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Ink painting of a plum branch in bloom with calligraphy and red seals on a misty grey background.

Ink Prunus

Gao Xiang, 1700

Fan-shaped ink painting of craggy mountain peaks, pine trees, a stream and a cliff pavilion, with calligraphy at upper right.

Peaks of Mount Huang

Painting on a folding fan of a gray squirrel on a branch beside purple grapes and green leaves.

Squirrel and Grapes

Sha Fu, dated 1894

Ink line drawing on a handscroll showing three robed luohan figures on pale paper, with red seals at the right edge.

The Eighteen Luohans

Ding Yunpeng, 19th century?; spurious date of 1607

Six-panel gold screen with blue irises and green reeds beneath a dark zigzag bridge crossing the picture diagonally.

Irises at Yatsuhashi (Eight Bridges)

Ogata Kōrin, after 1709

Ink and color handscroll of a misty river village with bare trees, rocky banks, houses, and distant hills.

River Village in Autumn Dawn

Zhao Lingrang, 13th century

Ink landscape handscroll of misty grey mountains, clustered trees and a winding path, framed in yellow silk with red seals.

Cloudy Mountains

Mi Youren, before 1200

Ink handscroll of wild geese flying over reeds by a water edge, with black calligraphy columns and red seals on the right.

Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"

Ma Hezhi, mid-12th century

Handscroll painting of a seated ruler in a pavilion, attendants, and grooms leading horses beneath trees.

Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State

Li Tang, mid-12th century

Ink drawing on silk of demons playing drum and flute, a procession of small demons, and a woman riding a horse with an attend

The Demon Queller Zhong Kui Giving His Sister Away in Marriage

Gold necklace with oval miniature portraits of children, a young man in a naval cap, and a young woman.

A Mother's Pearls

Thomas Seir Cummings, 1841

Handscroll of two dragons moving among clouds in pale gold tones against a dark ground, with diagonal bands of rain.

Beneficent Rain

Zhang Yucai, late 13th-early 14th century

Ink painting of a twisted pine tree beside rocks and grass on a brown silk hanging scroll, with calligraphy at left.

Crooked Pine

Wu Zhen, dated 1335

Ink landscape handscroll with rocky mountains, pine trees, thatched houses and a waterfall in a valley.

Invitation to Reclusion at Jingxi

Dong Qichang, 1611

Hanging scroll of pink and white lotus flowers and broad leaves in ink wash, with calligraphy inscription at upper left.

Lotuses on a summer evening

Yun Shouping, likely 18th century

Hanging scroll of a plum branch with pink blossoms rising from dark rocks, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Wintry plum

Ni Jing, 14th century

Ink drawing of a bearded sage seated on a platform, flanked by monks, a female attendant, and an armored guardian figure.

Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality

Wang Zhenpeng, dated 1308

Handscroll of an imperial barge and boats on a canal, with a procession along the bank and pavilions among trees.

The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six: Entering Suzhou along the Grand Canal

Xu Yang, dated 1770

Handscroll painting of grasshoppers, dragonflies, a snail and a wasp among grasses and branches on pale paper.

Insects and Grasses

Yamamoto Baiitsu, dated 1847

Six-panel ink landscape screen with misty mountains, a waterfall, pines, a river and small boats.

Landscape of the Four Seasons (Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers)

Sōami, early 16th century

Ink painting of bamboo growing from a rock, with a bare plum branch and calligraphic inscriptions in the upper corners.

Bamboo and rock

Deng Yu, ca. 1360-67

Handscroll painting of a seated armored warrior, two demons among trees, and a robed official receiving a scroll from an atte

Searching the Mountains for Demons

Zheng Zhong, 17th century

Hanging scroll of a pink peony in bloom with a bud, green leaves, a small bird on the stem, and calligraphy at upper right.

Peony with Bird

Ink landscape hanging scroll with rock cliffs, a bare tree, a small figure on a stone bridge, and calligraphy.

The Stone Bridge

Zhang Feng, dated 1661

Two-panel folding screen with dark autumn grasses, vines and insects on silver leaf, with a gold moon on the right.

Autumn Grasses in Moonlight

Shibata Zeshin, second half of the 19th century

Ink painting of orchids growing from a rock, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper right of a hanging scroll.

Orchids and Rock

Gyokuen Bonpō, late 14th-early 15th century

Hanging scroll of the wrathful deity Fudō Myōō with sword and rope, standing before a red flaming halo on a rocky pedestal.

Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 14th century

Six-panel gold screen showing a battle with mounted warriors on a shore and armored soldiers in boats on dark water.

The Battle of Yashima, from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

Tosa School, 17th century

Fan painting on gold ground: a seated scholar by rocks, a woman playing lute, and a woman with a fan beside fruit.

Landscapes and Flowers

Chen Hongshou, first half of the 17th century

Six-panel gold screen with red and white poppies on green stems beside a black and gold checkered fence.

Red and White Poppies

Tosa Mitsumochi, early 17th century