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Hanging scroll of misty grey cliffs and a cave, with a small seated figure in red robes beside a stream.

Meditation in a Cave

Hanging scroll of a fisherman in blue robes riding a sea turtle past misty mountains and a distant palace.

Urashima Tarō Riding on a Tortoise

Kawanabe Kyōsai, after 1888

Ink handscroll showing robed figures, a flute player, a monkey, and a gourd among rocks and foliage.

Merry Gatherings in the Magic Jar

Handscroll painting of women seated on a patterned carpet playing instruments beside a rock and flowering shrubs.

Lady Su Hui and Her Verse Puzzle

Qiu Ying, 16th century

Album leaf of a rider on a grey horse passing a tiered pavilion beneath misty mountains and autumn trees.

Landscape with Man on Horseback

Ink landscape on silk with a tiered pavilion among pines, a figure crossing a bridge, and misty mountains.

Landscape with Man Crossing Bridge

Ink drawing of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe holding a bamboo tube toward a small mule on tan silk.

Zhang Guolao and His Magic Mule

Handscroll painting of riders performing acrobatic horsemanship on galloping horses with red and green saddle trappings.

Horsemanship demonstration

Zhao Yong, 19th century

Ink handscroll of scholars gathered at a wooden pavilion beside bamboo, pine trees and a winding stream.

Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

Qian Gong, dated 1607

Hanging scroll of a robed courtier and attendants with a horse on a winding mountain path, with poem calligraphy on gold.

“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tawaraya Sotatsu, ca. 1634

Two-panel screen with ink hawk on branch and robed sage with staff under pine, on gold leaf ground.

Daoist Sage and Hawk

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Seated bodhisattva holding a vajra staff on a lotus throne, with a smaller vajra and inscriptions below, in ink and color.

Daishōjin Bosatsu, from “Album of Buddhist Deities from the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas”

Takuma Tametō, 12th century

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