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Hanging scroll with bold vertical black ink calligraphy on pale paper and red seals beside the characters.

For a hundred years [I have been] a person with no attachments

Jiun Onkō, late 18th century

Ink landscape handscroll of a wide river with cliffs, pavilions, a small boat and distant sailboats.

Presenting the Tripod

Wang Xuehao, 1803

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine forests, a waterfall and small pavilions beside a stream in muted ink tones.

Mountain Scenery with Streams and Pavilions in the Style of Fan Kuan

Wang Jian, 1667

Hanging scroll with ink sketches of Mount Fuji, pine, swallows, fish and flowers, interspersed with handwritten poems.

Drawings and Poems by Various Artists

Shokusanjin, ca. 1814

Hanging scroll of Willow Kannon holding a willow sprig, with a green halo and jeweled robes against a gold ground.

Willow Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, probably 1810s

Hanging scroll of a bearded Daoist figure playing a flute before a misty mountain and wave-patterned ground.

The Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi

Liu Jun, undated, late 15th-early 16th century

Pen sketch of a thatched house with bamboo, a seated woman seen through a window, facing page with calligraphy.

Famous Women

Gai Qi, dated 1799

Handscroll landscape with misty mountains, a river with boats, an arched bridge, a pavilion, and riverside houses and trees.

Reminiscence of Jinling

Two-panel screen of an ink landscape with misty mountains, lakeside houses, pine trees, and a small boat on the water.

“At leisure in a lakeside grove in autumn”

Hine Taizan, 1850

Panoramic ink landscape of jagged mountain peaks with small pavilions and handwritten inscription columns at upper right.

General View of Inner Geumgang

Sin Hak-gwon, mid-19th century

Hanging scroll of an agitated monk in green robes before a fiery altar with billowing smoke and a wrathful deity.

The Fury of Monk Raigō

Kobayashi Kiyochika, ca. 1900

Six-panel gold screen showing a crowded outdoor kabuki performance with stages, pine trees, a bridge, and people in kimono.

Women’s Kabuki

Kanō Takanobu, mid- to late 1610s

Ink painting of a sleeping striped cat curled in a ball, with Japanese calligraphy and a red seal on the left.

Dreaming Cat

Hōzōbō Shinkai, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a red kimono holding a kitten, with a shamisen and lacquer box beside her.

Courtesan with a Kitten

Nishikawa Sukenobu, early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing robed figure in a dark cap holding a plum branch with white blossoms against a plain background.

Tenjin Traveling to China

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1787-88

Hanging scroll of a woman in a flowered green kimono leaning on a wooden railing beside a shoji screen.

Lady-in-Waiting at Edo Castle

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1854-60 (Ansei era)

Hanging scroll: a red-robed figure with a torch at a staircase, a kneeling attendant by a fire, and dark-robed figures below.

Activities of the Twelve Months

Sakai Hōitsu, late 1790s

Hanging scroll of pink lotus flowers and buds among green leaves, with small fish in the pond below.

Red lotus and fish

Hanging scroll of seated White-Robed Kannon in white robe with gold jewelry, before pine, waterfall and cliffs, with calligra

White-Robed Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, 1823

Hanging scroll showing a rooster, a carp streamer, a red-robed Shōki figure with a sword, and bamboo banners.

Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Shōki Banner

Kawanabe Kyōsai, before 1870

Ink and light color album leaf of a garden with a pavilion, pine tree, rock, figures and distant misty hills.

Garden scene

Wu Tao, 1867

Six-panel gold screen showing a striped tiger reclining beside a waterfall and rocks, gazing toward the viewer.

Tiger, Tigress and Cub

Kishi Chikudō, 1892

Six-panel gold screen with a twisted cherry tree in white blossom and drooping willow branches above green hillocks with smal

Cherry and Maple Trees

Sakai Hōitsu, early 1820s

Two figures in green lotus-patterned robes on an album leaf, with black calligraphy and red seals beside them.

Painting Album of Sublime Talent

Various Artists, ca. 1815

Woman in a patterned kimono cooling herself with a fan on a bench by a stream, with irises and a leafy branch.

Woman Cooling Herself

Utagawa Toyohiro, ca. 1800

Hanging scroll of a large carp with spread fins swimming among smaller fish and loose ink-brushed water plants.

Nine carp

Gong Gu, 19th century (?)

Two-panel screen of a white crane with raised wing beside a rock, bamboo, orange blossoms and a gnarled pine on gold ground.

Crane, pine, and rock

Chen Zhaofeng, late 19th century

Blue leaf with black Japanese calligraphy, gold grasses, clouds and faint wave lines beneath the text.

Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Tosa School, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red hood and cloak, with calligraphy and a red seal above her.

Courtesan as Daruma

Utagawa Toyoharu, ca. 1800; inscription ca. 1810

Hanging scroll of windblown bamboo leaves framing a waterfall over rocks, painted in grey ink on warm paper.

Windblown bamboo

Hanging scroll of a long-haired ghostly woman in white beside moonflower vines under a full moon.

The Spirit of the Deceased Yūgao Entwined in Moonflower Vines, based on the print “The Lady of the Evening Faces,” fr…

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, ca. 1892

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in purple robe on a veranda gazing at a moon over misty mountains.

Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyamadera Temple, based on the print “The Moon at Ishiyama,” from the series One Hundred Aspec…

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, ca. 1892

Ink drawing of a robed figure under a wide hat beside a column of brush calligraphy and a red seal on a hanging scroll.

