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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

820 works

Two-panel screen with blue morning glory vines climbing along the edges against a pale ground.

Morning Glories

Tawaraya Sōri, 18th century

Six-panel gold screen with autumn grasses, white and green flowering shrubs, and a dark crescent moon in the upper left.

Moon and Autumn Grasses

Tawaraya Sotatsu, mid- to late 17th century

Hanging scroll of a grey rock, yellow hibiscus, blue-green leaves, pink blossoms and a grasshopper on pale silk.

Rock and Autumn Flowers

Tsubaki Chinzan, 1854

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

Cherry Blossoms

Matsumura Goshun, late 18th century

Hanging scroll of a yellow bird on a branch among white plum blossoms, red camellias and snow-covered rocks.

Bird among Camellias in Snow

Sō Shiseki, mid-18th century

Ink painting of blossoming plum branches with grey washes, calligraphy and a red seal at upper left on pale paper.

Landscapes, Flowers and Birds

Xiang Shengmo, dated 1639

Ink painting of a mynah bird perched on a blossoming plum branch above a rock, with a red seal and inscription.

Mynah Bird on Plum Branch

Saien Hōsai, 18th century

Handscroll landscape with green mountains, pine trees, misty river and rooftops, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Fishing in River Country at Blossom Time

Wang Yuanqi, dated 1709

Fan-shaped painting of pink peach blossoms and a pale peony with dark leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Peach Blossoms and Peony

Zhao Zhiqian, ca. 1860

Circular fan leaf painting of a toad beside red peonies, blue flowers and orchid leaves, with calligraphy and red seals.

Flower and Toad

Hanging scroll of red camellia blossoms and green leaves on a twisted branch against a pale ochre background, with a seal at

Camellias

Painting of a white crane on rocks by waves, with peach branches and pink blossoms overhead beside a pine trunk.

Flowers and Birds

Taki Katei, 19th century

Album leaf with two red woven baskets of flowering grass, a farmer's hat on a pole, and birds flying over a silver ground.

Flower Baskets and Farmer's Hat

Shibata Zeshin, ca. 1880s

Grisaille painting of a seated nymph with grapes and an urn, surrounded by playful putti carrying garlands and grapes.

Nymph and Putti; Nymph with a Wreath and Putti with Garlands of Flowers

Piat Joseph Sauvage

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

Rose Hedge

Wilhelm Trübner, 1910

Painted album leaf of two planters with a green rock, grass, and arching leaves on pale paper with gold border.

Flowers in Jardenierres

Still life of tulips, roses and daffodils beside a stone urn, with a bird's nest with eggs and a butterfly on a ledge.

Flowers by a Stone Vase

Peter Faes, 1786

Ink wash drawing of a morning glory flower with buds, tendrils and leaves in brown tones, with a red seal.

Morning Glory

Woodblock print of a green white-eye and a titmouse perched on a branch with red camellia flowers against a pale sky.

Japanese White-eye and Titmouse on a Camellia Branch

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1840

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

Woodblock print of two seated women and a child beside a veranda, with flowering plants and a lattice window behind them.

Madame Tang (Tō Fujin), from the series Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Fū…

Isoda Koryusai, 1764-72 (Meiwa era)

Pink poinsettia-like flowers and green leaves in a watercolor design drawing, with a color swatch key at lower left.

Design Drawing

Tiffany & Co., ca. 1893

Watercolor of wildflowers including yellow goldenrod, blue gentians, white asters and dark berries among green and rust leave

Wildflowers

Ellen Robbins, 1875

Watercolor of red and yellow flowers and banana plants before a yellow bungalow with a white roof overlooking blue sea.

Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of a glowing white-striped morning glory flower with green leaves against a dark blue nocturnal background.

Nocturne

John La Farge, ca. 1885

Pastel drawing of a bouquet of mixed flowers in a blue vase against a brown background, by Odilon Redon.

Bouquet of Flowers

Odilon Redon, ca. 1900-1905

The Bouquet of Violets

Eva Gonzalès, ca. 1877-78

Colorful folk-art Fraktur with two peacocks, two parrots, crowns, and stylized flowers in a symmetrical arrangement.

Fraktur

Johann Heinrich Otto, ca. 1770-1800

Watercolor of pink peach blossom branches rising against a pale blue background, with green buds along the stems.

Peach Blossoms

John William Hill, 1874

Watercolor of two blue irises and pink wild roses among green leaves on a loose green background.

Wild Roses and Irises

John La Farge, 1887