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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,998 works

Hanging scroll of mounted riders playing polo between red goal posts on a gold background.

Tartars Playing Polo

Kano Eisen'in Furunobu, early 18th century

Six-panel screen with calligraphy, peonies, a woman by bamboo, and a seated man under a moon over mountains.

Miscellaneous Paintings and Calligraphy

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1785

Six-panel gold screen with green hills, blossoming trees, a thatched house, and small horsemen and attendants travelling thro

Royal Visit to Ōhara, from The Tale of the Heike

Tawaraya Sotatsu, first half of the 17th century

Hanging scroll of a standing Buddhist attendant figure in robes and jewelry on a stone base, with inscriptions above.

Kongara-doji

Ryūshū Shūtaku, 1387

Handscroll painting of a seated Buddhist deity holding a lotus and flame, with vertical Chinese text beside it.

Iconographic Drawings of the Secrets of the Nine Luminaries

Sōkan, 1125

Ink handscroll of a winter landscape with bare trees, pale rocks, a small roofed building and red seals.

Winter landscape

Jiang Song, first half 16th century

Ink landscape handscroll showing misty mountains, a river with fishing boats and fishermen, reeds, and trees.

Joys of the Fisherman

Wang Fu, ca. 1410

Gold-leaf folding screen with small birds, orange millet stalks, white chrysanthemums, bamboo and a wooden fence.

Autumn Millet and Small Birds

Ink handscroll landscape of bare trees, an arched bridge, a small rowing boat and misty mountains, with red seals.

Farewell at the Bridge of the Hanging Rainbow

Tang Yin, datable to 1508

Ink painting of the bearded sage Fukurokuju holding a staff, with calligraphy above, on a hanging scroll.

Fukurokuju

Katsukawa Shunshō

Hanging scroll with painted yellow and purple chrysanthemums in a tied vessel beside a hoe, with calligraphic inscriptions ab

Chrysanthemum and Hoe

Kubo Shunman, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of red and white flowering shrubs beside a rock, with lotus and irises in a pond below.

Summer Garden

Chen Chun, ca. 1530

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

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

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

Mei Cheng Sitting Alone

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

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

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

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

Peony and Swallow

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

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

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

Ink drawing of two young bamboo shoots on a hanging scroll, with cursive calligraphy written beside them.

Bamboo Shoots

Shokusanjin, 1820

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with a trailing sash, with calligraphy above her.

Girl Tying Sash

Ogawa Haritsu, 1740