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Ink drawing of a robed figure under a wide hat beside a column of brush calligraphy and a red seal on a hanging scroll.

Su Dongpo in a Borrowed Hat

Ōsen Keisan, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a hawk perched on a pine branch, looking upward, painted in muted ink tones on a gray ground.

Hawk on a Pine

Kano Yukinobu, mid-16th century

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

Hanging scroll of a white heron bending its neck among reeds, painted in pale ink and muted tones on silk.

White Heron

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early 17th century

Two hanging scrolls in ink showing a hawk on a branch with leaves and a hawk perched on a rock.

Hawks

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll with yellow flowers on grey stems below black calligraphy poems and the character for wind.

Poems on “Wind” from Japanese and Chinese and Poems to Sing

Horie Yorinao, 1670

Portrait of a Woman

Piero del Pollaiuolo, 1480

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a green robe beside a red table and brazier, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Chinese Beauty

Yokoi Kinkoku, 8th month, 1797

Hanging scroll of Kannon seated on a lotus petal over water, with a pale moon behind and ink calligraphy beside.

Kannon on a Lotus Petal

Shōzan Gen’yō, 1672

Blue demon with a spear and red banner running, beside a pink-robed fox figure, on a handscroll.

Copy of Night Parade of One Hundred Demons from the Shinjuan Collection

Mochizuki Gyokusen, 18th century

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo leaves and stalks above pale rocks, framed in dark gold-patterned brocade.

Bamboo and Rocks

Yanagisawa Kien, ca. 1750-58

Hanging scroll of a seated man and a standing youth in patterned kimono on a mat, with hanging wisteria above.

Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth)

Miyagawa Isshō, early 18th century

Hanging scroll showing a courtesan in a patterned kimono seated on a white elephant, with calligraphy and seals.

Courtesan of Eguchi

Katsukawa Shunshō, painting:1770−80; inscription: 1820s-30s

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a bald, bearded elderly man seated on a mat beside a fan, gazing upward.

Portrait of Botanka Shōhaku

Maruyama Ōkyo, second half 18th century

Hanging scroll of a crowd of smiling men holding up fish and baskets beneath a misty ink-wash mountain.

Fish Market

Matsumura Goshun, 1780s

Hanging scroll of an elderly bearded man in a cream robe with a white deer beneath pine and plum blossom branches.

Jurōjin

Gan Ku, 1838

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a red-roofed pavilion among pines, and small travelers on a winding path below.

Autumn Festival in the Mountains

Okada Hankō, first half 19th century

Ink painting of courtly figures and an ox cart among pine trees and hills beside water, in grey wash on paper.

Emperor Enyū’s Outing to Funaokayama on the First Day of the Rat in the New Year

Reizei Tamechika, 19th century

Hanging scroll with a grey ink ensō circle above a column of cursive Japanese waka poem calligraphy on pale paper.

Waka Poem: “Across the fields and hills…”

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, 19th century

Painting of four-armed Vishnu seated on the winged green bird Garuda, holding a lotus, conch and mace, in a decorative border

Vishnu on Garuda

Sajnu, ca. 1810-20

Painting of a seated ruler playing pachisi with a kneeling companion, an attendant with a fly whisk, and a yellow backdrop.

Maharaja Sovan Singh playing pachisi

Ambav, ca. 1868

Hanging scroll of a seated nobleman on a veranda, a woman above, and armored warriors with horses beside a pine.

“Taira no Koremori’s Farewell,” from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

Iwasa Matabei, ca. 1640

Hanging scroll of Buddhist hell scenes with red demons, flames, a seated judge, and robed figures in a misty landscape.

Scenes of the Buddhist Hell

Shōsai, second half 19th century

Ink painting of two herdboys riding water buffalo over misty hills, with a small calf following, on a hanging scroll.

Herdboys and Buffalos

Kaō, probably 15th century

Ink and color portrait of a seated courtier in black robes with calligraphy inscription on the right side.

