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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1,256 works

Handscroll detail: a robed scholar in a canopied boat poled by an attendant, with blue mountains and red seals.

Ode on Returning Home

Qian Xuan, 14th-15th century

Ink handscroll showing a dragon boat with rowers beside ornate lakeside pavilions and tiled roofs, with red seals at the top

Dragon Boat Regatta on Jinming Lake

Wang Zhenpeng, 14th century (?)

Ink landscape handscroll of a fisherman in a small boat beside willows and bamboo, with calligraphy and red seals at right.

Fisherman

Wu Zhen, ca. 1350

Ink landscape hanging scroll with pine-covered cliffs, drifting clouds, a thatched pavilion by the water, and a pale moon.

Landscape

Maejima Sōyū, 16th century

Hanging scroll of robed figures by a misty river with a crane, pine trees and distant mountains, in ink and color.

Four Admirers

Kanō Tsunenobu, late 17th-early 18th century

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

Three hanging scrolls of ink landscapes with pines, mountains, and a central panel of a man with a staff and a seated woman i

Chinese Woman in a Boat and Figures in Landscapes

Kano Kōi, early 17th 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 landscape with rocky cliffs, pine trees, and a lone fisherman in a boat on a misty river.

Hermit-Fisherman on a Spring River

Lan Ying, dated 1632

Ink landscape hanging scroll with bare trees, a thatched hut on rocks, two boats on a lake, and birds in the sky.

Landscape

Li Yu, dated 1648

Ink landscape handscroll showing a misty lake, tall cliffs, small boats, flying birds and distant hills.

Landscape in the Style of Juran and Yan Wengui

Wang Hui, Dated 1713

Ink and color album leaf of two sailboats on a river beside a pavilion on a rocky cliff, with calligraphy and seals.

Landscapes

Shitao, ca. 1690

Handscroll landscape with rocky hills, bamboo, pavilions by a river, a small boat, and distant blue mountains.

Wangchuan Villa

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1711

Handscroll painting of sailing junks on a rippled river passing a shore of willow trees, hills, and village houses.

The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers

Xu Yang, dated 1770

Hanging scroll landscape of a craggy mountain, winding river, trees, and a small boat with three figures.

Landscape

Wu Xizai, dated 1858

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, trees, and a fisherman in a boat on a river.

Winter landscape with fisherman

Shi Zhong, late 15th-early 16th 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

Three hanging scrolls: moonlit pines, a woman in a robe beside cherry blossoms, and a snowy river with boats.

Snow, Moon, and Cherry Blossoms (Yoshiwara in Three Seasons)

Chobunsai Eishi, early 19th century

Misty landscape with flowering trees, pines, thatched houses and a boatman on a river beneath layered mountains.

Blossoms by a River

Kawabata Gyokushō, ca. 1887-92

Ink painting of two fishermen in a boat on misty water beside reeds, a rock and a bare tree, mounted as a hanging scroll.

Fisherman

Kano Tan'yu, 17th century

Six-panel gold-ground screen showing a fishing village with moored boats, pine trees, distant islands and mountains.

Fishing Village

Andō Baiho, 19th century

Ink and colour album leaf showing a boatman and passengers on calm water beside rocky cliffs and pine trees.

River Scene with Rocky Hills in Background

Kawabata Gyokushō, ca. 1887-92

Hanging scroll of Mount Fuji above sailboats on water, with a dark headland and pine trees in soft ink wash.

Sailboats and Mount Fuji

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Ink landscape folding screen with a pine on a cliff, a village across water, and a sailing boat on a calm sea.

Landscape

Watanabe Shikō, first half of the 18th century

Painting of two golden fish swimming in a river below a white village with shrines, seated figures and a boat.

Pisces (Mina), from a Mandi Astrology Series

Sajnu, ca. 1810

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pines, a pavilion, a small boat, and travelers on a path.

Landscapes of the Four Seasons

Xie Shichen, dated 1560

Hanging scroll with calligraphy on the left and an ink painting of a small boat beside windblown reeds on the right.

Fishing Boat on Reed Covered Bank and Calligraphy

Ike no Taiga, 18th-19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls showing craggy rock mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and a lakeside village in ink and pale color.

Fantastic Rocks with Cascading Waterfall; Fishing Boats by a Lake Hamlet

Aiseki, first half of the 19th century

Ink painting of a man leaning over a boat gazing at lotus leaves, while another man poles behind him in misty water.

Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotuses

Kaihō Yūsetsu, mid-17th century

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