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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, a thatched hermitage and a seated figure, with calligraphy at

Hermitage in Mount Lu

Ink landscape hanging scroll with tall rocky mountains, pine trees, pavilions, a footbridge over a stream, and calligraphy.

Landscape after Wu Zhen

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1695

Ink painting of chrysanthemums beside a tall grey rock with calligraphic inscription and red seals.

Chrysanthemums by a rock

Gao Fenghan, 18th century

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with dark leaves and branches, beside a column of calligraphy and red seals.

Ink bamboo

Li Shan, dated 1749

Hanging scroll of two swallows on willow branches in ink with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

Swallows

Ink painting of blossoming plum branches on a hanging scroll with Chinese calligraphy and red seals.

Blossoming plum

Jin Nong, dated 1759

Ink painting of a lantern-lit pavilion with figures, tiled roofs, bare trees, pine and bamboo.

Drinking in the Bamboo Garden on the Lantern Festival

Ink drawing of the immortal Li Tieguai with a gourd and crutch, with calligraphy and red seals on a hanging scroll.

The Immortal Li Tieguai

Hanging scroll landscape of a craggy mountain, winding river, trees, and a small boat with three figures.

Landscape

Wu Xizai, dated 1858

Hanging scroll portrait of a standing man in a pale blue robe, with calligraphy inscription above and red seals.

Portrait of Zhao Zhiqian

Wang Yuan, dated 1871

Ink painting of a lone man on a wooden bridge over a rocky stream, beside tall bare trees and distant hills.

Man on a Bridge

Ren Bonian, dated 1889

Hanging scroll ink painting of a black and white cat on a rock, with calligraphy inscription above.

Cat

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

Meditation in a Cave

Ink landscape hanging scroll with steep rocky mountains, pine trees by a shore, and calligraphy inscription above.

Anchorage on a rainy night

Shen Zhou, dated 1477

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, trees, and a fisherman in a boat on a river.

Winter landscape with fisherman

Shi Zhong, late 15th-early 16th century

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

Grey and black cat with a patterned ribbon crouches by a screen, watching a spider on the floor.

Cat Watching a Spider

Ōide Tōkō, ca. 1888-92

Hanging scroll of mythical beasts, lions, tigers, cranes and peacocks among rocky mountains and pines, with calligraphy above

Birds and Animals Used in Military Insignia

Zhuwu Jushi, late 19th century

Painting of a yellow songbird on a branch with red fruit and two bees flying nearby on a pale background.

Birds, Insects and Flowers

Yi Zhai, 19th century

Ink and color landscape with green mountains, a waterfall, a pavilion, pine trees and small figures on a path.

Eight landscapes

Lu Han, 1699

Ink landscape of layered rocky mountains with a small pagoda, pavilions, bare trees, and a river, on aged silk.

Snow-covered Mountains

Xu Daoning, ca. 1000

Hanging scroll of white and pink peonies with grey-green leaves on a tan ground, with red seals and inscription.

Flowers

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, a small hut, and calligraphy with red seals at upper left.

Autumn Mountains

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

Ink and light color drawing of Jizō Bosatsu seated on a cloud playing a flute, with a pale halo behind him.

Jizō Bosatsu Playing a Flute

Kano Tan'yu, 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

Hanging scroll of a small wagtail perched on a rock beside a bare branch, with ink calligraphy in the upper right.

Wagtail on a Rock

Taikyo Genju, mid-14th century

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of orchids, bamboo and rocks, with calligraphy and a red seal at upper left.

Orchids, Bamboo, Briars, and Rocks

Tesshū Tokusai, mid-14th 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

Hanging scroll of a musk cat beside camellias, with a small bird on a willow branch above, on a muted ground.

Musk Cat

Uto Gyoshi, mid- to late 16th century