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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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 of bare trees, rocks and a small thatched pavilion by water, with calligraphy and seals above.

Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove

Ni Zan, dated 1339

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a rocky mountain above, a grove of tall trees below, and calligraphy and red seals.

Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu

Ni Zan, dated 1372

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 painting hanging scroll of sparrows among millet stalks, reeds and chrysanthemums, with a red seal at lower right.

Millet and Sparrows

Geiai, mid-16th century

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

Pair of hanging scroll ink landscapes showing misty mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and a lake.

Landscapes of Autumn and Winter

Tenshō Shūbun, 17th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a pavilion, twisting pine, misty mountains and small figures on a path.

Pavilion on Mountain Stream

Sesshū Tōyō, 17th century

Hanging scroll of red poppies, yellow daisies, butterflies and a dragonfly against a brown silk ground.

Flowers

Lü Jingfu, 14th century

Ink painting of a twisted pine tree rising from rocks, with needles spreading across the upper scroll and red seals.

Dragon pine

Wu Boli, late 14th-early 15th century

Hanging scroll of narcissus, reeds, a crab, frogs and fish beneath the water on a muted silk ground.

Flowers, fish, and crabs

Liu Jie, mid-16th century

Hanging scroll of plum blossoms on snow-dusted dark branches arching across a muted brown silk background.

The Pure Whiteness of Winter

Xu Jing, dated 1441

Hanging scroll of a hunting hawk perched on a wooden perch with a blue leash and braided tassel, gold brocade border.

Hunting Hawk on Perch

Soga Chokuan, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll of a misty river with mountains, a hillside pavilion, and two small boats.

River Landscape in Evening

Kano Motonobu, 16th century

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

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

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 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 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

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

Geisha Seated

Katsukawa Shuntei, dated 1795