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Ink landscape of misty mountains, pine trees and a village, with two figures in hats walking a path in the foreground.

Rainy Landscape

Kim Su-gyu, late 18th century

Painting of sheep grazing in a woodland clearing with two seated figures, bare trees, and a snowy mountain under blue sky.

At Lake Garda

Hans Thoma, 1907

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, bamboo, blossoming plum trees, thatched houses and two figures on a footbridge over a rive

Bamboo and Plum in Early Spring

Okada Hankō, 1843

Ink painting of Bodhidharma in loose robes on a hanging scroll, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper left.

Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi River on a Reed

Kano Genshun, before 1641

Painting of a dark mountain with bold outlines, pale clouds above, and a small house in a rocky landscape below.

The Dark Mountain, No. 1

Marsden Hartley, 1909

Ink sketch of Krishna in a river beneath a coiled serpent, with a procession of robed musicians above.

Krishna Subdues the Serpent Kaliya in the Yamuna River: Illustration from a Bhagavata Purana Series

Nainsukh, ca. 1780

Album leaf with a fan-shaped sheet holding three small landscape paintings, including a blue panel and an ink pine scene.

Three Landscapes

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Painting of a dark mountain framed by gnarled bare trees, rocks in the foreground, and swirling pale clouds above.

The Dark Mountain, No. 2

Marsden Hartley, 1909

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pines, a pavilion, a small boat, and travelers on a path.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Xie Shichen, dated 1560

Fan-shaped album leaf with brown stylized waves and dark rocks on a pale background, mounted on gold-speckled paper.

Waves and Rocks

Shibata Zeshin, 1880s

Painting of an autumn forest on a hillside below a dark mountain ridge, with red and orange trees in the foreground under a c

Landscape No. 25

Marsden Hartley, 1908

Hanging scroll with Heart Sutra calligraphy above an ink landscape of rocks and a blossoming tree.

Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyō) and Landscape

Ink and color painting of a white egret perched on a dark tree stump on a fan-shaped album leaf with gold surround.

Egret on Tree Stump

Shibata Zeshin, late 19th century

Painting of a New Mexico canyon with red rock cliffs, boulders, sagebrush, and blue mountains under clouds.

Landscape, New Mexico

Marsden Hartley, 1919

Ink landscape leaf with steep rocky peaks and pines beside a page of handwritten calligraphy and red seals.

Eight views of the Yellow Mountains

Zheng Min, 1681

Three hanging scrolls: a seated Zen master with a staff in the center, flanked by ink landscapes with mountains, pagoda and t

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes

Unkoku Tōeki, probably late 1620s-1644

Painting of Lake Como with snowy mountains, a rider on a mule, a stone archway and large trees in the foreground.

Lake Como

Thomas Moran, 1867

Ink painting of a pine branch over a cliff, a small boat with a figure below, reeds, and red seals on paper.

Two Landscapes

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 landscape with rocky cliffs, pine trees, distant peaks and a village on the left, with red seals on the right.

Landscape album

Bada Shanren, 1699

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

Hanging scroll pair: ink landscape of craggy peaks and a pine with a small pavilion, beside cursive Chinese calligraphy.

Landscape and Couplet of Chinese Verse

Ike no Taiga, late 18th century

Ink landscape of misty mountains, pavilions, village houses and trees beside a river with a footbridge.

Eight Songs of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Wen Zhengming, 1470

Six-panel ink landscape screen with rocky mountains, a waterfall, bare trees, a thatched pavilion, and calligraphy at upper r

Lake Biwa in Four Seasons

Nukina Sūō, 1834

Ink and wash drawing of two gnarled trees beside a diagonal stone stairway, with calligraphy and red seals at left.

Ten Sites Associated with Ruan Yuan

Wang Jun, dated 1883

Abstract painting of a dark mountain peak under warm orange and grey swirling sky shapes with pale cloud-like patches.

Mountain and Sky

Arthur Dove, 1925

Three hanging scrolls: two with black ink calligraphy and one with a grey ink wash mountain landscape under red seals.

Mountain and Calligraphy

Ike no Taiga, 18th-19th century

Ink landscape of misty mountains, a waterfall, blooming white plum trees, a thatched hut and a seated figure.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Takaku Aigai, 1833

Watercolor and ink abstract of sweeping green trees, a silver ball, and a barge with windows beneath red hills.

Silver Ball, Barge, and Trees

Arthur Dove, 1930

Pair of hanging scrolls: ink village landscape with rooftops and trees on the right, and brush calligraphy with red seals on

Evening Glow in a Mountain Village and Calligraphy

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