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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

16,089 works

Three hanging scrolls: a seated Zen master with a staff in the center, flanked by ink landscapes with mountains, pagoda and t

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes

Unkoku Tōeki, probably late 1620s-1644

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a blossoming cherry tree, with petals falling against a gold backgroun

Beauty of the Season; Spring

Fujiwara Chikanobu, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan walking under a parasol with a male attendant and two young attendants in red kimono.

Courtesan on Parade

Miyagawa Isshō, late 1730s-early 1740s

Hanging scroll of a European man in red coat smoking a pipe under a red parasol, with a servant in pink jacket beside him.

Dutchman with a Servant

Kawahara Keiga, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan in a red kimono with two attendants in dark kimonos on a checkered floor.

Courtesan and Attendants

Miyagawa Shunsui, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a green kimono holding a dark parasol, with a patterned sleeve and red undergarment visible.

Beautiful Lady

Chokosai Eisho, early 19th century

Ink drawing of a monk in a layered straw cape and pointed hat holding a bowl, with calligraphy and red seals above.

The Monk Daitō Kokushi as a Beggar

Shunsō Joshu, early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a checked kimono holding a snowy umbrella beside a snow-covered pine and railing.

Beauty in Snow

Utagawa Kunimasa

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a red and olive patterned kimono, holding a letter to her mouth.

Courtesan with a Letter in Her Mouth

Chobunsai Eishi, 1756-1815

Ink painting of a fierce bearded monk with bulging eyes and calligraphy above his head, on a hanging scroll.

Portrait of Bodhidharma

Hakuin Ekaku, mid-18th century

Ink painting of a laughing bearded man seated beside a woven basket, with bamboo and a full moon above.

Tōkaibō with a Fishing Basket

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1768

Ink painting of Bodhidharma, bald and bearded, gazing upward, with calligraphy and a red seal above on a hanging scroll.

Portrait of Daruma

Fūgai Ekun, early 17th century

Hanging scroll portrait of a seated bald monk with staff and brush, red robe, and calligraphy inscription above.

Portrait of the Ōbaku Zen Monk Mu’an Xingtao (Mokuan Shōtō)

Kita Genki, dated 1674

Hanging scroll of a woman drawing a bow beside a seated woman and a kneeling bearded armored man on gold ground.

The Legendary Empress Jingū

Kōsai Hokushin, mid-19th century

Six-panel gold screen of people strolling and picnicking under cherry blossoms and pines beside a pagoda, with gold clouds.

Amusements at Higashiyama in Kyoto

Studio of Kano Sadanobu, early 1620s

Painting of Krishna in a tree above bathing women, with herders and cattle on a green hillside, framed in red.

"Krishna Steals the Clothing of the Gopis (Female Cowherds)", Folio from the Devotional Text of the Bhagavata Purana

The Early Master at the Court of Mandi, ca. 1640

Five women in patterned kimono sit and stand around tea utensils in an interior, painted on a pale scroll.

Five Beauties

Teisai Hokuba, 1840

Woman in patterned kimono holds string to a dog on a wooden veranda as an attendant in red reaches for a ball.

Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog

Nishikawa Sukenobu, ca. 1716-1736

Ink and light color painting of seated Daruma in a red robe beside a bowl, with brush calligraphy and red seals on the left.

Daruma

Totoki Baigai, 18th century

Hanging scroll of eight robed men gathered in a room before a misty mountain landscape screen, with a flower vase.

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

Tani Bunchō, 1828

Hanging scroll of a woman in pink kimono with a cat on a leash beside a pine tree and red torii gate.

The Third Princess and a Cat, from the "New Herbs I" (Wakana I) chapter The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari}

Matsuno Chikanobu, 18th century

Hanging scroll of Fudō Myōō standing on a rock with four attendants, drawn in fine ink outlines on brown ground.

Fudō Myōō with Four Attendants, Outlined in Seed Syllables

Chikai, Second half of the 15th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned white robe with a basket, beside bamboo and ink calligraphy.

Gyoran Kannon

Miyagawa Chôshun

Hanging scroll of pilgrims with an ox cart, horse and dog in procession, with calligraphy beside the figures.

Pilgrims Travelling to Ise

Chōgō, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned blue kimono with calligraphy above her, in gold brocade mounting.

Standing Courtesan

Baiōken Eishun, probably 1720s

Handscroll of courtesans in colorful kimono walking past cherry blossoms, with a man holding a parasol and a seated woman ind

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visit the Yoshiwara; or “Scenes of Pleasure at the Height of Spring”

Chobunsai Eishi, early 19th century

Ink painting of a robed poet riding a donkey beneath a column of calligraphy, on a hanging scroll with a patterned silk mount

The Chinese Poet Pan Lang on a Donkey

Kano Kōya, 17th century

Album leaf of a seated bearded man in a patterned white robe and black cap, with calligraphy on the facing page.

Portraits and Poems of the Thirty-six Poetic Immortals

Sumiyoshi Gukei, 1674-92

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono fanning herself on a veranda beside a shoji screen and stream.

Courtesan Enjoying a Cool Summer Evening

Ogawa Haritsu, 1741

Ink drawing of a reclining woman and a seated man in a cap, each beside columns of Japanese calligraphy.

The Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals

Sakai Hōitsu, 1824