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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

33,662 works

Two red birds in flight beside dark jutting rocks and curving gold grass on a grey silver background.

Birds and Jutting Rocks

Album leaf with two red woven baskets of flowering grass, a farmer's hat on a pole, and birds flying over a silver ground.

Flower Baskets and Farmer's Hat

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1880s

Brown ink painting of a shaggy bear reaching toward two small crabs on a pale paper ground with gold border.

Bear and Crabs

Album leaf showing a red fire basket hung over a wooden dock above a fishing net on rippling water, on gold ground.

Fire Basket Suspended from Dock over a Fish Net in the Water

Red sun above flowering plum branches and ripples of water, painted on paper with a gold leaf border and red seal.

Sun and Plum Branches

Ink and wash painting of two bamboo shoots and leaves on pale paper, with a red seal and signature at lower left.

Bamboo Shoots

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1880s

Album leaf of wisteria hanging beside an ochre cliff above rippling water, with a red seal at lower right.

Overhanging Cliff

Album leaf with a dark green mountain, thatched village houses by a misty shore, distant peaks, and a red seal.

Mountains and Houses

Ink and color painting of a butterfly on a vine with green leaves and clustered red berries on cream paper.

Red Berry Plant and Butterfly

Album leaf of brown seaweed and red algae on cream paper with a gold border, signed and sealed at lower left.

Seaweed

Painted album leaf of two planters with a green rock, grass, and arching leaves on pale paper with gold border.

Flowers in Jardenierres

Painted album leaf with red, yellow and green maple leaves on cream paper framed in gold, with a red seal at left.

Maple Leaves

Ink wash drawing of a morning glory flower with buds, tendrils and leaves in brown tones, with a red seal.

Morning Glory

Brown ink-wash painting of a thatched rice-drying frame on poles with grass and hills behind, with a red seal.

Rice-Drying Frame

Album leaf of broad green leaves, a stem and a curled worm, with brown grass strokes and a red seal on pale paper.

Worm on Green Leaved Plant

Ink painting of a tortoise moving toward a red vessel with calligraphy on a tan vertical scroll.

Tortoise

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a hooded robed figure with a staff above a crouching child and a standing woman in kimono.

Group

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll painting of a single feather with dark ink shading, bamboo quill, and red artist seal on tan ground.

Feather

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Narrow scroll painting of an upright brush beside a bamboo object, with a green cloud motif at upper left and a red seal.

Brush

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Vertical panel with two standing figures in patterned kimono, red and gold tones, against a dark speckled background.

Dolls (Tate-bina)

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of three crows in flight painted in ink and grey wash on pale silk, with a red seal at lower right.

Three Crows in Flight

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a standing crane with a red crown against a pale grey wash background.

Cranes

Nagasawa Rosetsu, late 1780s

Painting of a turbaned rider on a blue horse with attendants, a parasol and flywhisk, before hills and palace buildings.

Maharana Amar Singh II Riding a Jodhpur Horse

Stipple Master, ca. 1700-1710

Soft ink and color landscape with a pierced rock, thatched pavilion, leafy tree and misty shore, with red seals.

Landscapes

Fan Qi, dated 1646

Ink landscape with twisted pine trees on a rocky cliff, two seated figures, and a distant misty mountain.

Landscapes in the styles of old masters

Hanging scroll of the god Jurōjin in a boat with a white deer, a turtle, a flying crane and a pine tree.

The God of Good Fortune Jurōjin

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1773

Six-panel gold screen with green arrowroot vines and grey poem cards bearing calligraphy and small landscape paintings.

Anthology of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Wakan rōeishū) with Underpainting of Arrowroot Vines

Konoe Nobuhiro, early 17th century

Ink landscape of bare trees on a riverbank, a small boat with three figures on still water, and misty mountains behind.

Landscapes after Tang-dynasty poems

Sheng Maoye, mid-17th century

Six-panel folding screen of children playing by a sandy shore, with a boat and gold leaf clouds.

Children Playing in Summer and Winter

Maruyama Ōshin, early 19th century

Ink handscroll of a landscape with pine trees, a figure-filled pavilion, rocks, and a misty sky.

Discourse on Poetry