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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,059 works

Six-panel gold and silver screen with white cherry blossoms and a dark tree trunk at center.

Blossoming Cherry Trees

Sakai Hōitsu, ca. 1805

Two-panel folding screen with ink-wash cypress trees on the left and a sparse, misty open field on the right.

Cypresses

Ikeda Koson, mid-19th century

Rider on a grey horse crosses blue river with two attendants, yellow flowers and misty hills in the background.

Six Jewel Rivers

Sakai Ōho, ca. 1839

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

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with tall mountains, pine trees, and small buildings beside water in ink tones.

Snowy Landscape

Ink painting of a windswept pine tree over rocks, with brushed calligraphy and red seals at the upper left.

Pine Tree and Calligraphy

Ike no Taiga, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink landscape on a fan leaf with misty mountains, pine trees and rocks, mounted on gold silk.

Lingering Rain over Half the Village

Urakami Gyokudō, ca. 1815-20

Ink fan painting of a mountain gorge with pine trees, rocks, and small figures against a blue brocade background.

Preparing Tea by a Mountain Gorge

Aoki Mokubei, 1825

Six-panel screen of a misty mountain landscape with pines, a wooden bridge, a pavilion, and small robed figures.

Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Autumn Harvest Festival

Ike no Taiga, ca. 1763

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall rock peak, a small arched bridge over a river, a pavilion and willow trees.

On a Rustic Bridge, Carrying a Zither

Urakami Gyokudō, 1814

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pines and a river with a fisherman in a small boat, with calligraphy at upper left.

Rainstorm over a River Village

Tanomura Chikuden, late 18th-early 19th century

Four hanging scroll landscapes in ink with mountains, waterfall, trees, and a boat, mounted in blue brocade.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1848

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall cliff, waterfall, bare trees, small buildings and distant misty peaks.

Landscape with Waterfall

Kameda Bōsai, ca. 1817

Ink landscape hanging scroll of a waterfall cascading past misty cliffs and bare trees beside a rushing stream.

Landscape with Waterfall

Tani Bunchō, 1828

Ink and color landscape of a lakeside pavilion with two figures, weeping willows, rocky peaks and a pink sky.

Landscape with Pavilion and Willows

Folding fan with painted hilly landscape of trees and figures at work, wooden ribs and ivory guards with tassels.

Winter Farming Scene; (verso) Autumn Farming Scene

Katsushika Isai

Hanging scroll of two peacocks beside pink and white peonies and a red camellia under a pine branch on a rock.

Peacocks, Pine Tree, and Peonies

Lü Ji, probably 19th century

Ink painting of a heron standing on a branch beside drooping willow fronds, on a pale hanging scroll.

Heron and Willow

Sesshū Tōyō, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of an eagle diving toward a mountain lion on rocks, with a waterfall and leafy branches in ink.

Eagle Attacking a Mountain Lion

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 1885

Ink painting of misty mountains, pine trees, rocks and a winding stream, with birds flying above.

Snow Landscape

Hashimoto Gahō, ca. 1885-89

Three white egrets perched on a dark branch beside a pale full moon and drooping willow branches at night.

Egrets in a Tree at Night

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Ink painting of Mount Fuji above mist, with pine trees on rocks and waves in the foreground and a small sailboat.

Mount Fuji

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Ink landscape of misty mountains, pine trees and small boats on a lake, with a signature and red seal at upper right.

Lake and Mountains

Hashimoto Gahō, ca. 1885-89

Three pigeons perch on a dark tree branch with fan-shaped leaves against a grey silk background framed in gold.

Pigeons in a Tree

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Ink painting of a black crow in flight with spread wings beneath drooping willow branches on a grey background.

Crow and Willow Tree

Kawanabe Kyōsai, November 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

Ink painting of a brown eagle with pale head perched on a pine branch against a grey background.

Eagle in a Tree

Watanabe Seitei, ca. 1887

Ink painting of a small bird with a rosy cheek perched on a rock beside a plum branch and a thin bamboo stalk.

Bird on a Plum Tree

Watercolor and ink abstract landscape with brown peaks, wavy bands, rain strokes, and small figures on a pink and cream groun

Rain Landscape

Wassily Kandinsky, 1911

Misty ink landscape with rocky cliffs, a river, pine trees, a small pavilion on a hill, and a distant boat.

Rapids and Fall of a River

Hashimoto Gahō