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Hanging scroll of a woman binding her hair beside a small attendant under flowering cherry branches, in muted tones.

Woman Binding Her Hair and Attendant under Flowering Cherry Tree

Miyagawa Chôshun, 1700

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in red robes at a window, with plum blossoms below and calligraphy framing the painting.

Portrait of Li Xiangjun

Cui He, dated 1817

Ink painting of a gnarled plum branch with pale blossoms beside a full moon, with vertical calligraphy at upper left.

Drenched in Moonlight

Tong Yu, 18th century

Gold-framed altarpiece of the Virgin Mary ascending with angels, musicians, and kneeling apostles below a distant landscape.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1500

Six-panel gold screen showing robed figures in procession with a parasol, a pine tree, mountains, and a small pavilion.

Meeting between Emperor Wen and Fisherman Lü Shang

Kanō Takanobu, ca. 1600

Ink painting of a seated monk beside a bamboo stalk, with calligraphy and red seals on a hanging scroll.

The Sixth Patriarch of Zen at the Moment of Enlightenment

Kano Tan'yu, 1635-45

A Circus Boy

Antonio Mancini, 1872

Manuscript leaf with Sanskrit text in black and red and a gold painted panel of animals and figures on blue.

Leaf from a Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals)

Bhadrabahu, 15th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pines, a pavilion, a small boat, and travelers on a path.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Xie Shichen, dated 1560

Ink landscape of a river with willows, a fisherman, terraced fields and flying birds, by Wu Li, 1679.

Whiling Away the Summer

Wu Li, 1679

Hanging scroll of a seated figure in a blue kimono on a green cushion, with red seals at the right edge.

Portrait of Iwai Kumesaburō II

Utagawa Kunisada, ca. 1827-29 (Kansei 10-12)

Hanging scroll with Heart Sutra calligraphy above an ink landscape of rocks and a blossoming tree.

Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō) and Landscape

Ink drawing of a reclining woman and a seated man in Japanese court dress, with columns of calligraphy beside them.

三十六歌仙図

Sakai Hōitsu, 1824

Six-panel gold screen showing about one hundred children playing in a garden beneath pine and plum trees with a crane.

One Hundred Boys

Kano Einō, 17th century

Handscroll painting of robed courtiers beside a river and blossoming tree, with calligraphy in the margins.

The Tale of Genji

Kaihō Yūsetsu, 17th century

Portrait of Lady

Hanging scroll of white egrets wading among green lotus leaves and pink flowers, with birds flying across the sky.

Egrets in a Lotus Pond

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1852

Hanging scroll of red, white and lavender poppies with buds and seed pods on slender stems against a pale background.

Poppies

Suzuki Kiitsu, mid-19th century

Six-panel folding screen of ink mountains, pagodas and temple buildings above water with small boats on gold ground.

金山西湖図屏風

Kanō Sanraku, 1630

Ink painting of a sparrow perched on bamboo with dark leaves and vertical calligraphy in a hanging scroll.

Sparrow and Bamboo

Sakai Hōitsu, ca. 1821

Hanging scroll of ink-wash flowers and leaves rising from a textured vase, with a signature and red seals in the upper right.

Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket

Yosa Buson, 1760s

Fan-shaped landscape painting of green cliffs, red maple trees, a small pavilion among pines, and rocky terrain on gold paper

Green Cliff with Red Maples

Wu Bin, 1603

Hanging scroll of a woman in a green kimono holding a dark parasol, with a patterned sleeve and red undergarment visible.

Beautiful Lady

Chokosai Eisho, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of many sparrows among plum blossom branches and a pink rose on a pale silk ground.

Sparrows in a Plum Tree

Nagasawa Rosetsu, second half of the 1790s

Hanging scroll of a monkey offering a qin to a seated scholar among misty mountains and pine trees, 1833.

Monkey Offering a Qin to Scholar 異類酬徳図 (Irui hōtoku zu)

Tanomura Chikuden, 1833

Hanging scroll of a woman in a checked kimono holding a snowy umbrella beside a snow-covered pine and railing.

Beauty in Snow

Utagawa Kunimasa

Ink painting of a laughing bearded man seated beside a woven basket, with bamboo and a full moon above.

Tōkaibō with a Fishing Basket

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1768

Hanging scroll of orchids and ink bamboo leaves in a tall vase, with a calligraphic inscription above.

Orchid and Bamboo in a Vase 蘭竹同瓶図 (Ranchiku dōbin zu)

Tanomura Chikuden, 1823

Ink painting of Bodhidharma, bald and bearded, gazing upward, with calligraphy and a red seal above on a hanging scroll.

Portrait of Daruma

Fūgai Ekun, early 17th century

Ink painting of lingzhi fungi growing from a square vessel covered in red seal stamps, with calligraphy above.

Plant and Seals

Yokoyama Seiki, dated 1856