Portrait of Minamoto no Muneyuki, from the “Fujifusa Version of the Handscroll of Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals”

Emperor Godaigo, early 15th century

Hanging scroll of a bearded standing man in robes holding a plum blossom branch, with calligraphy above.

Tenjin Traveling to China

Tōsai, early 16th century

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

Ink painting of a seated bald monk in loose robes reaching upward toward a bare branch, on a hanging scroll.

Priest Xianzi

Unkoku Tōgan, second half 16th century-early 17th century

Gold-ground album leaf with ink-painted reeds, lily pads, and vertical Japanese calligraphy of a waka poem.

Album of Twelve Waka from Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras

Emperor Go-Yōzei, early 17th century

Two-panel screen of a snowy landscape with a thatched hut, pine trees, a figure in a boat, and misty mountains under a gold s

Wang Ziyou Visiting Dai Andao on a Snowy Evening (Ō Shiyū hō Tai Andō zu)

Kanō Sansetsu, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of a white heron in flight above its reflection on water, with reeds at right and a gold background.

Heron

Tosa Mitsuoki, 17th century

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground: a kneeling man holds a leash to a monkey while a child in blue patterned robes raises a p

Album of Fan-Shaped Paintings of Figures, Birds and Flowers

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-early 18th century

Folding fan with white chrysanthemums and green leaves on gold leaf, with bamboo ribs and calligraphy.

Chrysanthemum

Ogata Kenzan, 1743

Two hanging scrolls of ink cranes: one standing by a pine, the other beside a bamboo stalk on a misty shore.

Cranes

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1760

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, gnarled trees, a small hut, and a waterfall in pale ink and color.

Landscape in Light Colors

Yosa Buson, 1775

Hanging scroll of a spotted rabbit beside a rock with pink and white roses and peonies, with calligraphy above.

Rabbit and Roses

Mori Ransai, ca. 1776-83

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 green mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and scholars seated in a grove beside a table.

High Mountains, Flowing Water: Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi

Okura Ryūzan, ca. 1840

Hanging scroll of figures in a blossoming garden with rocks, wooden bridges, a stream, and a pale moon overhead.

Fragrant Garden under a Hazy Moon

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1843

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a moon, and a small boat with two figures riding rapids beside pine-covered cliffs.

Boat under the Moon

Nagasawa Roshū, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of green mountains, pine trees, and a pavilion beside a waterfall, with a red sun rising behind the peaks.

Spring Sunrise at Mount Penglai

Tanomura Chokunyū, 1881

Hanging scroll of a bearded scholar in a brown robe amid shelves of vases, curios, and attendants in an ornate interior.

Su Dongpo Laughing

Suzuki Shōnen, 1892

Handscroll section of a daimyo procession with a palanquin, mounted riders, spearmen and porters on an ochre ground.

Daimyo Procession to Edo

Hishikawa School, ca. 1700

Court ladies in snowy garden by pine and pond with ducks, and a seated nobleman on a latticed veranda, Genji scroll.

Illustrated Handscrolls of The Tale of Genji

Ryūjo, 1594

Three hanging scrolls with shellfish, plum blossoms, a red table, and small figures above, framed by handwritten calligraphy.

Shellfish and Apparitions of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter

Chobunsai Eishi, ca. 1811

Hanging scroll of sixteen arhats in ink and color, with a tiger, a dragon and inscriptions among the figures.

Collaborative Painting of Sixteen Arhats

Suzuki Hyakunen, late 1870s-early 1880s

Ink painting on a pair of screens showing robed sages in a misty landscape with an ox, waterfall and pine trees.

Chinese Sages

Kanō Sanraku, late 16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of three robed men talking beneath a pine tree, with a rocky cliff and bamboo in a muted landscape.

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

Sekishō Shōan, mid-16th century

Ink painting of a stern bearded monk with hoop earrings and a dark robe, shown on a gray-brown hanging scroll.

Bodhidharma in Red Robes

Kano Masanobu, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a plum tree in white bloom above two white waterfowl swimming in rippling water beside reeds.

