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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

17,446 works

Hanging scroll of a perforated grey Taihu rock beside a potted banana plant, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Taihu Rock and Banana Plant

Takahashi Sōhei, 1831

Two gold-ground screen panels showing a courtesan with a tall headdress, a kneeling attendant, and a girl in patterned kimono

Shirabyōshi Dancer and Female Servant; Courtesan and Girl Attendant

Tsukioka Settei, mid-18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a red patterned kimono seated by the sea beneath a pine tree, with a robe draped nearby.

The Brine Maiden Matsukaze

Nishimura Shigenobu, early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned grey kimono on a veranda beside a bamboo railing and stone basin.

Woman on Veranda

Takizawa Shigenobu, ca. 1730

Hanging scroll of a woman in patterned robes reading a letter beneath a green mosquito net, on a gold ground.

Woman Reading under a Mosquito Net

Fuhiken Tokikaze, ca. 1720

Hanging scroll of a kneeling woman in a red kimono reading a letter beside a candle stand and a painted horse scroll.

Courtesan Reading a Letter

Ishikawa Toyonobu, mid-18th century

Bodhidharma

Unkoku Tōgan, early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a courtesan and attendant walking beneath a flowering cherry tree, in patterned black and red kimono.

Courtesan and her Attendant under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyoharu, early 19th century

Ink drawing of Hotei reclining with a child looking up at him, with cursive calligraphy above on a grey paper scroll.

Hotei with a Child

Ono no Ozū, 1624

Hanging scroll of a kabuki actor in blue and red robes holding a staff, with calligraphy above by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Bandō Mitsugorō II as Shinbei in the Kabuki Play "Sukeroku"

Utagawa Toyokuni, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a woman and small child beneath a blossoming cherry tree, in striped red robes and green clothing.

Woman and Child under a Cherry Tree

Utagawa Toyohiro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of a snowy landscape with a pine tree, bare trees, rocky peaks, and a small boat with figures.

Wintry Landscape, in the Style of Guo Zhongshu

Ike no Taiga, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of misty rocky mountains with bare trees and small travelers on a winding path below.

Travellers in Cold Mountains

Hine Taizan, 1859

Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one standing with a long pipe and one seated, on a tan ground with a patterned brocade

Courtesans Parodying Kanzan and Jittoku

Kinpūsha Toyomaro, late 18th-early 19th century

Hanging scroll of two carp swimming among waterweeds and pebbles, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper left.

Carp and Waterweeds

Yōgetsu, late 15th century

Hanging scroll with six seated robed figures beneath vertical calligraphy columns on a pale ground.

The Six Poetic Immortals

Kubo Shunman, ca. 1810

Hanging scroll with bold vertical black ink calligraphy on pale paper and red seals beside the characters.

For a hundred years [I have been] a person with no attachments

Jiun Onkō, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, pine forests, a waterfall and small pavilions beside a stream in muted ink tones.

Mountain Scenery with Streams and Pavilions in the Style of Fan Kuan

Wang Jian, 1667

Hanging scroll with ink sketches of Mount Fuji, pine, swallows, fish and flowers, interspersed with handwritten poems.

Drawings and Poems by Various Artists

Shokusanjin, ca. 1814

Hanging scroll of Willow Kannon holding a willow sprig, with a green halo and jeweled robes against a gold ground.

Willow Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, probably 1810s

Hanging scroll of a bearded Daoist figure playing a flute before a misty mountain and wave-patterned ground.

The Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi

Liu Jun, undated, late 15th-early 16th century

Hanging scroll of an agitated monk in green robes before a fiery altar with billowing smoke and a wrathful deity.

The Fury of Monk Raigō

Kobayashi Kiyochika, ca. 1900

Hanging scroll of a standing robed figure in a dark cap holding a plum branch with white blossoms against a plain background.

Tenjin Traveling to China

Nagasawa Rosetsu, 1787-88

Hanging scroll of a woman in a flowered green kimono leaning on a wooden railing beside a shoji screen.

Lady-in-Waiting at Edo Castle

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1854-60 (Ansei era)

Hanging scroll: a red-robed figure with a torch at a staircase, a kneeling attendant by a fire, and dark-robed figures below.

Activities of the Twelve Months

Sakai Hōitsu, late 1790s

Hanging scroll of pink lotus flowers and buds among green leaves, with small fish in the pond below.

Red lotus and fish

Hanging scroll of seated White-Robed Kannon in white robe with gold jewelry, before pine, waterfall and cliffs, with calligra

White-Robed Kannon

Sakai Hōitsu, 1823

Hanging scroll showing a rooster, a carp streamer, a red-robed Shōki figure with a sword, and bamboo banners.

Boy’s Day Carp Streamer and Shōki Banner

Kawanabe Kyōsai, before 1870

Hanging scroll of a large carp with spread fins swimming among smaller fish and loose ink-brushed water plants.

Nine carp

Gong Gu, 19th century (?)

Blue leaf with black Japanese calligraphy, gold grasses, clouds and faint wave lines beneath the text.

Scenes and Calligraphic Excerpts from The Tale of Genji

Tosa School, early 17th century