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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2,218 works

Hanging scroll of a misty river landscape with pines, red trees, a sailboat, and a seated scholar by a hut.

Landscape for Zhao Yipeng

Tang Yin, late 15th-early 16th century

Two figures under a tree at night, one playing a flute on a yellow cushion, a crescent moon and stars above.

Kedar Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

Ruknuddin, ca. 1690-95

Painted folio of Krishna and Radha seated with attendant women in a garden, with a peacock and red pavilion below.

Krishna and Radha with Their Confidantes: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda

Manohar, ca. 1655-60

Hanging scroll of a seated emperor before a landscape screen, with kneeling officials, pine trees and peonies in a garden.

Remonstrating with the emperor

Liu Jun, late 15th-early 16th century

Hanging scroll of a robed man asleep beneath a gnarled tree with drooping branches, with a gourd and shoes nearby.

Drunken recluse beneath an old tree

Chen Zihe, early 16th century

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a waterfall, pines and small pavilions, with a figure on a path and calligraphy at upper l

Wooded Mountains at Dusk

Kuncan, dated 1666

Ink landscape screen with a waterfall, misty mountains, pine trees, a pavilion, and a small figure on a path.

Chinese Scholar Contemplating a Waterfall

Soga Shōhaku, late18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono holding a fan beneath a willow tree, with calligraphy above.

Woman under a Willow Tree

Katsukawa Shunshō, 18th century

Six-panel gold screen with ink landscape of willow trees, rocks, geese in flight and robed figures by a thatched pavilion.

Landscapes with Chinese Figures

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1795-99

Six-panel ink screen of misty mountains, a lake, a pine tree, a sailboat, and small pavilions.

Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei)

Soga Shōhaku, ca. 1762-66

Hanging scroll of a gnarled plum tree with pale blossoms on branches sweeping down a brown silk ground, with calligraphy.

Fragrant Snow at Broken Bridge

Wang Mian, 14th century

Ink and color album leaf of a robed scholar and attendant beneath a pine by a waterfall, with misty mountains behind.

Scholar viewing a waterfall

Ma Yuan, early 13th century

Ink painting of a gnarled plum branch with small white blossoms, with calligraphy at upper left on a grey ground.

Plum Branch

Yi Yu-won, dated 1888

Ink handscroll of two pine trees on rocks beside calm water, with distant hills, a small boat, and inscription columns at lef

Twin Pines, Level Distance

Zhao Mengfu, ca. 1310

Handscroll painting of a snowy landscape with bare trees, a rustic riverside house, a footbridge, and misty hills.

Snowy landscape with rustic riverside retreat

Liu Songnian, ca. late 12th century

Hanging scroll of ink trees on a rocky bank with a seated figure, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper left.

Recluse Fishing by Autumn Trees

Sheng Mao, dated 1350

Ink landscape hanging scroll with bare trees on rocks, distant mountains above, and vertical calligraphy with red seals.

Wind among the Trees on the Riverbank

Ni Zan, 1363

Hanging scroll of bare gnarled trees on a snowy slope, with a flock of crows flying over misty hills.

Crows in Old Trees

Luo Zhichuan, early 14th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with tall pines, rocks, a waterfall, and fishermen in a small boat by the shore.

Returning Fishermen

Tang Di, dated 1342

Ink painting of a fisherman in a small boat beneath willow and bare trees, with distant mountains and birds in misty light.

Recluse Fisherman, Autumn Trees

Sheng Mao, dated 1349

Round ink painting on silk of a fisherman by a river beneath willows and misty mountains, with calligraphy label.

Angling in the Autumn River

Sheng Zhu, ca. 1370

Hanging scroll of two red-crowned cranes beside a pine branch and rock, with ink inscription at upper right.

Cranes, Pine Tree, and Lichen

Ren Bonian, dated 1885

Six-panel gold screen of ink landscape with a large pine, robed figures by a stone table, waterfall and distant mountains.

The Four Accomplishments

Kano Motonobu, mid-16th century

Calligraphy poem in black ink over gold leaf with gray ink-painted cherry blossoms and branches below.

Poem by Kamo no Chōmei with Underpainting of Cherry Blossoms

Hon'ami Koetsu, 1606

Six-panel screen of a misty lake with mountains, temple pavilions, willows, pines, a bridge and small boats in ink.

View of West Lake

Kusumi Morikage, mid- to late 17th century

Six-panel gold screen with robed figures, pine trees, bamboo, and a seated figure on a pavilion terrace beside rocks.

The Return to Court of the Four Graybeards of Mount Shang (right); Su Shi’s Visit to the Wind and Water Cave (left)

Kano Mitsunobu, late 16th century

Six-panel screen with two hawks on pine branches and rock, and white camellias blooming at lower left.

Hawks with Pine Trees and Camellias; Small Birds with Willows and Camellias

Mitani Tōshuku, early 17th century

Two-panel screen of a persimmon tree with red fruit and green leaves beside pampas grass on a green hill.

Persimmon Tree

Sakai Hōitsu, 1816

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono viewing cherry blossoms by a lake with swimming white birds.

Three Beauties Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Chobunsai Eishi, late 18th-19th century

Six-panel screen of misty mountains, bare trees and a pavilion over gold leaf, with a pale moon at left.

Scenes from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Unkoku Tōeki, 17th century