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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Court ladies on a veranda watch a deer and an attendant on a grassy slope, framed by gold leaf.

Scenes from Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tosa School, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of a shaven monk with a red box and staff beside a green-faced attendant holding a censer, on a dark ground.

Portrait of Xuanzang (Genjō) with Attendant

Kasuga Motomitsu, 14th century

Hanging scroll portrait of a seated Zen monk in yellow and red robes holding a staff, with calligraphy above.

Portrait of the Ōbaku Zen Monk Jifei Ruyi (Sokuhi Nyoitsu)

Kita Genki, 1666

Sketch for the Portrait of Tachihara Suiken

Watanabe Kazan, ca. 1823

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a striped robe and floral red kimono, looking over her shoulder.

Standing Courtesan Looking Over Her Shoulder

Kaigetsudō Dohan, ca. 1715

Hanging scroll of a woman in a blue floral kimono and red sash, raising her arms to adjust her hair.

Beautiful Woman

Kaigetsudō Dohan, early 18th century

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

Hanging scroll of two women and a child in a snowy veranda, one painting a white rabbit's eyes held on a tray.

Painting the Eyes on a Snow Rabbit

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1780

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

Ink painting of water buffalo and herdsmen wading beside a drooping willow tree in misty shallow water.

Buffalo and Herdsman

Kawanabe Kyōsai, ca. 1887

Hanging scroll of a seated bald monk in a floral robe holding a whisk, before a rocky peak and pale halo.

Rakan

Keinin Sumiyoshi, 15th century

Hanging scroll of a standing robed figure holding a gold incense burner, with gilded shoes against a dark background.

Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen

Toba Sōjō, 14th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a large pine, a seated scholar, distant mountains, and calligraphy with red seals.

Red Cliffs and Green Valleys

Wang Meng, ca. 1367

Ink drawing of seated Hotei with hands clasped, gazing up at a full moon in a pale sky, on a hanging scroll.

Hotei Admiring the Moon

Ikei Shūtoku, probably 19th century

Ink painting of two seated men talking on rocks under a pine, with an attendant holding a vessel, in a brocade-mounted hangin

Elegant Conversation in Mountains

Tenshō Shūbun, 17th 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

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

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

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 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

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

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