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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

Ink landscape hanging scroll of misty snowy mountains, a pagoda, pine trees and village houses below.

Winter Landscape

Kano Tan'yu, 1662

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a bearded elderly man in flowing robes, set within patterned silk brocade mounting.

Portrait of Emperor Shennong

Kano Tan'yu, 1665

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

Hanging scroll of a green dove perched on a blossoming plum branch beside dark rocks, painted in ink and colour on silk.

Dove on Plum Tree

Kanō Tanshin, 17th-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

Hanging scroll of seated Jizō Bodhisattva on a lotus throne with staff, halo, and clouds, in a patterned brocade mount.

Jizō Bosatsu

Hanabusa Itchō, 1667-98

Hanging scroll of two quail on a grassy mound beside tall millet stalks with drooping seed heads, on a pale ground.

Quail and Millet

Kiyohara Yukinobu, late 17th century

Hanging scroll of red maple leaves over a waterfall with misty mountains in the background.

Waterfall and Maple Tree

Kano Seisen’in, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of a robed woman and attendant on a terrace beside a pine branch and rocks against a gold background.

Queen Mother of the West

Kano Osanobu, second quarter 19th 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

Ink painting of a boat moored among reeds on misty water under a full moon, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Drunken fisherman by a reed bank

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

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono walking by a willow tree and riverbank, with fireflies and reeds in a muted ochre setti

Two Girls Catching Fireflies

Kawamata Tsunemasa, first half of the 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a black kimono with striped obi and poem inscriptions on her hem.

Standing Beauty

Kondo Katsunobu, 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

Hanging scroll of a woman in a blue patterned kimono beside a gold screen, with a child in red peeking from behind it.

Mother and Child at Play

Isoda Koryusai, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with two butterflies above her on an ochre background.

Beauty with Butterflies

Katsukawa Shunshō, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a black bamboo-patterned kimono standing beside a young attendant in a grey floral kimono.

Courtesan and Her Attendant

Katsukawa Shunshō, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono holding a pipe, gazing at a full moon beside a rooster and screen.

Beauty Looking at the Moon

Katsukawa Shuncho, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a seated geisha in a patterned kimono, leaning on a cushion, with calligraphy above her.

Geisha Seated

Katsukawa Shuntei, dated 1795

Hanging scroll showing two women in a Japanese interior, one standing in a blue patterned robe and one seated reading beside

Two Beauties after the Bath

Torii Kiyonaga, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a windblown green robe and patterned skirt beside a gnarled tree on a brown ground.

Beauty in Summer Breeze

Torii Kiyonaga, 18th century

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one holding a blue parasol, the other seated in a checkered robe with a blue flower.

Two Beauties

Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1801-4

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono carrying a child, with a second child beside her and a pine tree behind.

Mother and Children at the New Year

Utagawa Toyoharu, 18th century

Woman in a green patterned kimono sits beside a koto, fitting finger plectrums, on a hanging scroll.

Woman Putting on Finger Plectrums to Play the Koto

Utagawa Toyohiro, early 19th century

Ink landscape on gold fan leaf: misty mountains, trees, a small house, two figures on a bridge, calligraphy at upper right.

Landscape with Figure

Hanging scroll of a seated couple on a mat beneath flowering vines on a trellis, with a red fan and sake bottle.

Enjoying the Evening Cool under a Gourd Trellis

Utagawa Toyohiro, early 19th century

Ink drawing triptych of two sumo wrestlers grappling in a bout, with seated officials in robes at the left and right edges.

Sumo Wrestling

Utagawa Kuniteru, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a robed archer with bow and arrows on a rocky slope with pine branches, by Katsushika Hokusai.

The Legendary Empress Jingū

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1847

Hanging scroll of seated warrior deity Guan Yu with red face and yellow robe, beside an attendant holding a tall halberd.

Guan Yu, Chinese God of War

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a barefoot woman with flying hair raising a sword atop a wooden platform, with trees and banners below.

Sword Dancer

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Red monochrome hanging scroll of Zhong Kui, a bearded armored demon queller holding a round object, by Hokusai.