Plum Tree and Waterfowl

Kano Masanobu, early 16th century

Bird perched on rock beside snow-covered plantain leaves and bare branches against a gold background.

Plantain and Bird in Snow

Kanō Sōshū, late 16th century

Calligraphy scroll with chrysanthemums, grass, and wave motifs in ink on paper, framed in gold and navy brocade.

Chinese Couplet by Bai Juyi and Waka by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (partial) from “Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing” (Wa…

Konoe Sakihisa, late 16th-early 17th century

Ink drawing of Hotei reclining with a child kneeling beside him, with calligraphy above, on a hanging scroll.

Hotei and a Child

Ono no Ozū, dated 1624 (Genna 10)

Calligraphy of a waka poem beside faint gold pine trees on a pale ground, framed by gold brocade and floral textile.

Section of a Handscroll with Waka and Underpainting of Pines

Hon'ami Koetsu, early 17th century

Hanging scroll with grey and ochre moss fern fronds beside black Japanese calligraphy on pale paper, framed in gold brocade.

Waka Poem from Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern with a Design of Moss Ferns

Hon'ami Koetsu, early 17th century

Ink drawing of a seated monk reading a scroll by a lamp, with a poem in calligraphy and a painted phoenix and branch above.

Monk Kenkō Reading by Lamplight

Prince-Abbot Ryōshō, late 17th century

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan holding a fan, with a koto and book at left and floral-patterned kimono.

Courtesan with Fan and Koto

Chobunsai Eishi, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one lifting a hat overhead and one holding a bowl, on a gold ground.

Women Carrying Pots for the Tsukuma Festival

Katsushika Hokusai

Ink landscape hanging scroll showing Mount Fuji above terraced fields, pine trees and a rocky foreground.

Mount Fuji

Ike no Taiga, 1760s?

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

Amaranthus and Mynah Bird

Hanging scroll of a woman in a pale blue kimono gesturing toward an overturned jar on the ground, ink and color on paper.

Lady Chiyono

Maruyama Ōkyo, 1773

Hanging scroll of three rats on a red table among blue books, peacock feathers and coral, with spider webs below.

Rats on a Scholar’s Desk

Nagasawa Rosetsu, ca. 1794-95

Ink painting of overlapping grey banana leaves with a twisting central stalk and red seal stamps on a hanging scroll.

Banana Leaves

Itō Jakuchū, 1790s

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, and a stream, with small figures beneath trees on the left.

Brewing Tea in the Shade of Trees

Aoki Mokubei, 1820s

Hanging scroll of figures along a winding stream beneath misty green mountains, with a pavilion and stone bridge.

Orchid Pavilion by a Winding Stream

Hara Zaichū, 1829

Hanging scroll of a mountain village with a large crowd of horses in ink wash, pines, and calligraphy above.

After Ike no Taiga’s “Horse Market in a Mountain Village”

Watanabe Kazan, 1820s

Ink landscape of a misty mountain, bare trees, a small house and a footbridge, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Wintry Landscape with Trees

Urakami Shunkin, 1833

Hanging scroll of a winter mountain landscape in ink with bare trees, a waterfall, a pavilion and a seated figure.

Winter Landscape

Hayashi Hyakuhi, dated 1840

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a waterfall, and wooden houses beside a stream in ink and light color.

“The Deep Green of Summer Mountains”

Hine Taizan, 1850s

Hanging scroll of a pale full moon in misty sky above a pine branch and dark hillside in ink wash.

Moonlit Landscape

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1794-95

Hanging scroll portrait of a seated man in red hakama holding a sword, with calligraphy above him and a brocade mount.

Memorial Portrait of the Actor Ichikawa Ōmezō I

Utagawa Kunisada, painting ca. 1833; inscription dated 1858

Watercolor and graphite portrait of a bearded man in a pink turban and white garment, gazing to the side.

Portrait of a Sri Lankan Tamil

Samuel Daniell, 1806-1807

Ink painting of a seated robed figure beside arching orchid leaves, with a column of calligraphy above, on a hanging scroll.

