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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,059 works

Pair of hanging scrolls showing craggy rock mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and a lakeside village in ink and pale color.

Fantastic Rocks with Cascading Waterfall; Fishing Boats by a Lake Hamlet

Aiseki, first half of the 19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls: gold-on-black moonlit gathering beneath pines, and grey mountain landscape with seated figures aroun

Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave with Music; Death of the Historical Buddha

Kôno Bairei, late 19th century

Hanging scroll of two pine trees over rocks, with seated figures and a tea stove in a misty landscape.

Sampling Tea beneath the Wu Trees

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1840

Handscroll of courtesans in colorful kimono walking past cherry blossoms, with a man holding a parasol and a seated woman ind

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring”

Chobunsai Eishi, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a river, stone bridge, pavilion, and calligraphy inscription above.

Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff"

Kanō Hōgai, 19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls: a red sun over a wooded headland with a sailboat, and Mount Fuji with pines on a misty shore.

Shichirigahama and Enoshima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848-54

Ink landscape hanging scroll with buildings, trees, a pagoda in the distance, and calligraphy at left.

Farewell Gift to Tani Bunji

Okada Hankō, 1833

Ink painting of Mount Fuji above mist, with pines, rocks, a calm bay and small boats, plus calligraphy at upper left.

Mount Fuji

Yokoi Kinkoku, early 19th century

Handscroll painting of misty mountains, thatched huts, a pine tree and a pale moon over harvested grain fields.

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Kano Tōun, 1675

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a river and small houses in ink, with calligraphy at upper right.

Green Peaks

Noro Kaiseki, 1826

Hanging scroll of a blue and green mountain landscape with a waterfall, trees, a pavilion and an arched bridge.

Landscape in the Blue-and-Green Manner

Yanagisawa Kien, first half of the 18th century

Hanging scroll of an autumn mountain landscape with red maples, pines, a pavilion and a wooden bridge over rocks.

Autumn Landscape at Eigenji

Nukina Sūō, 1833

Hanging scroll of misty mountains over a thatched village with small figures and bare trees in ink and pale color.

Spring Cleaning

Yokoi Kinkoku, late 18th-early 19th century

Japanese painting on gold leaf of courtiers seated on green platforms beside pine trees, a willow screen, and a flowering vin

“The Oak Tree”

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, late 16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a floral kimono standing by reeds at a riverbank, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Lady Ise by the Riverbank

Nishikawa Sukenobu, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with bare trees, a small boat on a river, and mountains with calligraphy at upper left.

Snowy Landscape

Takahashi Sōhei, 1824

Six-panel screen of misty mountains, thatched houses, and travelers on a winding path beneath pine trees.

Travels through Mountains and Fields

Yosa Buson, ca. 1765

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 screen of misty mountains, pine trees, temple pavilions, a pagoda, and small boats on gold ground.

Jinshan Island and West Lake

Kanō Sanraku, 1630

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and attendant walking beneath a flowering cherry tree, in patterned black and red kimono.

Courtesan and her Attendant under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman and small child beneath a blossoming cherry tree, in striped red robes and green clothing.

Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyohiro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with a pine tree, bare trees, rocky peaks, and a small boat with figures.

Wintry Landscape, in the Style of Guo Zhongshu

Ike no Taiga, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of misty rocky mountains with bare trees and small travelers on a winding path below.

Travellers in Cold Mountains

Hine Taizan, 1859

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine forests, a waterfall and small pavilions beside a stream in muted ink tones.

Mountain Scenery with Streams and Pavilions in the Style of Fan Kuan

Wang Jian, 1667

Hanging scroll of Willow Kannon holding a willow sprig, with a green halo and jeweled robes against a gold ground.

Willow Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, probably 1810s

Handscroll landscape with misty mountains, a river with boats, an arched bridge, a pavilion, and riverside houses and trees.

Reminiscence of Jinling

Two-panel screen of an ink landscape with misty mountains, lakeside houses, pine trees, and a small boat on the water.

“At leisure in a lakeside grove in autumn”

Hine Taizan, 1850

Panoramic ink landscape of jagged mountain peaks with small pavilions and handwritten inscription columns at upper right.

General View of Inner Geumgang

Sin Hak-gwon, mid-19th century

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 landscape on a fan-shaped leaf with pine-covered cliffs, a river, a small boat, and distant buildings.

Snowy Landscape

Toki Tōbun, ca. 1550