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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

4,705 works

Hanging scroll of two white egrets in water beside a lotus leaf and grass, painted in ink on a grey background.

Two Egrets and Lotus

Sakai Hōitsu, 1761-1828

Hanging scroll of a woman in pink kimono with a cat on a leash beside a pine tree and red torii gate.

The Third Princess and a Cat, from the "New Herbs I" (Wakana I) chapter The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari}

Matsuno Chikanobu, 18th century

Hanging scroll of pilgrims with an ox cart, horse and dog in procession, with calligraphy beside the figures.

Pilgrims Travelling to Ise

Chōgō, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a gnarled plum tree in white blossom with a small bush warbler perched on a lower branch.

Bush Warbler (Uguisu) in a Plum Tree

Sakai Hōitsu, early 19th century

Ink sketch of a demon mask beneath a pine tree with two birds flying, with calligraphy and red seals beside it.

Album of Fifty-four Sketches

Watanabe Kazan, 19th century

Hanging scroll of the bodhisattva Monju seated on a lion, drawn in ink with a small red seal at lower right.

Monju on a Lion

Shūsei, late 15th century

Hanging scroll showing a cormorant on a sandy bank beside a wicker basket, with a green hill and flowers in the foreground.

Cormorant Fishing

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono standing with a white puppy at their feet, on a pale background.

Two Women and a Puppy

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1787-88

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a green robe with a white cat on a cord beside her, on a gold brocade mount.

The Third Princess with her Cat, from the "New Herbs I" (Wakana I) chapter The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari}

Tsukioka Settei, 18th century

Six-panel folding screen showing a grey goose flying over water with reeds at lower right against a golden background.

Goose and Reeds; Willows in the Moonlight

Maruyama Ōkyo, right screen: 1774; left screen: 1793

Ink painting of a long-tailed bird on a branch with calligraphy and red seals, framed in green silk.

Bird on a Branch

Unkei Eii, before 1535

Ink painting of a sleeping striped cat curled in a ball, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal on the left.

Dreaming Cat

Hōzōbō Shinkai, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of a white heron bending its neck among reeds, painted in pale ink and muted tones on silk.

White Heron

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early 17th century

Three hanging panels with a dragonfly over flowers, a bird flying over leafy plants, and a bird on a blossoming plum branch.

Birds and Flowers

Kano Motonobu, mid-16th century

Hanging scroll of a white heron in flight above its reflection on water, with reeds at right and a gold background.

Heron

Tosa Mitsuoki, 17th century

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground: a kneeling man holds a leash to a monkey while a child in blue patterned robes raises a p

Album of Fan-Shaped Paintings of Figures, Birds and Flowers

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a hototogisu bird flying past a full moon, with vertical Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Hototogisu

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of two long-tailed birds on a blossoming plum branch with red camellias against a gold background.

Birds on a PlumTree

Gan Ku, late 1770s-early 1780s

Bird perched on rock beside snow-covered plantain leaves and bare branches against a gold background.

Plantain and Bird in Snow

Kanō Sōshū, late 16th century

Hanging scroll of a dark mynah bird above pink amaranthus flowers and ink rocks, with red seals on cream paper.

Amaranthus and Mynah Bird

Hanging scroll of a mountain village with a large crowd of horses in ink wash, pines, and calligraphy above.

After Ike no Taiga’s “Horse Market in a Mountain Village”

Watanabe Kazan, 1820s

Three ink panels: a seated monk with a dog, a mynah on a plum branch, and two geese beside reeds.

Monk Zhaozhou and Dog, with Geese and Mynah

Unkoku Tōeki, first half 17th century

Painting of cavalry soldiers charging on horseback across golden plains, with raised rifles and dust clouds under a pale sky.

On the Southern Plains

Frederic Remington, 1907

Painting of a white horse grazing near a bare tree in a muted autumn meadow under a cloudy sky.

Autumn Meadows

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1912-17

Portrait of a boy in a green coat with a racket and shuttlecock, with a spaniel, before a distant landscape.

Portrait of a Boy, Probably of the Crossfield Family

William Williams, ca. 1770-75

Painting of a forest clearing with a kneeling woman, a reclining figure, a wolf, a dog, and an armed man on a rock.

Leatherstocking's Rescue

John Quidor, 1832

Three ivory-billed woodpeckers with black and white plumage cling to a weathered tree trunk against a pale sky.

Ivory-billed Woodpeckers

Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, ca. 1830-31

Courtyard painting of a rider with horses and two leopards beside an ornate palace with arched colonnades and carved balconie

The Rajah Starting on a Hunt

Edwin Lord Weeks, ca. 1895

Painting of a standing commander holding an American flag in a crowded boat crossing an icy river, with soldiers rowing.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1851

Hanging scroll of white hibiscus, pink blossoms and two small birds on a pale background.

Flowering Shrubs and Field Sparrows (?)

Hasegawa Gyokuhō, 19th century