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Pair of hanging scroll ink landscapes showing misty mountains, a waterfall, pine trees, and a lake.

Landscapes of Autumn and Winter

Tenshō Shūbun, 17th century

Ink wash hanging scroll of misty mountains, trees, flying birds and a small boat, with calligraphy at left.

Rainy Landscape

Sōami, 17th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a pavilion, twisting pine, misty mountains and small figures on a path.

Pavilion on Mountain Stream

Sesshū Tōyō, 17th century

Ink handscroll of misty jagged mountains above a river with trees along the bank and red seals at top.

Cloudy Mountains

Fang Congyi, ca. 1360-70

Six-panel folding screen with hawks tethered to wooden perches by colored cords against a gold background.

Tethered Hawks

Soga Chokuan, probably 19th century

Hanging scroll of red poppies, yellow daisies, butterflies and a dragonfly against a brown silk ground.

Flowers

Lü Jingfu, 14th century

Ink painting of a twisted pine tree rising from rocks, with needles spreading across the upper scroll and red seals.

Dragon pine

Wu Boli, late 14th-early 15th century

Hanging scroll of narcissus, reeds, a crab, frogs and fish beneath the water on a muted silk ground.

Flowers, fish, and crabs

Liu Jie, mid-16th century

Hanging scroll of plum blossoms on snow-dusted dark branches arching across a muted brown silk background.

The Pure Whiteness of Winter

Xu Jing, dated 1441

Ink landscape handscroll with three seated scholars among pine and willow trees beside distant misty hills.

Drinking and Composing Poetry

Yao Shou, dated 1485

Handscroll detail of green leaves and pink and lavender blossoms with black calligraphy and red seals.

Flowers of the Four Seasons

Hanging scroll of a hunting hawk perched on a wooden perch with a blue leash and braided tassel, gold brocade border.

Hunting Hawk on Perch

Soga Chokuan, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink landscape hanging scroll of a misty river with mountains, a hillside pavilion, and two small boats.

River Landscape in Evening

Kano Motonobu, 16th century

Six-panel gold screen showing elegant women and children in a palace garden with pavilions, pine and banana plants.

Chinese Women and Children in a Palace Garden

Kanō Eitoku, first half 17th century

Two panels of painted children in patterned robes playing with a toy horse, drum, dog, and umbrella on a gold background.

Chinese Children at Play

Ink landscape hanging scroll of misty snowy mountains, a pagoda, pine trees and village houses below.

Winter Landscape

Kano Tan'yu, 1662

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a bearded elderly man in flowing robes, set within patterned silk brocade mounting.

Portrait of Emperor Shennong

Kano Tan'yu, 1665

Six-panel screen with birds perched on flowering branches, bamboo and willow against gold-leaf panels.

Birds and Flowers

Kano Tan'yu, 17th century

Painting of a seated man in a patterned brown robe and black court cap on a yellow ground, with a red seal.

Imaginary Portraits of Famous Poets

Kano Shōun, late 17th century

Seated man in a green floral robe and black court cap, smiling, on a warm ochre background with a red seal.

Immortal Poet

Kano Shōun, 17th century

Hanging scroll of a mandarin duck swimming near blue and white irises, with two hidden ducks among the grasses.

Mandarin Ducks and Iris

Kanō Tsunenobu, 17th-18th century

Three hanging scrolls showing Daoist immortals with a crane, gibbons by a waterfall, and cranes beneath a pine tree.

Eight Daoist Immortals, Cranes, and Gibbons

Kanō Tanshin, late 17th-early 18th century

Hanging scroll of a green dove perched on a blossoming plum branch beside dark rocks, painted in ink and colour on silk.

Dove on Plum Tree

Kanō Tanshin, 17th-18th century

Gold-ground folding screen with heart-shaped scenes of birds, ducks, plum blossoms, peonies and chrysanthemums by a stream.

Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter

Kano Chikanobu, early 18th century

Hanging scroll of seated Jizō Bodhisattva on a lotus throne with staff, halo, and clouds, in a patterned brocade mount.

Jizō Bosatsu

Hanabusa Itchō, 1667-98

Hanging scroll of two quail on a grassy mound beside tall millet stalks with drooping seed heads, on a pale ground.

Quail and Millet

Kiyohara Yukinobu, late 17th century

Hanging scroll of red maple leaves over a waterfall with misty mountains in the background.

Waterfall and Maple Tree

Kano Seisen’in, 18th-19th century

Hanging scroll of a robed woman and attendant on a terrace beside a pine branch and rocks against a gold background.

Queen Mother of the West

Kano Osanobu, second quarter 19th century

Ink painting of bamboo branches and leaves across a pale scroll, with vertical calligraphy and red seals below.

Ink bamboo

Tang Yin, early 16th century

Ink painting of a boat moored among reeds on misty water under a full moon, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Drunken fisherman by a reed bank

Tang Yin, early 16th century