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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

14,981 works

Handscroll painting of a crowded seaside scene with kimono-clad people, food stalls, diners at tables, and wavy water.

華洛四季遊楽図巻

Gen Ki, 1778

Snow-covered evergreen boughs and bare trees beside a narrow winter stream under soft misty light.

Silent Dawn

Walter Launt Palmer, 1919

Two women seated in a room, one seen from behind with pinned-up hair, the other with long dark hair leaning in.

The Sisters

Francis Coates Jones, 1913

Monochrome landscape of bare trees beside a reflective stream and marsh under an overcast sky, with distant figures.

Autumn

Hugh Bolton Jones, 1881

Two women in patterned kimono stand beside a fence and flowering vine, one holding a fan, in a soft tan landscape.

Evening Faces" (Yūgao) chapter from The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Kawamata Tsunemasa, 1750

Folding fan painting in ink showing bamboo stalks and rocks beside a stream, with calligraphy and a red seal at left.

Bamboo and Rocks by a Stream

Takaku Aigai, 1832

Ink landscape leaf with rocky cliffs, rippling water, and trees, beside a column of Japanese calligraphy and a red seal.

Convenience in Drawing Water" from Jūben (Ten Conveniences); "Pleasure of Dawn" from Jūgi (Ten Pleasures)

Totoki Baigai, 1800

Ink landscape of misty mountains, pines and willows on a riverbank, with a lone boatman on still water.

清伊秉綬山水冊頁八開

Yi Bingshou, 1814

Oil painting of a stone-stepped street lined with wooden houses, a woman in white and a child in blue descending.

A Street in Ikao

Theodore Wores, 1895

Painting of a white crane on a rock in waves, beneath a branch of pink blossoms and peaches.

Flowers and Birds

Katei Taki, 1800

Handscroll painting of courtly figures seated by a river among green hills and a blossoming cherry tree.

The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Kaihō Yūsetsu, 1600

Three ink panels: a myna on a branch, a seated robed monk beside a censer, and two geese among reeds.

Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Zen, with Geese and Myna

Unkoku Tōeki, 1600

Six-panel folding screen of misty mountains, pine trees and a waterfall on a gold leaf background.

Met DP-13710-001

Mori Shūhō, 1850

Rider on a white horse crossing a blue river with attendants, yellow flowers in the foreground and pale hills behind.

Six Jewel Rivers (Mu-Tamagawa)

Sakai Ōho, 1839

Oval miniature portrait of a bearded man in a dark jacket and cravat, in a gilt frame inside an open velvet case.

John Wood Dodge

Edward S. Dodge, 1836

Six-panel folding screen with an ink landscape of misty cliffs, a bare tree and grazing animals on gold leaf.

Met DP-13711-005

Nakabayashi Chikkei

Watercolor of a steamboat with smoking stacks on a river between wooded hills, with a rocky shore in the foreground.

The Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia

Lefevre James Cranstone, 1859

Black and white photo of a double miniature portrait in an ornate frame showing a woman with a lace collar and a man in a dar

Warren Rogers

Theodore Lund, 1839

Oil painting of a grassy plain with palm trees, cloudy sky, and a small figure in white walking a path.

Ingo, San Martin, Cuba

Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1853

Ink landscape handscroll with misty mountains, a grove of tall pines, and two small houses beside a path.

清松年山水手卷

Song Nian, 1898

Fan painting of a woman in a long robe beside a pink-blossoming plum tree and rocks, with calligraphy at right.

A Beauty

Qian Hui'an, 1876

Horse, Fort Stanton, New Mexico

Peter Moran, 1841

Ink landscape handscroll with cliffs, a wide river, small boats, flying geese and distant hills under a pale sky.

清王翬倣巨然燕文貴山水圖卷

Handscroll of craggy mountains, a waterfall, and a stone bridge over a stream, with calligraphy and red seals at upper right.

清王翬太行山色圖卷絹本

Ink landscape with misty mountains, a pavilion among trees, an arched bridge, and Chinese calligraphy at upper right.

清施霖山莊圖冊頁

Ink drawing of a seated figure beside twisted pine trees and rocks, with water rendered in wavy lines and red seals.

The Waterfall

Ju Jie, 1368

Misty Chinese ink landscape with mountains, willows, a winding stream and pine trees beside a path.

清程庭鷺山水冊頁

Cheng Tinglu, 1827

Two trappers on horseback in a snowy forest with hunting dogs, one pointing into the distance under a cloudy sky.

Trappers

Joseph Lionel Williams, 1855

Watercolor of a rain-soaked cider mill with piled apples, a horse, a cart, and a farmer under an umbrella beneath a tree.

Rainstorm - Cider Mill at Redding, Connecticut

George Harvey, 1840

Fan painting of two grey birds on a rock beside white narcissus flowers and green leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

清徐祥小鳥水仙扇面