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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 of a plum tree with dark ink branches and white blossoms rising across a pale silk background.

Plum Blossoms

Yamamoto Baiitsu, dated 1851

Ink painting of lingzhi fungi growing from a square vessel covered in red seal stamps, with calligraphy above.

Plant and Seals

Yokoyama Seiki, dated 1856

Hanging scroll pair: ink landscape of craggy peaks and a pine with a small pavilion, beside cursive Chinese calligraphy.

Landscape and Couplet of Chinese Verse

Ike no Taiga, late 18th century

Hanging scroll showing a cormorant on a sandy bank beside a wicker basket, with a green hill and flowers in the foreground.

Cormorant Fishing

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

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

Ink painting of bare plum branches with buds on a gold leaf screen, with a wooden frame and inlaid lower panel.

Poem in Chinese on the Theme of Plum Blossoms Reflected in Water

Keibun, ca. 1823

Pair of hanging scrolls showing craggy rock mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and a lakeside village in ink and pale color.

Fantastic Rocks with Cascading Waterfall; Fishing Boats by a Lake Hamlet

Aiseki, first half of the 19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls: gold-on-black moonlit gathering beneath pines, and grey mountain landscape with seated figures aroun

Luring the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Out of a Cave with Music; Death of the Historical Buddha

Kôno Bairei, late 19th century

Hanging scroll of peonies, chrysanthemums and narcissus beside a rock, with red berries and green grasses.

Flowers and Grasses of Autumn

Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1843, 8th month

Hanging scroll of a ceramic incense burner with lit sticks emitting smoke, beside a round fan on a gray gradient background.

Sparklers on Summer Evening

Shiokawa Bunrin

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 two pine trees over rocks, with seated figures and a tea stove in a misty landscape.

Sampling Tea beneath the Wu Trees

Nakabayashi Chikutō, 1840

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

Standing Courtesan

Baiōken Eishun, probably 1720s

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with white snow highlights against grey wash, with a pale rock below.

Bamboo and Rock in Snow

Kuwayama Gyokushū, late 18th 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

Hanging scroll of a snowy mountain landscape with a river, stone bridge, pavilion, and calligraphy inscription above.

Su Shi's "Ode to His Second Visit to the Red Cliff"

Kanō Hōgai, 19th century

Pair of hanging scrolls: a red sun over a wooded headland with a sailboat, and Mount Fuji with pines on a misty shore.

Shichirigahama and Enoshima

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1848-54

Hanging scroll of a robed man with a child on his shoulders beside a tree, with a second child reaching forward on pale paper

Puppeteer

Teisai Hokuba, 19th century

Ink and color hanging scroll of two courtesans behind a lattice window, with a red demon below, mountain and plum branches be

Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons

Miyagawa Isshō, second half of the 18th century

Ink painting of two smiling figures in dark and pale robes beside a tall brush-like form, with calligraphy above.

Hanshan and Shide (Japanese: Kanzan and Jittoku)

Itō Jakuchū, late 18th century