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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

162 works

Handscroll painting of a garden with willow trees, a white wall, a pavilion with figures, and tiled roofs under clouds.

Second View of the Studio for Respecting the Fungus of Longevity

Yang Tianbi, 1825

Six-panel folding screen of misty ink landscape with pines, a waterfall, a pagoda and a small boat on water.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Kano Tan'yu, 1630s

Six-panel ink landscape screen with rocky peaks, pine trees, a lakeside village, boats, and flying birds.

Landscape of the Four Seasons

Unkoku Tōgan, late 16th-early 17th century

Six-panel gold screen with clouds, boats, dancers in costume, blossoming trees and palace pavilions with robed figures.

“Butterflies” (Kochō), from the Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, late 16th-early 17th century

Six-panel screen of pine-covered hills with three figures carrying bundles along a rocky path.

Woodcutters and Fishermen

Matsumura Goshun, ca. 1790-95

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

Blossoming Cherry Trees

Sakai Hōitsu, ca. 1805

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

Six-panel gold screen with an ink painting of a twisted, aged pine tree with dark needle clusters.

Aged Pines

Suzuki Shōnen, late 19th century

Hanging scroll of many sparrows among plum blossom branches and a pink rose on a pale silk ground.

Sparrows in a Plum Tree

Nagasawa Rosetsu, second half of the 1790s

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

Six-panel gold screen with a twisted cherry tree in white blossom and drooping willow branches above green hillocks with smal

Cherry and Maple Trees

Sakai Hōitsu, early 1820s

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

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

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

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 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 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

Ink painting of a black crow perched on a pale branch beside feathery pine needles against an empty background.

Crow on a Tree

Hanging scroll of standing Avalokiteshvara with a willow branch and vase, wearing jewelry and robes, against a dark backgroun

The Bodhisattva Willow Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)

Wu Daozi, late 19th 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

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall forest trees, on an open sketchbook spread.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Horizontal Japanese woodblock print of a flat landscape with a curved bridge, thatched houses, pines, and a distant blue moun

View of Azuma Wood

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1858

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono under a pine tree, one holding a folded letter.

A Girl Brings a Love Letter to Another Girl Under a Pine-Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall trees in a misty forest, in a sketchbook.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Woodblock print of a full moon over a willow, rooftops, and a palanquin carried along a road past a thatched house.

Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka Aki no Tsuki

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a chrysanthemum fan on a veranda beside a pine and lantern

Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Vertical Japanese print of a red and green phoenix flying beside a flowering paulownia branch and pine fronds.

Phoenix Flying Over a Paulownia Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a dark blue bird perched on a yellow hibiscus flower, with budding stems and calligraphy above.

Hibiscus and Bluebird

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1832

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath cherry blossoms beside a river.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a seated kabuki actor in a patterned kimono adjusting a headcloth beside a wooden fence and pine branch.

The Fourth Matsumoto Koshiro as an Outlaw Looking at a Wooden Ninsogaki

Katsukawa Shunshō, ca. 1779-83