 18th century

Folding fan with white chrysanthemums and green leaves on gold leaf, with bamboo ribs and calligraphy.

Chrysanthemum

Ogata Kenzan, 1743

Two hanging scrolls of ink cranes: one standing by a pine, the other beside a bamboo stalk on a misty shore.

Cranes

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1760

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, gnarled trees, a small hut, and a waterfall in pale ink and color.

Landscape in Light Colors

Yosa Buson, 1775

Hanging scroll of a spotted rabbit beside a rock with pink and white roses and peonies, with calligraphy above.

Rabbit and Roses

Mori Ransai, ca. 1776-83

Hanging scroll of a hototogisu bird flying past a full moon, with vertical Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Hototogisu

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of two long-tailed birds on a blossoming plum branch with red camellias against a gold background.

Birds on a PlumTree

Gan Ku, late 1770s-early 1780s

Hanging scroll of green mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and scholars seated in a grove beside a table.

High Mountains, Flowing Water: Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi

Okura Ryūzan, ca. 1840

Hanging scroll of figures in a blossoming garden with rocks, wooden bridges, a stream, and a pale moon overhead.

Fragrant Garden under a Hazy Moon

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1843

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a moon, and a small boat with two figures riding rapids beside pine-covered cliffs.

Boat under the Moon

Nagasawa Roshū, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of green mountains, pine trees, and a pavilion beside a waterfall, with a red sun rising behind the peaks.

Spring Sunrise at Mount Penglai

Tanomura Chokunyū, 1881

Hanging scroll of a bearded scholar in a brown robe amid shelves of vases, curios, and attendants in an ornate interior.

Su Dongpo Laughing

Suzuki Shōnen, 1892

Handscroll section of a daimyo procession with a palanquin, mounted riders, spearmen and porters on an ochre ground.

Daimyo Procession to Edo

Hishikawa School, ca. 1700

Court ladies in snowy garden by pine and pond with ducks, and a seated nobleman on a latticed veranda, Genji scroll.

Illustrated Handscrolls of The Tale of Genji

Ryūjo, 1594

Three hanging scrolls with shellfish, plum blossoms, a red table, and small figures above, framed by handwritten calligraphy.

Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1811

Hanging scroll of sixteen arhats in ink and color, with a tiger, a dragon and inscriptions among the figures.

Collaborative Painting of Sixteen Arhats

Suzuki Hyakunen, late 1870s-early 1880s

Ink painting on a pair of screens showing robed sages in a misty landscape with an ox, waterfall and pine trees.

Chinese Sages

Kanō Sanraku, late 16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of three robed men talking beneath a pine tree, with a rocky cliff and bamboo in a muted landscape.

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

Sekishō Shōan, mid-16th century

Ink painting of a stern bearded monk with hoop earrings and a dark robe, shown on a gray-brown hanging scroll.

Bodhidharma in Red Robes

Kano Masanobu, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a plum tree in white bloom above two white waterfowl swimming in rippling water beside reeds.

Plum Tree and Waterfowl

Kano Masanobu, early 16th century

Bird perched on rock beside snow-covered plantain leaves and bare branches against a gold background.

Plantain and Bird in Snow

Kanō Sōshū, late 16th century

Calligraphy scroll with chrysanthemums, grass, and wave motifs in ink on paper, framed in gold and navy brocade.

Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wa…

Konoe Sakihisa, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink drawing of Hotei reclining with a child kneeling beside him, with calligraphy above, on a hanging scroll.

Hotei and a Child

Ono no Ozū, dated 1624 (Genna 10)

Calligraphy of a waka poem beside faint gold pine trees on a pale ground, framed by gold brocade and floral textile.

Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines

Hon'ami Koetsu, early 17th century

Hanging scroll with grey and ochre moss fern fronds beside black Japanese calligraphy on pale paper, framed in gold brocade.

Waka Poem from Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern with a Design of Moss Ferns

Hon'ami Koetsu, early 17th century

Ink drawing of a seated monk reading a scroll by a lamp, with a poem in calligraphy and a painted phoenix and branch above.

Monk Kenkō Reading by Lamplight

Prince-Abbot Ryōshō, late 17th century

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan holding a fan, with a koto and book at left and floral-patterned kimono.

Courtesan with Fan and Koto

Chobunsai Eishi, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one lifting a hat overhead and one holding a bowl, on a gold ground.

Women Carrying Pots for the Tsukuma Festival

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink landscape hanging scroll showing Mount Fuji above terraced fields, pine trees and a rocky foreground.

Mount Fuji

Ike no Taiga, 1760s?