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Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, a waterfall, trees, and a small boat with figures by a riverbank.

Riverbank

Ink drawing of two robed men walking past a tall tree and mountains, one carrying a basket and tool, with Chinese text at rig

Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains

Hanging scroll of ink bamboo with dark tapering leaves on brown silk, with calligraphy and red seals at left.

Bamboo copied after Wen Tong

Ke Jiusi, dated 1343

Hanging scroll of a misty mountain landscape with cliffs, pines, a waterfall, and a pavilion with small figures.

Simple Retreat

Wang Meng, ca. 1370

Hanging scroll of mandarin ducks beside pink hibiscus and chrysanthemums at a rock, with birds in blossoming branches above.

Mandarin ducks and cotton rose hibiscus

Lü Ji, late 15th century

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

Hanging scroll of a robed scholar walking beneath pine trees before blue-green mountains on a gold ground.

Scholar-recluse in blue-green landscape

Chen Hongshou, 1633

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 two women in kimono, one holding a lantern, with calligraphy above, by Utagawa Toyokuni I.

Woman and Attendant

Utagawa Toyokuni, ca. 1795

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

Painted equestrian portrait of a bearded rider on a dappled grey horse with black mane, holding a spear, on paper.

Equestrian Portrait of a Noble

Bakhta, ca. 1775

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

Ink painting of a figure in a bamboo hat in a small boat on misty water, with calligraphy and red seals on a hanging scroll.

Su Shi (Dongpo) in a Bamboo Hat and Clogs

Zuigan Ryūsei, before 1460

Six-panel screen of a misty lake with pine-covered cliffs, a thatched pavilion, small boats, and distant mountains in ink.

Landscape of the Four Seasons

Kano Chōkichi, 16th century

Gold-leaf screen with green hills, gold clouds, a palanquin procession, mounted riders and a boat on a river.

“An Imperial Excursion” (Miyuki), “A Boat Cast Adrift” (Ukifune), and “The Barrier Gate” (Sekiya)

Tosa Mitsuyoshi, mid-16th-early 17th century

Hanging scroll of a dark carp leaping up a pale waterfall beside a blue panel with gold foliage patterns.

A Carp Ascending a Waterfall

Shibata Zeshin, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a tall, pitted scholar's rock in ink and pale pink wash, with calligraphy and red seals at upper left.

Red Friend

Lan Ying, 17th century

Hanging scroll of a tall ink-drawn rock formation with calligraphy and red seals on beige silk.

Cloud Rock

Ni Yuanlu, 16th-mid-17th century

Hanging scroll of three women in kimono walking by a river with a willow tree and sailboats.

Three Women on a Riverbank

Torii Kiyonaga, early 19th century

Seated figure in pink robe gazes at plum blossom branch, with teapot and cup on grass; ink painting with calligraphy.

Ink Play

Jin Nong, dated 1754

Painting of a ruler and women on a palace terrace, with peacocks, greyhounds, cypress trees and birdcages in the courtyard.

Maharana Amar Singh II with Ladies of the Zenana outside the Picture Hall at Rajnagar

Stipple Master, ca. 1707-8

Album leaf of several fish swimming among feathery aquatic plants and bubbles on a muted brown silk ground.

Fish at play

Zhao Kexiong, 12th-late 13th century

Ink and colour painting of a robed horseback archer drawing a bow while galloping on a brown horse, with red seals.

Stag Hunt

Handscroll of misty mountains, pine trees, a thatched pavilion, riders on horseback and a rushing stream in muted ochre tones

A Diplomatic Mission to the Jin

Yang Bangji, ca. late 1150s

Six-panel screen of misty ink-wash mountains with a boat on a river between cliffs and trees, on gold-speckled ground.

The Poet Li Bo's Visit to Mount Emei

Shiokawa Bunrin, 1875

Ink sketch of a robed standing scholar holding a plum branch, with a reclining figure sketched in the lower left corner.

Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

Katsushika Hokusai, 19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, pine trees, small pavilions, and columns of calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape in the style of Huang Gongwang

Wang Shimin, 1666

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty cliffs, bare trees, a pavilion and bridge, and calligraphy with red seals.

The Sound of Spring in a Lonely Valley