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Six-panel gold screen of children playing near a flowering cart and seven seated gods beneath a pine tree.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune and Chinese Children

Kano Chikanobu, 17th-18th century

Ink drawing of a monk riding a horse backwards while a striped-robed attendant leads it on a rope.

Monk Renshō Riding His Horse Backwards

Matsumura Goshun, after 1782, ca. 1784

Six-panel gold screen with dark green bamboo stalks, leaves, young shoots and low grasses on a golden background.

Bamboo in the Four Seasons

Tosa Mitsunobu, late 15th-early 16th century

Six-panel gold folding screen with ink-painted lions with curling manes and tails among white clouds.

Bugaku Dances (front); Chinese Lions (reverse)

Hanabusa Itchō, early 18th century

Ink painting of white blossoms on a branch by a fence, a small bird flying above, with calligraphy in columns.

“Fourth Month” from Fujiwara no Teika’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months”

Ogata Kenzan, 1743

Ink drawing of a boat, fire brazier, red flowers on a hill and a black bird on waves, with Japanese calligraphy above.

“Sixth Month” from Fujiwara no Teika’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months”

Ogata Kenzan, 1743

Folding fan with painted pink chrysanthemums and blue flowers, calligraphy column, gold-edged paper and wooden ribs.

Chrysanthemums at the Eastern Fence

Tsubaki Kakoku, 1840s

Seated poet in a blue gold-patterned robe holding a fan, with handwritten poems in black ink on pale paper.

The Poet Mibu no Tadamine, from a set of album leaves illustrating The Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Iwasa Matabei, early 17th century

Six-panel screen with two hawks on pine branches and rock, and white camellias blooming at lower left.

Hawks with Pine Trees and Camellias; Small Birds with Willows and Camellias

Mitani Tōshuku, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono viewing cherry blossoms by a lake with swimming white birds.

Three Beauties Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Chobunsai Eishi, late 18th-19th century

Six-panel screen of misty mountains, bare trees and a pavilion over gold leaf, with a pale moon at left.

Scenes from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Unkoku Tōeki, 17th century

Ink landscape of misty mountains, willow trees and a thatched pavilion by a river, with calligraphy and red seals.

View of the Kamo River from Sanbogi at Dawn

Oda Kaisen, 1829

Six-panel screen with birds, lilies, peonies and plum blossoms in oval panels on gold leaf, with calligraphy above.

Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months with Chinese Calligraphy

Kano School, 16th century; sheets of poetry, one dated 1553

Ink wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, trees, flying birds and a small boat, with calligraphy at left.

Rainy Landscape

Sōami, 17th century

Ink handscroll of misty jagged mountains above a river with trees along the bank and red seals at top.

Cloudy Mountains

Fang Congyi, ca. 1360-70

Six-panel folding screen with hawks tethered to wooden perches by colored cords against a gold background.

Tethered Hawks

Soga Chokuan, probably 19th century

Ink landscape handscroll with three seated scholars among pine and willow trees beside distant misty hills.

Drinking and Composing Poetry

Yao Shou, dated 1485

Handscroll detail of green leaves and pink and lavender blossoms with black calligraphy and red seals.

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Six-panel gold screen showing elegant women and children in a palace garden with pavilions, pine and banana plants.

Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden

Kanō Eitoku, first half 17th century

Two panels of painted children in patterned robes playing with a toy horse, drum, dog, and umbrella on a gold background.

Chinese Children at Play

Six-panel screen with birds perched on flowering branches, bamboo and willow against gold-leaf panels.

Birds and Flowers

Kano Tan'yu, 17th century

Painting of a seated man in a patterned brown robe and black court cap on a yellow ground, with a red seal.

Imaginary Portraits of Famous Poets

Kano Shōun, late 17th century

Seated man in a green floral robe and black court cap, smiling, on a warm ochre background with a red seal.

Immortal Poet

Kano Shōun, 17th century

Hanging scroll of a mandarin duck swimming near blue and white irises, with two hidden ducks among the grasses.

Mandarin Ducks and Iris

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-18th century

Three hanging scrolls showing Daoist immortals with a crane, gibbons by a waterfall, and cranes beneath a pine tree.

Eight Daoist Immortals, Cranes, and Gibbons

Kanō Tanshin, late 17th-early 18th century

Gold-ground folding screen with heart-shaped scenes of birds, ducks, plum blossoms, peonies and chrysanthemums by a stream.

Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter

Kano Chikanobu, early 18th century

Ink painting of bamboo branches and leaves across a pale scroll, with vertical calligraphy and red seals below.

Ink bamboo

Tang Yin, early 16th century

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a blue kimono on a veranda beside cherry blossoms and a lattice window.

Courtesan Resting on the Veranda

Furuyama Moromasa, 18th century

Hanging scroll of three women in patterned kimono, one playing a shamisen, with a lacquer tray of writing items in front.

Three Beauties

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 18th century

Fan-shaped ink landscape with mountains, sailboats on a lake, trees, a pavilion, and calligraphy with red seals.

View of Lake Tai

Wen Zhengming, dated 1543