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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Hanging scroll of two cranes calling beneath bamboo and a full moon, with ink and soft color on silk.

Pair of Cranes in Bamboo Grove

Tanomura Chikuden, ca. early 1830s

Hanging scroll pair: pink and white tree peonies on the left, black ink calligraphy poem on the right, blue brocade mounts.

Tree Peonies and Chinese Poem on Peonies

Keibun, ca. 1830s

Ink drawing on a hanging scroll of grotesque demons and monsters gathered below a mountain village with pine trees.

Demons and Monsters

Takai Kōzan, ca. 1870s

Ink hanging scroll of seated Kannon on a rock beneath dense bamboo, with a pale halo and calligraphy inscription above.

Kannon in a Bamboo Grove

Amano Hōko, 1884

Hanging scroll of green mountains, pines and red trees among white clouds, with a small pavilion and figures at the base.

White Clouds and Crimson Trees

Tanomura Chokunyū, 1888

Handscroll painting of a night parade of demons, including a green oni with a trident and a winged flaming creature.

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Tachibana Gadō, 1892

Hanging scroll of two fishermen in a boat below a pale moon, with a pine on a cliff and bamboo along the shore.

Fisherman viewing the moon

Ye Guang, ca. 1600

Ink and color album leaf of a twisted pine with songbirds on branches, rocks and bare plum twigs in the foreground.

Paintings after old masters

Ink landscape handscroll with a pavilion, pine trees, a seated figure, a lattice fence and misty mountains.

The Studio of Prolonged Soughing

You Yin, dated 1851

Album leaf of a mountain landscape with a rider on horseback, farmers in a field, a porter with baskets, and pine trees.

Odes of the State of Bin: The Seventh Month

Fei Qinghu, late 18th-early 19th century

Two women in kimono, one seated at a writing table and one standing in blue with blossoms, with a child and a white lion dog.

Artisans, Beauties, and Annual Events

Toyohara Kunichika, 1874

Handscroll painting of misty hills, pine trees and white-walled villa buildings with tiled roofs beside rice fields.

Rear View of the Mountain Villa for Watching Clouds

Yu Zouyan, 1844-45

Painted album page showing a seated Buddha in a wooden pavilion, with monks in yellow robes praying and Burmese script below.

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon, 1880s

Hanging scroll of kimono-clad women in a misty bamboo grove, one holding a pink peony, rendered in soft greens and bright rob

Seven Beauties of the Bamboo Grove

Watanabe Seitei, early 20th century

Painting of blue-skinned Vishnu Venkateshvara in an ornate crown, flanked by two attendants in red and orange robes.

Vishnu Venkateshvara, Lord of Tirupati

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Painting of a red-faced deity with an ornate crown and jewelry holding a lotus, with a small attendant beside him.

Krishna Rajagopalaswamy, king of the cowherds

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Ink painting of two crabs on a sandy shore with grass, mounted in a dark lacquered screen frame.

Crabs and Peonies

Itō Jakuchū, mid-18th century, before 1766

Hanging scroll of a hawk on a rock above waves, with a red sun at upper right.

Hawk at Sunrise

Jeong Hong-Rae, second half 18th century-first half 19th century

Hanging scroll with a fan-shaped gold panel showing several Chinese boys in robes playing among books and toys.

Chinese Boys at Play

Kano Motonobu, first half 16th century

Handscroll painting of a seated man embracing a reclining woman in green kimono on a gold background.

Handscroll of Ten Homoerotic (Nanshoku) Scenes

Miyagawa Chôshun, early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan whose robe is painted with scenes of demons and flames in a hell realm.

The Hell Courtesan

Utagawa Kunisada II, late 1850s

Hand-colored scene of workers picking tea leaves under a thatched shelter, with others sorting leaves into boxes and baskets.

Illustrations of Uji Tea Production

Saitō Motonari, 1803

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, the infant Christ holding a globe, against a green curtain.

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto, 1528

Nude woman as Diana the huntress with bow and quiver, beside a resting deer in a dark green forest.

Diana the Huntress

Giampietrino, 1526

Circular painting of kneeling Madonna in blue mantle adoring the Christ Child, with infant John the Baptist and an angel.

Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, 1490

Portrait of a young woman in black with a veil, clasped hands and a pendant, set before evergreen branches and a landscape.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Lorenzo di Credi, 1490

Panoramic painting of a snowy Andean peak over a waterfall, river and dense tropical forest with a cross on a path.

The Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Half-length painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, bare-shouldered, against a dark background.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Antonello da Messina, 1470

Half-length portrait of a young man with curly red hair, dark cap and white collar, smiling faintly against a dark background

Portrait of a Young Man

Antonello da Messina, 1470

Painting of an apostle with a golden halo holding a written scroll and raising one finger against a gold background.

An Apostle

Carlo Crivelli, 1470