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Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, a waterfall, trees, and a small boat with figures by a riverbank.

Riverbank

Abstract landscape with orange hills, grey clouds, dark blue and brown rectangular forms, and a small red block below.

Landscape with Houses

Arthur Dove, 1930

Ink drawing of two robed men walking past a tall tree and mountains, one carrying a basket and tool, with Chinese text at rig

Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains

Hanging scroll of a misty mountain landscape with cliffs, pines, a waterfall, and a pavilion with small figures.

Simple Retreat

Wang Meng, ca. 1370

Hanging scroll of a robed man asleep beneath a gnarled tree with drooping branches, with a gourd and shoes nearby.

Drunken recluse beneath an old tree

Chen Zihe, early 16th century

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a waterfall, pines and small pavilions, with a figure on a path and calligraphy at upper l

Wooded Mountains at Dusk

Kuncan, dated 1666

Hanging scroll of a robed scholar walking beneath pine trees before blue-green mountains on a gold ground.

Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape

Chen Hongshou, 1633

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath a willow tree, with calligraphy above.

Woman under a Willow Tree

Katsukawa Shunshō, 18th century

Six-panel gold screen with ink landscape of willow trees, rocks, geese in flight and robed figures by a thatched pavilion.

Landscapes with Chinese Figures

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1795-99

Six-panel screen of a misty lake with pine-covered cliffs, a thatched pavilion, small boats, and distant mountains in ink.

Landscape of the Four Seasons

Kano Chōkichi, 16th century

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono walking by a river with a willow tree and sailboats.

Three Women on a Riverbank

Torii Kiyonaga, early 19th century

Handscroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a thatched pavilion, riders on horseback and a rushing stream in muted ochre tones

A Diplomatic Mission to the Jin

Yang Bangji, ca. late 1150s

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, small pavilions, and columns of calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, 1666

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty cliffs, bare trees, a pavilion and bridge, and calligraphy with red seals.

The Sound of Spring in a Lonely Valley

Six-panel ink screen of misty mountains, a lake, a pine tree, a sailboat, and small pavilions.

Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1762-66

Ink landscape on silk: a fisherman in a boat by reeds, pine trees on a rocky shore, misty mountains beyond the water.

Xiantang Estuary

Xia Gui, ca. 1200

Handscroll landscape by Ma Hezhi with figures by a river, trees, clouds, and a column of Chinese calligraphy at right.

Odes of the State of Bin

Ma Hezhi, mid-12th century

Handscroll landscape with blue-green mountains, willow trees, lakeside pavilions, and lily pads on water.

Fisherman's Lodge At Mount Xisai

Li Jie, ca. 1170

Fan-shaped painting of a pine-covered rocky bluff beside misty water with a small hermitage among the rocks.

Hermitage by a pine-covered bluff

Yan Ciyu, second half 12th century

Ink landscape on round silk fan showing pine trees, a misty mountain, and small figures with a boat by a lakeshore.

Windswept lakeshore

Xia Gui, 13th century

Round fan painting of a misty mountain, marshy bank and a small figure walking by water, with red seals below.

Poet strolling by a marshy bank

Liang Kai, early 13th century

Handscroll detail: a robed scholar in a canopied boat poled by an attendant, with blue mountains and red seals.

Ode on Returning Home

Qian Xuan, 14th-15th century

Ink handscroll of two pine trees on rocks beside calm water, with distant hills, a small boat, and inscription columns at lef

Twin Pines, Level Distance

Zhao Mengfu, ca. 1310

Ink handscroll showing a dragon boat with rowers beside ornate lakeside pavilions and tiled roofs, with red seals at the top

Dragon Boat Regatta on Jinming Lake

Wang Zhenpeng, 14th century (?)

Ink painting of the monk Bodhidharma in flowing robes crossing water on a reed, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi River on a reed

Li Yaofu, before 1317

Handscroll painting of a snowy landscape with bare trees, a rustic riverside house, a footbridge, and misty hills.

Snowy landscape with rustic riverside retreat

Liu Songnian, ca. late 12th century

Hanging scroll of ink trees on a rocky bank with a seated figure, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper left.

Recluse Fishing by Autumn Trees

Sheng Mao, dated 1350

Ink landscape hanging scroll with bare trees on rocks, distant mountains above, and vertical calligraphy with red seals.

Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank

Ni Zan, 1363

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees and a distant pavilion, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper left.

Spring Clouds at the Pine Studio

Zhang Yu, dated 1366

Hanging scroll of bare gnarled trees on a snowy slope, with a flock of crows flying over misty hills.

Crows in Old Trees

Luo Zhichuan, early 14th century