Red Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller

Katsushika Hokusai, 1846

Ink painting of the demon queller Shōki holding a sword, in a hanging scroll with a red seal at lower right.

Black Shōki, the Demon Queller

Katsushika Hokusai, 1849

Hanging scroll of a bent fisherman with a triangular net on a pole and a basket, standing on a pale shoreline.

Fisherman

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman spinning silk beside a child at a brazier, with three swallows flying above.

Woman Spinning Silk

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1790

Fan-shaped painting of blue-green mountains, trees, and pavilions on a gold ground with calligraphy and red seals.

Brocaded Sea of Peach Blossom Waves

Hanging scroll of a snowy winter scene with a pine tree over a shop front, figures, two cats and a paper umbrella.

In Front of a Shop

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1780

Ink and colour painting of wild geese above rippling water and reeds, with a flock flying in the upper left.

Wild Geese and Water

Katsushika Hokusai, 1839

Hanging scroll of a monkey showman and porter walking through falling snow beneath a pink parasol, with birds flying overhead

Monkey Showman and Porter(?) in the Snow

Hokuga, 19th century

Painting of a Buddha's hand citron branch with yellow finger-like fruit on a gray silk background, with a red seal.

Buddha’s Hand Citron (Busshukan)

Katsushika Hokusai, mid-19th century

Hanging scroll of a blue kingfisher diving beside tall bulrushes with seed heads on a pale background.

Kingfisher and Bulrushes

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Hanging scroll of Shōki raising a sword and gripping a blue demon by the head, on an ochre ground with brocade border.

Shōki, the Demon Queller

Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1790

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, waterfalls, and pavilions among trees beside a river, in muted ink and color.

Dwellings of the Immortals Amid Streams and Mountains

Wen Boren, dated 1531

Ink drawing of a bamboo stalk with jointed nodes and drooping tapering leaves on pale paper.

Bamboo

Katsushika Hokusai, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black cloak beside a boat on a snowy quay, with falling snow and rippling water.

Beauty on a Snowy Quay

Teisai Hokuba, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in grey kimono walking under a large umbrella past a snowy pine tree.

Woman Walking in the Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1840s-early 1850s

Handscroll of robed scholars gathered outdoors among pines, bamboo and rocks beside a stream, painted in soft colors.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Fan-shaped landscape with pines, bamboo, a thatched hut, rocks by a stream and a deer in the foreground.

Recluse washing his feet in a stream

Chen Guan, dated 1629

Hanging scroll of a reclining woman in a patterned kimono beneath a full moon and blossoming cherry branch.

Beauty

Kano Chikanobu, 17th-18th century

Hanging scroll of steep green mountains, pine trees, a winding river and tiny travelers in misty landscape.

Lofty mountains

Hou Maogong, dated 1569

Three women in patterned kimonos share tea beside lacquer trays and a black teapot on a golden background.

Three Girls Having Tea

Nishikawa Sukenobu, 19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountain peaks, pine trees, and small rooftop buildings in a valley below.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Mo Shilong, 1581

Hanging scroll of a snow-dusted plum tree with pale blossoms on branches against a dark silk background.

Plum in snow

Ink landscape handscroll showing jagged rock peaks, pine-covered cliffs, misty valleys and small blue-green cypress trees.

Landscape after Dong Yuan, Juran, Ma Yuan, and Xia Gui

Li Zai, dated yiwei 乙未, 1655?

Ink hanging scroll of a robed man plucking chrysanthemums by a rock and bamboo, with calligraphy above.

Plucking Chrysanthemums

Zhang Feng, dated 1658

Hanging scroll of a tall rocky mountain above misty valley, pine trees and small buildings, with calligraphy in the upper rig

Spring Mountains over Warm Greenery

Dong Qichang, dated 1630

Hanging scroll of Chinese calligraphy in black ink in vertical columns with red seals, on pale paper.

Poem Commemorating an Imperially Bestowed Feast

Dong Qichang, dated 1632

Ink landscape hanging scroll with tall bare trees, rocks along a path, calligraphy and red seals at top.

Landscape with Trees in the Manner of Ni Zan (1301-1374)

Dong Qichang, ca. 1622-25