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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

315 works

Ink painting of the laughing monk Hotei carrying a sack over his shoulder, on a grey ground within a brocade mount.

Hotei, flanked by panels of birds

Kenkō Shōkei, late 15th century

Ink painting of a sparrow perched on bamboo with dark leaves and vertical calligraphy in a hanging scroll.

Sparrow and Bamboo

Sakai Hōitsu, ca. 1821

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

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

Cormorant Fishing

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 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

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

Amaranthus and Mynah Bird

Gilded cassone panel with three roundels showing Hercules labors, including a centaur fight, a lion, and a wrestling scene.

The Labors of Hercules

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, willows, a pavilion, and a herder on a water buffalo beside a grazing buffalo.

Landscape with Figures

Yang Jin, Dated 1726

Ink handscroll of wild geese flying over reeds by a water edge, with black calligraphy columns and red seals on the right.

Courtly Odes, Beginning with "Wild Geese"

Ma Hezhi, mid-12th century

Handscroll painting of a seated ruler in a pavilion, attendants, and grooms leading horses beneath trees.

Duke Wen of Jin Recovering His State

Li Tang, mid-12th century

Hanging scroll of a pink peony in bloom with a bud, green leaves, a small bird on the stem, and calligraphy at upper right.

Peony with Bird

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

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

Autumn Millet and Small Birds

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

Peony and Swallow

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

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

Ink drawing of a crouching Chinese lion on a rock, with a large blank paper field above and a gold brocade mount.

Chinese Lion

Yokoya Sōmin, early 18th century

Ink painting of a mynah bird perched on a blossoming plum branch above a rock, with a red seal and inscription.

Mynah Bird on Plum Branch

Saien Hōsai, 18th century

Ink landscape handscroll with willows, a river, a fishing figure, terraced fields and birds, with calligraphy at right.

Whiling Away the Summer at the Ink-Well Thatched Hut

Wu Li, 1679

Ink painting of two long-tailed pheasants on rocks beside water, with bamboo and grasses, by Shen Zhou.

Marsh Scene with Birds

Ink handscroll of white-breasted crows flying and perching on branches above a misty grey landscape.

Landscape with White-Breasted Crows

Ink sketch of running children, a crowd of boys, and a boy with a stick beside a snake on a handscroll.

Frolicking Figures and Animals

Kawanabe Kyōsai, 19th century

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

Crow on a Tree

Ink painting of a tortoise moving toward a red vessel with calligraphy on a tan vertical scroll.

Tortoise

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Handscroll painting of mounted riders in red armor racing past a crowd on a wooden stand, with tiled rooftops below.

Horse Race at Kamo

Sumiyoshi Hiromori, 18th century

Hanging scroll of three crows in flight painted in ink and grey wash on pale silk, with a red seal at lower right.

Three Crows in Flight

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a hunt with hunters, horses, hounds, nets and a stag in a wooded landscape.

Wolf hunt

Etienne Delaune, second half 16th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sea horse with a curling tail beside a coiled dolphin-like sea creature.

A Sea Horse and a Dolphin

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-18th-early 19th century