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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,826 works

Hanging scroll of misty rocky mountains, a river valley, bare trees and a small pavilion, with calligraphy and red seals.

Planting Chrysanthemums

Lu Zhi, 16th century

Six-panel gold screen with stylized waves, two boats, rocks, green shrubs and red maple branches.

Boats upon Waves

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century

Vertical ink landscape scroll with craggy mountains, a waterfall, trees, and calligraphy with red seals in the margins.

Mei Cheng Sitting Alone

Painting of a young actor in male costume holding a sword, wearing a flowered kimono and black headdress.

Young Actor in Male Role

Kaigetsudō, 19th century

Two roosters square off on a sandy ledge beside bare branches and green leaves, painted on a tan silk hanging scroll.

Gamecocks

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1838

Painting of a standing woman in a black kimono holding a letter, against a plain grey background.

Beauty with Letter

Kaigetsudō, 19th century

Six-panel gold screen with autumn grasses, white and green flowering shrubs, and a dark crescent moon in the upper left.

Moon and Autumn Grasses

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century

Ink painting of an orchid and bamboo beside a rock, with calligraphy above and red seals on the paper.

Orchid and rock

Ma Shouzhen, dated 1572

Hanging scroll of blue and white hydrangeas with green leaves and a bee against a pale background.

Hydrangeas

Ogata Kōrin, 18th century

Ink landscape handscroll with craggy mountains, pine trees, a cliffside pavilion, and small figures on a path.

Streams and Mountains without End

Zhao Zuo, dated 1611-12

Hanging scroll of a deer with branching antlers turning its head beside a cluster of bamboo leaves on a pale ground.

Deer

Suzuki Kiitsu, 19th century

Ink landscape handscroll of misty cliffs, bare trees, a small pavilion, and a lone walker on a path, with calligraphy at left

Illustration of Su Shi’s “Second Rhapsody on Red Cliff”

Zhang Ruitu, dated 1628

Hanging scroll of white and red poppies with green leaves and buds against a gold background.

Poppies

Kitagawa Sōsetsu, mid-17th century

Ink and color painting of an old man and woman seated under a pine tree, with a child peeking from behind the trunk.

Old Man and Woman

Two-panel screen with blue morning glory vines climbing along the edges against a pale ground.

Morning Glories

Tawaraya Sōri, 18th century

Ink painting of orchids on a hanging scroll, with arching leaves and clustered blossoms on a pale background.

Orchids

Ike no Taiga, ca. 1749

Fan-shaped landscape with ink-outlined mountains and trees in red, green and blue foliage, with a red seal at lower left.

Autumnal Landscape with a Waterfall

Ike Gyokuran, second half of the 18th century

Hanging scroll of a pink peony and blue-green leaves with a swallow perched on a branch above.

Peony and Swallow

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

Hanging scroll of a grey rock, yellow hibiscus, blue-green leaves, pink blossoms and a grasshopper on pale silk.

Rock and Autumn Flowers

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

Hanging scroll of two birds perched among willow fronds and pink peach blossoms on a gnarled tree above rocks.

Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

Yosa Buson, ca. 1760s

Hanging scroll of a hawk on a branch with red berries and bamboo leaves, a small bird flying in the upper left.

Hawk Grasping a Small Bird

Tsubaki Chinzan, mid-19th century

Album leaf of misty green mountains, a village, bare trees and a small boat, with calligraphy on the facing page.

Landscapes after historical painters

Yun Xiang, datable to 1638 or 1650

Ink painting of a curving bamboo stalk with leaves and two small birds, with snow flecks on a tan silk ground.

Bamboo in Snow

Dapeng Zhengkun, 1774

Hanging scroll of a small bird on a blooming crepe myrtle branch beside a pale moon and clouds, with calligraphy.

Small Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch

Tsubaki Chinzan, ca. 1850s

Hanging scroll of drooping cherry branches with pale pink blossoms in grey ink wash on pale paper.

Cherry Blossoms

Matsumura Goshun, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of two peacocks among pink, white and purple peonies on a rock, with a pale background.

Peacocks and Peonies

Tani Bunchō, 1820

Ink painting of gnarled pine and bare trees on a grassy rise, with a small boat and misty mountains behind.

Landscapes after Song and Yuan masters

Ink painting of a long-tailed pheasant on a rock under a tree, with two small birds perched on a branch above.

Pheasant beneath Paulownia Tree

Saien Hōsai, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a yellow bird on a branch among white plum blossoms, red camellias and snow-covered rocks.

Bird among Camellias in Snow

Sō Shiseki, mid-18th century

Ink painting of blossoming plum branches with grey washes, calligraphy and a red seal at upper left on pale paper.

Landscapes, Flowers and Birds

Xiang Shengmo, dated 1639