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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,335 works

Virgin and Child enthroned between two saints holding palm fronds, with a mountain landscape and hilltop town behind.

Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Cecilia and Catherine of Alexandria

Francesco Morone, ca. 1510-15

Hanging scroll with a standing woman holding a plum branch by a rock and a seated figure in red in the foreground.

Girl Arranging Flowers

Hanging scroll of scholars on a stone bench under a tree examining a painting, with a pavilion, pines and bamboo.

Studying a painting

Zhang Lu, 16th century

Six-panel gold screen of children playing near a flowering cart and seven seated gods beneath a pine tree.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Chinese Children

Kano Chikanobu, 17th-18th century

Hanging scroll of two women and a child in a snowy veranda, one painting a white rabbit's eyes held on a tray.

Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1780

Six-panel gold screen showing elegant women and children in a palace garden with pavilions, pine and banana plants.

Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden

Kanō Eitoku, first half 17th century

Two panels of painted children in patterned robes playing with a toy horse, drum, dog, and umbrella on a gold background.

Chinese Children at Play

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono walking by a willow tree and riverbank, with fireflies and reeds in a muted ochre setti

Two Girls Catching Fireflies

Kawamata Tsunemasa, first half of the 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a blue patterned kimono beside a gold screen, with a child in red peeking from behind it.

Mother and Child at Play

Isoda Koryusai, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono carrying a child, with a second child beside her and a pine tree behind.

Mother and Children at the New Year

Utagawa Toyoharu, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman spinning silk beside a child at a brazier, with three swallows flying above.

Woman Spinning Silk

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1790

Three women in patterned kimonos share tea beside lacquer trays and a black teapot on a golden background.

Three Girls Having Tea

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 19th century

Ink painting on a fan-shaped gold ground showing a herd boy riding an ox past a mountain and pine trees.

Herd Boy with Ox

Kano Masanobu, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a snowy winter scene with a pine tree over a shop front, figures, two cats and a paper umbrella.

In Front of a Shop

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1780

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and two attendants under a willow tree, with calligraphy above and patterned silk mounting.

Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree

Unchō, 1796

Ink and color painting of two children leaning over a stone basin to play with goldfish, with a turtle in the background.

Two Children Playing with Goldfish

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Barefoot boy with a rope leads a cow wading through water beside tall reeds under a misty sky with birds.

Boy with Cow at the River's Edge

Hashimoto Gahō

Votive plaque showing a bow-carrying armored warrior and a kneeling robed figure beside pine trees and misty mountains.

Ema (Votive Painting) of Empress Jingū, Her Minister Takenochi no Sukune, and an Infant (the Future Emperor Ōjin)

Nagano Yasunosuke, 1898

Ink painting of a young boy in a white robe riding a dark ox, holding a long stick, with a red seal in the upper right.

Boy on Ox

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

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

Hanging scroll of a courtesan walking under a parasol with a male attendant and two young attendants in red kimono.

Courtesan on Parade

Miyagawa Isshō, late 1730s-early 1740s

Fan-shaped album leaf showing a thatched house, a woman in the doorway, a baby outside, and a leaning tree in ink and light c

House with Woman and Baby

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman drawing a bow beside a seated woman and a kneeling bearded armored man on gold ground.

The Legendary Empress Jingū

Kōsai Hokushin, mid-19th century

Hanging scroll of townspeople and travelers sheltering under a covered porch, with a bullock, umbrella and flower vase.

Taking Shelter from the Rain

Teisai Hokuba, early to mid-19th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and two attendants in kimono beside a pine and bamboo, with a red seal at lower right.

Courtesan and Two Attendants on New Year's Day

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1780s

Ink painting of a herder riding a dark ox beneath a pine branch, on a hanging scroll with a gold brocade mount.

Oxherding

Sekkyakushi, first half of the 15th century

Hanging scroll of a robed man with a child on his shoulders beside a tree, with a second child reaching forward on pale paper

Puppeteer

Teisai Hokuba, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a herdboy leading water buffaloes past rocks and blue-green shrubs, with calligraphy at upper left.

Herdboy and Water Buffaloes Returning Home

Takahashi Sōhei, 1832

Ink painting of a long-haired figure in flowing robes holding chrysanthemums, with hills and flowering plants behind.

Kiku Jidō (Chrysanthemum Boy)

Tsukioka Sessai, 18th century

Two gold-ground screen panels showing a courtesan with a tall headdress, a kneeling attendant, and a girl in patterned kimono

Shirabyōshi Dancer and Female Servant; Courtesan and Girl Attendant

Tsukioka Settei, mid-18th century