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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,999 works

Ink painting of a robed scholar riding a donkey past misty mountains and pine trees, in a blue brocade hanging scroll.

Su Shi Riding a Donkey

Bokudō Sojun, early 15th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll of a musician playing qin beneath a pine on a cliff while two listeners sit nearby.

Bo Ya Plays the Qin as Zhong Ziqi Listens

Kano Motonobu, 1530s

Ink painting of a robed man on a donkey with a staff and gourd, before a pale mountain, with calligraphy above.

Zheng Huangniu and Yushanzhu

Kanō Naizen, 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

Painting of Heian courtiers in layered robes seated in a palace pavilion, with gold clouds, pine screens and a pond.

“A Lovely Garland” (Tamakazura), from The Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, early 17th century

Pair of hanging scrolls: a woman beside peonies and a woman seated on a rock with orchids and writing implements.

Yanji with Orchids and Yang Guifei with Peonies

Gen Ki, 1785

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

Woodcutters and Fishermen

Matsumura Goshun, ca. 1790-95

Rider on a grey horse crosses blue river with two attendants, yellow flowers and misty hills in the background.

Six Jewel Rivers

Sakai Ōho, ca. 1839

Painting of a seated woman in a blue floral kimono holding an unrolled paper, mounted as a hanging scroll with brocade border

Courtesan Writing a Letter

Kaigetsudō Doshin, ca. 1715

Three hanging scrolls showing Noh performers in patterned robes, one wearing an Okina mask, each holding a fan.

The Auspicious Noh Dance "Okina"

Toriyama Sekien, ca. 1790-95

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a black kimono with a white patterned robe and ornamental hair combs.

Woman in a Black Kimono

Katsukawa Shunshō, 1783-89

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and two attendants under a willow tree, with calligraphy above and patterned silk mounting.

Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree

Unchō, 1796

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

Ink painting on a fan with a tree, fence, and seated figure beside calligraphy, mounted on an ochre hanging scroll.

Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Yosa Buson, ca. 1780

Hanging scroll of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune feasting together, with a white deer and tortoise in the foreground.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Nagasawa Roshū, 1837

Ink and color drawing of court women in a palace interior with a writing box, veranda, and garden grasses beyond.

Albums of scenes from The Tale of Genji

Tosa Mitsunori, early 17th century

Folding fan with painted hilly landscape of trees and figures at work, wooden ribs and ivory guards with tassels.

Winter Farming Scene; (verso) Autumn Farming Scene

Katsushika Isai

Ink hanging scroll of Bodhidharma seated in a robe, with a stern expression, bald head and large earring.

Bodhidharma (Daruma)

Kanō Sanraku, 17th century

Three hanging scrolls of a misty landscape with waterfall, pines, red maples, and white cherry blossoms, with figures seated

Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River

Kanō Tsunenobu, after 1709

Painting of bound Christ in a crown of thorns presented before a man in red, with a Gothic town square behind.

Christ Shown to the People

Jan Mostaert, 1510-15

Oval portrait of a bearded man with graying hair in a black garment and white lace ruff against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark costume and metal breastplate, holding a red plume, against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man with a Breastplate and Plumed Hat

Rembrandt van Rijn

Painting of a kneeling woman about to be sacrificed, with a raised dagger, a brazier, armored soldiers and mourning onlookers

The Sacrifice of Polyxena

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli

Two bare-shouldered women in blue and purple cloth hold fruit and pink blossoms against a dense green background.

Two Tahitian women with mango flowers

Paul Gauguin, 1899

Small painting of men raising a timber frame beside a house on a dirt road, with a white horse and a tree at right.

House Raising

William P. Chappel, 1870s

Full-length painting of a man in a dark coat and black hat holding a walking stick on a sunlit grassy path.

Portrait of the Painter

John La Farge, 1859

Hanging scroll of a woman in a black kimono with red and blue circular patterns, head bowed, one bare foot visible.

Dancer

Hishikawa Moronobu

Six-panel gold screen showing bugaku dancers in colorful costumes performing beneath a red and black patterned canopy.

Bugaku Dancers

Hanging scroll of a standing samurai warrior in colorful armor holding a curved blade against a grey background.

Warrior

Tsurana, 19th century

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