Rush-Sandal Chen (Chen Puxie)

Ikkyū Sōjun, late 15th century

Ink painting of grapes and vine leaves on a hanging scroll, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper area.

Grapes

Motsurin Jōtō, ca. 1480-92

Ink painting of a robed Daoist figure floating over rocks and mist, with a curved trail arcing toward a creature below.

Daoist Master Fei Zhangfang

Sesson Shūkei, ca. 1555-61

Ink painting of a gray gibbon hanging from a branch beside tall bamboo stalks with dark leaves, on a hanging scroll.

Gibbon and Bamboo

Sesson Shūkei, 16th century

Ink painting of a puppy with a curled tail, head lowered, on a pale background within a brocade-bordered hanging scroll.

Puppy

Studio of Tawaraya Sōtatsu, early 17th century

Three ink panels: a seated monk with a dog, a mynah on a plum branch, and two geese beside reeds.

Monk Zhaozhou and Dog, with Geese and Mynah

Unkoku Tōeki, first half 17th century

Pair of hanging scrolls with misty mountains, pines, a sailboat on water, and a moon over a cliff pavilion.

Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang

Iwasa Matabei, ca. 1640s

Seated monk in patterned brown robes gazing upward, holding prayer beads, with calligraphy beside him on a hanging scroll.

Archbishop Henjō (Sōjō Henjō zu), from the Dōon Version of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Iwasa Matabei, 1620s-1630s

Three hanging scrolls showing seated court poets in robes against misty grey backgrounds, one holding a paper scroll.

Portraits of Three Famous Poets: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Lady Ise, and Ono no Komachi

Tosa Mitsuoki, 1691

Hanging scroll painting of white, pink, and red peonies with green leaves and buds on a pale background, with a red seal.

Peonies

Fukae Roshū, early to mid-18th century

Two hanging scrolls of ink figures: one crouched with a broom seen from behind, one standing on a rock grinning with a scroll

Hanshan and Shide

Yosa Buson, early 1770s

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a waterfall and small buildings, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper a

Landscape in Light Colors

Aoki Shukuya, 1799

Hanging scroll of a robed rider on a brown horse crossing a grassy mountain path beside a stream and a flowering tree.

Herb Gatherer in the Mountains

Go Shun, ca. after 1780

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a waterfall, a pine tree, and a seated figure among rocks beneath misty mountains.

Viewing a Waterfall

Kushiro Unsen, 1793

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a tall rocky peak, misty slopes, trees, small buildings and figures on paths.

Green Mountains as the Rain Ceases

Urakami Gyokudō, early 19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls showing misty mountains, boats on a lake, and a blue-roofed pavilion beside pine trees on gold clouds

Yueyang Pavilion

Kanō Isen’in Naganobu, 1823

Hanging scroll with ink mountains, willow trees over rocks, and vertical calligraphy with red seals above.

Unexpected Meeting on the Yodo River

Rai San’yō, 1823

Hanging scroll of two cranes calling beneath bamboo and a full moon, with ink and soft color on silk.

Pair of Cranes in Bamboo Grove

Tanomura Chikuden, ca. early 1830s

Hanging scroll pair: pink and white tree peonies on the left, black ink calligraphy poem on the right, blue brocade mounts.

Tree Peonies and Chinese Poem on Peonies

Keibun, ca. 1830s

Ink drawing on a hanging scroll of grotesque demons and monsters gathered below a mountain village with pine trees.

Demons and Monsters

Takai Kōzan, ca. 1870s

Ink hanging scroll of seated Kannon on a rock beneath dense bamboo, with a pale halo and calligraphy inscription above.

Kannon in a Bamboo Grove

Amano Hōko, 1884

Hanging scroll of green mountains, pines and red trees among white clouds, with a small pavilion and figures at the base.

White Clouds and Crimson Trees

Tanomura Chokunyū, 1888

Handscroll painting of a night parade of demons, including a green oni with a trident and a winged flaming creature.

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

Tachibana Gadō, 1892