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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

795 works

Hanging scroll of two birds perched among willow fronds and pink peach blossoms on a gnarled tree above rocks.

Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

Yosa Buson, ca. 1760s

Hanging scroll of a small bird on a blooming crepe myrtle branch beside a pale moon and clouds, with calligraphy.

Small Bird on a Crepe Myrtle Branch

Tsubaki Chinzan, ca. 1850s

Hanging scroll of drooping cherry branches with pale pink blossoms in grey ink wash on pale paper.

Cherry Blossoms

Matsumura Goshun, late 18th century

Ink painting of gnarled pine and bare trees on a grassy rise, with a small boat and misty mountains behind.

Landscapes after Song and Yuan masters

Ink painting of a long-tailed pheasant on a rock under a tree, with two small birds perched on a branch above.

Pheasant beneath Paulownia Tree

Saien Hōsai, 18th century

Hanging scroll of a gnarled plum tree with white blossoms on bare branches, with a red seal and inscription.

Flowering Plum

Ink painting of a black crow perched on a pale branch beside feathery pine needles against an empty background.

Crow on a Tree

Hanging scroll of standing Avalokiteshvara with a willow branch and vase, wearing jewelry and robes, against a dark backgroun

The Bodhisattva Willow Kannon (Avalokiteshvara)

Wu Daozi, late 19th century

Painting of a sunlit path beside a picket fence covered in red roses, with dense dark green trees behind.

Rose Hedge

Wilhelm Trübner, 1910

Japanese print of a potted pine tree in a dragon-patterned pot beside a koto harp draped with floral silk.

Potted Pine Tree and Koto (Japanese Harp)

Keisai Eisen, 19th century

Two yellow-green white-eyes on a plum branch with blossoms and drooping willow, with calligraphy and a red seal.

Japanese White-eyes with Plum Tree and Willow, from Spring Rain Surimono Album (Harusame surimono-jō, vol. 3)

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1810

Watercolor of wind-bent palm trees on a grassy shore, with blue waves and a white lighthouse under a gray sky.

Palm Tree, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898

Watercolor of a young woman in a flower garland beside an outrigger canoe under a tree, with a thatched hut behind.

Portrait of Faase, the Taupo, or Official Virgin, of Fagaloa Bay, and Her Duenna, Samoa

John La Farge, 1891 (?)

Three green and yellow white-eye birds perch among pink peach blossoms on branches, with Japanese calligraphy beside them.

Japanese White-eyes on a Branch of Peach Tree,” from the Series An Array of Birds (Tori awase), from Spring Rain Suri…

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1805-10

Pencil sketch on grey paper of birch-like trees with pale trunks and branches in a woodland, inscribed Dry Brook, Aug 9 1888.

Dry Brook

Jervis McEntee, 1888

Pen and wash drawing of a young man in a cape pursuing a woman through a wooded path among tall trees.

A Young Man Pursuing His Beloved into the Woods

David Vinckboons, ca. 1621

Grey wash drawing of tall trees framing a winding path through a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1630-90

Pencil drawing of birch tree trunks with pale bark and dark fissures against a faint background of branches and undergrowth.

Study of Birch Trunks (Scribners')

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Pencil sketch of a winding country road past a cottage beneath tall leaning trees, by Charles-François Daubigny.

Country Road Landscape with Trees (recto); Landscape with Trees (verso)

Charles-François Daubigny, 1860s or 1870s

Woodblock print of a tall waterfall over cliffs with bathers in a pool, a wooden building and shop beside it.

Rōben Waterfall at Ōyama in Sagami Province (Sōshū Ōyama Rōben no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Vari…

Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1827

Woodblock print of a full moon over a willow, rooftops, and a palanquin carried along a road past a thatched house.

Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka Aki no Tsuki

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1836

Vertical Japanese print of two women in kimono under a pine tree, one holding a folded letter.

A Girl Brings a Love Letter to Another Girl Under a Pine-Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing figure in a patterned kimono holding a chrysanthemum fan on a veranda beside a pine and lantern

Arashi Ryuzo as a Tall Woman Standing on the Engawa

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1789

Woodblock print of red maple and pine trees beside a calm blue river, with figures on a wooden platform at left.

Inside the Akiba Shrine at Ukeji

Utagawa Hiroshige, 8th month, Snake year 1857

Vertical Japanese print of a red and green phoenix flying beside a flowering paulownia branch and pine fronds.

Phoenix Flying Over a Paulownia Tree

Isoda Koryusai, ca. 1770

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath cherry blossoms beside a river.

The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman

Katsukawa Shunkō, ca. 1780

Woodblock print of Tanabata bamboo with paper streamers and a carp kite over Edo rooftops, with Mount Fuji behind.

The Tanabata Festival in the Flourishing City (Shichū han’ei Tanabata Matsuri), from the series One Hundred Famous Vi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857 (Ansei 4), 7th month

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono carrying a pole and lantern beneath stylized pine branches.

Ichimura Kamezo in the role of Ise no Saburo

Torii Kiyomasu I, ca. 1748

Woodblock print of paulownia trees in heavy evening rain, with umbrella-carrying figures walking a path beside a yellow fence

Paulownia Trees at Akasaka in the Evening Rain

Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1859

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a dawn street beside blossoming trees, wooden fences and tiled rooftops.

Kakuchu Shinonome

Utagawa Hiroshige, 4th month, Snake year 1857