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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,394 works

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

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 landscape on a fan leaf: rocky cliffs, a wooden pavilion among pines, misty blue peaks, and calligraphy at upper left.

Mountains after Rain

Wang Hui, dated 1695

Ink landscape with craggy rocks, a grotto opening at left, and trees with red foliage, with calligraphy at upper right.

Outing to Zhang Gong's Grotto

Shitao, ca. 1700

Hanging scroll of a flowering crabapple branch with a pair of long-tailed birds perched among white blossoms beside a rock.

Flowering Crabapple and Pair of Birds

Shen Quan, dated 1744

Handscroll painting of a garden with willow trees, a white wall, a pavilion with figures, and tiled roofs under clouds.

Second View of the Studio for Respecting the Fungus of Longevity

Yang Tianbi, 1825

Ink landscape with twisted pine trees, a small figure on a path, and rounded rock formations fading into distant hills.

Landscape

Zhang Cining, 1807

Six-panel folding screen of misty ink landscape with pines, a waterfall, a pagoda and a small boat on water.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Kano Tan'yu, 1630s

Six-panel ink landscape screen with rocky peaks, pine trees, a lakeside village, boats, and flying birds.

Landscape of the Four Seasons

Unkoku Tōgan, late 16th-early 17th century

Six-panel gold screen with clouds, boats, dancers in costume, blossoming trees and palace pavilions with robed figures.

“Butterflies” (Kochō), from the Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, late 16th-early 17th century

Six-panel screen of pine-covered hills with three figures carrying bundles along a rocky path.

Woodcutters and Fishermen

Matsumura Goshun, ca. 1790-95

Six-panel gold and silver screen with white cherry blossoms and a dark tree trunk at center.

Blossoming Cherry Trees

Sakai Hōitsu, ca. 1805

Ink painting of a windswept pine tree over rocks, with brushed calligraphy and red seals at the upper left.

Pine Tree and Calligraphy

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

Ink and color landscape of a lakeside pavilion with two figures, weeping willows, rocky peaks and a pink sky.

Landscape with Pavilion and Willows

Ink painting of a small bird with a rosy cheek perched on a rock beside a plum branch and a thin bamboo stalk.

Bird on a Plum Tree

Six-panel screen of a misty mountain landscape with pines, a wooden bridge, a pavilion, and small robed figures.

Orchid Pavilion Gathering; Autumn Harvest Festival

Ike no Taiga, ca. 1763

Votive plaque showing a bow-carrying armored warrior and a kneeling robed figure beside pine trees and misty mountains.

Ema (Votive Painting) of Empress Jingū, Her Minister Takenochi no Sukune, and an Infant (the Future Emperor Ōjin)

Nagano Yasunosuke, 1898

Ink landscape handscroll showing misty mountains, pine trees, a cluster of houses and a thatched pavilion on a rocky ledge.

Remote Valleys, Sounds of Waterfalls, Deep Forests

Liu Yu, dated 1678

Painting of a seated figure in a gold-clouded interior with patterned cushion, red curtain and lattice screen, in a brocade f

“Trees Encoiled in Vines of Ivy” (Yadorigi)

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early 17th century

Six-panel gold screen with an ink painting of a twisted, aged pine tree with dark needle clusters.

Aged Pines

Suzuki Shōnen, late 19th century

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

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

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 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

Painting of a pine forest at dusk with a glowing red horizon and a dirt path winding through grass.

Twilight in the Cedars at Darien, Connecticut

John Frederick Kensett, 1872

Painting of autumn oak trees with red and gold leaves, grazing cattle in a meadow, and a stormy cloudy sky.

Autumn Oaks

George Inness, ca. 1878

Oil landscape of a Gothic cathedral with a tall spire, framed by trees, grazing cows and a pond in the meadow.

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds

John Constable, ca. 1825

Painting of a sunlit meadow at the edge of a wood, with tall trees on the left and clouds in a blue sky.

Edge of a Wood

Claude-Félix-Théodore Caruelle d' Aligny, ca. 1850

Dark, softly brushed landscape of a pasture at evening with a large tree, a grazing cow, and a winding path.

Pasture at Evening

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1912-32