Su Dongpo in a Borrowed Hat

Ōsen Keisan, late 15th century

Hanging scroll of a hawk perched on a pine branch, looking upward, painted in muted ink tones on a gray ground.

Hawk on a Pine

Kano Yukinobu, mid-16th century

Ink landscape on a fan-shaped leaf with pine-covered cliffs, a river, a small boat, and distant buildings.

Snowy Landscape

Toki Tōbun, ca. 1550

Hanging scroll of a white heron bending its neck among reeds, painted in pale ink and muted tones on silk.

White Heron

Tawaraya Sotatsu, early 17th century

Two hanging scrolls in ink showing a hawk on a branch with leaves and a hawk perched on a rock.

Hawks

Soga Nichokuan, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll with yellow flowers on grey stems below black calligraphy poems and the character for wind.

Poems on “Wind” from Japanese and Chinese and Poems to Sing

Horie Yorinao, 1670

Portrait of a Woman

Piero del Pollaiuolo, 1480

Hanging scroll of a seated woman in a green robe beside a red table and brazier, with calligraphy and seals at upper left.

Chinese Beauty

Yokoi Kinkoku, 8th month, 1797

Hanging scroll of Kannon seated on a lotus petal over water, with a pale moon behind and ink calligraphy beside.

Kannon on a Lotus Petal

Shōzan Gen’yō, 1672

Blue demon with a spear and red banner running, beside a pink-robed fox figure, on a handscroll.

Copy of Night Parade of One Hundred Demons from the Shinjuan Collection

Mochizuki Gyokusen, 18th century

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo leaves and stalks above pale rocks, framed in dark gold-patterned brocade.

Bamboo and Rocks

Yanagisawa Kien, ca. 1750-58

Hanging scroll of a seated man and a standing youth in patterned kimono on a mat, with hanging wisteria above.

Samurai and Wakashu (Male Youth)

Miyagawa Isshō, early 18th century

Hanging scroll showing a courtesan in a patterned kimono seated on a white elephant, with calligraphy and seals.

Courtesan of Eguchi

Katsukawa Shunshō, painting:1770−80; inscription: 1820s-30s

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a bald, bearded elderly man seated on a mat beside a fan, gazing upward.

Portrait of Botanka Shōhaku

Maruyama Ōkyo, second half 18th century

Hanging scroll of a crowd of smiling men holding up fish and baskets beneath a misty ink-wash mountain.

Fish Market

Matsumura Goshun, 1780s

Hanging scroll of an elderly bearded man in a cream robe with a white deer beneath pine and plum blossom branches.

Jurōjin

Gan Ku, 1838

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a red-roofed pavilion among pines, and small travelers on a winding path below.

Autumn Festival in the Mountains

Okada Hankō, first half 19th century

Ink painting of courtly figures and an ox cart among pine trees and hills beside water, in grey wash on paper.

Emperor Enyū’s Outing to Funaokayama on the First Day of the Rat in the New Year

Reizei Tamechika, 19th century

Hanging scroll with a grey ink ensō circle above a column of cursive Japanese waka poem calligraphy on pale paper.

Waka Poem: “Across the fields and hills…”

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, 19th century

Painting of four-armed Vishnu seated on the winged green bird Garuda, holding a lotus, conch and mace, in a decorative border

Vishnu on Garuda

Sajnu, ca. 1810-20

Painting of a seated ruler playing pachisi with a kneeling companion, an attendant with a fly whisk, and a yellow backdrop.

Maharaja Sovan Singh playing pachisi

Ambav, ca. 1868

Hanging scroll of a seated nobleman on a veranda, a woman above, and armored warriors with horses beside a pine.

“Taira no Koremori’s Farewell,” from The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari)

Iwasa Matabei, ca. 1640

Hanging scroll of Buddhist hell scenes with red demons, flames, a seated judge, and robed figures in a misty landscape.

Scenes of the Buddhist Hell

Shōsai, second half 19th century

Ink painting of two herdboys riding water buffalo over misty hills, with a small calf following, on a hanging scroll.

Herdboys and Buffalos

Kaō, probably 15th century

Ink and color portrait of a seated courtier in black robes with calligraphy inscription on the right side.

Portrait of Minamoto no Muneyuki, from the “Fujifusa Version of the Handscroll of Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals”

Emperor Godaigo, early 15th century

Hanging scroll of a bearded standing man in robes holding a plum blossom branch, with calligraphy above.

Tenjin Traveling to China

Tōsai, early 16th century

Three hanging panels with a dragonfly over flowers, a bird flying over leafy plants, and a bird on a blossoming plum branch.

Birds and Flowers

Kano Motonobu, mid-16th century

Ink painting of a seated bald monk in loose robes reaching upward toward a bare branch, on a hanging scroll.

Priest Xianzi

Unkoku Tōgan, second half 16th century-early 17th century

Gold-ground album leaf with ink-painted reeds, lily pads, and vertical Japanese calligraphy of a waka poem.

Album of Twelve Waka from Poetry Competition of Poets of Different Eras

Emperor Go-Yōzei, early 17th century

Two-panel screen of a snowy landscape with a thatched hut, pine trees, a figure in a boat, and misty mountains under a gold s

Wang Ziyou Visiting Dai Andao on a Snowy Evening (Ō Shiyū hō Tai Andō zu)

Kanō Sansetsu, mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of a white heron in flight above its reflection on water, with reeds at right and a gold background.

Heron

Tosa Mitsuoki, 17th century

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground: a kneeling man holds a leash to a monkey while a child in blue patterned robes raises a p

Album of Fan-Shaped Paintings of Figures, Birds and Flowers

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-early 18th century